Hello there!! I will be starting my preparation for IELTS which I intend to take within a couple of months. I have already taken it once in 2012, scoring an overall Band Score of 7. I hope to believe (I hope not misguidedly) that I have improved vastly over the years and have a sufficient handle on this beautiful language to reach 8 ( or CLB 10) this time. If you are someone aiming to score 8.5 and need a partner, I would be happy to be a companion in your journey and take as much as I can for myself :-) in the way of much-needed practice. Even if you are an advanced English speaker (C1) in pursuit of an English language partner, I would be happy to help. On a side note, I am also trying to find someone from the gulf/middle east who can teach me Arabic in exchange for me to help sharpen his/her English language skill.