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IELTS articles, tips & strategy

Practical, examiner-informed guides for every part of the test. Written by the English for Education team — taught by muic & chulalongkorn university alumni, ielts speaking band 9 teaching team, idp-certified ielts teachers.

Strategy

How to get IELTS Band 7: a realistic plan

A practical, week-by-week plan to reach IELTS Band 7 across Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking — written by IELTS Band 9 teachers.

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IELTS band scores explained (and how they're calculated)

What IELTS bands 0–9 mean, how the overall band is calculated and rounded, and how raw Listening and Reading scores convert to bands.

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Writing

IELTS Writing Task 2: a band-7 structure that works

A clear, repeatable four-paragraph structure for IELTS Writing Task 2, with what examiners reward on each of the four criteria.

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Speaking

IELTS Speaking Part 2: how to ace the cue card

Use your one minute of prep, speak for the full two minutes, and structure the long turn so examiners can reward you on all four criteria.

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Reading

True / False / Not Given: stop losing easy marks

A simple decision process for IELTS True/False/Not Given questions, and the trap that makes most people choose wrong.

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Vocabulary

The Academic Word List: what it is and how to use it

What the Academic Word List (AWL) is, why it matters for IELTS, and how to learn its 570 word families so they show up in your writing and speaking.

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Listening

IELTS Listening: 8 mistakes that cost you a band

The most common IELTS Listening mistakes — from spelling and word limits to losing your place — and exactly how to avoid each.

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AI

How AI band scoring works (and how accurate it is)

How AI scores IELTS Writing and Speaking against the official criteria, what it's good at, where it falls short, and how to use it to improve fastest.

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