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10 Ways to be a Terrific Language Student

I have spent decades teaching students English. Over the years, I have learned just as much from them as they have from me. One thing that has always fascinated me is how they approach the process of language learning. I was recently thinking of a group of students that I was privileged to work with […]

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 […]

New Year, New Ultimate IELTS Workshop

Soon the calendar will roll over onto a New Year! This is a time of celebrating, reflecting on the year we are leaving behind, and, of course, setting new goals and resolutions for the year ahead. If your New Year includes a resolution to finally get the band you need in the IELTS and make […]

Thinking in English

At this point in your life you may be totally focused on just passing the IELTS that you will say, “Berni! How can I even think about thinking in English! It is too much!” But I wanted to tell you some of my experiences with learning a foreign language and give you something to aim […]

Practical Pronunciation Practices

Pronunciation is one of those things that always seems to be left out in the cold, so to speak, when learning English. We all want to speak fluently and accurately, have good listening and writing skills and improve our reading and vocabulary; but unless there are any real issues, pronunciation can wait. When working 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 […]

Learning English Requires Strength

Strength and growth come through only through continuous effort and struggle. ~Napoleon Hill Anything worth mastering takes work. We grow through applying ourselves with a ferocity of purpose that keeps us going, and going, and going no matter how hard the task before us. We have all had experiences where we had to fight to […]

The Four Ps to Achieving Your Dreams

Patience, Perseverance, Practice, and Performance. With this Posse of Ps it’s hard not to reach your English goal (and hard to keep away from P-words too!) 🙂 So, let’s expand on them and see how they can help you achieve your dream of fluency in English.

How Can I Prepare for the Speaking Section of the IELTS?

Your approach to preparation in the IELTS tells me a lot about how you will succeed. I meet students who are organised, who have a plan and who create a process for their learning and their preparation. They balance their general English practice with their IELTS test practice and know that it is impossible to […]

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