Susan - iPass student of the month
Susan, a registered nurse from India - joined our IELTS speaking course last October because she planned to take up a job opportunity in a UK hospital and for that she needed to score band 7 in each IELTS test, including Speaking!
She had already taken the IELTS test 3 times when she joined iPass but had not managed to score the required band 7 in Speaking. After completing the course, Susan took two more tests, one in November and one in December.
Unfortunately, the November test still produced a result of 6.5 in the speaking test but in the December test, Susan managed to score 7.5 in Speaking - an improvement of a complete band!
This just shows that speaking scores in the IELTS test can easily fluctuate from one month to the next as there are several factors which can influence a result such as the time of the test, the feelings of the candidate, the topic in Part 2/3 and even the examiner’s interpretation of the candidate’s performance.
Susan could have easily given up after her November test, but she believed she was capable of achieving her goal and she was determined to keep going until she did it.
That’s why we have chosen Susan as our January student of the month. And we wish her every success in her future nursing career in the UK!
