Are you ready for 2022 and the Year of the Tiger? The world is opening up and now is the time to be planning your next move! Where We’ve Been We’ve been right behind our desks, meeting people from all over the world on Zoom. We recently added a new section to our...
Welcome to the January 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 have published; you can find more on...
This week’s model answer tackles the question type that asks to what extent you agree or disagree with a given opinion. Since you do not have to discuss two points of view or balance your opinion, you could follow either a 4 or 5 paragraph model. Just make sure that...
This month we are returning to IELTS Writing General Task 1. This month, it is a semi-formal letter to your manager asking for some time off work. Here is the template followed when answering this month’s question… Salutation – it is to set the tone from the start...
Happy new year! And if you’re looking to work in Australia or study in the UK, the chances are that it will be. Both countries are in serious need of English speaking migrants from abroad at the moment. Now’s the time, then, to secure the highest IELTS grade you can....
A challenging year for many — with many more challenges to come. 2022 is going to see a real squeeze on our finances and some countries will fare better than others. The good news is that borders are opening as countries start to accept the inevitability of it’s...
Welcome to the December 2021 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 December; you can find more on...
Food is another topic you are likely to encounter in any part of the test. Read the following speaking-style questions, paying close attention to words you don’t know and the words in bold. There are definitions for the words in bold at the end of the page. Before you...
IELTS Writing Task 1 is the biggest challenge for most test candidates. The main reason is that there is such a big variety of them. In this post, we tackle the Process Diagram. The main thing to remember is that an overview for a process diagram should break the...
It’s been a roller coaster of a year, but if you’ve been waiting on the chance to move to Australia for work or study, the time may at last be close. There’s much talk of a reopening of the borders on 15 December (finally!). Or if Canada’s your destination of choice,...