20/08/2017
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26/07/2017
In today's tutoring session we looked at techniques for IELTS reading questions matching headings to paragraphs.
Here are some useful tips and a practice activity from the Internet. Do you use any of these already?
Get in touch to find out how you can meet your IELTS goals in personalised classes.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/ieltsmaterial.com/ielts-reading-tips-practice-test-matching-headings-to-paragraphs/amp/
IELTS Reading Tips & Practice Test: Matching Headings to Paragraphs This post will help you match headings more effectively in the IELTS reading test with Common Pitfalls, Tips, Techniques and Practice Test.
25/07/2017
Get some listening skills practice using this engaging material from the British Council.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listening-skills-practice
Listening skills practice Practise and improve your listening skills for your studies or for work. There are activities for different levels, so find your level and make a start.
19/07/2017
Here's a selection of IELTS speaking practice tests. Practice makes perfect, as we say in English 👩🏽🎓👨🏼🎓👩🏫
https://www.ieltsessentials.com/global/prepare/freepracticetests/speakingpracticetests
IELTS Speaking Practice Tests | IELTS Essentials Try some free IELTS Speaking sample questions. These practise tasks include prompts, audio/MP3, full transcripts and sample answers.
18/07/2017
Here are the requirements for English levels for IELTS and other tests for Australian visas.
Message me to see how I can help you meet your goals.
https://www.border.gov.au/Lega/Lega/Form/Immi-FAQs/aelt
Which English language tests are accepted by the Department? Includes information on how to apply for visitor visas, bridging visas and transit visas and what you can bring into Australia.
23/06/2017
Try out this fun poem to test your pronunciation http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/junior/junior-poetry-library/in-the-classroom-part-two/hints-on-pronunciation-for-foreigners
Hints on Pronunciation for Foreigners | Sheer Poetry I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through? Well done! And now you wish perhaps To learn of these familiar traps?
23/06/2017
Some practical tips on developing reading skills from my friends at ieltsdojo https://ieltsdojo.com/how-do-i-improve-my-reading-skills/
How do I improve my reading skills? - IELTS Dojo The reading test can be frightening when you hear that you have to read three texts of between 2150-2750 words …
24/05/2017
Free audio books
Free audio book library! Learn English with BBC dramas
16/05/2017
irregular plurals are weird. Sorry about that. 😬
SINGULAR ---> PLURAL
mouse ---> mice
tooth ---> teeth
child ---> children
person ---> people
woman ---> women
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08/05/2017
Some practical tips on making language learning a success.
3 habits of successful language learners Roughly 1.2 billion people worldwide are currently learning a foreign language. If you are one of them, this article is for you. Whether you are learning to..
08/05/2017
The most common sound in English. No stress!
07/05/2017
Here are some tips from the British Council on how to record and organise vocabulary.
How do you like to do it?
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/grammar-and-vocabulary-exams/recording-vocabulary-0
Recording vocabulary It& #39;s very important to keep a record of new words as you learn them. There are many ways to do this and this section will give you ideas about how you can do this. Different ideas will work for di