IELTS with Fiona: a comprehensive guide to IELTS

This passage has an academic, theoretical structure rather than a factual, chronological one. Watch the video on YouTube to see how it looks: https://youtu.be/7JHQdVkENMU This video will show you how to use the structure to get answers even when the content doesn't make much sense!

21 Jun 202022min

Finding a roommate, the best fitness apps, How to Delegate and Choosing the right CV Format. Find the word formation booklet here: https://ieltsetc.com/2018/04/how-a-knowledge-of-word-forms-can-increase-your-score/

15 Jun 202042min

This video looks at Section 2 of the IELTS Listening Test, which often includes a MAP in the second half. Watch the video on YouTube if you would like to practice with the real test. https://youtu.be/PwXSREaBQ-k The first part is Multiple Choice and this video shows you how to recognise distractors: 'rather than' and 'instead of' are CLUES which tell you that you should choose the correct answer RATHER THAN/INSTEAD OF the trick! I break the Listening up into more manageable parts, so this is a LEARNING video rather than a test, but you can pause the video to test yourself too. I also point out the useful vocabulary that you can extract from the listening to help you with Writing Task 1 (Academic - describe changes to a building; General Training - tell your friend about your new home) Here is an extra Listening to help you describe changes to maps: https://youtu.be/RYwrFUphmrc

7 Jun 202018min

So sorry for the delay - I'm back now! Been working on the daily YouTube lives during Lockdown. Did you miss them? Just go to my YouTube channel (I'll add this podcast as a video if you prefer to read the text and try it for yourself). This is a difficult Academic Passage 3 with Matching Headings, Gapfill and TFNG. Get more Reading practice on my website.

29 Mai 202034min

In this podcast (also on YouTube) I ask my boss Max to give us his insider tips about #IELTS (it's exactly the same as what I say but people actually listen to him!). Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/vCqJ3zLGbcs

18 Apr 202021min

Need to read faster in the test? In this video and podcast, I'll take you through a Reading test and show you what you can do at each stage to answer the questions more quickly. The text is called 'The Birdmen' and you can watch the video and try it yourself on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R7H38LB28P0

24 Mar 202030min

This podcast is taken from my YouTube Video (watch this to see the text). https://youtu.be/Fq000OEq_OU I take you through the first part of a Computer-Delivered #IELTS General Training Reading Test and look at the benefits of taking the test online (as well as the drawbacks!). The first reading is horrendous - the second is much easier, so skip forward if you don't like the first one! This is the practice test I used: https://ielts.com.au/computer-delivered-ielts/computer-reading-practice-test/ Test 1 Part 1: Difficulty rating 8/10 😣 Test 1 Part 2: Difficulty rating 3/10 😄 And here's my FULL analysis of the Computer-Delivered test https://ieltsetc.com/2020/02/ielts-paper-computer/

17 Mar 202022min

Do you rely on a teacher to correct your writing mistakes for the IELTS Test? Is this the most effective way? In this podcast I look at some research that's been done about the best way to learn from your mistakes - and the answers may surprise you! Here is the YouTube video, where you can see all the texts that I mention: https://youtu.be/JPjqoJA-Fhk You can find out more about the award I won from EnglishUK and CambridgeESOL for my research on error correction here: https://www.englishuk.com/en/about-us/news-press/english-uk-news?newsId=2202 Here are some of the tools you can use to correct your own writing: https://www.grammarly.com/ https://prowritingaid.com/ https://www.grammarcheck.net/ I also talk about times when a teacher is essential for helping students meet the criteria of the IELTS test.

11 Mar 202018min