IELTS TEST – how to prepare?

This video will improve the syntax in your writing! For more help with your writing, don’t forget to also pick up my Task 2 guide: https://goo.gl/PgurMv

Here is the error-free version of the essay: It is difficult to experience a country fully as a tourist in a hotel. To appreciate and understand a country, a person needs to live there. To what extent do you agree … Continue reading →

Here are the Task 2 openers suggested in the video: __________ continue to __________, and this is causing __________. __________ is an unfortunate reality in the world today. Choosing __________ to __________ is an extremely important question for __________. __________ … Continue reading →

This is an old episode of IELTSCast, but the strategies presented in it are still very relevant. In this episode, Igor, an IELTS instructor in Kazakhstan, details how he managed to score band 8.5. The resources Igor suggests are: The … Continue reading →

Here you are, in the speaking part of the IELTS test. You’ve just completed part one and you think it went well. Here comes part two. The nerves creep in. The examiner asks you to speak for two minutes about … Continue reading →

In this post I will focus on two areas where it is easy to lose marks in both General Training and Academic Writing. The first is the word count, and the second is spelling and punctuation. The post IELTS Writing: How important is spelling? appeared first on IELTS blog.

‘I don’t understand how some candidates could complete the paper within just one hour — there is just so much to read!’ We often hear candidates complaining about the lack of time in the Reading test: the articles are long and difficult, and it seems impossible to complete all the questions in an hour. In this blog post, we will look at a smart way to manage your time in the Reading test. The post IELTS Reading: Time management the key to a high band score appeared first on IELTS blog.

The best listeners are engaged with whatever they are listening to. This could be a lecture at school or a conversation with a friend. Have you ever spoken to a friend and then thought, ‘Oh, what did he just say?’ because you were daydreaming? You weren’t being a good listener! And this can happen in your IELTS test too. The post IELTS Listening: The importance of good note-taking appeared first on IELTS blog.

Being successful with English, in IELTS and beyond, means finding a way to make using the language a regular part of your life. Learners often feel frustrated and lose interest in studying vocabulary when they find study materials rather boring and not connected to their own interests, but more interesting materials can be difficult to find and even more difficult to understand. The post IELTS Speaking: Using technology to improve your vocabulary appeared first on IELTS blog.

In this post we will look at IELTS Reading practice, IELTS Listening practice, and IELTS vocabulary — how to develop your vocabulary so that you can get the IELTS score you need. The focus of the post is on using your mobile phone to prepare for the IELTS test. The post IELTS preparation: Using your mobile to boost your band score appeared first on IELTS blog.

There are certain topics in the IELTS exam which can be considered quite common. They are not guaranteed to appear in your next exam, but they are common enough that you really should spend some time studying them. One of these super common IELTS topics is weather. I’m sure that when you first began learning The post IELTS Topics: Weather appeared first on TED IELTS.

If you want to improve at English, then you need both practice and feedback. Practice is important, but… if you keep making the same mistakes over and over, it will only cause those mistakes to be embedded. When this happens, it will be harder to break them later. As such, you should find situations to The post 5 Ways Get Feedback on Your English (from Native Speakers) appeared first on TED IELTS.

As most of you will know, in addition to writing articles about IELTS on this website, I also make YouTube videos. I do this because some people prefer to learn through videos and it is an easy, free way for people to learn how to improve at IELTS. I began making these YouTube videos in The post Recent YouTube Videos appeared first on TED IELTS.

Last year, I wrote an article about why people always score so poorly for IELTS writing compared to the other parts of the IELTS exam. It was a popular article because it’s a very common question. Everyone wants to know why their writing is graded so poorly. To put it as simply as possible, writing The post How to Get Better at IELTS Writing by Overcoming Common Mistakes appeared first on TED IELTS.

When writing your IELTS task 2 essay, it is vital to have a good conclusion. However, many candidates don’t know how to do this. They wonder what a conclusion should include, and what it shouldn’t include. The process of writing a good conclusion is, to many, a complete mystery. In fact, the conclusion is usually The post How to Write a Great IELTS Conclusion appeared first on TED IELTS.