{"id":1542,"date":"2021-03-16T06:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2024-10-23T04:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T04:12:54","slug":"how-long-does-it-take-to-increase-a-ielts-band-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/how-long-does-it-take-to-increase-a-ielts-band-score\/","title":{"rendered":"How long does it take to increase a IELTS band  score?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Do you know <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">how long does<\/span> it take to increase a Half <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">band<\/span> score?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>How much time do I need to go up 1 band score (for example from a 6 up to a 7)? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SGI London Academic English teacher, Simon talks about the study that is required to improve your <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> band score.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k5wekhcL7CM\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>If you\u2019re talking about going from one band to another, it does take quite a long time, I would say. I\u2019d say half a band can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months. An entire band could take 6 months to a year depending on; how much you study; what your work ethic is like and you know, in general, how fast you learn English\u2026 because everyone is different, right? OK?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Read this New <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> research: how long does it take to increase half a band score?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/for-researchers\/research-reports\/online-series-2021-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IELTS Research Report<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>investigated the relationship between <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> test preparation, learner background variables (hours of study, amount of<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>English language use, level of proficiency etc.) and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> score gains. Fifty-two Korean students, enrolled in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> preparation classes, participated over 3-months, sitting an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> test at the start and end of the period.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A key finding was that students achieved significantly<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>higher scores if they fully participated in specific <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> preparation programs. Even a course of only three months made a big difference.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Other interesting findings were that:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>on average students improved by slightly less than half a band (0.3); approximately 60% of participants increased their score by either 0.5 of a band or a full band<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>the largest score gain was in writing and the least was in speaking\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>hours of study and level of proficiency were the best indicators of language gain<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>the more hours of study spent on a language skill during the course and outside of class time, the higher the score gain<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>students with lower levels of English made greater gains (not unusual, as improvements at this level have more impact)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>background variables such as anxiety, personal issues or work commitments all played a part in affecting <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> score outcomes.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>This study highlights that <a href=\"http:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/\">preparing for IELTS<\/a> is about considerably more than achieving a desired test score and that language proficiency gain requires an invested time commitment, possibly more than one often thinks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>This <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IELTS<\/span> Research Report has similar findings to a previous Research Report published in 2003:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/for-researchers\/research-reports\/volume-04-report-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigating the relationship between intensive English language study and band score gain on IELTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Over 120<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/for-researchers\/research-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IELTS Research Reports<\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">are available in full for free on website.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/for-researchers\/research-reports\/online-series-2021-1#_ga=2.95846238.351489645.1615873810-1472210871.1615033003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and Find more on Investigation of relationships between learner background, linguistic progression and score gain on IELTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Researchers: Okim Kang, and Kate Yaw, Northern Arizona University, USA; and Hyunkee Ahn and Soh-Yon Chung, Seoul National University, South Korea<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how long does it take to increase a Half band score? How much time do I need to go up 1 band score (for example from a 6 up to a 7)? SGI London Academic English teacher, Simon talks about the study that is required to improve your IELTS band score. If &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/how-long-does-it-take-to-increase-a-ielts-band-score\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How long does it take to increase a IELTS band  score?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,43],"tags":[435,30,428,433,540,432,429,434,437,539,430,397,233],"class_list":["post-1542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coaching","category-ielts","tag-book-ielts-demo","tag-ielts","tag-ielts-academic","tag-ielts-classes-in-vadodara","tag-ielts-classes-online","tag-ielts-coaching-classes-in-vadodara","tag-ielts-coaching-fees","tag-ielts-coaching-in-vadodara","tag-ielts-general","tag-ielts-online","tag-ielts-personal-coaching-near-me","tag-ielts-requirements","tag-ukvi-ielts","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4748,"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions\/4748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieltsnpte.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}