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How to get BAND 7 in IELTS Writing

This is a million dollar question! To really understand what you require for band 7 and 8 writing you can look at the Writing Assessment Criteria (public version) and study the criteria. You can download these here.

5 Secrets to Great IELTS Grammar

Students often ask me if grammar is important in IELTS. The answer is of course, YES. The IELTS exam tests your English language ability and grammar is fundamental to any language learning. The examiners will test your grammar as well as vocabulary, spelling, and any other aspect of language.

6 Tips to Tackling the Writing Section of IELTS

I have had many students over the years tell me that the writing portion of the IELTS is very intimidating. Well I am here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be! In fact, the writing section can be a section of the IELTS that you feel very confident in, and yes, even enjoy! […]

Alternative Ways to Improve Your English!

In a previous post, we looked at blogging, which is a great place to practise and improve writing skills, gain some confidence, and attract comments. These can be supportive and constructive, but they can also be very critical and even hurtful – this is the risk you take. There are, however, gentler and more modest ways […]

Write a Blog – Improve Your English

It will soon be a New Year! This is a perfect time to pursue new projects and rekindle commitments to long held goals. Perhaps this year will be the year that you achieve the band you desire on the IELTS. Perhaps you have always secretly wanted to start a blog. Well I am here to […]

The 7 Glorious Virtues

Here are 7 things that you absolutely must do when taking the writing part of the IELTS. In my blogs and in my lessons, I talk a lot about planning, and I feel very strongly that this is key to good writing. Checking comes next; you don’t want to throw away marks, or make yourself […]

Over-Confident Yet Under Prepared – IELTS Case Study

This IELTS student was a doctor. Salim was from Syria. He had been living in the UK for some time and was very fluent in spoken English. He had spent some time at school in the UK so his English skills were quite polished. When I first met Salim he was about to take the […]

Reading and Writing Accelerator

I know how hard getting the score that you need in the IELTS can be. Sometimes it can feel like trudging through the freezing snow somewhere and going uphill both ways, there and back! Studying for it is hard, you wade through all of those practice tests and read essay after practice essay. You spend […]

Take Your First Step to Passing the IELTS: IELTS Step by Step Learning Programme

There is so much information out there about taking the IELTS test and developing your language skills. An overwhelming amount of information. It can take months or even years to go through it all and to figure out what works for you! What if there was a way that you could get focused training to […]

Get Help With Your IELTS Reading And Writing Skills!

You may think you have what it takes to successfully pass your IELTS exam without any extra help. But, the Reading and Writing sections of the test tend to be the two areas people find the most challenging, which is why I’ve created a course that focuses JUST on this.

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