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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 […]

1 important way to improve IELTS reading exponentially!

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I did a little survey (more like a straw poll really) to find out about IELTS students’ habits in IELTS reading as I was a little surprised that so many students seem to get stuck and despite their efforts don’t seem to make any headway. One thing I learnt about how students work on reading […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

How to plan IELTS Writing

I saw this question from an IELTS student: Does the task 2 writing part always need one advantage and one disadvantage paragraph in the main body? Or when should I not write both views? Since everyone I asked had different answers, I hope someone here can help me further The answer of course is when the […]

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 […]