Ielts Step-By-Step | Mastering Speaking & Writing
Last updated 6/2022
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Learn everything you need for the IELTS Speaking & Writing exam get that IELTS 7+!
What you'll learn
Improve your IELTS Speaking & Writing grade significantly to a 7+
Watch and review in detail 12 IELTS Speaking tests
Learn and practice using useful idioms that the candidates used or could have used
Learn how to come up with ideas in the Part 2 monologue of the Speaking exam
Do eighteen essays (Task 2) and eight Task 1 reports/letters, and review them in detail
Learn tips, tricks and structures to immediately improve your speaking & writing grade
Learn about every type of IELTS Essay and Task 1 report/letter
Improve your general speaking & writing skills in preparation for university study or work in an English-speaking country
Requirements
Intermediate (B1) English
Description
From ex-IELTS examiner James Castleden's YouTube channel IELTS Step-by-step comes a course dedicated to improving your speaking and writing skills, your confidence, and your time management in the IELTS Speaking & Writing exam. Together, you and James will listen, review and practice 12 IELTS Speaking exams done by students from the major language groups around the world, and, for the writing, complete 18 essays, 8 Task-1 reports (or, if you're doing General Training, 11 letters) and then review them in detail. You'll learn and practice hundreds of idioms that are particularly useful in the Speaking exam, as well as useful tips on how to answer typical questions in the exam. On top of that, you'll also learn tips, tricks, skills and techniques that will significantly improve your IELTS Writing grade in numerous automatically-graded exercises as well as through Self Assessment tasks which can be discussed on the IELTS Step-by-step Community page on Facebook.So what are you waiting for? Get that 7+ in Speaking & Writing you deserve! Reviews for the Speaking part of this course: "Just amazing. Such as a great opportunity to rich that CLB 9. Delightful experience to study IELTS with skillful and educated person." "This is a wonderful beginning to know more about ielts speaking sections. The best part of this is part three which is the amazing part to extend your answers about any topic." Emad "Great content." David Reviews for the Writing part of this course "Holy! This course is the best of all writing courses. I'd enrolled then studied for only 2 days without any essay writing experience. I only studied section 2-4(first day) & 9-12(second day), which were not all he taught, and I got 6.5. If I had studied everything he taught, I could have got 7 or above!!! ps thank you James
" TW "Excellence doesn't come from everyone .But this goes above that boundary!" Deepika "This course is super-organized and it is helping me to learn everything I need to improve my writing skills. Within a month I improved my score from band 5.5 to 8. Highly recommended!" Ardian "I am learning how to write down properly an essay for tasks 1 and 2. I think grammar and vocabulary tips are been essential to developing a great text in the IELTS exam." Ana ABOUT ME I have a masters degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Leicester in the UK, and a Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults (DELTA) from Cambridge University. I've been teaching for over 20 years, the last 10 of which have been predominantly focussed on teaching the IELTS exam. When I was an IELTS examiner, I was fortunate to have access to important aspects of the exam that many teachers and candidates are not aware of these I can reveal to you in my courses.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 A breakdown of the IELTS Speaking exam
Section 2: SPEAKING: Ukrainian/Russian speaker + Band descriptors
Lecture 3 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 4 Speaking test with Yuriy (Ukrainian/Russian speaker)
Lecture 5 Speaking practice + New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 6 Feedback for Yuriy
Lecture 7 Learner Training: Band Descriptors
Lecture 8 Post-listening see your progress
Section 3: SPEAKING: Mandarin Chinese speaker + Individual sounds, Response structure
Lecture 9 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 10 Speaking test with Yi (Mandarin Chinese speaker)
Lecture 11 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 12 Feedback for Yi
Lecture 13 Learner Training: Pronunciation individual sounds
Lecture 14 Skills for speaking formally: Response structure
Lecture 15 Post-listening see your progress
Section 4: SPEAKING: Tamil speaker + Weak forms, Discourse markers
Lecture 16 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 17 Tamil speaker + Weak forms, Discourse markers
Lecture 18 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 19 Feedback for Vincent
Lecture 20 Learner Training: Pronunciation weak forms
Lecture 21 Skills for speaking formally: Discourse Markers
Lecture 22 Post-listening see your progress
Section 5: SPEAKING: Nepali speaker + Connected speech, Complex structures
Lecture 23 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 24 Nepali speaker + Connected speech, Complex structures
Lecture 25 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 26 Feedback for Rajesh
Lecture 27 Learner Training: Pronunciation connected speech
Lecture 28 Skills for speaking formally: Complex Structures
Lecture 29 Post-listening see your progress
Section 6: SPEAKING: Vietnamese speaker + Learning through music, Fillers
Lecture 30 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 31 Speaking test with Phat (Vietnamese speaker)
Lecture 32 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 33 Feedback for Phat
Lecture 34 Learner Training: Pronunciation learning through music
Lecture 35 Skills for speaking formally: Fillers
Lecture 36 Post-listening see your progress
Section 7: SPEAKING: Arabic speaker + Improving your accuracy + Asking for clarification
Lecture 37 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 38 Speaking test with Emad (Arabic speaker)
Lecture 39 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 40 Feedback for Emad
Lecture 41 Learner Training: Improving your accuracy
Lecture 42 Skills for speaking formally: Asking for clarification
Lecture 43 Post-listening see your progress
Section 8: SPEAKING: Bengali speaker + Practicing without a teacher, Intonation
Lecture 44 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 45 Speaking test with Mahmuda (Bengali speaker)
Lecture 46 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 47 Feedback for Mahmuda
Lecture 48 Learner Training: Practicing without a teacher
Lecture 49 Pronunciation Intonation
Lecture 50 Post-listening see your progress
Section 9: SPEAKING: Portuguese speaker + Paraphrasing
Lecture 51 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 52 Speaking test with Monique (Portuguese speaker)
Lecture 53 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 54 Feedback for Monique
Lecture 55 Learner Training: Paraphrasing
Lecture 56 Discourse Markers: Talking about opinions & Adding contrast
Lecture 57 Post-listening see your progress
Section 10: SPEAKING: Sinhalese speaker + Generating ideas for Part 2
Lecture 58 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 59 Speaking test with Deepika (Sinhalese speaker)
Lecture 60 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 61 Feedback for Deepika
Lecture 62 Learner Training: Generating ideas for Part 2
Lecture 63 Discourse Markers: Hedging & Expressing Certainty
Lecture 64 Post-listening see your progress
Section 11: SPEAKING: Hindi speaker + Analysing a native speaker's performance I
Lecture 65 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 66 Speaking test with Dr Shivam (Hindi speaker)
Lecture 67 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 68 Feedback for Dr Shivam
Lecture 69 Analysing a native speaker's performance I
Lecture 70 Discourse Markers: Giving examples/explanations & Commenting on your own opinion
Lecture 71 Post-listening see your progress
Section 12: SPEAKING: Turkish speaker + Analysing a native speaker's performance II
Lecture 72 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 73 Speaking test with Akbar (Turkish speaker)
Lecture 74 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 75 Feedback for Akbar
Lecture 76 Analysing a native speaker's performance II
Lecture 77 Discourse Markers: Rephrasing & Getting back to the point
Lecture 78 Post-listening see your progress
Section 13: SPEAKING: Indonesian speaker + Bonus videos
Lecture 79 Pre-listening test yourself
Lecture 80 Indonesian speaker + Bonus videos
Lecture 81 New Idioms, Collocations and Set Phrases
Lecture 82 Feedback for Marthen
Lecture 83 Discourse Markers: Concluding
Lecture 84 Bonus Video I: Why only a band 7?
Lecture 85 Bonus Video II: How to move from band 7 to 9
Lecture 86 Post-listening see your progress
Section 14: Introduction to the WRITING section of this course
Lecture 87 Important information about the exam and this course
Section 15: WRITING: an advantages-and-disadvantages essay
Lecture 88 Introduction to this section
Lecture 89 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 90 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 91 Writing an introduction to an advantages-and-disadvantages essay
Lecture 92 Writing a conclusion to an essay
Lecture 93 Learner Training: Generating ideas for your essays
Lecture 94 Learner Training Practice: Writing Topic Sentences
Lecture 95 Learner Training: What is 'hedging'?
Lecture 96 Grammar & lexis practice: Hedging I
Lecture 97 Writing Criteria for Task 2
Lecture 98 Check your progress compare essays
Section 16: Writing: a problem-and-solution essay
Lecture 99 Introduction to this section
Lecture 100 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 101 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 102 Lexis: Phrases to write about solutions
Lecture 103 Lexis: Discourse markers contrasting ideas
Lecture 104 Lexis: Word building
Lecture 105 Grammar and Lexis: Introductions
Lecture 106 Grammar and Lexis: Conclusions
Lecture 107 Grammar: Advanced explanations
Lecture 108 Learner Training: Building a good paragraph
Lecture 109 Learner Training: Building a good paragraph
Section 17: WRITING: an opinion essay
Lecture 110 Introduction to this section
Lecture 111 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 112 Lexis: Crime and punishment
Lecture 113 Lexis: 'make', 'let' and 'allow'
Lecture 114 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 115 Lexis: Degrees of opinion
Lecture 116 Structure: Supporting Arguments & Opinions
Lecture 117 Writing an introduction for an opinion essay
Lecture 118 Building a good main-body paragraph
Lecture 119 Check your progress compare essays
Section 18: Writing a discussion essay (a type of opinion essay)
Lecture 120 Introduction to this section
Lecture 121 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 122 Formal language: the passive voice and nominalisation
Lecture 123 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 124 Expressing someone else's opinion
Lecture 125 Check your progress compare essays
Section 19: WRITING: another advantages-and-disadvantages essay
Lecture 126 Intro to this section
Lecture 127 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 128 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 129 Lexis: Employment
Lecture 130 Grammar and Lexis: Hedging II
Lecture 131 Grammar: Gerund phrases
Lecture 132 Discourse markers contrasting linkers: despite / in spite of
Lecture 133 Structure: Using pronouns to link ideas and avoid repetition
Lecture 134 Grammar practice: The passive voice II
Lecture 135 Lexis: Strengthening adverbs alternatives to 'really'
Lecture 136 Lexis: Comment adverbs
Lecture 137 Check your progress compare essays
Section 20: WRITING: another problem-and-solution essay
Lecture 138 Introduction to this section
Lecture 139 Introduction to this section
Lecture 140 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 141 Lexis: Explaining why something is done
Lecture 142 Lexis: Other ways of making your writing more formal
Lecture 143 Lexis: Writing about solutions
Lecture 144 Grammar and Lexis: Developing a topic sentence further
Lecture 145 Grammar: The 2nd conditional
Lecture 146 Learner training: Getting feedback
Lecture 147 Learner training: Getting feedback
Section 21: WRITING: another opinion essay
Lecture 148 Introduction to this section
Lecture 149 Introduction to this section
Lecture 150 Lexis: Qualifying your opinion
Lecture 151 Lexis: Giving an opinion about future trends
Lecture 152 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 153 Lexis: 'Instead (of)'
Lecture 154 Grammar: Relative Clauses
Lecture 155 Learner Training: Error checking
Lecture 156 Grammar: Noun phrases
Lecture 157 Check your progress compare essays
Section 22: WRITING Task 1: Graphs and charts with a trend (IELTS for Academic ONLY)
Lecture 158 Introduction to this section
Lecture 159 Writing criteria for Task 1 Academic
Lecture 160 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 161 Grammar and Lexis: Re-wording the introduction
Lecture 162 Writing an overview for a graph
Lecture 163 Lexis: Verbs and adverbs for describing changes
Lecture 164 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 165 Grammar and Lexis: Joining two changes together
Lecture 166 Grammar: Prepositions for Task 1
Lecture 167 Lexis: Commenting on data in a graph
Lecture 168 Grammar: Writing about graphs with a future trend
Lecture 169 Check your progress compare responses
Section 23: WRITING Task 1: Comparative graphs (IELTS for Academic ONLY)
Lecture 170 Check your progress compare responses
Lecture 171 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 172 Grammar: Comparative structures
Lecture 173 Lexis: Describing numbers
Lecture 174 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 175 Lexis: Numerical comparatives
Lecture 176 Lexis: Ranking information
Lecture 177 Dealing with more than one graph
Lecture 178 Check your progress compare responses
Section 24: WRITING Task 1: Processes (IELTS for Academic ONLY)
Lecture 179 Introduction to this section
Lecture 180 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 181 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 182 Grammar: The Present simple passive
Lecture 183 Lexis: Linking stages together
Lecture 184 Grammar: Using relative clauses to give extra information about a stage
Lecture 185 Writing the introduction and overview
Lecture 186 Describing a process: Further practice
Lecture 187 Check your progress compare responses
Section 25: WRITING Task 1: Maps (IELTS for Academic ONLY)
Lecture 188 Writing a letter of acceptance
Lecture 189 Unit preparation test yourself
Lecture 190 Lexis & Grammar: Describing changes
Lecture 191 Lexis: Nominalisation and noun phrases for maps
Lecture 192 Model answer Analysis
Lecture 193 Describing a map: Further practice
Lecture 194 Check your progress compare responses
Section 26: WRITING Task 1: Letters (IELTS for General Training ONLY)
Lecture 195 Introduction to this section
Lecture 196 Writing criteria for Task 1 General Training
Lecture 197 Letter writing: The task and planning
Lecture 198 Letter writing: Paragraphing and salutations
Lecture 199 Letter writing: Formality and opening statements
Lecture 200 Writing a letter of complaint
Lecture 201 Writing a letter of request
Lecture 202 Writing a letter of advice
Lecture 203 Writing a letter of instruction
Lecture 204 Writing a letter of recommendation
Lecture 205 Writing an application letter
Lecture 206 Writing a letter of apology
Lecture 207 Writing a thank-you letter
Lecture 208 Writing a letter of acceptance
Lecture 209 Writing a letter of resignation
Lecture 210 Writing a letter to a friend
Section 27: Conclusion Thank you and good luck!
Lecture 211 Congratulations!
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