[IELTS High-Score Experience] - 字神帝國 Worldgod

School and major: Graduated in Public Health from Fu Jen Catholic University

Scores: L8, R7, W6, S6 overall 7

Test date: 2025.11.14

[How I Prepared for Each Section & What I Learned]

[Listening]

The most direct, noticeable improvement the course gave me was finally being able to reliably tell British and American pronunciation apart. Growing up in Taiwan, I was so used to American accents that British accents often caught me off guard. Words like data and schedule suddenly felt unfamiliar once the accent changed. From the start, the teacher showed us how to catch keywords, then gave us lots of real practice. The whole class was immersed in English, and I really enjoyed it.

He also shared small tricks for answering questions that helped me quickly rule out distractors. For spelling and paraphrases I didn't know well, I made flashcards on Quizlet and went through them whenever I had a spare moment. Over time it really made a difference.

[Reading]

For reading I chose Teacher Pai. When I first started preparing for IELTS, long, complex sentences gave me a huge headache. Halfway through a passage I'd often lose track of the main point. But Teacher Pai's classes didn't just cover test techniques. He also showed us step by step how to break sentences down, pointing out which parts carry the logic and which are modifiers. That helped me in both reading and writing.

Since my English foundation wasn't very solid, whenever I ran into unfamiliar paraphrases or gaps in vocabulary, I built my own word bank around the points the teacher emphasized in class. Then I made all kinds of flashcards on Quizlet and went through them before the test and on my commute. My reading speed and accuracy became much more consistent.

[Writing]

Teacher Pai put a lot of effort into writing, especially Task 1. He taught us which details to look at first when we see a prompt, how to group them, and how to organize the data. He also gave us lots of ready-to-use synonyms so we wouldn't keep repeating the same word. For Task 2, he gave us suitable opening sentences, common sentence patterns and synonyms for each question type, so I didn't panic as much in the exam room. You can also send him your homework. He marks it very carefully and adds key feedback, so I knew my weak spots and could work on them.

[Speaking]

The teacher is great at sharing authentic, natural spoken phrases and idioms, which can lift your answers as a whole on the test. He also tells us, from a native speaker's perspective, what “keywords the examiner really wants to hear” are. In class he kept encouraging us to speak and practice more and not be afraid of making mistakes, because fluency really is built through output. After every class I felt more willing to speak and had a better idea of how to make my answers sound substantial.

[Study Plan]

At first I always tried to get a lot done in a single day and ended up overwhelmed. But success doesn't happen overnight. I later realized a study plan needs small daily and weekly adjustments at your own pace. With reading, you'll definitely feel short on time at first and get discouraged, but speed can be trained. With long-term practice you really do get faster, and it's easier to find your own tempo. Listening is the same: when reviewing practice tests, replay the audio at 1.2x speed for intensive listening, so the pace won't feel too fast on test day. Also practice letting go when you miss something.

[Test Center Report]

There are dividers, but if you sit at the very front or back, staff walking around is unavoidable and somewhat distracting. The keyboard is also very soft, and the typing feel isn't great.

On my previous attempt, the system crashed badly after the listening section. I waited in the test room for more than 30mins, then signed out, and the test center staff helped me transfer to another test center.

[Words of Encouragement for Other Test Takers]

It's normal for practice to be a bumpy road, but keep working in the right direction and you'll be the next one to make it!

[Score Report]