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Do you need an IELTS Teacher?

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This is quite a well-known saying and I have found again and again that it really does happen! Perhaps some of you were struggling with IELTS and got to the stage where you really didn’t know how to get through the exam when you received an email from a teacher or school, or perhaps one of […]

Finally, I got my IELTS Bands!!

[Article] Stop struggling to get your IELTS Band

I see this statement quite often on Facebook and other social media platforms. While I am thrilled for those students who post this. I am also intrigued by the word ‘finally’, which suggests that it has been a long time coming. It also suggests that they have taken the exam several times. I understand that […]

Maintaining momentum in IELTS – plan your practice

Today I had no internet connection! Shock, horror – how did I manage!! Well yes, it was a nuisance but I was teaching before the internet, before computers and even before the photocopier (all those student exercises had to be designed and written by hand and on a manual type—writer!!) And, I haven’t put my feet up and […]

10 Quick Ways to improve Vocabulary

I was working on IELTS reading with a student today. He’s actually very good at reading but I noticed he missed some answers because he didn’t understand the words in the passage. Often IELTS students can’t answer the questions in reading because they don’t have enough vocabulary. You must improve it and it is actually […]

The best way to study for IELTS

I have been teaching for many years and it is always interesting to see how students approach the process of language learning. Looking at the hard work, their preparedness and study methods has given me some insights into what sort of things seem to work well generally for most IELTS students.Learning stylesAs teachers know – […]

Make sure you feel confident about your IELTS exam

[VLOG] How to feel confident about your IELTS exam

I had two messages today from IELTS students who had taken the exam and were feeling very depressed about their scores and couldn’t face another test. I didn’t know these students so I didn’t really know the back ground of their exams and how many they had taken or what their scores were. I hope to […]

To get IELTS Band 7 or 8 you have to do what it takes!

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I was speaking to another IELTS teacher today and he was telling me about his students and how they struggle with the reading and writing part of IELTS. During our conversation he mentioned the fact that many of his students really didn’t do much reading or writing because they didn’t really ‘like it’. I get […]

Why what you are doing might be stopping you from getting the IELTS result you want

There are lots of ‘rules’ ‘tricks’, tips and shortcuts around IELTS which I see online and also hear about from my students and I can tell you that none of them will help you to get your IELTS band as much as good English skills and strong techniques. In fact, in many cases the opposite […]

Is IELTS Band 7 enough?

I was speaking to one of my students, Abdullah, this morning to work out what he needed to do next to get his band score in his upcoming IELTS exam. We’ve been working together for quite a few months now. When I first met him last year he had just taken the exam and got […]

Don’t make this mistake in IELTS!

Sophia took 10 years to get her IELTS band. She also took 12 tests and just couldn’t get her required score in one sitting. Eventually she managed to get her result at the 13th time of sitting the test. During all that time and all those tests she lacked one major thing…… A Plan Any journey needs […]

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