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Getting motivated for IELTS
After taking the test a few times it’s pretty easy to throw in the towel and change course.
It’s tough, after all why would you carry on spending money?
Well here are a few thoughts, strategies and videos, to jump start your motivation and get back to it.
Implement the 5 a day rule.
This is a really simple technique that I have used in the past. If your goal is to get a Band 8 in IELTS you decide to take 5 action steps towards that goal every day. For example, one step could be to directly copy a Band 9 essay, use a pen and paper and write it down word for word. Then -depending on your level- try and reproduce it.
LOOK, COVER, WRITE
Another possible step could be the famous, ‘look, cover, write’, technique, whereby you look at a sentence, cover it up with a piece of paper, then write it. Going through a whole essay like that will definitely help you, and save you some cash in the process.
NO MORE PREPOSITION PROBLEMS
Another possible technique is to go search for ‘CLOZE TEST CREATOR’. You can ruthlessly practice your prepositions, articles etc for free. You just copy paste some text then it automatically removes certain words, then you have to fill them in. Like a gap fill exercise, but you choose the difficulty. The advantages here are that it’s free and you have the answers.
A PRACTICE TEST A DAY?
An even bigger step would be to do a practice test a day (scribd.com or Amazon), download some reading tests torrents, any reading test will do. Your main focus is improving comprehension skills.
FOCUSED STUDY TECHNIQUE
Another piece of advice is to study in 50 minutes blocks, switch of the phone, use a timer and do a solid 50 minutes. After 50 minutes the brain usually wonders and a re-set is needed, in this case go for a walk, drink a cup of tea, then get back to another 50 minute session.
For the speaking, you could do a mock test by your self, listen to the previous podcasts and try and simulate what you would say.
TAKE MASSIVE ACTION
The main point is to take action, TAKE MASSIVE ACTION. Without even deciding that you’re going to take this step it’s difficult. So write it down in your diary. MASSIVE ACTION TO PASS IELTS. Then start with doing 5 tasks a day.
HABITS
A word of advice here is that it is better on focusing on habits rather than discipline. Why?
Well discipline is extremely difficult, whereas if you get habits under control they become automatic and most importantly, repetitive. And we all know that language learning is based on repetition. So to install a habit, it is usually best to start with a small objective, for example: For the next three days I’ll do the 5 a day rule. This way it is easy to commit to. After three days, extend by another three, then to ten days and so on. Incidentally, if you are writing everyday then the Sentence Guide can work with you because you get your essay corrected and back to you in 24 hours. Awesome.
100% = 100%
Once under way and momentum has been built, you can adopt the 100% rule. This is basically saying the tasks will be done 100% of the time. If you decide on 100% then there is no excuse, it has to be done, no debate. 100% is 100%. THE END. Let go of every excuse.
Compare that to saying I’ll spend the next 3 months studying IELTS, all day every day. This goal is ambitious but it’s easy to fall off because there are no numbers, no tick boxes, no guarantees, also it’s tricky to get into momentum, unlike the objective of gaining a habit.
VISUALISE
Visualise getting the Band 7, jumping online and logging in to your IELTs account, and seeing all your band 7s and 7.5s.
But you have to visualise a lot for it to work, and actually get so obsessed that you start working like crazy to attain it.
To do this effectively, I’d recommend at least three months of rock solid no excuses preparation.
Another useful tool for getting motivated is actually seeing yourself preparing, try and see your self sitting down at the desk and working. This technique is great for jump starting a long working session.
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The biggest reason for insisting that international marketing has many bad sides is because it has a power of command which is very powerful. It could be reached everywhere and it means that every single people in the world easily being a target without concious.
Some errors are very obvious but there are also a few ways to improve it. Have a listen to discover how, and in the process learn:
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