After reading this page you’ll have a better idea about a common IELTS myth: that everyone who takes the IELTS exam should be aiming for a band nine. You’ll learn about IELTS band requirements for visas and university admissions. You’ll also know how to set goals for IELTS study and why it can be more effective to aim for a band seven than a band nine.
This article looks at a common myth that you should be using a band nine vocabulary list when studying for the IELTS exam. Let’s take a look at why this isn’t true and how you should be studying vocabulary.
This essay is a task two essay from Adeyemi, a student from Twitter who asked me to take a look at some of his essays. If you haven’t, take a look at his task one essay too.
Want to find out how to improve your IELTS task one writing? You’ve come to the right page. On this page, you can watch me break down a real IELTS essay sent in by a student. I’ll then show you how I would rewrite this essay to improve its score. The student who sent me this essay also send me a task two essay, so be sure to take a look at that too.
Many students feel overwhelmed by the different type of questions in part two of the IELTS writing exam. However, while these questions often look like too much to ever learn, it is possible to break them down into five broad types. Once you know these, you will know how to handle any IELTS writing question that you get in your exam. This article will introduce these question types and how you should go about answering each one.
The conclusion is probably the easiest part of your IELTS writing part two. However, conclusions are still important to get right for several reasons. They play an important structural role in your essay. They’re also important because the final impression is memorable. Finally, if something is easy, you should be trying to do it perfectly!
Body paragraphs make up the most of your essay and so it’s important to pay attention to them. This guide will teach you how to put together IELTS style body paragraphs even if you’re not sure what you want to say in your essay. Each body paragraph you write should have one topic sentence and three-four supporting sentences.
The introduction is an essential part of your IELTS writing part two essay. Your introduction sets your essay off in the right direction and makes your ideas for the whole essay clear for yourself and the examiner.
This article is part of our series about how the IELTS graded. If you haven’t yet, check out our sections on task response, coherence and cohesion and lexical resource.
Lexical resource is all about the words you use. In many ways, it should be the most simple part of the IELTS grading criteria to understand. However, it’s also the area with the most misconceptions around it. This article will take a look at the grading criteria, unpack what those criteria mean and explore what mistakes people make around lexical resource. Make sure you also check out our guides to task response, coherence and cohesion, and grammatical range and accuracy.