IELTS is the exam that many international students need to do to get into university. IELTS is also the exam for many people wishing to obtain permanent residency in Australia.

Here's some information about the exam.

The IELTS exam consists of 4 parts:

Listening
Reading
Writing
Speaking

The Academic exam contains harder Reading and Writing sections. The Listening and Speaking exams are the same for both General and Academic students and so are much harder for General students.

There are at least 11 new exams worldwide every year and they change regularly, so there's no point in finding out what other IELTS examinees have done as, by the time you do, you will have already moved on to the next exam. In 2006, for example, some speaking exams included questions on food, flowers, and furniture. Maybe they'll look at various subjects starting with 'H' in 2009!

The IELTS Listening Exam
The hardest part of the exam for many non-native speakers is the listening exam. To become proficient in the listening exam you have to listen! So that means listening to people speak English, listening to talkback radio, listening to the TV, listening to movies etc. There's not much a tutor can do with you to improve your listening skills besides correct your pronunciation or give dictation.

The IELTS Reading Exam
Reading skills can be improved simply by doing a lot of reading and grammar exercises. There are some IELTS tips you can learn to slightly improve your reading score but, really, once again, there's not much a tutor can help you with besides improving your English. So a general English tutor can help you with reading and vocabularly building. You don't really need a specific IELTS tutor to improve your reading skills.

The IELTS Writing Exam
Writing! If you're having trouble with writing then our IELTS tutors can help you. John or Rachel can show you how to improve your writing skills as well as ways to produce an essay written for the IELTS exam. John or Rachel can also help you improve your letter writing skills (necessary for General IELTS Writing) as well as improve your interpretation of graphs and charts (necessary for the academic exam) Of course, our IELTS teachers will tailor your lessons to suit what you need.

The IELTS Speaking Exam
John or Rachel can help you improve your IELTS score in the speaking exam through doing many speaking practice tests with you. They have lots of speaking practice tests on file that they can do with you and can assist you in improving your response times in the exam. When you need to practice your English with a native speaker, John or Rachel can help.

If you would like to start your IELTS preparation lessons, please contact John or Rachel today. If you have intermediate English you may only need a few lessons to improve your IELTS score. If you are still a beginner, you may need a lot more lessons before you're ready for the IELTS exam. John or Rachel can advise you during your lesson of what you need to do in your own time to improve your score.