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

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

This month we heard that we have won another award, but that information has been embargoed until next month, here is what we can tell you... Where We’ve Been We’ve been very busy this month and have found it difficult to get out of our office! Digitally we have...

Spotlight IELTS Vocabulary, Issue 39

Spotlight IELTS Vocabulary, Issue 39

Welcome to Issue 39 of Spotlight IELTS 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 April; you can find more on...

Mock IELTS General Task 1 Question: A friend is coming to visit you

Mock IELTS General Task 1 Question: A friend is coming to visit you

Get some IELTS practice by answering the informal General Writing Task 1 question below. Our model answer follows the following template... Salutation – following an informal style 1st paragraph – answering the first bullet point 2nd paragraph – answering the second...

Mock IELTS Task 2 Essay: An Ageing Population

Mock IELTS Task 2 Essay: An Ageing Population

This week's model essay is a simple positive or negative style question on the topic of an ageing population. This type of question could be written using the 5-paragraph model, which answers with only positive or negative ideas. However, we have chosen to write a...

OET & IELTS News: May 2022

OET & IELTS News: May 2022

This month, there’s lots of positive news for test-takers - migrant workers and students alike. Both Australia and New Zealand are in urgent need of English-speaking professionals to fill a wide range of skilled job vacancies. The UK, meanwhile, is looking to attract...

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

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

Catch up on all the latest happenings at With an Expert below... Where We’ve Been As always, April has been a busy month at With an Expert. We have welcomed new members to our support team and expanded our outreach.  Only yesterday, we gave the second in a new series...

Spotlight IELTS Vocabulary, Issue 39

Spotlight Vocabulary, April 2022

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary. In this series, we introduce you to high-level articles covering the kind of topics you are likely to encounter in tests like IELTS and OET.  For more evergreen articles, visit our LinkedIn and Twitter...

Learn IELTS Vocabulary: A Business 

Learn IELTS Vocabulary: A Business 

Describing a business you know is a Part 2 topic you might receive on test day.  With only 60 seconds to prepare, it would be a good idea to consider now which business you would talk about. The below will give you some ideas about what you could say and some...

OET & IELTS News: May 2022

IELTS & OET News: April 2022

As seems to have been the case throughout the last two years, April brings news of some doors closing to English-speaking workers and students - and others standing wide open for you. Canada, in particular, looks to be full of opportunities both to work and to study -...

Model IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: A Table about Sports

Model IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: A Table about Sports

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Percentage of people interested in certain sports Tables make a frequent appearance in the IELTS test. It is essential to mention every category mentioned in your essay – if you don't, you will have omitted some key information, thus...