This episode looks at IELTS listening tasks with a focus on the completion questions.   I give some tips on using predicting skills as a strategy to improve your accuracy when responding to these questions.  I get a lot of questions from students about how to do the listening tasks for IELTS and this is a key strategy that you should develop and practice.

In this episode we discuss different ways that you can practice your English if you don’t live in an English speaking country.  We look at language exchange websites, language exchange apps, and facebook groups.  I give specific suggestions for these in order to help you get that practice which is so essential to improving your speaking skills.

This is the part 2 of our look at phrasal verbs and how to use them for the IELTS exam.  This episode goes into detail about phrasal verbs, how to use them and we finish looking at phrasal verbs that native speakers use and how you can use them on the IELTS exam to sound more fluent and natural in your speech.

This is the part 1 of our look at phrasal verbs and how to use them for the IELTS exam.  This episode goes into detail about phrasal verbs, how to use them, and we begin to look at phrasal verbs that native speakers use and how you can use them on the IELTS exam to sound more fluent and natural in your speech.  Using phrasal verbs like these will really wow the examiners.

his episode focuses on the importance of building your general English skills before the exam.  Half the exam is knowing how to take the exam and the other half is having the level.  So today we are working on activities to build your listening skills in English.

In this episode you will learn some fantastic activities that show you how to do this in a fun way.  Learning English should be fun, so take advantage of some of these ideas to build your English skills while you are at it.

This episode focuses on knowing how to use IELTS academic vocabulary correctly in speaking and in writing.

Reading is a very difficult skill to cultivate in your second language.  If you want to pass the IELTS exam you have got to start with having a decent level of English and more than that you need to have strong skills in academic English.