Get all the essential information about the Listening Test. Find out how long it takes, and learn about the four different parts of the Listening Test.

Find out the types of questions that come up in the Listening Test.

Get some effective tips for doing the Listening Test. Download the Official IELTS Listening Test answer sheet. 

How do you prepare for the IELTS Listening Test? Get some effective methods. I explain the importance of 'Slow Practice'. I also tell you about some great resources to help you to improve your IELTS listening skills. You can find the links to these in the resources section.

Take this IELTS Listening Test. Get a pen and a piece of paper and test your listening skills for the IELTS Test.

Take this IELTS Listening Test. Get a pen and a piece of paper and test your listening skills for the IELTS Test.

Understand what you have to do in the IELTS Reading Test, both for the Academic and General Training IELTS. Find out about the kind of texts you have to read and look at some practice reading texts.

Find out about the question types that come up in the IELTS Reading Test.

Learn the most essential reading exam strategy: skimming and scanning. Find out about my 3 step reading test strategy and see skimming and scanning in action with my animated explanation video.

Understand how the IELTS Reading test is assessed.

How should you prepare for the IELTS Reading Test? Find out how in this video, in which I show you some great websites to help you improve your reading, plus some advice on using practice tests. Check out the resources for links to my recommended websites for reading materials.

Download this sample IELTS Reading Test paper. Print out the PDFs and try the test yourself.

In this section you can practice some questions from the IELTS Reading test. 

1. Read the text in this lecture - it's a good idea to print out the article, so I have included the article as a PDF (see the Resources section for this lecture)
2. Try the questions in the Practice Test.

Learn all the essential information about the IELTS Writing Test. Find out about the writing tasks in both Task 1 and Task 2 of the Academic and General Training IELTS, as well as common writing topics.

In this video, you will get the essential information on writing a Task 2 essay. You will learn about the two main essay structures (the Argument essay and the Opinion essay), the different kinds of question and the different types of response.

In this video, you will learn about how IELTS examiners assess your writing. You will find out about the assessment criteria and the four different assessment areas: 

• Task Achievement / Response
• Coherence and Cohesion
• Lexical Resource
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy

And you will find out how to get a Band 7 in each of these four assessment areas.

You can also download the writing assessment criteria from the resources section for this lecture.

In this video, you will see how an IELTS essay is marked by IELTS examiners. Watch me assess an IELTS Task 2 essay using the IELTS assessment criteria used by all IELTS examiners.

Get some great tips for the writing exam. Find out about the importance of timing and planning, and why vocabulary is so important.

Read my article about the importance of using Cohesive Devices in your writing. You can also download a PDF of examples of Cohesive Devices from the Resources section.

Grammar is 25% of your writing band score. Read my article about the importance of Grammar in your writing. Read about the 3 sentence types, and get my 5 tips for getting a high band score for Grammar.

Read my Essential Guide to Writing Task 2

Download some sample questions with model answers

Get all the essential information about the IELTS Speaking Test. Find out about the 3 parts to the speaking test and how they are different from each other.

Learn about Part 1 of the speaking test and the kinds of questions you will be asked.

Learn about Part 2 of the speaking test and the kinds of questions you will be asked. Plus some tips on making notes for your talk. You can also download some sample speaking topics from the resources section.

Read my essential guide to Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test and get even more tips and information.

Learn about Part 3 of the speaking test and the kinds of questions you will be asked. You will also understand how Part 3 is different from Part 2.

In this video, you will learn about how IELTS examiners assess your speaking. You will find out about the assessment criteria and the four different assessment areas: 

• Fluency and Coherence
• Lexical Resource
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy
• pronunciation

And you will learn how to get a Band 7 in each of these four assessment areas.

You can also download the speaking assessment criteria from the resources section for this lecture.

What does "Fluency and Coherence" mean? Find out in this lecture and get some essential tips for what to do...and what NOT to do!

Find out how IELTS examiners assess Fluency and Coherence...and what you need to do in order to get the band score you need.

What does "Lexical Resource" mean? Find out in this lecture and get some essential tips for what to do...and what NOT to do!

Find out how IELTS examiners assess Lexical Resource...and what you need to do in order to get the band score you need.

What is "Grammatical Range and Accuracy" ? Find out in this lecture and get some essential tips for what to do...and what NOT to do!

Find out how IELTS examiners assess Grammatical Range and Accuracy...and what you need to do in order to get the band score you need.

What are "Pronunciation Features" ? Find out in this lecture and get some essential tips for what to do...and what NOT to do!

Find out how IELTS examiners assess Pronunciation...and what you need to do in order to get the band score you need.

Learn 6 top tips for success in the IELTS Speaking Test.