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In this tutorial, we learn new IELTS speaking vocabulary about Books and Films.
This vocabulary will help prepare for all parts of the speaking exam. Improve your vocabulary as well as your band score!
Read the full vocabulary list here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-speaking/books-film-art/
Ps – Read our latest IELTS success story to find out how Anastasiya jumped to band 7 in 30 days!
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May 29 2021
23mins
Anastasiya took IELTS three times. She was stuck at 6.5.
Her husband was also stuck. But he got some feedback and in the next test jumped to Band 7.
– From the advice of one essay correction, he jumped to Band 7. Awesome!
Anastasiya unfortunately was still stuck at 6.5.
She tried the “Jump to Band 7 or it’s Free” online IELTS course.
If she failed she would get a refund. Nothing to lose.
Although she didn’t even complete the course, she still jumped to Band 7!
Anastasiya is a smart and hard-working Ukrainian who will soon be going to Canada with her husband, largely thanks to their IELTS scores.
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May 27 2021
23mins
In our tutorial this week we learn some new IELTS speaking vocabulary about modern technology.
This vocabulary will help prepare for all parts of the speaking exam. Improve your vocabulary as well as your band score!
Read the full tutorial and mock speaking exam here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-speaking/modern-technology/
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May 25 2021
22mins
Meet Salma,
She is a smart Egyptian student based in the far east of the UAE.
Far away from professional tutors, and language academies but with a goal of reaching Canada in 2021.
Still determined to improve her score she started with two online courses.
Unfortunately they failed and she was stuck at band 6.5.
So she decided to try our online course (Jump to Band 7 or it’s Free) and she loved it!
Our tutors may have even inspired her to become a journalist!
Salma was preparing with Daphne and writing essays and getting feedback almost daily.
She soon realised she had made the right decision when her essays were improving.
Daphne helped her with:
And finally, she got a Band 7!
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May 20 2021
23mins
In this tutorial, we review recent IELTS Task 2 questions seen in the exam. Listen to the full tutorial for sample essays and IELTS vocabulary.
Read the questions below:
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Find out all the information you need to know about the IELTS exam.
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May 16 2021
23mins
In this tutorial, we take a look at some recent IELTS general Task 1 questions. We provide sample answers to help you prepare for your exam.
Take a look at the Task 1 questions here:
1. Write a letter to your landlord complaining about noise in the block of flats which he owns.
You should include:
2. You want to arrange a conference for your company, and you need to ask one of your colleagues to give a presentation in this conference.
Write a letter to your colleague. In your letter include:
3. You own an old item that you think is valuable and would like to sell. Write a letter to the owner of an antiques shop.
In your letter
Take a look at some more IELTS General Task 1 tutorials to help you prepare:
Take a look at more IELTS General Task 1 questions here.
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May 12 2021
22mins
Anna decided to take the IELTS exam while in lock down.
She was writing essay after essay on her own and checking her own work.
She’d write the essay, then return a few days later to self check it, however, she soon realised this wasn’t enough.
She knew she was missing grammar mistakes and had dubious vocabulary choices.
What’s the solution?
Well, she decided to invest in getting her IELTS essay evaluated.
Not only did her essays start to improve but her motivation also picked up. (Vital if you’re in lockdown).
Having a tutor guide you to a Band 8 in IELTS must be great, don’t you think?
IELTS Reading and Listening
Anna said she did a mock exam after mock exam.
I hear this time after time, the best way to improve your score in this part of the exam is via practise tests.
She also immersed herself in the English language and was constantly listening to podcasts.
She even decided to give up music for a few months while preparing!
IELTS Speaking
Anna talked with herself a lot but eventually ended up getting a tutor to help her through the exam.
Having a tutor in front of you can really help you improve, you get to see their reactions to what you are saying.
She also invested in the IELTS speaking feedback service and got more guidance as to how to improve her score.
Final Result – 8
Speaking – 7
Listening – 8.5
Reading – 8.5
Writing – 7
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May 05 2021
26mins
The band descriptors say that a band 8 in Grammatical Range and Accuracy is writing where:
Some believe that majority is more than half but compare this statement with one from band 7 which says, “produces frequent error-free sentences.” Sentences at band 8 must be more correct than just frequently; assume that most of them must be correct.
Remember that at band 8 the examiner may be slightly more lenient with errors in complex grammar, but simple grammar should be accurate.
Areas where students often make errors include:
Here, you must show a great variety of structures, ideally complex grammar.
Some advanced grammatical structures that students often use include:
Band 8 requires using more than just the above, however. Some examples of advanced grammatical structures follow.
Most students are familiar with these sentences yet avoid them because of the combination of tenses required.
If governments implemented and enforced measures, pollution could be reduced.
Band 8 students use more advanced forms of conditional sentences, including those without if.
Were governments to implement and enforce measures, pollution could be reduced.
It is also possible to use if + adjective rather than an entire clause.
If possible, governments should create public service campaigns regarding reducing fossil fuels. (=if it is possible)
If necessary, strict fines should be given to factories that do not reduce their emissions. (=if it is necessary).
Most students are familiar with using which and that in their writing but rarely attempt higher-level usage of relative clauses. These include:
Examples:
There are numerous measures that can be taken to reduce air pollution, many of which require governmental intervention.
Researchers have discovered that microplastics, many of whose effects are still unknown, have been found in sea creatures that are later eaten.
The number of full-time students fell to 80,000 in 1985, after which the figure remained stable until the end of the period.
Inversion is an example of a high-level grammatical structure that few students attempt. There are several different ways to create inversion. In all of them, the verb and subject are inverted as in question order.
Rarely/ barely/ hardly/ never/ not only (at the beginning of a sentence)
Not only should citizens use their cars less, but they need to use less electricity in their homes also.
(=Citizens should use their cars less and they should also use less electricity in their homes)
Never has it been so important to adopt measures to protect the environment.
(=It has never been so important to adopt measures to protect the environment)
Inversion is also created with only + then/ later/ / by/ after, and not until when they begin a sentence or subordinate clause but here the inversion comes in the main clause.
Not until governments step up their efforts to reduce pollution will we see light at the end of the tunnel.
(=We won’t see light at the end of the tunnel until governments step up their efforts)
Only by looking at the matter in further detail can we understand its complexity.
(=We can under the matter’s complexity only by looking at it in further detail)
These can use the active participle (-ing) or passive participle (-ed) to provide extra information, describe the cause of the information in the main clause or even the reason for it.
More people are moving to cities, causing more emissions from vehicles to be released into the atmosphere.
(=which causes)
Fully implemented, these measures could reduce the effects of pollution in our urban centers.
(=if they are fully implemented)
Having seen the effects of climate change, the scientific community has sounded the alarm on fossil fuel emissions.
(=Because they have seen)
These are sentences that begin with It is/ was, followed by an emphasized word + a relative pronoun. Cleft sentences are used to emphasize a particular word or phrase.
It is companies which have the responsibility of curbing fossil fuel emissions most.
(= Companies have the responsibility of curbing fossil fuel emissions most)
Another type of cleft sentence can be created with a what clause + be + verb/ noun.
What governments need to do is implement measures penalizing companies that create emissions.
(=Governments need to implement measures penalizing companies that create emissions)
Cleft sentences are also common in spoken English, so practice using these for your speaking test as well.
Remember that at Band 8, test takers are expected to show proficient use of English. Language should be natural but also show complexity and accuracy.
Experiment with some of the above grammatical phenomena to extend the range of structures you use and make a positive impression on your examiner.
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May 03 2021
22mins
Look at these lovely phrases to help you through your speaking exam:
Hear all these phrases (the intonation is important), and discover how to use them in our latest tutorial:
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Apr 22 2021
23mins
Band 9 Speaking practice?
Yes please!
In this tutorial we cover a Band 9 speaking exam – rich model answers from a native English speaker.
Before this, I ask Leyla about:
For more speaking tips, read out tutorial here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-speaking/speaking-tips-band-9/
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Apr 18 2021
19mins
Students often ask “What notes should I make for speaking part 2?”
In this tutorial, I will show you that you do not have to write much, it’s about the quality of your words, not the quantity. I will also look at what you can do to try to achieve a high band score.
For the written full tutorial on cue cards, click here.
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Apr 15 2021
22mins
In this tutorial you will:
Learn more about grammar for IELTS here.
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Apr 12 2021
27mins
What do you do when you really want to pass IELTS first time?
When you want to pass IELTS and carry on working / studying?
Well this is exactly what happened to Marco, an Italian student living in Dublin studying philosophy and had a conditional offer to study for a PHD in Limerick, but he had to pass IELTS…
Marco started his preparation alone, online, and didn’t fancy paying lots of money to the local “language school”. After all, who wants to pay a business that has no specialisation in IELTS? And that doesn’t even offer a guarantee, why bother?
So Marco, determined not to waste a penny and hellish determined to pass IELTS rst time had no time to mess around re-taking the exam, reschedule his timetable and repeat the whole stressful process AGAIN.
He just had to pass first time.
He started his preparation a few months in advance – very very smart. But, after showing his essays to his at mate he realised this wasn’t going to be a stroll in the park (easy).
He realised it was going to be a challenge.
Marco then got in contact with me, took an essay check, and was convinced that getting feedback, exam strategies, and writing tips was the best way to improve and pass rst time Very smart guy
If you are in a similar situation to Marco, if you have to pass first time, send me an email, I’d love to help. Check out the online course that helped him pass!
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Mar 31 2021
22mins
In this tutorial, we will look at:
Read the full tutorial here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-speaking/fashion-shopping/
Take a look at some more IELTS Speaking vocabulary.
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Mar 28 2021
25mins
In this tutorial we talk to Aousien from Syria who jumped 2 bands in his IELTS writing!
He tells us:
Check the happy email we received from Aous:
“Ben Ben Ben Ben ,
I got the results , and I got the 7 I was looking for
I am the happiest man ever and I am really thankful , without you and your continues
support this was never going to happen
really I don’t know how to thank you , so first you made me to jump from 5 to 6.5 and in
the attempt after I got the 7
Listening 8
Reading 8”
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Mar 25 2021
14mins
In this tutorial, we will look at:
Read more here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/audio-tutorials/social-media-vocab/
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Mar 22 2021
23mins
In our tutorial we talk to a special guest, Raveena from SI-UK.
We will find out:
To find out more about the IELTS requirements for your UKVI, read more here.
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Mar 18 2021
19mins
In this tutorial, we look at:
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Mar 15 2021
23mins
In this tutorial, we look at:
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Mar 11 2021
19mins
Cohesion is a very important aspect of IELTS writing tasks.
Cohesion is how you link all the ideas present in your work.
If you want to get a high score for the writing tasks, you need to know the best ways to build clear and logical paragraphs where all the sentences are tied together.
Listen to our latest tutorial to learn more about using transition devices you won’t make your work coherent!
For the full tutorial and examples, click here
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Mar 09 2021
23mins