Duolingo English Test was officially launched in 2016; it is like a child compared to IELTS, TOEFL, or PTE. Therefore, lots of test-takers feel anxious when they prepare for the test, far less when the test is getting closer day after day.
The more you worry, the less confident you are. As a result, you will likely not perform your best on your test day, leading to lower certified scores even though you can achieve higher ones. So this article shares ten major tips to help you be more confident for the whole week before your test day.
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1. Practice meditation a week before your test day
We all know how beneficial meditation is to our mental health and building strong self-awareness. The more you know yourself and your ability, the more likely you will achieve high Duolingo English Test scores. If you practice meditation on a daily basis, it’s very good news. If you haven’t done it yet, let’s start practicing for seven days before your test, as it’s super easy to do.
2. Sleep earlier the night before your test day
You definitely don’t want to see yourself tired on your test day, so the best way is to take deep and enough sleep the night before to stay completely awake.
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3. Choose the best time during a day
What is your best time during the day to complete the most challenging task? We see taking the Duolingo English Test as a challenge; thus, you should face it when you feel most energetic and comfortable during the day. By doing so, you will likely deliver better performance for the whole test.
4. Inform your family members or housemates
You should not take this easy as countless test-takers didn’t think it was necessary, so they learnt hard lessons. If you don’t inform your family members, they will either make noises or enter your testing environment without telling you. In this case, you break Duolingo English Test rules; therefore, you will get uncertified results.
5. Don’t eat too much before taking the test
Eating too much at once can leave you feeling bloated; since it’s super hard to concentrate on anything, especially taking the Duolingo English Test. Therefore, we strongly recommend you should not eat too much if you only have 2-3 hours before your test.
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6. Feel free to drink water during the test
Our team members have drank water during the Duolingo English Test every time, so you feel free to get it if you want. However, please do not look away from your screen while having a sip of water; that is a sign of breaking the rules. Drink your water but still look at the screen will avoid unnecessary issues.
7. Make sure you will follow all the rules
Some test-takers complain they have done nothing to get uncertified results. In many cases, we completely believe there are reasons why people don’t have certified certificates, and Duolingo English Test also shares why they cannot certify results for some test-takers via emails.
One crucial point you need to know is about integrity. Because the Duolingo English Test is a 100% online test; thus, they have lots of rules to maintain the integrity of test-takers English proficiency. Otherwise, famous institutions such as Yale, Columbia, and Stanford wouldn’t accept it. As a result, we will never have this wonderful test to prove our English skills.
If you only have one week left to prepare, you should focus more on your mental health as you will probably not improve your English skills in 01-week. Instead, you should make yourself comfortable and positive while learning some last tips for the test.
9. Take three Full Practice Tests before your test
Before your Duolingo English Test day, you should take Practice Full Tests at least three times to make yourself entirely ready for it. There’s no better way to prepare yourself one last time than by taking 1-hour tests because you will know what the real tests look like.
Our DET Practice Platform offers lots of 1-hour Full Tests for your preparation; let’s create your free account and practice right today.
10. Imagine your success
The final step is to boost your confidence. Imaging yourself success is the old but most wonderful method to upgrade your confidence right before the test.
Don’t forget that you have thousands of practice questions and instant feedback to enhance your skills every single day. Accurately, your DET Practice Platform evaluates your Speaking and Writing answers based on Fluency, Grammatical Accuracy, Lexical Sophistication, Lexical Diversity, andAcoustic Features.
