An Overview of the Academic and General IELTS Exam

All parts of both exams analysed; IELTS essays marked (model answers included); most effective strategies scrutinized

This overview of both the Academic and General IELTS exam walks you through the reading, speaking, listening and writing sections.  The course is for IELTS students who would like to achieve the following:

Learn better strategies for taking on the reading paper, as you watch me go through an online IELTS sample.

Test your progress with the quizzes, which are based on typical IELTS comprehension questions.

All quizzes are also available to download in pdf format.

Improve your writing skills by memorizing essential vocabulary to describe diagrams and to discuss complicated topics.

See band-9 'model answers' for the writing section. Find out how to achieve the unthinkable.

Learn advanced punctuation skills to improve your band in the written paper

Test those writing skills by handing in your assignments. You must write 2 essays on this course - one for each question on the writing paper. Your assignments are checked and graded by an IELTS professional

Learn new tactics for the listening paper, as we go through an online sample

Test those listening skills with the quizzes, which are based on a typical IELTS listening

Learn new vocabulary for the speaking part of the exam

Find out which topics regularly appear in the speaking exam

This course is best used in combination with my grammar and vocabulary courses.