HELP IS HERE FOR YOUR IELTS Currently, I offer student two really valuable services. The first one is to have IELTS writing tasks assessed for the grade they will receive and also to correct your writing and make suggestions about how to increase the score for each of the four grading criteria. www.ieltsanswers.com/writing-correction-ielts.html The second service … Read more
FAIL YOUR TEST? Sometimes students get their results and are devastated. I just want to mention some of the factors that influence your score in any particular test. 1. Your English ability 2. Your knowledge of the test (I have had students who are native English users fail to get to 7 for writing, and … Read more
This blog gives my top ten tips to prepare for an IELTS test. For convenience, I have turned this into a pdf for you to download. Top 10 Factors for IELTS Success 1.Improve your overall English ability The IELTS exam has been designed to test your ability to communicate in English, so ultimately you cannot score … Read more
IMPROVING ENGLISH With regards to your study plan, to really improve your English requires a lot of hard work and dedication. If you’re looking for a quick and easy solution you’re not going to find it and simply paying money won’t solve it. The only way to really improve your English is to get immersed … Read more
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Learning to speak and write a language cannot be learnt from a book. It is like learning to drive a car. At some stage, you need to get into the driver seat and learn by doing and making mistakes. Obviously, the key that the practice must be guided. Practice without guidance is a waste of … Read more
IELTS 7 not achieved by most Native English speakers! It is absolutely astounding that even native speakers fail to reach 7, on average in their IELTS test. I In fact, native speakers were beaten by speakers from two other countries…can you guess what these two countries were? Who did better than the English native speakers: Germans … Read more
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About Mike
I’m Mike Wattie from Australia. I have been teaching IELTS for over 20 years in Asia and Australia.
I have written IELTS books and this enables me to be an effective tutor. This is because I understand the main problems that students have taking the test and also the ways to overcome them.
Maybe you would like me to teach you the necessary skills and strategies to pass your test.
IELTS is a registered trademark of University of Cambridge ESOL, the British Council, and IDP Education Australia and they jointly manage the IELTS test. This website is for test preparation only and has nothing to do with the administration of IELTS tests This website is not affiliated, approved or endorsed by the University of Cambridge ESOL, the British Council, and IDP Education Australia.
