English Language · 60 lessons
IELTS Preparation
A complete self-paced IELTS course: strategies for all four papers, band 7 grammar and vocabulary, and daily speaking practice with the AI tutor. Independent course — not affiliated with IELTS, the British Council, IDP or Cambridge.
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Syllabus
Module 1: Understanding IELTS
- Welcome to IELTS preparationAI teacherquizFree preview
- How the test worksAI teacherquiz🔒
- What your band score meansAI teacherquiz🔒
- How examiners thinkAI teacherquiz🔒
- Academic or General Training?AI teacherquiz🔒
- Your study planAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 2: Listening
- The Listening paperAI teacherquiz🔒
- Predict before you listenAI teacherquiz🔒
- Numbers, names and spellingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Beware the distractorAI teacherquiz🔒
- Maps, diagrams and processesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Listening practice strategyAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 3: Reading
- The Reading paperAI teacherquiz🔒
- Skimming and scanningAI teacherquiz🔒
- True, False, Not GivenAI teacherquiz🔒
- Matching headingsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Gap fills and word limitsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Time management under pressureAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 4: Writing Task 1
- Task 1 — what examiners wantAI teacherquiz🔒
- The language of trendsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Comparing dataAI teacherquiz🔒
- Processes and mapsAI teacherquiz🔒
- General Training lettersAI teacherquiz🔒
- Task 1 under twenty minutesAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 5: Writing Task 2
- Know your question typesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Planning in five minutesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Introductions and thesis statementsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Paragraphs that scoreAI teacherquiz🔒
- Discussing both sidesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Conclusions that finish strongAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 6: Writing band boosters
- Cohesion without roboticsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Lexical resource — precision beats decorationAI teacherquiz🔒
- Grammatical range on purposeAI teacherquiz🔒
- The errors that cost mostAI teacherquiz🔒
- Answering the actual questionAI teacherquiz🔒
- Edit like an examinerAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 7: Speaking
- The Speaking test, demystifiedAI teacherquiz🔒
- Part 1 — extend everythingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Part 2 — owning the cue cardAI teacherquiz🔒
- Part 3 — thinking aloud gracefullyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Fluency and pronunciation criteriaAI teacherquiz🔒
- Speaking band descriptors decodedAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 8: Vocabulary for IELTS
- Education vocabularyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Environment vocabularyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Technology vocabularyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Health vocabularyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Work and society vocabularyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Paraphrase — the master skillAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 9: Grammar for band seven
- Complex sentences, comfortablyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Conditionals and hedging in essaysAI teacherquiz🔒
- Passives and formalityAI teacherquiz🔒
- Articles — the final frontierAI teacherquiz🔒
- Punctuation that examiners noticeAI teacherquiz🔒
- Accuracy drills that workAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 10: Exam ready
- The full mock — your dress rehearsalAI teacherquiz🔒
- Reviewing listening and reading mocksAI teacherquiz🔒
- Reviewing your writingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Speaking mock with AlexAI teacherquiz🔒
- The final weekAI teacherquiz🔒
- Test day and beyond — well done!AI teacherquiz🔒