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Yearly Archives - 2023

IELTS writing Task 2 – What are the examiners looking for?

This was a question from a member in our private IELTS Facebook group.  You can join it here.  It's free. One of the IELTS writing examiners that works here answered this one. The criteria (not the examiners) is looking for a number of things but here are probably the most important ones. Task Achievement Support for your ideas. If you just list ideas in your body paragraphs, you aren’t developing your ideas. Just add one idea to each body paragraph and support...
March 1, 2023By IELTS writing Task 2, , 2 CommentsRead more...

EOR and IELTS. All you need to know

With the new breakdowns of scores being available, before you apply for EOR, you can now see what you got in the writing/speaking and make a more informed decision on whether to pay for EOR or not.  If you don't know how to get a breakdown of your IELTS score, then you need to read this post. Let’s look at an example Dipesh got these results and overall, 6.5 in writing.  He needs Band 7.     Before going for EOR he asks for a...
February 3, 2023By IELTS examiners tips, , 0 CommentsRead more...

Should I do my IELTS exam with the British Council or IDP?

This is a very common question and this may be one of our most important posts ever!! We had recommended the British Council 100% for a very important reason but it looks like IDP now do the same.   You are able to get a breakdown of your IELTS writing and speaking scores from the British Council, and IDP.  So, if you got 6.5 in your writing, you can email the British Council or IDP to get them to send the breakdown...
January 13, 2023By How to prepare for IELTS, 4 CommentsRead more...