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HOW CAN I SCORE BAND 8 OVERALL?
What most people overlook is the fact that IELTS is a test of your English. There are no tricks, cheats, or shortcuts to getting a band 8. You simply have to have a certain level of English ability.
Put simply, a band 8 candidate is a “very good user” of English. According to the British Council, these people:
have a fully operational command of the language with only occasional unsystematic inaccuracies and inappropriate usage.
may misunderstand some things in unfamiliar situations.
handle complex detailed argumentation well.
In other words, their English is extremely good but not perfect. This should be in your mind when you think about your IELTS score. Don’t think of luck or exam techniques. Instead, know that you will be awarded a grade appropriate for your skill level.
in order to get a band 8 in IELTS academic, you must get 35 or 36 out of 40 questions correct. For IELTS general, you must get 37 or 38 out of 40 questions correct.
This does not leave much room for error. As such, you need to practise often and work on a variety of skills:
time management
vocabulary
the ability to figure out difficult language
fine grammar points
inference
logical deduction
Remember that you cannot have points removed for incorrect answers, so you should always take a guess. Do not waste time and make sure that you write your answers carefully with no spelling mistakes. Even a tiny error could cause you to get a band 7.5 instead of band 8.
HOW TO SCORE BAND 8 IN IELTS SPEAKING
When we get to the productive skills (speaking and writing), people generally find that it is more difficult to achieve a high score. There are also a wide variety of myths to explain the lower scores. Because your English being marked subjectively, people tend to infer prejudice, but there should be none. Instead, you will be assigned the score that you deserve.
The IELTS examiners will mark candidates’ scores according to four criteria:
Fluency and Coherence (how freely and easily you speak)
IELTS writing contains many aspects you don’t need to consider for other parts of the test: punctuation, paragraph structure, and essay structure, as well as things that are less important in other parts: spelling, grammar, question analysis, etc.
However, let’s not focus too much on why it is difficult because if you have great English skills you should be able to score band 8. There is no secret. You do not need to employ any magical words or use a set formula for your structure. (However, structure is important and it should be logical.)
For this part of the test, the examiners will judge your work in four areas:
Task Response/Achievement (how well or fully you answer the question)
Coherence and Cohesion (how well you link your ideas)
Lexical Resource (this means vocabulary)
Grammatical Range and Accuracy (again, this is grammar)
Lexical Resource (your vocabulary)
Grammatical Range and Accuracy (your grammar)
Pronunciation (how clearly you speak)
Each of these is weighted the same and is worth 25% of your total. You cannot be marked with a half band score for any of the individual parts, but your total will be rounded up accordingly.