Hayitov ELT | IELTS 8.0

Hayitov ELT | IELTS 8.0

Students' reaction to mock tests and real ones.

Student’s reactions to IELTS mock exams vs real ones.

“... you do an old paper before the mocks and there is no pressure on whatsoever to get a good mark in that, and it just, like, gives you the feel of it, but that doesn’t really help because it doesn’t help you to relax in the real exam because there’s pressure and there isn’t in the mock" Putwain (2009, p 66).

The following manifestation above from a student helps me understand the attitude towards mock exams, real exams and the ones students do independently at home. While I was preparing the students for the IELTS test, a common response that the students present is a mismatch between the scores they get while practising at home and exams in the class. They often say they have higher results when they practice at home and cannot replicate that result during the classroom exams or real IELTS exams. The excerpt above from Putwain puts forward an opinion or theory that students perform better when they know that they are not evaluated or (assessed). Practicing the IELTS test at home also offers non-evaluative and a relaxing condition which is highly likely to lead to better results compared to classroom conditions where students feel more pressure because of the evaluative situation.

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Student’s reactions to IELTS mock exams vs real ones.

“... you do an old paper before the mocks and there is no pressure on whatsoever to get a good mark in that, and it just, like, gives you the feel of it, but that doesn’t really help because it doesn’t help you to relax in the real exam because there’s pressure and there isn’t in the mock" Putwain (2009, p 66).

The following manifestation above from a student helps me understand the attitude towards mock exams, real exams and the ones students do independently at home. While I was preparing the students for the IELTS test, a common response that the students present is a mismatch between the scores they get while practising at home and exams in the class. They often say they have higher results when they practice at home and cannot replicate that result during the classroom exams or real IELTS exams. The excerpt above from Putwain puts forward an opinion or theory that students perform better when they know that they are not evaluated or (assessed). Practicing the IELTS test at home also offers non-evaluative and a relaxing condition which is highly likely to lead to better results compared to classroom conditions where students feel more pressure because of the evaluative situation.

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