IELTS GOAL ACHIEVED

My classes with Ned were pretty nice. Ned knew that what I really needed was all about practicing, since I thought myself really lazy doing those things if no one pushed me. Thus, he gave me some assignments, especially on writing and speaking. During the course, we discussed our assignments together and practiced speaking part. He always gave me a lot of ideas and put me to the limit regarding using a wider range of grammar and vocabularies.

Before taking the IELTS test, I had always been worrying about the result since I had no idea how writing and speaking parts were evaluated. Ned kept encouraging me, and said I would get at least 7 on speaking. I doubted then, but it turned out to be 7.5 in the end. The most surprising thing was that the speaking questions for part 2 were exactly the same as what we practiced the day before. What an amazing coincidence! On the other hand, I didn't really do well on my writing, and eventually got 6.5.

In a word, I should be quite satisfied with my IELTS grade, though I could have done better. Thanks Ned!