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IELTS Tips and Secrets full course
What does the course include?
(Below, you can see the course outline. Click the plus sign on the right to expand the menu.)
(Below, you can see the course outline. Click the plus sign on the right to expand the menu.)
Module 1: Introduction to IELTS reading
Module 2: How to do TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN questions
- General information
- IELTS reading question types
Module 2: How to do TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN questions
- Useful tips
- Step-by-step-instructions + examples
- Common traps: tense mismatch
- Common traps: assumption trap
- Task description
- Step-by-step instructions + examples
- Why students struggle with this task
- Step-by-step instructions + examples
- Step-by-step instructions + examples
- Step-by-step instructions + examples
- Step-by-step instructions + examples
- Step-by-step instructions + examples
Module 1: IELTS listening test overview
Module 2: How to do completion tasks in IELTS listening
Module 7: IELTS listening FAQ
Modules 8-13: Recent IELTS listening answers (lists of words & dictations)
Modules 14-18: Recent and common IELTS listening answers (self-assessment exercises)
Module 19: How to do IELTS listening practice
- General information
- IELTS listening test format
- IELTS listening task types
Module 2: How to do completion tasks in IELTS listening
- Step-by-step instructions and examples
- Traps to avoid: irrelevant information
- Traps to avoid: unexpected turn
- Signal phrases
- Names, addresses and postcodes in IELTS listening
- Numbers in IELTS listening
- Dates in IELTS listening
- Word counting rules: hyphens and other cases
- How not noticing instructions hurts your score
- Avoid redundancy in answers
- Commonly repeated answers
- Step-by-step instructions and examples
- Step-by-step instructions and examples
- Step-by-step instructions and examples
Module 7: IELTS listening FAQ
Modules 8-13: Recent IELTS listening answers (lists of words & dictations)
Modules 14-18: Recent and common IELTS listening answers (self-assessment exercises)
Module 19: How to do IELTS listening practice
- How to practice effectively
- Resources to use
Module 1: Introduction to IELTS writing
Module 11: Post-test (evaluated by our IELTS tutors)
- IELTS writing marking criteria (overview)
- Task Response (band descriptors)
- Test yourself now - section
- Coherence & Cohesion (band descriptors)
- Lexical Resource (band descriptors)
- Grammatical Resource (band descriptors)
- Question types
- Essay structure
- Get ready for a pre-test
- Writing practice: pre-test
- Why planning is important
- Identify the essay question
- Make a list of ideas
- Test the selected ideas
- Make a final essay outline
- Writing practice: task for you
- Writing practice: example response
- Introduction structure
- Paraphrase the essay question
- Write your response to the essay prompt or express your viewpoint
- Write a background sentence
- Writing practice: task for you
- Writing practice: example response
- Write body paragraph 1
- Body paragraph 1 (Band 9 sample answer)
- Write body paragraph 2
- Body paragraph 2 (Band 9 sample answer)
- Writing practice: task for you
- Writing practice: example response
- Sample conclusion
- Writing practice: task for you
- Writing practice: example response
- Writing practice: focus on Task Response
- Band 7 linking devices
- Linking phrases to avoid
- Band 8+ linking devices
- Introductory sentences
- Useful sentence starters
- Band 7+ vocabulary
Module 11: Post-test (evaluated by our IELTS tutors)
- IELTS writing checklist
- IELTS writing practice: post-test
- Further steps
- Download ebook
Module 1: Introduction to IELTS speaking
Module 3: Choose your path: Emergency plan or Full preparation
- IELTS speaking preparation plan
- General information
- IELTS speaking test format
- IELTS speaking marking criteria
- Fluency&Coherence (band descriptors)
- Grammatical Resource (band descriptors)
- Lexical Resource (band descriptors)
- Pronunciation (band descriptors)
Module 3: Choose your path: Emergency plan or Full preparation
- Factors to consider
- How the test date can affect your speaking score
- Idioms for ANY speaking topic
- Idioms native speakers often use
- Popular phrases for ANY speaking topic
- Phrasal verbs for ANY speaking topic
- Phrasal verbs you’ll often use
- Phrasal verbs for specific speaking topics
- Words that can be used in ANY answer
- Top-scoring linkers
- Thematic questions
- Introductory sentences
- Part 2 common prompts
- Topic-specific vocabulary
- How to incorporate complex grammar into your speaking answers
- Common mistakes
- What does ‘speaking fluently’ really mean?
- Pauses in IELTS speaking
- Understanding hesitation and how people compensate
- Ways to deal with hesitation: CHUNKING
- Ways to deal with hesitation: SHADOWING
- You can’t make grass grow faster
- ‘monotonous speech’ vs ‘natural speech’
- What’s wrong with memorised answers?
- Focus on stress patterns
- Make a study plan
- Do IELTS speaking practice effectively
- Keep track of your progress
OUR TEAM
Our team consists of specialists with extensive experience in IELTS preparation
- Tetiana Havryliuk
- Teacher of English language and literature with 15 years of experience
- IELTS instructor with 10 years of experience
- Content writer for IELTS Speaking Assistant
- Content creator for IELTS Preparation Assistant
- Most viewed writer on Quora in 2017
- IELTS Academic 8.5
- Teacher of English language and literature with 15 years of experience
- Yana Podolynska
- Teacher of English language and literature with 16 years of experience
- IELTS instructor with 10 years of experience
- Content writer for IELTS Speaking Assistant
- Content creator for IELTS Preparation Assistant
- TOEFL CBT 273 (equivalent to 111-112 TOEFL iBT)
- Teacher of English language and literature with 16 years of experience
- Paulina Teveriadska
- Customer Support Manager
- Social Media Administrator
- Customer Support Manager
Contact us:
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