IELTS lessons
Progress through the bands or master a specific IELTS skill.
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Writing: Task 1 & 2
Master the specific formats and structures examiners expect for each IELTS Writing task, from data description and letters to essay types.
By the end, you'll be able to:
- Structure a clear, well-organised response for any Task 1 or Task 2 prompt
- Handle Academic Task 1 formats: trends, comparisons, processes and maps
- Handle General Training Task 1 letters: formal, semi-formal and informal
- Write any Task 2 essay type: opinion, discussion, advantage/disadvantage, problem/solution and two-part questions
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Listening: Question Types
Learn the method for every IELTS Listening question type, from form completion to the Part 4 lecture.
By the end, you'll be able to:
- Know the format of the Listening paper and how answers are marked
- Predict answers and catch names, numbers and corrections
- Use a reliable method for each question type
- Keep up with a lecture and take notes under time pressure
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Reading: Question Types
Learn the method for every IELTS Reading question type, from True/False/Not Given to matching headings.
By the end, you'll be able to:
- Know the format, timing and answer rules of the Reading paper
- Find answers fast with skimming, scanning and paraphrase
- Use a reliable method for each question type
- Avoid the traps examiners set in each question type
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Speaking: Parts 1–3
Learn what the examiner wants in each part of the IELTS Speaking test, from short Part 1 answers to the two-minute talk and the Part 3 discussion.
By the end, you'll be able to:
- Know the format of the Speaking test and how each of the four criteria is marked
- Extend short Part 1 answers naturally instead of giving one-word replies
- Plan in one minute and keep talking for the full two minutes in Part 2
- Give, compare and speculate on opinions in Part 3, and speak clearly enough to be understood easily
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Band Progression
Understand increasingly complex meaning and distinguish between closely competing answers in reading.
By the end, you'll be able to:
- Identify the right reading strategy for each question type instead of re-reading the whole passage
- Develop clear, well-supported writing with stronger arguments, precision and cohesion
- Follow detailed meaning, speaker intent and arguments across increasingly complex listening
- Give relevant, developed and coherent spoken answers, and express and defend ideas with precision
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