Category: Education
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Lesson 150: Learning English💂
We’ve reached 150 lessons!🎉 This week’s topic is very central to the base theme of this entire website: learning English! Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below). Part 3 QuestionsDo you think the way people learn English today is the same as in the past?Is it easy for…
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Lesson 149: A person from another country that speaks your language well🎎
This week’s lesson requires the candidate describe a person that speaks their native language well. Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below): Describe a person you know from another country who speaks your language fluently. You should say-who he/she is-what country he/she is from-how he/she learned your…
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Lesson 142: Children and change👦
This week’s lesson explores the topic of ‘children and change’. This exercise uses an IELTS Speaking Part 3 model. Step 1: Listen to this week’s model and familiarise yourself with the target language. Step 2: In this week’s episode of IELTSCast, you will practise saying the response to the first two questions. Step 3: Now…
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Lesson 138: An event that positively impacted your life🌠
This week, you will practise speaking about an event that had a positive impact upon your life. Step 1: Listen to this week’s sample to familiarise yourself with the target language: Step 2: Below is this week’s podcast episode, where you can attempt the first few sentences of the exercise. Remember to push yourself to…
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Lesson 134: Helping and volunteering🪴
This week we’re looking at a Part 3 sample. The examiner asks several questions about young people and the different ways in which young people can help their parents and society. Step 1: Let’s start by listening to the sample: Step 2: Now that you have familiarised yourself with this week’s model response, have a…
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Lesson 129: Concentration🤔
This lesson examines questions that appeared in Part 1 of a recent exam. Step 1: Listen to the full model here to familiarise yourself with the language. Step 2: For those with access to the full lessons, watch the below video to complete this week’s full lesson training. Refer to the below transcript if you…
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Episode 127: An impactful book you read📕
This week you are tasked with describing a book that you read that impacted you in some way. This is an IELTS Speaking Part 2 challenge, so you will be training to speak on your own for one to two minutes. Here is the cue card used in this lesson: Describe a book that had…
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Lesson 120: Your study habits📚
This Part 1 exercise shows you how to introduce yourself in IELTS Speaking. You will also examine a very common topic on the IELTS: your studies. As you can see, the candidate reports themselves to be a student and the examiner then asks questions pertaining to how the candidate studies and where the candidate most…
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Lesson 117: Computers🖥️
This lesson examines a very common topic: computers. The model is structured around Part 1 questions that were recently seen on an actual IELTS Speaking exam. Step 1: Listen to the model and note any new language you come across. Step 2: Tune in to this week’s episode of IELTSCast and work through the free…
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Lesson 112: A trustworthy person💙
This week’s cue card asks you to speak about a person: Talk about a trustworthy person you know. You should say:-how you met this person-how long you’ve known this person-why you feel they are trustworthyand say what they did to gain your trust Step 1: Listen to the full sample. Step 2: Watch this week’s…