Ti t IELTS 8.

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Minh Thi / May 6, 2015

Lu : kham kho b quyt hc ting Anh ca ti, cc bn c th ng thi c bi vit ny v chia s ca ti

trn VnExpress link sau: http://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/giao-duc/hoc-tieng-anh/lam-the-nao-de-tu-hoc-tieng-anh-va-
dat-8-5-ielts-3221819.html
T cui nm ngoi n nay, ti nhn c nhiu cu hi v vic lm th no t im cao trong cc k thi
ting Anh. Ngi ta hi b quyt ca ti l g, ti c mnh khe no (tips) c bit khng, ti luyn IELTS trong
bao lu trc khi thi, ri c ngi cn hi ti rng hc trung tm no th tt (e hm, c trung tm no hng th cho
mi qung co khng nh? =))).

Mi khi nhn c nhng cu hi nh vy, ti khng khi cm thy cht bi ri, bi v ti khng cho rng mnh l
ngi nm gi b kp g c o, mi l trong vic hc ting Anh. Ti cng khng phi kiu ngi t im cao nh
luyn thi cp tc (ti KHNG TIN vo bt c ci g cp tc), v cha bao gi ti theo hc mt trung tm Anh ng
no sau khi tt nghip i hc (chuyn ngnh i hc ca ti l ting Anh, cng xin ni thng l nh vy). Tuy th,
ti rt trn trng vic c nhng bn tm n ti xin li khuyn, v p li s quan tm ca cc bn, ti vit
bi ny truyn t li nhng kinh nghim ca ring mnh. Nu ai thy bi vit ca ti l c ch v mun cm

n, th xin hy share gim bi vit ny cm n nhiu.

1. Khng c b quyt no quan trng hn nim am m:

C th ngi ta ni mi vi bn. Nhng ch v iu ny c ni qu nhiu, khng c ngha l n khng nn
c nhc li.

Ti chnh l mt v d in hnh. Ti khng phi mt ngi thng minh vt tri hay hc hnh xut sc. th ti
cng c nng khiu ngoi ng mt cht, nhng ti khng phi dng hc nhanh hn hn mi ngi.

Ti cng l mt ngi kh.. li bing. Ti khng thng xuyn m sch ra lm bi hay luyn tp. Thc t l
sau khi tt nghip ti chng h gi sch ting Anh ra hc c mt bui no nu khng phi l .. i dy gia s
(hi mi tt nghip trnh ca ti ch t 7.5 IELTS v a phn sinh vin ngoi ng khng vt qu level
ny nu nh h khng trau di thm sau khi ra trng). Th nhng ti vn hc ting Anh hng ngy, bng cch t
to ra cho mnh nhng thi quen: thi quen ci m bt chuyn, trao i vi ngi nc ngoi (khng, ti khng ra
h Gm sn ty mi tun nh c bn tng hi :)), ch l ti lm bo v thi thong tham d cc s kin quc t
trong v ngoi nc nn c nhiu bn ty); thi quen xem phim khng c ph /hoc t nht vi ph ting Anh;
thi quen tm kim mi th trn Google theo ting Anh (v d: how to write an essay, current temperature in Hanoi,
Ryan Gosling profile, etc.); thi quen tra t in ngay khi nhn thy mt t mi th v, thi quen c bo ting Anh
v tiu thuyt ting Anh, vn vn.
iu tuyt vi nht trong vic hc ting Anh, chnh l bn c kh nng t thit k chng trnh hc cho mnh. Bn
c th hc mi lc mi ni, v trong thi i s ny, English lessons are just a click away! ngha l bi hc ting
Anh lun sn c bt c u.
Nhn chung, ti thch hc ting Anh mt cch t nhin nh vy, v nh th bn s tip thu kin thc d hn. Vic
hc nn l nim vui, ch khng nn hc mt cch min cng, gng p. Mun hc ting Anh, bn phi lm sao
am m b mn ny v kt hp vi nhng s thch khc (whatever you choose, gi d nh chi in t, xem
phim, c sch, c bo, lm quen kt bn,). t nht, l b quyt quan trng nht ca ti.
Okay, gi i vo chuyn k nng, v thi c lun i hi k nng k c khi bn t tin mnh c mt vn kin thc
khng ti.

2. th hin tt trong bui thi ni, bn cn c s chun b v vn t. Khi phng vn bn, ngi ta lun lun hi
nhng ti sau: cuc sng ca bn, nhng tri nghim bn tng c, gia nh bn, nhng ngi xung quanh bn
(thy c gio, bn b, ng nghip, hng xm,..), quan nim ca bn v cuc sng. Chnh v th trc khi vo phng
thi, bn cn phi c mt s chun b nht nh. Phi lm sao khi ngi ta hi cu g, bn cng thy mnh trng
t, t nht l vi mt s cu hi c bn v thng gp nht xoay quanh vic gii thiu bn thn, trnh by quan
im, v miu t ngi. lm c iu ny, mt l bn cn c sn 1 vn t rng c tch ly trong nhiu nm,
hai l bn phi t hc thuc lng nhng t vng xoay quanh nhng ti trn cng cch s dng chng
khng c cch no khc.
3. V b quyt t im cao trong bi thi ni, th ti trnh by rt r trong bi vit ny v bi ny na: bn phi
c cch pht m chun, c mt vn t dng, v bit cch lm ch chng miu t mt cch sinh ng. Khng
nn quanh qun mi vi nhng cch din t c k, ngho nn. V d:
K v mt ni bn tng n, thay v ni: its a beautiful place, hy ni: its breathtakingly beautiful, hoc
c th hn: the scenery there is breathtakingly beautiful.
Thay v ni: My mother is very kind/loving, hy ni: I am lucky/ I find myself lucky to have a
considerate/thoughtful and understanding mother. Sau ly v d m mnh thoughtful v understanding
nh no, chng hn nh: Shes almost like a friend to me. When I have problems, I often seek her advice
and she always listens to me attentively.
Cch pht m chun th bn buc phi t bi p qua mt qu trnh, nhng vn t v cch s dng th ti ngh bn
hon ton c th luyn c trong mt thi gian nht nh (1-4 thng, ty xut pht im ca bn, nu xut pht
im ca thp th ti.. chu thua bn phi hc li ng php cn bn ri mi hy vng).

4. Luyn tp kim sot thi gian:

Bn khng bao gi c nhiu thi gian cho bt k mt bi thi no. V th nu mun t im cao, nht thit bn phi
luyn tp kim sot thi gian. Trong vng mt thng trc khi thi, bn cn dnh thi gian mi ngy lm t nht
mt bi tp trong quyn IELTS (quyn no cng c khng quan trng, ging nhau ht). Hai k nng vit v
ni th c th hi kh t hc, nhng nghe v c th bn hon ton c th LM MI NGY MT . Trong
chuyn ny khng ai c th gip c bn ngoi chnh bn v luyn tp yu cu tnh k lut. Vic luyn tp nh
vy khng ch gip bn ln level m cn gip bn lm quen vi cc yu cu tiu chun ca IELTS trong tng k
nng, t trnh gp lng tng khi thi.
Trong trng hp ca ti, th ti khng c nhiu thi gian luyn tp, nhng t nht 1 tun trc khi thi, gn
nh mi ngy mt ln ti u lm 1 nghe (cng ch mt 30 pht m). Kt qu ht sc m mn: ti c 9 im,
im ti a k nng ny. cc k nng khc, ti cng khng c nhiu thi gian, nhng nh thi IELTS 2 ln
trc , nn ti khng cn xa l vi cc yu cu ca v khng h gp lng tng g trong qu trnh thi. Quen
thuc vi dng thi cng l mt yu t quen trng t im cao.

5. Lm sao vit tt hn? Rt tic vn vn nm vic luyn tp. Nhng ti bit vi nhng ngi khng c
nhiu thi gian dnh cho k nng ny, lm bi tp khng phi l iu d dng thu xp. Bn thn ti sau khi ra trng
cng khng c thi gian luyn vit essay dng academic. Tuy nhin, ti lun trit tn dng mi c hi
luyn vit ting Anh. V d nh khi ti ang nghin mt b phim hay series truyn hnh no , ti hay ln cc din
n nc ngoi trao i vi cc khn gi cng s thch. Trn cc din n ny, thnh vin n t khp ni nn
kh lng mong mi ai cng c vn ting Anh chun, nhng t nht nh giao tip trn , bn s c c hi luyn
tp v trau di vn t, cch din t ca mnh. Mt cch khc l vit th. i khi ti phi trao i th t vi
ngi nc ngoi v cng vic hay n gin l giao tip x hi, nn ti kh thnh tho vic ny. Nhng ti khng
bao gi vit 1 bc th qua loa m dnh kh nhiu thi gian. D ch vit mt bc th ngn vi dng, ti cng dnh
thi gian cn nhc t ng, tra t in, vit cu cho tht chun v din t tht rnh mch, r rng. Qu trnh trao
i th thng ch mt khong vi pht n na ting mi ln thi, nhng qua vic c th ca ngi gi ti hc
c mt s t/cch din t mi ng thi trau di kh nng vit ca mnh. Nhn chung, nu bn khng c mt ng
thy gia s sa bi cho bn, th cng c v vn cch bn luyn vit ting Anh t vic tham gia din n nc
ngoi n vit th trao i vi bn b. Hn na, y cng l mt cch hc t nhin nht, d vo nht theo kin ca
ti.
6.
Mt trong nhng thi quen hiu qu hc t mi l tra t in Anh-Anh thay v Anh-Vit, hoc song song vi
t in Anh-Vit. Phng php ny nhm vo hai mc ch: gip hiu r bn cht ca t, v ngha ca t s c
din gii bng cch dng nhng t ng ting Anh c bn nht; v gip hnh thnh t duy bng ting Anh. Cch lm
ny c li hn hn so vi tra Anh-Vit, v loi t in ch yu cung cp cho bn t tng ng trong ting Vit,
ch khng gip bn hiu c y nhng sc thi ring ca t trong ting Anh. Hy tp cho mnh thi quen tra
t in Anh-Anh trc, ri nu vn khng hiu th mi tra thm Anh-Vit.
TRNH:
-Lit k mt ng t mi m b qua hc pht m. Bt c khi no hc mt t mi bn u phi nghe cch pht
m. Thao tc ny rt n gin: TT C t in online hin nay u c pht m mu i km t vng.
Lit k t vng i km ngha ting Vit. y l cch hc LI BING NHT TRN I, cha k li cn km
hiu qu. Thay v lm nh vy, hy tra t in Anh-Anh v ghi li gii ngha ting Anh ngay bn cnh y cng l
mt cch bn luyn chnh t v quen vi cch din t/gii thch kiu Anh, tt nht l i km mt s v d th v,
d nh.

y l mt v d v cch note t mi ca ti (ngay c cho n by gi, mi khi gp mt t mi, ti vn ghi chp

theo cch ny):

Dilapidated ADJECTIVE /dlpdetd/

a dilapidated building, vehicle, or system is old and in bad condition

She lived in a dilapidated old cottage

(T in Macmillan, Freedictionary)

7.
Cui cng, nu bn thc s cm thy mnh cn mt b thy gia s NGHIM KHC V KH TNH, bn c th
lin lc vi ti. Hin nay ti lm ngh chnh l vit bo, nhng thi thong vn dy km cho mt vi ngi hc c
nhu cu. Ti ch xin lu l trnh ca bn t nht nn t khong 6.0 tr ln v ti l mt ngi khng my kin
nhn v i hi cao. V ti H Ni.

[Cp nht cho n thng 12/2015: hin nay ti khng cn H Ni m ang hc MA v truyn thng ti London.
Ti vn nhn dy vit v sa bi trc tuyn nhng khng th nhn cng vic gia s trc tip, mong mt s bn
thng cm]

Chc cc bn may mn! V ti phi tha nhn, trong bt c k thi no, may mn cng ng mt vai tr quan trng.

Nhng n ch n vi nhng ngi c quyt tm.

B SUNG V TI LIU HC TING ANH:

Cho n nay y l bi vit t k lc v views v likes trn blog mnh. Sau bi vit ny c nhiu ngi lin lc
hi mnh v chuyn hc ting Anh, trong c vn tm ti liu hc.
Mnh th rt sn sng a ra li khuyn nhng ring vn ti liu th mnh ngn ngi mi v qu thc mnh khng
h luyn ting Anh thng xuyn theo mt cun sch no. Mnh b nghin mua sch nn sch ting Anh cht y
gi nhng ch hc my, ton x hoc i dy ngi khc. =)) B quyt ln nht ca mnh l hc vi nim say m
thng qua vic xem phim, c tiu thuyt, c bo, p dng thng xuyn nu bn no cng say m nh mnh th
m bo ch cn hc theo sch no t t TA cng kh ln. Tuy nhin, v c nhiu ngi hi qu m ai cng tha thit
nn mnh xin a ra 1 s li khuyn v tm ti liu hc ting Anh m mnh truyn t li vi cc bn hc ting
Anh vi mnh nh sau:
1. Mua sch hc ting Anh loi no, u:
Khng g tt bng hc sch Anh-Anh. Tc l sch do ngi bn x bin son. Mnh khng bao gi hc theo sch
do ngi Vit hoc Tu bin son, hi b thnh kin cht.
Nu cn th mnh mua : Hiu sch Trng tin (khu Ngoi vn tng 2), Hiu sch Fahasa ng Kim Lin mi,
hiu Xunhabasa Hai B Trng. H Ni nh.
Cn ch n i tng c gi ca tng cun sch xc nh cho ng. V d l beginner, pre-intermediate hay
l intermediate hay l advanced. Bn phi t xc nh mua sch cho ph hp ko li mua phi sch qu d hoc
qu kh.
2. Mt s cun sch m mnh dng luyn cho ngi hc:
English grammar in use: cun sch mu xanh ny th qu c l ai cng bit ri nhng vi mnh n tr thnh
kinh in v s hu dng v n gin khi hc grammar. Xin ch lm cc bi c bn v: chia ng t, s dng
a/an/the, b ng, s dng tnh t/ gii t.
Academic writing practice for IELTS Sam McCarter: sch ny luyn vit bi writing. Ai thch th mua ai
khng thch th.. kim bi mu trn mng y nhiu lm =))). Kim nh sau, vo Google g IELTS writing
samples.
Nu thch c c kho vn mu v vit essay th bn c th mua thm: Writing for the TOEFL iBT (Barrons). Ci
ny luyn thi TOEFL ch khng phi IELTS nhng c rt nhiu v argumentative essay, s bi th v vn.
Tuy ni dung bi vit c hay c chn nhng cht lng nhn chung cng ok, tc l grammar chnh t th chnh xc
m cch vit th rt n gin, straight to the point, d hc theo.
Check your vocabulary for the IELTS Rawdon Wyatt: dnh cho ngi hc c vn t kha kh mt cht, t nht
t IELTS chng 6.5 tr ln.
Oxford Word Skills Ruth Gairns. Dnh luyn t mi, c phn chia cc level cho ngi hc.
Language practice with key Michael Vince.
B ny cng phn chia theo trnh . Mnh ch bit quyn Advanced (chi tit, t m, nhiu bi lun hay).
thi IELTS mu: quyn no cng c ht min ngi bn x bin son. Mnh cha gp quyn no d c.
Gio trnh Market Leader: rt ph hp vi nhng ngi i lm v lm vic trong mi trng business. Sch c
phn theo tng trnh ngi c t la chn.
3. T in:
Thi i mi ri cc bn khng cn phi mua sch ri m mm tn mn tng trang u. Mnh ch dng
Freedictionary vi Macmillandictionary trCn mng thi.
4. Li mua sch? Cn tit kim tin? Ln Google tm ti liu y nhiu lm. =)) Theo mnh nh th c trang BBC v
VOA u c phn dy ting Anh dy t mi, luyn nghe, c.. y c.

The golden method to boost your

IELTS listening from 6.0 to 8.0
Have you ever encountered a frustrating feeling when your IELTS Listening score hovers around 25
correct answers ( equal to band 6 )?
Well, you might not the only one person who suffers this unsatisfying result. As an IELTS entirely
self-learner who has overcome this hindrance to lift up the listening score from around 6 and 6.5 to 8
in the real IELTS test within 3 months, I will reveal my secret method of IELTS Listening. Please
note that this strategy is only applied to students with a level of band 6 or higher. Students with
listening ability below that level should use a different strategy ( I will write about the strategy of
listening for a beginner in next posts)
I. THE STEPS OF THE METHOD
To begin with, if you are an IELTS learner, you are very likely to have heard about the method of
Listen and transcript the record, which is spread out popularly on The Internet. This method
encourages you to practise writing down everything you hear from the record and then collate what
you write with the official transcript. In my opinion, this is an effective method that can certainly
improve your Listening skill as well as your writing, if you work with it strenuously. However, you
might be bored to death when trying to write down everything you heard on papers. In reality, a
major proportion of IELTS learners give up this good habit after several days of practice. The reason
for such boredom is that this method is really slow and stagnant.I feel that it is a form of torture to
transcript records every day without witnessing a tangible improvement. That is a very slow and
time-consuming process.This article will propose a better strategy for different types of students to
benefit from the listen and transcript strategy and simultaneously avoid the boredom of this
traditional method.
Step 1: Download an Audio or Video player that can speed up the speed of the audio. One of them
is Potplayer : https://potplayer.daum.net/ Download this software and install it on your computer. If
you own an Ipad or other tablets, you have a wide range of applications that have this feature. But I
highly recommend Potplayer when using in personal computers because it can speed up and maintain
the quality of sound WITHOUT CHANGING THE PITCH OF THE VOICE.
Step 2: Preparing the listening source.
In this step, I highly recommend using the audio files in the series of 10 IELTS Cambridge official
practise test books. Do not use other sources when you have 3 months left for the IELTS, just focus
on these documents because they contain the most relevant area of vocabulary in the IELTS and
using other things might distract your IELTS learning.
If you learn fast and finish this source before the deadline, then use the audio files in OTHER
PRACTISE TESTS not in BBC 6 minutes ,VOA or other distracting stuff. Why ? Because IELTS is
IELTS, English is English. When you learn IELTS, lets focus 100% on IELTS sources. The other
things are minor and should be learned besides the time for IELTS. Getting used to the IELTS
listening audios will make you extremely more confident as you will be familiar with the pace of
Listening section, the positions of break time each section, and the signals of a transition between
different parts of sections.
Step 3: Open the audio you want to practise listening on Potplayer or the similar tools and speed up
its speed to 1.5 times the normal speed. Listen to each sentence the speaker says then pause the audio
(using the hot key Space on the keyboard for Potplayer) and recall the words in your mind ( In your
MIND, Writing it down on paper is not necessary. It is too boring !). If you cant hear a sentence,
turn back 5 seconds and listen again, using the hot key left arrow. If you cant understand a word
for a second try, then turn to the tapescript and see the solution immediately. Dont waste too much
time guessing it, your purpose is to filter out the NEW words. Repeat this process for the whole
session and for a block of 4 or 5 audios. Please remember to SPEED IT UP to 1.5 or 1.75 times on
Potplayer
Step 4: After step 3, collect a list of new vocabularies in the tapescript then use a flashcard maker (
or make it by yourself) to memorize these new words. The method of memorizing words in a faster
way will be soon available on my blog in the next post.
Step 5: Turning back to listen to the audios again. This time, SPEED UP THE AUDIO TO 2X times
(or faster if you want). And listen the audio REPEATEDLY. You can create a playlist and listen to
this Audios repeatedly in 2X Speed.
Step 6: Repeat these 5 steps for another block of audios. A block of audios should be the section 1 2
3 4 of the same Cambridge practise test.
Bravo! If you follow closely this instruction, you will improve your IELTS listening skill
magnificently in just 1-1.5 months. The core function of this cycle is :
Listen to the records in a higher speed to train your ears and simultanously filter out what words you
dont know => Separate these words and master it by an advanced technique of memorising =>
Listen to the records again and repeatedly in a 2X speed in order to comprehend the audios.
II. THE EXPLANATION OF THE METHOD
1. Why should you speed up the audio? Here are the reasons
Firstly, It saves your time. For example, instead of spending almost 1 hours listening to a record, you
just need only 30 minutes if you play it with the 2X speed. You will see an IELTS record flowing
very fast. For example, the length of a whole listening test is 30 minutes but this amount will shrink
to only 15 minutes, just a little longer than the length of a single music song.
Secondly, It trains your ears, raising your level of English understanding. If you deliberately train
yourself to catch up with a faster speed, your brain and ears will consequently get used to this speed.
After practising this technique, you may even SHOCK when coming back to listen the real IELTS
audio. You will be absolutely AMAZED that the real IELTS record is too slow, compared to the 2X
Speed with which you have attached. Its pace turns out to be so easy to you after a month practising
the speed up technique. How can you find it difficult if you can even understand the dialogue in a
much faster speed?
Thirdly, because of the saved time, you will definitely feel productive in your learning. the feeling of
an effective, less time-consuming practice will encourage you, not discourage you as in the
traditional Listen and transcript method.
In conclusion, this method saves your time, boost your level of understanding, and raise your
confidence
2. Why this technique works only with at least a band 6 student?
Answer: A band 6 in listening means the student has a considerable vocabulary. He or she has the
necessary amount of understanding in the listening section and just need to expand his or her
vocabulary. When it comes to a beginner, he or she cannot master the basic concept and, therefore,
find it impossible to catch up with a crazily high speed. It will simply not work with this type.
3. Why should you listen the audio repeatedly in step 5?
Answer: To completely comprehend and master the audio. That means you can even memorise every
tiny structure of the texts. In other words, if you try to listen to the audios repeatedly in 2x Speed, it
will consume a little amount of your time but make you learn the language BY HEART
4. Why should you believe this method?
Because I have DONE IT and SUCCEEDED in IELTS Listening. I am the person who always try to
find a faster method of learning, I have achieved the band 8 score in IELTS Listening by applying
this technique. And you can make it, too. Listening is a prerequisite, a first and foremost section to
obtain a high IELTS score.
5. Finally, you know that when you cannot understand a speech, there are two possible causes. The
first is you KNOW the meaning of those words but your ears cannot catch up the speed. The second
is you DONT KNOW the meaning of those words or in other words, the words are new words. For
these reasons, you should train your ears to match the talks speed and quickly build up a wide pool
of vocabulary to increase the likelihood of knowing words, Not WASTING your time on WRITING
DOWN WHAT YOU HAVE KNOWN ALREADY. Therefore, the Golden method helps you
quickly spot the words you do not know and fill your pool of vocabulary promptly.