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IELTS & OET News Tracker: September 2022

IELTS & OET News Tracker: September 2022

As we move into the autumn and closer towards the new year, we’re keeping you up to date with all of the changes in the IELTS world. Along with what is being announced with respect to immigration in IELTS relevant countries. Remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II On...

Spotlight Vocabulary, August 2022

Spotlight Vocabulary, August 2022

Spotlight Vocabulary, August 2022 Welcome to the August 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary. In this series, we curate articles that contain ideas and high-level vocabulary you can use in tests like IELTS or OET. These are just a selection of the articles we read in...

School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From August 2022

School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From August 2022

This has been a busy month for us. With record numbers of people taking the IELTS test we have spent a lot of time online marking and teaching!  Where We’ve Been Last Friday, we gave the last of our IELTS Reading and Vocabulary webinars. Don’t worry if you missed it —...

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Health care 

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Health care 

This mock IELTS Academic Task 1 question and answer tackles a single table question.  Remember, the main idea when writing an answer to this kind of question is to write enough detail so that someone can recreate the table based on your essay, but not so robotically...

Practice IELTS Speaking Questions: Friends

Practice IELTS Speaking Questions: Friends

Discussing friendship most commonly occurs in IELTS Speaking parts 2 and 3. It is the kind of topic that could also appear in Writing Task 2 — especially with regard to discussing social media.  Below you will find some model answers to questions you might get in each...

IELTS & OET News Tracker: September 2022

IELTS and OET News: August 2022

August is a busy month for IELTS as test candidates struggle to meet the score they need for emigrating and studying abroad.  The Latest IELTS News The British Council have now officially launched IELTS online in select countries.  At the moment the Speaking test is...

School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From August 2022

School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From July, 2022

This is an extremely busy period for us. July to September are peak periods for IELTS as many struggle to get the score they need for university and work. What We’ve Been Up To We have been pretty much locked to our desks as we have traversed the world digitally many...

Spotlight Vocabulary, August 2022

Spotlight Vocabulary, Issue 41

Welcome to Spotlight Vocabulary,  Issue 41! To help you prepare for examinations like IELTS or OET, we've compiled a list of articles that contain high-level concepts and terminology. In addition to the articles listed below, you will discover many more on our...

Model IELTS Writing Task 2: Emigration

Model IELTS Writing Task 2: Emigration

The model essay below is about emigration – and is worth reading just for the vocabulary. It follows a discuss both views format. Needless to say, with this kind of question, both views must be discussed to get more than a band 5.0. This essay is very advanced in that...

Mock IELTS General Task 1 Question: A Charity Event

Mock IELTS General Task 1 Question: A Charity Event

In IELTS General Task 1, you can get three main types of letters: formal, semi-formal and informal. The instructions for the formal will always tell you to start your letter Dear Sir/Madam. Informal letters will be to a friend. All other letters can be regarded as...