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I would like to congratulate Ms Lim on her success in her IELTS.

This is what she had to say about my teaching, "Although it was a short while being a student of Mr Rabin, not only did he managed to guide me in a proper channel, but also in correcting my mistakes, further building my confidence to answer the test. I am thankful to Mr Rabin as he helped me a lot during my IELTS preparation. 😀

When your English teachers told you not to use the word “very” because it is weak and vague, they were right.

"… avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired; he is exhausted. Do not use 'very sad'; use 'morose'. Language was invented for one reason, boys--to woo women--and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also would not do in your essays."
~N.H. Kleinbaum – Dead Poet’s Society

Very accurate exact
Very afraid fearful
Very angry furious
Very annoying exasperating
Very bad awful
Very beautiful gorgeous
Very big massive
Very boring dull
Very bright luminous
Very busy swamped
Very calm serene
Very clean spotless
Very clear obvious
Very clever intelligent
Very cold freezing
Very colorful vibrant
Very competitive cutthroat
Very complete comprehensive
Very confused perplexed
Very conventional conservative
Very creative innovative
Very crowded bustling
Very cute adorable
Very dangerous perilous

LISTENING 1

The listening component is often the easiest section for students to master. Nearly all my students have achieved their required bands. I say nearly all, because I cannot remember with surety if any have failed to reach their goal. Others, on the other hand some of my students have reached the highest level such as Band 9 in IELTS.

A loss of focus often causes the student to forget their place in the listening. They do not know which question is next and begin to scramble around hoping to locate the question. To overcome this loss of focus I ask my students to train their listening skills in crowded and noisy places (current not available) such as Mac Donalds or KFC. In this pandemic era, the creation of a similar distraction scenario is achievable by having a number of audio devices operating as the same time or during a family dinner.

In addition, underlining the key words before the listening may cause the student to remember the location of the word upon hearing. Underlining the key words is essential as it makes the student focus on the audio as the answer may be due.
Should even this fail, the best the student can hope for is that the next section comes up soon which will allow the student an opportunity to get back on track.

The last few questions are usually very difficult and many students stumble. The technique I teach students is audio recall. Unlike our eyes, our ears are difficult to fool. I ask the student to read back to themselves, in a voice soft enough for only their ears, the questions they could not answer. The answer should pop up in their memory. If the answer does not pop up, continue reading until the examiner asks to stop writing then fill in what ever comes to mind. Do not leave any question blank.

TRUE STORY

Prior to the pandemic, I would distribute my name cards at IELTS examination venues. At one of these venues, I met my student who had just finished his test. He narrated that the he did not hear the answer of the last three questions. When I asked him what he did, he said that he followed my audio recall technique. His results was a band 9 for listening. Band 9 means that he got all his answers correct.

The methodology works.

If you or any one you know is looking for a competent IELTS, MUET or SPM tutor, or are hoping to improve their speaking ability, please contact me.

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Thank you.

These are the results of some of my students. The good, not so good and some........
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