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28th June 2022

IELTS Writing: The easiest way to fail

Andrew Stokes suggests three key questions to ask yourself before your IELTS test. These will tell you if you’re ready for your IELTS test or not.

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by Andrew Stokes, IELTS specialist, ClarityEnglish
  • Writing
21st June 2022

IELTS Reading: A quick fix?

In this post, Andrew Stokes suggests five tips that can improve your IELTS Reading score when you are short of time.

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by Andrew Stokes, IELTS specialist, ClarityEnglish
  • Reading
14th June 2022

IELTS Listening: The importance of synonyms

This post shows how to use synonyms in the IELTS Listening test with a simple practice activity that you can try yourself.

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by Andrew Stokes, IELTS specialist, ClarityEnglish
  • Listening
7th June 2022

IELTS Speaking: What is the examiner looking for?

In this post, Andrew Stokes breaks down what IELTS Speaking examiners are looking for and looks at how you can use this information to achieve your best band score.

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by Andrew Stokes, IELTS specialist, ClarityEnglish
  • Speaking
26th April 2022

IELTS Preparation: Understanding your weak areas

It makes sense to want to work on what you’re good at over what challenges you. Dr. Adrian Raper suggests three ways you can work on your weak test areas and better prepare for your IELTS test.

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by Adrian Raper, Director, ClarityEnglish
  • Preparation
19th April 2022

IELTS Writing: Failing to plan is planning to fail!

In this post, Kishore Roy discusses the importance of planning ahead in the IELTS Writing test and practise planning with a new exercise.

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by Kishore Roy, Exams Manager, British Council Egypt
  • Writing
12th April 2022

IELTS Reading: Time management is the key

In this post, you will learn how best to manage your time in all three sections of the IELTS Reading test.

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by Sieon Lau, Senior Editor, ClarityEnglish
  • Reading
5th April 2022

IELTS Listening: Beware the distractor!

In this post, Bryan Dowie gives examples of distractors you might find in the IELTS Listening test – and how you can spot them.

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by Bryan Dowie, IELTS teacher, Hong Kong
  • Listening
29th March 2022

IELTS Speaking: Opinionated discourse markers

Eyad Darras explains what discourse markers are, how to use them, and how they can improve your IELTS band score.

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by Eyad Darras, Language Assessment Consultant, British Council China
  • Speaking
22nd March 2022

IELTS Preparation: Stress management

Research by Dr Sian Beilock shows stress management is key to improve IELTS band scores. Sieon Lau suggests three ways to achieve this.

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by Sieon Lau, Senior Editor, ClarityEnglish
  • Preparation
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The posts on this blog will help you get the best possible score in IELTS. They have been written by British Council IELTS experts, IELTS authors, teachers and successful candidates. This blog is a perfect complement to Road to IELTS, the British Council's official IELTS preparation product. Read on!

Who writes the posts?
 Bryan Dowie, IELTS teacher, Hong Kong  Kevin McLaven, Manager, British Council Director, Punjab  Sahar Azzam, Regional IELTS Academic Manager, British Council Middle East and North Africa Colm Downes, Manager, British Council, Jakarta Sieon Lau, Senior Editor, ClarityEnglish Kishore Roy, Exams Manager, British Council Egypt

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