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2nd March 2021

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
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23rd February 2021

IELTS Writing Task 2: Everything you need to know

This post outlines everything you need to know about IELTS Writing Task 2 — from the basics, to a sample essay.

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by Sieon Lau, Senior Editor, ClarityEnglish
5
17th February 2021

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
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9th February 2021

IELTS Listening: All the basics, from the British Council

Andrew Stokes puts forward some questions to see if you know enough about the IELTS Listening test — and gives tips on how you can get to know the basics.

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by Andrew Stokes, IELTS specialist, ClarityEnglish
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2nd February 2021

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
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26th January 2021

IELTS Preparation: How to do well in IELTS with 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
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19th January 2021

IELTS Writing: Better vocabulary, better band score

Bryan Dowie explains why a better vocabulary will result in a better band score in IELTS Writing, and offers some practical tips and exercises.

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by Bryan Dowie, IELTS teacher, Hong Kong
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12th January 2021

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
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5th January 2021

IELTS Listening: Knowing your IELTS level

Sieon Lau gives a short guide on how to use the IELTS Score Calculator to predict your current IELTS level and create your study strategy based on your result.

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by Sieon Lau, Senior Editor, ClarityEnglish
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29th December 2020

IELTS Speaking: Improve your vocab with entertainment

Eyad Darras suggests two resources, with accompanying exercises, that can help improve your vocabulary for your IELTS test and general English.

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by Eyad Darras, Language Assessment Consultant, British Council China
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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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