IELTS PRONUNCIATION: RISING & FALLING TONES

Intonation is an important feature of pronunciation, one of the assessment criteria in the IELTS speaking test. Using appropriate intonation and fully understanding the intonation used by the interviewer matter a great deal. Intonation is very essential in speaking English because it conveys

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IELTS PRONUNCIATION: SENTENCE STRESS

English is a very melodious language – you can go up and down with your pitch, pause before or after a word, or even speed up or slow down just to give certain words in a sentence more meaning than the other words. In fact, you can say the same sentence in different ways with different

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How to understand IELTS essay questions

Being able to understand what the essay question is asking you to do is essential if you want to score highly in task 2 of the IELTS writing test. There are 3 steps. Watch the video below to learn what these are and how to use these steps to analyse an essay question.



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Grammatical Range and Accuracy: IELTS Task 2 Writing

It’s really important to know the factor you are being assessed on in your writing. The video below shows you exactly what your examiners are looking for in terms of your grammar and how you use grammar to link ideas logically in your writing. You'll also get advice on how to score more highly

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IELTS Task 2 Writing: Lexical Resource

It’s really important to know the factor you are being assessed on in your writing. The video below shows you exactly what your examiners are looking for in terms of your vocabulary and how you use words and also provides advice on how to score more highly in the criteria of lexical resource.

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IELTS LISTENING: SENTENCE/SUMMARY COMPLETION

Prediction is a vital skill that can give you a push to focus specifically in section 3 of the listening test, where sentence/summary completion aims at testing your ability to guess information. In this section, you will hear a number of speakers discussing a topic.  Here are some tips that

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IELTS READING: SCANNING THE PASSAGE

Scanning is a speed reading technique that you can use to save time in reading a passage, which is very helpful in taking a timed test like the IELTS. Although it is the same with skimming in process, scanning is different in purpose. It aims at spotting a specific name, date, statistic, or fact

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IELTS READING: SKIMMING THE PASSAGE

The reading section in the IELTS is a timed test. You are then not advised to spend too much time reading the passage. The better thing to do than to slowly read is to put to work a speed reading technique namely skimming. Skimming involves rapid movement of the eyes over text, aimed at

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IELTS Task 2 Writing Criteria: Coherence and Cohesion

It's really important to know the factor you are being assessed on in your writing. The video below shows you exactly what your examiners are looking for and also provides advice on how to score more highly. You'll learn the differences between a bandscore 6, 7 and 8.



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IELTS Task 2 Writing Criteria: Task Response

It's really important to know the factor you are being assessed on in your writing. The video below shows you exactly what your examiners are looking for and also provides advice on how to score more highly. You'll learn the differences between a bandscore 6, 7 and 8.


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