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
IELTS grammar mistakes To get to grade 7 and above you need to have frequent error-free sentences. If you do not have this you cannot get to 7 and above. If you want to get to 8 or 9 you need to decrease errors to a similar frequency as a native writer. In order to … Read more
IELTS future task This blog teaches you how to plan and write an IELTS academic test report for part 1 of the IELTS test. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The graph below gives information from a report in 2010 about the use of energy in Australia since 1980 with projections until … Read more
Prepare some model answers In addition to preparing language about the common topic areas of people, places, things, activities, experiences; a good way to prepare for Part Two is to prepare a model answer for each of these common topic areas for a couple of reasons: If you prepare for a question about a … 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
This blog gives you suggestions for the day of your IELTS speaking test. Before your test After the written test get out of the test centre and relax before your speaking test Start warming up 20 minutes before your test by thinking about the three questions that start your speaking test which are: your work/study, your … 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
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.
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