IELTS Reading: How tennis rackets have changed 🎾
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, False, Not Given and Gapfill Summary). Full lesson notes and vid...
15 Jul 202422min
IELTS Writing: 9 tips for a Band 9 essay
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 alternative so that you can make changes to your own writing. Here's t...
15 Jul 202430min
IELTS GT Part 1: Passport Applications and Airport Services 🛂🛄
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-passports-and-airports/
8 Jun 202420min
IELTS Reading: Crows and tools 🧰
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 have in common with them). True/False/Not Given. Get the full r...
5 Feb 202434min
IELTS Reading: Stonehenge
This is my walkthrough of an Academic Passage 1 about Stonehenge. Keyword before you listen: ‘Winter solstice’ - the shortest day of the year (December 21st) Meaning: to stand still The solstice (comb...
24 Des 202335min
IELTS Listening 🌋: academic words you need for Part 3
This listening about a research project contains several examples of ‘academic’ language (language related to studying at university) that you need to understand Listening Part 3. It's about a volcan...
26 Nov 202330min
IELTS Listening: Elephant translocation 🐘
This Part 4 Listening is all about moving elephants. In the lesson you'll learn about: using word prompts to keep your place using intonation and sentence stress to identify answers using spellin...
22 Okt 202320min
IELTS Reading: Forest Management 🌳
This is a relatively easy Passage 2 from a Cambridge Past Paper, with 3 sets of questions [Matching Information, Categorising and Gapfill]. https://ieltsetc.com/2023/10/ielts-reading-forest-managemen...
3 Okt 202320min
