Celpip Tip#5: General Advice

Reflection after tests

​When you are going through practice tests and marking your results, it is of course important to record your scores and see of you are improving. However, even more important than just increasing your score is reflecting upon a number of issues

1. Why are you getting answers wrong? Is it due to tricks and traps in the material? Is there a vocabulary deficiency? Are you rushing? Is it due to your listening or reading style?
2. What style of questions do you find most difficult? These are types that you should put more emphasis on in your self-study.
3. Have you spoken to a tutor ab out these areas of difficulty?
4. Have you experienced with a number of strategies to see what might work better?
5. When do you tend to slow down on the test and when do you speed up. Time management is a very important aspect of the successful test taking.