Hello, and welcome to our first IELTS News Tracker of 2023. With every new year comes change and new developments, and we're here to keep you up-to-date with all of the news from the IELTS world. The Latest IELTS News Since we left you in 2022, there have been some...
At the end of last year, we predicted that 2022 would see difficult financial times for many and that has certainly proved to be true! But times of crisis also open up opportunities and we have seen many of our students succeed in winning large scholarships, gaining...
IELTS Speaking Test Sample: The questions below are focused around politeness. The vocabulary and collocations included in the model answers will help you to score from band 7.0 upwards - and could be useful for any question where you are asked to describe another...
The model answer below is to a mock IELTS Academic Task 1 bar chart. When practicing mock questions, you have to cover a wide range of scenarios. In this case, not much data is supplied and so it can be a challenge reaching the 150-word minimum count. When you get a...
Welcome to the December 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary. Following are several carefully chosen articles that contain the sort of vocabulary and ideas you will find useful on IELTS test day. You can find even more of the articles we read in December on...
Welcome to our final News Tracker of 2022! It's been an eventful 12 months in the IELTS world, and in this final News Tracker, we're bringing you the last round of updates in IELTS and migration news for 2022. The Latest IELTS News The past 30 days have been positive,...
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! ...
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...
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...
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...