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About the 16 Strategy Topics

Classes range from 45 to 60 minutes.They prepare you for the intensive practice phase where you put your knowledge into action, and practice, practice, practice!

  1. IELTS Myths What you may have been told and should not believe about the test
  2. The Writing Test – How It Is Scored You need to know how both the writing tests are scored in order to avoid behaviours that will earn you an ‘automatic 5’ in your Grammar and Task Response subscores.
  3. Analyzing a Task 2 Essay Question This lesson teaches you strategies to boost your Task Response and Cohesion & Coherence subscores, and determine how many paragraphs should be in your Task 2 essay and what should be in each.
  4. Observing & Imaging - Content Gathering for Essays This fun class exercises your ability to generate content. You know more than you think you know!
  5. Paraphrasing - Four Methods Paraphrasing is essential for all parts of the IELTS test: speaking, writing, listening, reading. There are more options than just finding words that mean the same thing.
  6. Sentence Variety - More is More! Many IELTS candidates make the mistake of thinking that the more fancy complex sentences you use, the better your score. Wrong. The greater the variety of your sentences, the higher your Grammar score.
  7. The Speaking Test - How Each Part Is Scored There are reasons for having three parts. The focus is different for each, which will help you develop control of the test.
  8. Nature of the Question - Decode Oral Questions to Power Up Your Score Get the advantage of knowing the four major question types that repeat throughout Parts 1 and 3 of the speaking test.
  9. Verb Tenses for the IELTS The proper use of Perfect Tenses and Passive Voice is what moves your score above a 6.
  10. Task 1 General A prescription for formal and informal letter-writing
  11. Task 1 Academic – Do The Math We address winning tactics vs whatever you are doing now. Learn to tell a story from numbers and pictures. This lesson teaches you how to avoid “mechanical” Task 1 responses on any task using statistics. Avoid a disappointing score of 5 for the Task Response subscore.
  12. Task 1 Academic – TablesHow to read a table, summarize the contents, highlight the points of interest and make comparisons. Prerequisite: Do the Math.
  13. Task 1 Academic – Pie Charts & Bar Graphs How to read a pie and bar chart, summarize the contents, highlight the points of interest and make comparisons. Prerequisite: Do the Math.
  14. Task 1 Academic – Line GraphsHow to approach describing the story a line graph tells over time, for a maximum score. Prerequisite: Do the Math.
  15. Task 1 Academic – Maps & Plans How to get the most out of describing a map or plan in a logical order, and where your high score opportunities will be verb tenses.
  16. Task 1 Academic – Flow Charts and Processes How to get the most out of describing a natural or manmade process where the focus will be sequencing, and verb tenses. And the flowchart where the structure adds a choice of routes to the conclusion.

Paid Services

Mock Tests

We encourage you to schedule a low cost speaking and writing test with a score and detailed feedback. A mock test allows the examiner to see precisely what your weaknesses are at this time (information your previous IELTS test score does not provide).

Do you want feedback on your Writing skills as they develop?

You may purchase an Essay Practice Package of 20, (10 Task 1 assignments and 10 Task 2 assignments). You will get

Do you want feedback on your Speaking skills as they develop?

You may purchase a Speaking Practice Package of 10. You will get

Small Classes or Private Lessons

In addition to free lessons, students may group themselves to form low-cost but high expertise courses of 20, 40 or 60 hours. One-on-one tutoring is also available.

Classes come with access to the Gaming the IELTS web site. Learn more at GTI.

Job Aids

We have created resources to match each of the strategy lessons so you know your notes on lesson content are complete.