The Importance of Memorization on the IELTS Test

"I've tried to convince her so many times that what she's doing is not working. You know, it's not working," he says of a student struggling with the IELTS test. "The biggest problem here is the the stuck in the learning strategies." She works on grammar and vocabulary books for an hour each time they're tested. He asks: What good is it memorizing something when you can't use your own creativity?