In the IELTS speaking test, students have to speak for two minutes about a topic with one minute of preparation. This week we looked at the topic: Describe a time you got angry We focussed on ‘giving context’ to the description because when we were practicing the students tended to jump right into the story […]
From the sample of 11 students, our class made a random survey on the respondents’ Job, Pay, Hours of Work Per Week, Visa Type, and Experience Needed in their job. Overall, more than 50% of our respondents are currently working at the Bar/ Restaurant as Hospitality Agents and the rest are employed evenly as a […]
The IELTS class were asked to write about Xmas in their country, what they will miss, and how it is different from what they will do here in Oz. Plus, what they were going to do for the holidays. They certainly did a wonderful job. Enjoy! Eugenio In Italy, the Xmas is the period of […]
Hey there out in blog-world! My name’s Philippe and I’m an IELTS teacher here at Ability. I’ve asked my wonderful students to jot down a few words regarding their IELTS goals. As you’ll see in the letters below, there are a number of different reasons to study IELTS, including for uni, to work in […]
This week the evening IELTS class practised writing letters for task one of the general writing exam. We looked at how to write a letter of complaint as opposed to a letter of request. The students looked at the structure of each, important information to include in the letter and how to sign off […]