Many candidates find IELTS Reading the hardest part of the test. Reading, even in your native language, requires a lot of concentration, and when you are assessed against the clock in a second language, it can become overwhelming for many. In our experience mentoring...
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School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From March 2023
March is a hectic month in the IELTS world, and the test is proving more popular than ever. Despite that, we still have a big announcement to make… Where We’ve Been We can finally announce that our long-awaited book has finally hit the Amazon bookshelves! Co-written...
IELTS General Writing Task 1: A Complaint Letter To A Publishing Company
The complaint letter is a common Task 1 in the General Training test. As it will almost always be directed to a company, or organisation such as a local authority, it is important to communicate in a formal and largely impersonal tone. The contractions commonly used...
IELTS WRITING TASK 2 [Agree/Disagree]: Modern technology makes people more impatient and less able to focus on what is important.
The model essay below addresses the very common To what extent do you agree? task type. As you read through, think about how it fully meets the task requirement by expressing a clear opinion with a reasonably well-balanced presentation of the argument in the two body...
IELTS & OET News Tracker: March 2023
Greetings and welcome to the IELTS News Tracker for March 2023. There have been some exciting developments in the IELTS, OET and International Migration world since we last left you. Here is a comprehensive summary of the latest developments that have taken place...
School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From February 2023
School has been out for many people around the world this month with various international holidays and term breaks. Here is what we have been up to... Where We’ve Been As digital nomads, we have traversed the globe, from Canada to Mongolia and many places...
Model IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: A bar chart and pie chart about global fashion sales
Below is a model answer to a double Academic Task 1 question about a bar and pie chart The most common type of Academic Task 1 question involves comparing and contrasting two different data sets. Take a look at the following question which is followed by an analysis,...
Learn IELTS Vocabulary: Changes
IELTS Speaking Test Sample: Talking about change in some way is a topic which sometimes occurs in the Speaking interview. Read the following speaking-style questions, paying close attention to words you don’t know and the words in bold. There are definitions for...
IELTS & OET News Tracker: February 2023
Welcome to the second IELTS News Tracker of 2023. There have been developments around the IELTS world since we left you in January. Here is our round-up of what's been happening in the last 30 days. The Latest IELTS News There have been a couple of interesting...
School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From January 2023
Happy Year of the Rabbit! Where We’ve Been We have hit the ground running this year! Just look below to see the number of countries our IELTS test candidates have come from. We have also been in frequent contact with our European publisher and expect that our...