as the topic states, wanna know more bout IELTS as i might have to take it to apply for Australia universities

apart from the RM500 fee.. is the test hard??

i haven't even tried local MUET test, so i don't know what to expect..

UPDATE : Topic changed from "IELTS" to "IELTS/IDP"

This post has been edited by mooze: Oct 23 2007, 05:54 PM

reading lots of english books... doesn't sound like a practical solution if i'm about to take it soon.. isn't there any example questions/practice sets?

ahaaa!!! now i get what IELTS is about.. this is my kind of game.. i'm gonna enjoy the challenge..

azarimy,i totally agree bout u said "most people treat it as sesi soal-jawab therefore its boring".. i remember my english verbal test for SPM... just had a friendly chat until can each other laugh as if having teh tarik at mamak,didnt even feel was a test.. but i won't let my guard down, will try prepare myself for IELTS version of teh tarik session..

will let u guys know what's the result if i take it.. honestly i'm a no-clue guy hoping to get entrance to AMC(australia maritime college) for a marine engineering course, but i haven't even stepped in an IDP office before.. what to do and what should i bring?? there is one in subang jaya SS15, but i'm not really sure where, anyone knows?

This post has been edited by mooze: Oct 20 2007, 06:59 PM

i thought MUET is usually for public universities such as UM, UIA, UTP, etc..
colleges such as sunway college, taylors, etc. need?

writing is what format? writing a letter,report,summary,etc? based on facts from passages or own ideas?

pretty much sounds like SPM format to me... lol

so there are 3 parts,eh?

do IDP provide classes before the IELTS or just straight come and get on with it

but of course if could do credit transfer(skip year 1 of degree), IELTS isn't a requirement?

bro the letter is telling what story? business? personal?

argumentative is kind of like given a topic and "do u agree with this? declare your reasons for it" ?

This post has been edited by mooze: Oct 22 2007, 03:50 PM

i went to the IDP exhibition beside Taylors College subang jaya today... the "application fee waived for on-the-spot booth" deal got me up on my feet..
was quite impressed with IDP staff helping clueless people out(well yeah i know its their job) in finding the their right places..
i applied three universities for next intake(feb2008)..
highly hoping get my naval architecture/marine engineering degree offer letter soon....
though money is another matter..
hrmm... in any case,at least i know i've tried..

anyone going to australia education exhibition at klcc this weekend though?
it'd be a lot more booths than IDP i guess, and wide open space(minus the huge crowd gathering soon)..

any tips u guys can give me of my further study oversea attempt?

This post has been edited by mooze: Oct 23 2007, 06:07 PM

i know the feeling,bro...
eh,wait.. what do u mean "on-the-spot" offer? u mean u applied n accepted without conditions that same day?
or u just meaning u filled up the form n applied only, no official answer(letter) from the university?

This post has been edited by mooze: Oct 26 2007, 02:30 PM

but in any case,u'd hv to ask the university personally,contact them by email or something,each course differs.. and ur UK -> Australia system might also differ..

bro, how much paid for the sample papers?? ya,i want a rough idea on what to expect

oops,sorry sorry... gender typo

rm80 for sample n cd,eh? thats good i guess,compared to the rm270,12hour training workshop...
many students bought it for practice? IELTS must've made a fortune selling it..

just received my IELTS score a few days ago.... i got 7.5!!

This post has been edited by mooze: Dec 9 2007, 10:21 PM

thread closed, thanks everyone for their support