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A twice-weekly talk-through of IELTS topics to help you learn about the issues, vocabulary, tips and strategies you need to know for the test. Follow me on www.facebook.com/ieltsetc and get...
In this episode, we explore the topic of language(s) in IELTS. From bilingualism and language learning to language loss and global communica...
In this episode, we use the story of the Céide Fields (an archaeological site in Ireland) to help you improve the skills you need for IELTS...
🧑🎨 In this podcast you'll learn ideas and vocabulary related to the theme of GENDER, specifically the forgotten role of women in medieval...
This Listening Part 2 about an archaeological dig will help you review maps 🗺️ and vocabulary related to the topic of Civilisation 🏺. Get...
🏮 To celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Horse, here's an Academic Passage 1 text all about The White Horse of Uffington - an...
This Academic Reading Passage 1, which is about the life of a well-known artist, will help you review the huge topic of art and the arts in...
In this podcast you'll learn tips about guessing True False and Not Given questions, reference words, and how to use conditional sentences i...
This IELTS Listening Part 4 is about research into microscopic animals called tardigrades or ‘water bears’. The speaker explains their extre...
In this podcast, you'll work through an IELTS Academic Reading Passage 1 about ageing ('The secret of staying young') in a clear, guided way...
How Plants Sense Temperature – IELTS Reading Made Easy This episode breaks down a challenging IELTS Reading Passage about how plants use lig...
In this lesson, you'll learn how to use the words you DON'T KNOW to get the right answers ! It's a difficult Academic Reading Part 3 , which...
This month, we've been exploring the huge topic of MONEY in the Members Academy. It comes up in ALL parts of the test, so in this lesson, we...
This is a lovely reading about forced rhubarb: its history and how it is grown and harvested. There are 3 question sets: Matching Headings M...
Always check the title of a pie chart to make sure you're providing an accurate summary of the data.Pie charts show percentage and proportio...
In this lesson, we'll analyse a Part 1 Reading text with the purpose of improving our understanding and use of prepositions. First, we go th...
Did you know that uou can use " a/an + adjective " before a statistic to express your reaction to the number? This technique adds emphasis a...
In this lesson you'll learn 5 IELTS Listening Tips that (I'm guessing) nobody told you about. Get the full lesson with bonus materials in th...
Get the free lesson on my blog: How to use personal pronouns in IELTS Writing . In this lesson, we look at ways of USING and AVOIDING person...
If you really want to make a difference to your test score, stop practising grammar with useless examples that you'll never use in the IELTS...
In this lesson, you'll practise 3 reading question types while learning essential IELTS animal-related vocabulary items such as 'hibernation...
In this lesson we look at direct and indirect ways of asking for help. You will learn fixed expressions that you can use in any letter of re...
In this lesson, we look at how you can use Listening Test maps to improve the way you describe maps and plans in the Writing Test. In this l...
This is a talk-through of a General Training Reading Passage 3. The text tells the story of the 'Fosbury Flop', which is a high-jump techniq...
In this Listening Section 2 about tips for runners, you'll learn how to spot distractors in different question types such as matching people...
This is a talk-through of a Passage 1 Academic Reading text about tennis rackets (Book 19 Test 1). It covers 2 sets of questions (True, Fals...
In this lesson, you'll see why so many model essays are NOT model essays. For each of the points I mention, you'll learn a better alternativ...
A quick look at TFNG and a less common type of Matching Headings. Get the full text here https://www.ieltsetc.com/2019/03/ielts-gt-reading-p...
Quick tips to help you with the Speaking Challenge followed by a Reading Passage 2 about the tool-making abilities of crows (and what we hav...
This is my walkthrough of an Academic Passage 1 about Stonehenge. Keyword before you listen: ‘Winter solstice’ - the shortest day of the yea...
This listening about a research project contains several examples of ‘academic’ language (language related to studying at university) that y...
This Part 4 Listening is all about moving elephants. In the lesson you'll learn about: using word prompts to keep your place using intonatio...
This is a relatively easy Passage 2 from a Cambridge Past Paper, with 3 sets of questions [Matching Information, Categorising and Gapfill]....
This Listening Part 4 about a writer called Victor Hugo is taken from the new Practice Book 18. In the podcast you'll learn why this particu...
This is a Passage 3 review about a book about The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers. This is an extremely difficult text. It would...
Farming and agriculture is my Number 1 Vocabulary topic for IELTS, and I noticed that most of the readings in this new Cambridge Practice Te...
This is a pretty straighforward Academic Part 2 about Stadiums. In this podcast we'll go through 3 question types (Matching Statements, Gapf...
I guarantee that you can do this in under 10 minutes if you follow my system. Find the Reading online and do it yourself before you listen....
Get the full blog with audio on my website: https://ieltsetc.com/2023/04/ielts-listening-tips-complete-guide/ In this lesson, I examine the...
There are many free online IELTS Writing checkers available, and they can be useful when you’re starting your IELTS preparation. Online writ...
[Skip the 5-minute introduction if you want to just get to the question types!] Different websites have different ways of categorising IELTS...
The best thing about the IELTS Test is that you cannot fail it. The test simply takes a ‘snapshot’ of your current level of English. So if y...
There are 7 key features of fast speech and pronunciation that you need to develop a better understanding of in order to increase your Liste...
In this Listening Section 2 we look at: - Multiple choice questions - distractors - matching from a list - the word 'staff' and how it's rep...
What will you do differently in 2023? Here are my 7 resolutions to help you get the IELTS test over and done with once and for all. Get all...
In this episode, I'll take you through one of my Guided Readings - it's an Academic Passage 3 from Book 17 and, unusually, it's a book revie...
Question: "How do I cope with so much information when I'm preparing for the IELTS test?" Answer: "Just do as much as you need to do for the...
Can you guess the answers to the gapfill before you listen? In this episode I talk you through a Passage 4 where I think about 60% of the an...
A tricky GT Part 3 Reading with Matching Headings, Multiple Choice, and Matching Sentence Endings.
I've spoken a lot about Mindset for IELTS in 2 earlier blogs: 1. How to train your mindset for IELTS https://ieltsetc.com/how-to-train-your-...
In this podcast, you'll practice listening for the tricks in Multiple Choice Questions. This is yet another Listening based on the topic of...