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Friday 13 August 2010

Essay Planning 4 - writing conclusions

It's the final part in the series on essay writing for IELTS. Instructions on how to write a concluding paragraph with 3 IELTS essays to read.

Essay Planning 4 Conclusions 1

Friday 6 August 2010

How to prepare for the IELTS exam Speaking Part 2

Finally some advice on how to do the IELTS exam Speaking Part 2.  This is where you have 1 minute to prepare yourself for a topic, and then you speak for 2 minutes without any interruptions from the examiner.  If you want to do well in this section of course you need to practice, practice, practice.  But what does that mean?

Take a look at my new document and also listen to a native speaker doing the task.
How to Prepare for the IELTS exam Speaking Part 2

Wednesday 4 August 2010

Congratulations Erkan!!!!

Another very successful IELTS student from my class.  These results are brilliant - especially the reading - I'm speechless! 

Reading     9
Listening   7.5
Writing      7.5
Speaking   7

Overall      8

You worked hard Erkan and fully deserve the results you got - I'm very proud of you. 

Tuesday 3 August 2010

Essay Planning 3

Here's the third part in my essay writing series -
How to write Introduction paragraphs for your IELTS essay.
There's a simple formula to follow which works every time.  And take a look at the examples I give with real IELTS questions asked in May and June 2010.