For my own university exams, I was told "RTFQ", which stands for: Read The Flipping* Question *They used another word instead of 'flipping'. In IELTS Writing Task 2, it is vital that you read and understand the question. Candidates who do this will likely get a good score. Candidates who don't do this will will certainly get a bad score. In this lesson, I'm going to share some of the fundamentals for how to read and understand IELTS Writing Task 2 questions. In another lesson

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In this class, we're going to: 🗒️ Look at a model essay 🔬 Analyse the question 🗺️ Look at the bullet-point plan ✍️ Examine how to...

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In this class, we're going to: 🗒️ Look at a model essay 🔬 Analyse the question 🗺️ Look at the bullet-point plan ✍️ Examine how to...

In this class, we're going to: 🗒️ Look at a model essay 🔬 Analyse the question 🗺️ Look at the bullet-point plan ✍️ Examine how to...

In this article we we will look at how to answer Short Answer questions. 📑 Look at some examples 🎯 Focus on the objective 🤔 Discuss...

This article will go into detail on some useful activities you can do to practice speaking part 2. In this article we are going to look at 4 different activities: 🎙️ Recording and Transcription 🐢 Slow-Faster-Fast ✍️ Vocab Generation ⏲️ 4 / 3 / 2 See this post for general Speaking Part 2 tips and this post for Speaking Part 2 practice cue cards. 1. 🎙️ Recording and Transcription Use your phone or computer to record yourself answering a Speaking Part 2 prompt. Listen back to

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There are four important techniques that you will need to use throughout the listening exam. I've also included an important, bonus fifth point that'll help you in every part of the test! Specifically, we will look at: 🎯 Predicting answers 🔍 Predicting and understanding synonyms and paraphrases. ⚖️ Avoiding being tricked by 'distractors' 📝 Understanding fast, connected, and reduced speech 💬 How improving your vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation will improve your listen

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