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Monthly Archives - December 2021

An IELTS examiner’s story.

The examiners that work for us have hundreds of stories about examining.  Here is one though that they see a lot. So, I had a guy come today for an IELTS speaking test. His English was excellent (Band 8.0) and he dealt with the questions I had from him expertly. Now, I had seen him twice. This was the second time I’d seen him in 3 months. He said he had got Band 6 in the writing (Academic) and was there...
December 12, 2021By IELTS speaking0 CommentsRead more...

How can I deal with a lack of ideas when doing IELTS writing?

It sounds like you are over-complicating IELTS writing. It’s probably easier if we look at an example together. The IELTS questions pretty much cover the same topics so let’s look at this one as it’s very simple. So, all you have to do is read the question and think, do I agree or not? In this case I agree. Don’t try to balance your position unless your English is a very high level; it is much more difficult. Essay structure. Introduce the...
December 9, 2021By IELTS writing2 CommentsRead more...