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The Fourth Day of Christmas – IELTS Reading

Wow! The main part of Christmas is over but we are all still celebrating! This period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve is a chance to say goodbye to the old year and think about the new one. It’s a time when people start to think about New Year resolutions and how they […]

The Third Day of Christmas – even more IELTS Listening

There is no special name for today but after the first two days – which are public holidays – some people have to go back to work. Those who are lucky to have a longer holiday (or if it’s a weekend) will continue to visit friends and family, have or go to parties. […]

The Second Day of Christmas – more IELTS Listening

Today is called Boxing Day! A funny name and it has nothing to do with boxing! Christmas boxes are gifts of money that were (and still are sometimes) given to people who help us year round – the postman, the milkman or other tradesmen. Traditionally this was the day that they would receive these […]

The First Day of Christmas – IELTS Listening

Today is Christmas Day! It is one of the most important and exciting days in our calendar here in the UK. Today, all across the UK, people will be exchanging presents and ‘making merry’ – eating a huge feast of turkey, vegetables and stuffings as well as Christmas pudding and traditional mince pies. It is […]

How to Pass IELTS in Your Sleep

I spoke to an IELTS student yesterday whose exam will be in 10 days. He took his last IELTS exam a few months ago. I asked him what preparation he was doing and he told me that he had just started preparing this week as the exam was coming soon and prior to that he […]

Understanding IELTS Reading

Many IELTS students have the belief that if you read the first sentence (or first two) of the first paragraph and then read the last two this will be enough information to answer the questions that are set. In actual fact for some passages this may just work – but it is too […]

Finding the Best IELTS Teacher for YOU

Choosing the teacher that will help you best with your IELTS, especially if you are looking to work online or one to one, is a very important decision. There is a lot of choice and you need to know that the teacher you choose is going to help you to achieve the score […]

How Luis moved from band 6.5 to Band 7.5 in just 4 weeks

Luis called me in May 2016. He was living in the UK and not too far from me, a doctor but unable to practise as such in England. I meet many doctors in this same situation and it can be very frustrating for them. He had already taken the exam twice and not achieved […]

The fox that chases many rabbits gets none

I heard this old Chinese proverb very recently and it made me think about many of the IELTS students that I had spoken to and how they tended to jump from one strategy to the next, mixing and matching ideas and ‘rules’ until they became totally confused.

Warning: Complaining about IELTS just stops you being successful

IELTS is your friend. This may sound strange but it is actually true. There are people who want to go overseas to continue their education by taking a Master’s Degree or PhD. Other people want to work in the US, UK Australia, Canada, New Zealand. Still others want to educate their children in one of […]

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