What materials should I use to study for IELTS?
There are some books that IELTS examiners recommend for IELTS students. However, there is also a lot of rubbish out there. Avoid the 1 or 2 dollar kindle books; they are useless and will not help you. In fact, they will probably just give you bad advice. We asked the examiners that work with us what IELTS books they would recommend and this is the list they came up with. https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/upmyielts Here you can find all the books you will need to practice...
The 3 main reasons that people struggle with IELTS writing and speaking
Many people come to us at upmyielts.com asking why they can't get a higher score in IELTS writing/speaking. These are both production skills and there are many reasons as everyone's case is slightly different. We asked one of the IELTS examiners that works for us what they thought and this is what they had to say. People think that they better than they are at English. I see a lot of students who have studied English for years and years...