This month there's another mixed bag of news for those looking to move to the English speaking world. Australia needs more migrants - lots more - and New Zealand is still largely closed to the world. One thing is clear, though: competition for jobs and university...
February is all but done and we are progressing our goals and aims for this year. How about you? Where We’ve Been Its been another busy month at With an Expert. Our first book on Writing Task 2 has been to the publishers and writing has started on an Academic Task 1...
It’s almost March — but before we get there, check out our February edition of Spotlight Vocabulary! This series is where we curate and point you in the direction of articles containing high-level vocabulary and ideas you can use on test day. Check out...
How good is your pollution vocabulary? Many parts of the world suffer from pollution, and it is a topic that crops up regularly on test days. Read the following speaking-style questions, paying close attention to words you don’t know and the words in bold. There are...
It’s a mixed bag of news this month. Covid-19 continues to give many skilled migrants and international students a headache, delaying visa applications and adding uncertainty. But on the positive side, most countries - notably Australia - will soon be open to the...
Line graphs are one of the most common data description tasks in the IELTS test. One of the most important things to include is an overview. An overview does just what its name suggests – it gives you a view over all the data. It does not select the biggest and...
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...