Episodes
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Did you know that uou can use "a/an + adjective" before a statistic to express your reaction to the number?
This technique adds emphasis and helps the listener or reader understand your perspective on the data.
Examples:
A staggering 95% of teenagers spend over 4 hours daily on social media. An alarming 62% of young adults report experiencing significant anxiety. A heartening 78% of volunteers say they feel more connected to their community. A disappointing 34% of students complete their language learning goals. An impressive 92% of renewable energy targets were met this year. A troubling 46% of food produced globally goes to waste. A surprising 55% of people have never traveled outside their home country.Listen to find out how to use this structure in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 reports.
Get the full document from my daily tip (31st October 2024).
https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en/halloween-grammar
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I've tested a LOT of online IELTS Writing Checkers.
In this podcast, you'll learn about the main problem with (almost) all of them.
I explain how I carried out an experiment to help a student who was getting confusing results 2 AI checkers that she paid for.
Get the full lesson details with model answers on my website.
https://ieltsetc.com
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In this lesson you'll learn 5 IELTS Listening Tips that (I'm guessing) nobody told you about.
Get the full lesson with bonus materials in the Bronze Academy on my website.
https://ieltsetc.com/2024/10/5-ielts-listening-tips-nobody-told-you-about/
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Get the free lesson on my blog: How to use personal pronouns in IELTS Writing.
In this lesson, we look at ways of USING and AVOIDING personal pronouns in Writing Task 2 essays.
You'll learn when to use "I", "we" and "you", and you'll get examples of how to avoid personal pronouns by using plurals, the passive voice, and more general language.
https://ieltsetc.com/personal-pronouns-in-ielts-writing/
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If you really want to make a difference to your test score, stop practising grammar with useless examples that you'll never use in the IELTS test!
In this grammar review we look at how to use few, a few, little and a little SPECIFICALLY FOR the IELTS test.
You'll learn useful expressions that you can use in the Writing and Speaking Tests, and you'll find out how to avoid common mistakes with these quantifiers in the Reading and Listening Tests.
Get the full lesson in the Bronze Academy, starting at just $4 per month.
The full lesson includes:
a set of IELTS-related phrases for each quantifier a set of practice questions for each quantifier an interactive review of all quantifiers 3 Listening video extracts with real test audio, tapescripts, answers and explanations 3 Reading extracts The most common mistake with 'few' Formal and Informal alternatives 10 examples for GT lettershttps://ieltsetc.com/2024/09/quantifiers-few-a-few-little-a-little/
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In this lesson, you'll practise 3 reading question types while learning essential IELTS animal-related vocabulary items such as 'hibernation' and 'migration'.
I also discuss differences between two summaries, which will help you use more formal language in the writing test e.g. to maintain fitness vs to stay fit.
For example:
(Advanced Summary)
The article explores how animals maintain fitness differently from humans. Unlike humans, who need consistent training to prepare for endurance challenges like marathons, many animals maintain or even enhance their fitness without deliberate exercise.
(Intermediate Summary)
The article discusses how animals stay fit in different ways compared to humans. While humans need to exercise regularly to prepare for challenges like running a marathon, many animals stay fit without needing to train.
Get the full lesson on my website (Bronze Academy) and in the Members Academy.
https://ieltsetc.com/ielts-tips-and-tricks/
https://ieltsetc.com/courses
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In this lesson we look at direct and indirect ways of asking for help.
You will learn fixed expressions that you can use in any letter of request letter, and you'll also learn how to demonstrate flexibility with a variety of tenses when you 'give details of your musical activities'.
Find the full lesson with models and interactive practice on my website (Bronze Academy).
https://ieltsetc.com/2024/09/ielts-general-training-letter-of-request/
You recently went to a concert and thought one of the singers was very good. You want to tell him/her how you feel.
Write a letter to the singer. In your letter:
say how you feel about his/her performance give details of your music-related/musical activities explain how you would like him/her to help you with your music-related/musical activities -
In this lesson, we look at how you can use Listening Test maps to improve the way you describe maps and plans in the Writing Test.
In this lesson we'll cover
How to talk about FUTURE changes How to avoid over-using 'going to' How to use the passive tense How to use the vocabulary of change related to mapsWe also review map prepositions, and we look at a model answer. The lesson ends with a list of map expressions collated from 4 real Listening Tests.
Members get the full lesson on my website:
https://ieltsetc.com/2024/08/ielts-maps-plans-changes-future/
Get the FREE Maps and Plans Listening lesson on my website:
https://ieltsetc.com/ielts-listening-maps/
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This is a talk-through of a General Training Reading Passage 3.
The text tells the story of the 'Fosbury Flop', which is a high-jump technique developed by a 21 year-old university student from the USA called Dick Fosbury in the late 1960s.
In this lesson, you'll practise Matching Information, Multiple Choice and gapfill questions.
Get all my lessons on my website ieltsetc.com and follow my courses in the Members Academy.
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In this Listening Section 2 about tips for runners, you'll learn how to spot distractors in different question types such as matching people and multiple choice.
Get the full lesson with 180+ more lessons in the Bronze Academy
https://ieltsetc.com/2024/07/ielts-listening-matching-people-distractors/
Get the list of phrasal verbs to talk about hobbies (Free)
https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en/phrasal-verbs-hobbies-and-new-skills
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This is a talk-through of a Passage 1 Academic Reading text about tennis rackets (Book 19 Test 1).
It covers 2 sets of questions (True, False, Not Given and Gapfill Summary).
Full lesson notes and video available on my website and Members Academy.
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In this lesson, you'll see why so many model essays are NOT model essays.
For each of the points I mention, you'll learn a better alternative so that you can make changes to your own writing.
Here's the question:
Some people believe that charities should help people in need no matter where those people are in the world. Others feel that these organizations should only serve the people living in the country where they are based.
Discuss both sides and give your own view.
Find the full lesson on my website:
https://ieltsetc.com/2021/03/ielts-band-9-sample-essay-charity/
Watch my YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/c4nMPXwJls4
My tips about Coherence and Cohesion (avoiding mechanical linking words) are here:
https://ieltsetc.com/2020/01/ielts-writing-coherence-cohesion/
Find more Band 9 essays and tips on my website.
Join the Bronze Membership for full access.
https://ieltsetc.com/2019/04/band-9-essay/
https://ieltsetc.com/2021/03/ielts-task-2-band-9-essay-ceos/
https://ieltsetc.com/2019/09/ielts-writing-task-2-topics-and-models-crime/
https://ieltsetc.com/2020/05/ielts-writing-task-2-how-to-write-an-introduction/
https://ieltsetc.com/2020/03/to-what-extent-do-you-agree/
https://ieltsetc.com/2020/11/ielts-formal-writing/
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Quick tips to help you with the Speaking Challenge followed by a Reading Passage 2 about the tool-making abilities of crows (and what we have in common with them). True/False/Not Given. Get the full reading here https://www.ieltsetc.com/2018/11/ielts-reading-two-wings-toolkit/
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This is my walkthrough of an Academic Passage 1 about Stonehenge.
Keyword before you listen:
‘Winter solstice’ - the shortest day of the year (December 21st)
Meaning: to stand still
The solstice (combining the Latin words sol for “sun” and ‘sistere’ for “stand still”) is the point where the Sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year and thus ancient astronomers came to know the day as one where the sun appeared to stand still.
Become a member to get the full tapescript, wordlist and video.
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This listening about a research project contains several examples of ‘academic’ language (language related to studying at university) that you need to understand Listening Part 3.
It's about a volcanic eruption, and is adapted from a Cambridge Past Paper (Book 18).
Get the full lesson notes and video in the Bronze Membership on my website ieltsetc.com and the Listening Course in the Members Academy.
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This Part 4 Listening is all about moving elephants.
In the lesson you'll learn about:
using word prompts to keep your place using intonation and sentence stress to identify answers using spelling patterns and plurals to get the right answersThe full transcript is available in the Bronze Membership on my website.
https://ieltsetc.com/2023/10/ielts-listening-part-4-keeping-up-with-the-speaker/
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This is a relatively easy Passage 2 from a Cambridge Past Paper, with 3 sets of questions [Matching Information, Categorising and Gapfill].
https://ieltsetc.com/2023/10/ielts-reading-forest-management/
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This Listening Part 4 about a writer called Victor Hugo is taken from the new Practice Book 18.
In the podcast you'll learn
why this particular test is more difficult than usual how reference words give you the answer (if you can remember what they refer to) techniques for predicting and retaining information common gapfill answers and how they're related to pronunciationGet the full video, tapescript and tips in the Members Academy Listening Course with Members bonus features for 12 months.
ieltsetc.com/courses
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This is a Passage 3 review about a book about The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers.
This is an extremely difficult text. It would really help if you have the text in front of you.
The only good thing about this text is that everything goes in COMPLETE ORDER and we know where everything is, because it goes from 'Chapter 1' to 'Chapter 10'.
The Yes, No, Not Given questions are not too difficult either.
But the last Gapfill Summary with Answers is a nightmare.
Good luck with it!
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