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Boost Your IELTS Writing and Speaking

Are you doing really well with your reading and listening, but your speaking and writing seem to be dragging their feet and hanging behind? I often see comments about this and it seems to be the case for many IELTS students. To get the best result you have to balance all the skills so why […]

How to Ace IELTS Speaking

This month we’re having a bit of a speaking-fest. I have noticed that many people ask about speaking and want to practise. This is great because there is no better way to improve your speaking than speaking! Of course the exam is not just about speaking – you need to use your spoken language in different […]

Why YouTube can’t improve IELTS speaking

I want to explain something about speaking and that is that it is an organic, active and necessary human activity which requires more than one person. We all learn to speak from babyhood and it is something that parents support and teach and indeed become anxious about if their child is not speaking when they reach […]

3 IELTS Speaking Essentials for Success

For many of you, the speaking part of IELTS is easy and you might not need to do a lot of practice. This is most likely because you use English every day in and are quite comfortable speaking English. For others of you it can be quite worrying and you may be afraid of this […]

IELTS Speaking exercises to do on your own

Things you can practise by yourselfPart OneSearch for typical questionsImagine what you would say if you were asked thisIf you can work with a friend, then be examiner and studentRecord the conversations, analyse and repeat to improve Part TwoThis is better practised by yourself (unless you can get good feedback)Pick a topic, speak, record yourself, […]

4 things to avoid in IELTS speaking

We talk a lot about what to do when taking the IELTS, well here are a few things NOT to do in your speaking exam.Don’t memorize answers. When it comes to the speaking part, it may seem like preparing and memorizing an answer may be the way to go, but don’t do it! Examiners can […]

6 tips for IELTS Speaking Part 2 (cue cards)

Students often tell me that they worry about Part 2 in the IELTS speaking exam because they don’t have enough to say. The key, as with everything in IELTS, is more practice. Make sure that you get good at this part – don’t worry about it. Here are some ideas for practising this part of the […]

Is Pronunciation important in IELTS?

To be honest in the IELTS everything is important. If you want to achieve a really high band then you need to focus on every, tiny part of your English to maximise your chances. So yes, pronunciation is important especially if your pronunciation might stop the examiner from understanding everything you say or if you […]

If you want to improve speaking – speak – or writing – write!

These are called productive skills and you really need to produce if you want to improve them. Speaking The best option is to try and find people to speak to. Set up a group on WhatsApp or Skype and try to meet regularly. Learn what you can about the speaking test and exactly what you have to do. What […]

Improve your IELTS Speaking

I have recently been working with a number of students who want to improve their IELTS speaking. This is great news as often students are a little gung-ho about this and don’t really prepare well and end up disappointed in the exam. I know that for some people speaking is actually the most difficult thing […]

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