In this IELTS reading preparation and strategy video, I explain several techniques for preparing for the IELTS reading test. Specifically, I talk about how you should use IELTS sample tests for preparation, why reading for pleasure can help your IELTS score, and how reading a single article multiple times can improve your vocabulary. General Advice […]
IELTS Academic Reading Vocabulary – Climate Change
This lesson explores how you can use sample tests to build your IELTS academic reading vocabulary. We take a paragraph from Cambridge IELTS 11 and highlight the useful terms. How to get IELTS Academic Reading Vocabulary from Sample Tests IELTS reading tests are excellent for vocabulary study (and grammar). This is because nearly every paragraph […]
IELTS Writing Task 2 Band 7 Scoring
In this lesson, I talk IELTS Writing Task 2 Band 7+ scoring. In other words, I examine exactly what your essay needs to do to get a high writing score. Watch the video lesson or take a look at the text version below. IELTS Writing Task 2 Scoring: Band Descriptors Take a look at the […]
IELTS Speaking Scoring – How to Get a Band 7+ Score
In this IELTS Speaking video, I talk about how the IELTS speaking test is scored and what test takers need for a Band 7+ score. I go through each of the Public Band Descriptor categories (fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, pronunciation) and give an action step at the end for how […]
IELTS Speaking: Strategies for Difficult Questions
In this lesson, we cover different advanced strategies you can use for difficult IELTS Speaking questions. For example, I explain when you can ask IELTS speaking examiners to rephrase the question and teach you what to say when you need more thinking time, don’t understand the question, or can’t think of an answer. Common Speaking […]
IELTS Speaking Part 2 Model Answer – Helpful Person
In this IELTS Speaking Part 2 practice lesson from IELTS Master, I teach two techniques that you can use to improve your answers. If you’ve already completed the lesson on how to score well on the IELTS Speaking test, this should be helpful. I also give an IELTS Speaking Part 2 model answer for the […]