Find out why topic sentences are important and how to write a simple topic sentence and then develop it into a high band score one
Practise writing a simple high band-score introduction.
After reading your introduction, the examiner should know
> what is the question about
> what your position is
IELTS Writing Task 2 – a detailed explanation of why my paragraph about staff uniform would get a high band score.
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, learn what a high band-score answer looks like
IELTS Writing Task 2 – Watch me convert a simple paragraph into a high band score one.
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, learn how to improve your cohesive devices.
Watch me convert a plan into a simple paragraph for IELTS Writing task 2
How to create a plan for IELTS Writing task 2
If the examiner asks you to talk about the past, you can use this useful strategy
In the speaking test, you need to persuade the examiner that you can speak at length without noticeable effort in order to get a band score 7 for Fluency and Coherence.
Here’s a useful tip to help you to do that
How to use idioms
Can you use this simple idiom?
– to look forward to
If the examiner asks you a “what type of” question in the IELTS speaking test, it is better not to give him a boring list
How to use idioms
Learn how to use the idiom – out of the blue – in the speaking test
Idioms are important.
Find out how to find idioms and how to use them in the speaking test
Do you get frustrated because you forget things you want to remember? Help is at hand, with a programme called Anki.
Watch me showing a student how to use Anki to learn basic modal verbs
If you have to learn anything, Anki is the best way to remember.
Lexis for IELTS Writing Task 1 – take every opportunity to show off your lexis. Be prepared beforehand with some less common lexical items such as …
Do you get frustrated because you forget things you want to remember? Help is at hand, with a programme called Anki.
Watch me showing a student how to use Anki to learn basic tenses and auxiliaries
If you have to learn anything, Anki is the best way to remember.
Watch a live classroom recording of me and my students talking about how to organise a task 1 question about mobile and PC ownership
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, organise your Task 1 answer in a logical way
Watch a live classroom recording of me answering a question about the most popular types of food in a particular country.
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, copy my pronunciation, intonation, and lexis 🙂
Lexis for IELTS – take every opportunity to show off your vocabulary in Writing Task 1
Be prepared
How to think of vocabulary in a Writing Task 1 process
Ask yourself questions – why questions, where questions, etc
Find out why topic sentences are important and how to write a simple topic sentence and then develop it into a high band score one
Practise writing a simple high band-score introduction.
After reading your introduction, the examiner should know
> what is the question about
> what your position is
IELTS Writing Task 2 – a detailed explanation of why my paragraph about staff uniform would get a high band score.
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, learn what a high band-score answer looks like
IELTS Writing Task 2 – Watch me convert a simple paragraph into a high band score one.
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, learn how to improve your cohesive devices.
Watch me convert a plan into a simple paragraph for IELTS Writing task 2
How to create a plan for IELTS Writing task 2
If the examiner asks you to talk about the past, you can use this useful strategy
In the speaking test, you need to persuade the examiner that you can speak at length without noticeable effort in order to get a band score 7 for Fluency and Coherence.
Here’s a useful tip to help you to do that
How to use idioms
Can you use this simple idiom?
– to look forward to
If the examiner asks you a “what type of” question in the IELTS speaking test, it is better not to give him a boring list
How to use idioms
Learn how to use the idiom – out of the blue – in the speaking test
Idioms are important.
Find out how to find idioms and how to use them in the speaking test
Do you get frustrated because you forget things you want to remember? Help is at hand, with a programme called Anki.
Watch me showing a student how to use Anki to learn basic modal verbs
If you have to learn anything, Anki is the best way to remember.
Lexis for IELTS Writing Task 1 – take every opportunity to show off your lexis. Be prepared beforehand with some less common lexical items such as …
Do you get frustrated because you forget things you want to remember? Help is at hand, with a programme called Anki.
Watch me showing a student how to use Anki to learn basic tenses and auxiliaries
If you have to learn anything, Anki is the best way to remember.
Watch a live classroom recording of me and my students talking about how to organise a task 1 question about mobile and PC ownership
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, organise your Task 1 answer in a logical way
Watch a live classroom recording of me answering a question about the most popular types of food in a particular country.
If you’re serious about succeeding in IELTS, copy my pronunciation, intonation, and lexis 🙂
Lexis for IELTS – take every opportunity to show off your vocabulary in Writing Task 1
Be prepared
How to think of vocabulary in a Writing Task 1 process
Ask yourself questions – why questions, where questions, etc
