Ok, so today we are going to go behind the scenes and look at what you need to do to assess your own learning needs.

If you don’t do this, you are going to miss out on maximizing your IELTS study plan because you won’t be able to target the areas to work on and you’ll slow down your process.

Let’s jump in!

I had a podcast listener reach out to me a few weeks ago.  He had prepared for IELTS on his own and using my podcast and wanted to share some tips with my audience.  I thought this was such a fun thing to do, so I invited him on to the podcast.

One trick I teach my students is to really work on support.  This will help you get a 7 in both writing and speaking.  To do this really well, you have to know how to talk about facts and stats.  So, this week on the podcast, I give some of my favorite tips for adding support to help you inch up to a 7 band score in IELTS writing and speaking skills.

Sometimes you have a conversation with a student that is GOLD and you just know you have to share it. One of my biggest strategies for helping my students get a 7+ band score is working on brainstorming. This week, as I was giving feedback on an essay to a student, we got into a discussion about how helpful brainstorming is to getting a 7 and I just had to share.

“I brainstorm but then when I’m writing, I start to have different ideas coming from different parts of my mind and then I start to mix things up. "

This is how one of my students explained the experience of sitting down to write the IELTS essay.  This week, we discuss how to avoid this feeling of being all mixed up when it comes to the IELTS essay.

It’s easy to get a 6.5 in IELTS writing, in my opinion...But it’s MUCH harder to get a 7.  In order to help my students get a 7, I work on a lot of little extra tips.  Little nuances to add. Better ways to introduce and sequence their arguments.  One thing I do is add development and depth of thought through using these two grammar tricks.

In this episode, I talk about my podcast journey as well as your IELTS journey.

In this episode, I sit down with David Richards to discuss how to achieve success through mastering your mind and overcoming the obstacles that are holding you back.

In this episode, I answer a follower's question and show you how it can help you improve your score and your vocabulary.

In this episode, I look at the questions you are asking and the questions you SHOULD be asking when it comes to your IELTS prep.