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

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

 Phew! November is always busy but this year has seen an incredible volume of work! Where We’ve Been We have made the finishing touches to our It’s Not Rocket Science! IELTS Writing Task 2 book. It will now be published in paperback and as an ebook in January 2023! ...

The Best Guide On How To Prepare For The IELTS Exam

The Best Guide On How To Prepare For The IELTS Exam

Taking the IELTS test can be a very daunting prospect for many candidates. Needing a certain band score can be crucial to their migration application, job prospect or university placement.  Whether you are taking the General or Academic IELTS test, there will be a...

Model IELTS Writing Task 2: Personal Computers and 24/7 emails

Model IELTS Writing Task 2: Personal Computers and 24/7 emails

This model essay tackles the question of the extended work hours brought by modern technology. This kind of topic can be introduced in several different ways on test day. Be careful–a subtle twist in the way the question is asked can require a quite different...

Mock IELTS General Task 1 Question: Cancelled Festival

Mock IELTS General Task 1 Question: Cancelled Festival

This month we have tackled a formal General Task 1 question. Formal letters always begin with Dear Sir or Madam. It is important to maintain a formal tone throughout and to end with an appropriate sign off.rt Note how our model answer does not address the bullet...

IELTS & OET News Tracker: November 2022

IELTS & OET News Tracker: November 2022

We’re almost at the end of what has been an eventful year in the world of IELTS. In this month’s IELTS News Tracker, our penultimate edition for 2022, we’re bringing you some important IELTS and migration news from the last 30 days. The Latest IELTS News This month...

Spotlight Vocabulary, November 2022

Spotlight Vocabulary, November 2022

Welcome to the November 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary. Below you will find a number of specially selected articles containing the kind of vocabulary and ideas you will find useful on IELTS test day.  These are just a selection of the articles we read in April;...

Spotlight Vocabulary, November 2022

Spotlight Vocabulary, October 2022

Welcome to the October 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary This series compiles articles chosen for their advanced concepts and vocabulary useful for exams such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) . These are just a selection of the articles...

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

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

The end of the year is fast approaching! Where has all the time gone? If you are still trying to achieve your IELTS goals–it’s not too late. Read on to find out what we have been up to and who we have been helping. Where We’ve Been We have been everywhere! The world...

Model IELTS Speaking Answers: Your Neighbourhood

Model IELTS Speaking Answers: Your Neighbourhood

Neighbourhoods and neighbours can be one of the very first set of questions you receive. Since these topics can also appear in Part 2 and Part 3, it is definitely a vocabulary area you should prepare for. The following model answers cover each part of the test and a...

Model IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Cashless Society

Model IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Cashless Society

This mock IELTS Academic Task 1 question is a double graph question with a bar chart and a line graph. When our writer submitted this to us there were two problems, and they were the kind of mistakes many test candidates also make. The first one was that the overview...