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How is your 2015 IELTS Practice Going?

I was thrilled that so many IELTS students completed questionnaire in December and January almost 400 in total! Awesome! I also got to speak to 85 of you on Skype to find out what your challenges were and how you were preparing and also what your dreams for your future were. I am also thrilled […]

How good are you at reading instructions in IELTS?

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One thing I find when working with IELTS students – especially those who want band 7 and 8, is how often marks are lost because students just don’t read the instructions carefully or focus on the questions enough. It’s quite tragic when I correct student’s listening and reading answers to find that they have lost […]

Some wise words from a successful IELTS student

One of my students sent me this message last Friday: “Hi Berni, I have a happy news for you. All credit goes to you. Got it finally. Listening: 7 Reading : 7.5 Writing : 7.5 Speaking : 7” I disagreed with the comment about ‘all credit goes to you’ which was very flattering but not […]

Can you guarantee my IELTS exam result?

This is the kind of message I get from students quite often: “Can you give a guarantee or refund money if I do not achieve the desired score” When students ask me if I can guarantee their result if they work with me I am always a little ‘amused’ as to how can I guarantee […]

Dealing with the IELTS Reading Test

Here is a strategy for the IELTS Reading Test. This works and is the best way to do the test quickly and accurately. It does, however, need lots of practice to get it going well and you really do need to practice just knowing about it is not enough to change your score. My reading […]

Be realistic about your IELTS Score

One of the things that IELTS students tell me when they work with me is that what our lessons tell them the most is how much they don’t know and how much they still need to learn not just for IELTS but for the life that they will have once they have passed the exam. […]

The perfect IELTS Band 7/8 student

I was speaking to a student today and we were joking about putting together a perfect IELTS student for band 7/8 and then making every IELTS student into this character. I could picture my best listening student, my best reading student, speaking and writing students and I said that if I were able to combine […]

Will 2014 be the year you pass your IELTS?

It’s a New Year, time for all those New Year resolutions. Have you made any yet? I really want you to make just one resolution this year and that is to pass your IELTS. It’s that simple – focus and pass – that’s it really. So, how do you focus on this one thing? There […]

10 Myths about getting a high score in your IELTS Exam

I have worked with IELTS students for many years and over this time students have told me many things about the IELTS exam that I term ‘myths’. This means they are methods or ideas that are false and don’t work. The reason I consider them to be mythology is because they are mostly not true […]

Keeping focused on your IELTS goal

I received this testimonial today from a student on my IELTS Step By Step programme who has just taken the IELTS and got a fantastic score. This what Luciano wrote: “This course (IELTS Step By Step) is really helpful if you are looking for band 7 or higher. It covers all the areas (listening, reading, […]

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