My IELTS preparation

One week ago I decided to pass IELTS. So I started English classes. My first lesson was quite difficult. I knew that I had problems with listening. It was terrible to see the results. My previous  English classes were 9 years ago at school, and all my language skills have fallen since that time. Oh! Not all, only speaking became alittle better, because I use English in my travels. My teacher note good speaking, only speaking. I need to work, hard! On Monday (the 1st lessons) we did a listening test, which consisted of 40 questions and I had only 6 right answers. What do you think, what could I do about it? Every day I listen to English songs and audio books whenever I have free time: on the  bus, when I'm walking and before sleeping. On Wednesday was the next class, we also did a test, but in this test I had 29 right answers. It's great. I know only one thing, if you want great results be ready to work hard. I'll pass IELTS on September. What will I do untill September? I have a plan. I'll read books, 10 pages a day, listen to audiobooks and podcasts, write  one essay per day or note and speak. My teacher told about one good exercise: take any subject and describe it minimum 2 minutes non-stop, after 5 minutes and more and more time.
Keep calm and prepare for IELTS! :)

Hello Natasha,

One of the most important things to get right is verb preposition collocations - you need to know which words go together. For example 'listen' is always followed by 'to'. Listen to the radio, a cd, an MP3....

Your idea to practice writing every day is a good one.If you look on the internet you will find typical exam type questions that you can practice with.

There is some guidance for candidates here

https://www.ielts.org/pdf/Information_for_Candidates_booklet.pdf

Hope this helps.