In this episode Andrea answers questions from 4 listeners of the IELTS Test Prepcast; Mohammed and Rajiv from India and Lucky and Fatimah from the Philippines.   Please leave your question at www.passieltshigher.com/contact-us. We can't promise to answer all of them but will answer common questions and interesting questions.    

Andrea uses a student's early Task 2 writing and highlights the "typical mistakes" made by the student.   Working with the student on the mistakes allowed her to ultimately gain the band score she needed.  You'll see how she improves in later IELTS Test Prepcasts.

Andrea describes some common Task 2 topics and suggest way in which students could prepare.

Andrea takes students through an IELTS Reading question from Cambridge IELTS 7 Practice Tests and explains why the question answers are correct    

In this episode Andrea identifies 11 typical mistakes the candidates make when taking the IELTS Test. Improve your band scores by checking your writing and speaking against the errors listed during your preparation. Concentrate on avoiding these errors and your IELTS Test band score will improve.    

In this episode, Andrea asks Steve to answer a previously unseen Part 2 and 3 IELTS Speaking Test - they discuss Steve's performance and then analyse how Steve felt about doing it and which parts he found most difficult. A longer lesson that normal for an IELTS Test Prepcast but hopefully students will appreciate the good information and advice provided.

Most students have difficulty with IELTS Reading when they start IELTS. Smart students recognise this and prepare well - learning key techniques which will help them and save time in the test.  Understanding how to do this is a key skill for IELTS Test candidates and band scores can only rise higher once effective techniques are learned and used. Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts.   If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast,...

Signpost words are used in the IELTS Test to signal where the answers required are likely to be.  Understanding how they are used is a key skill for IELTS Test candidates and bandscores can only rise higher once their effective use is learned. Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts.   If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where...

In this episode Andrea explains about Section 4 of the IELTS Listening Test and why it is the most important listening section if students are to perform well in Listening.  IELTS candidates will understand how easy it is to slip a whole bandscore if they do not heed the advice given.   Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts.   If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking...

In this episode Andrea describes IELTS Test Speaking Section 2 and runs through a model answer - explaining what makes the answer good and how students should answer when they know nothing about the subject of the question being asked.   Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts.   If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where you can...

In this lesson Andrea provides general advice for the IELTS Speaking test.  Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts.   If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where you can leave a rating and review.

Here is Part 2 of the Prepcast which provides our listeners with a set of tips.    Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts. If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where you can leave a rating and review.

We thought we’d take a different approach today and provide our listeners with a set of tips. These really are as a result of questions that we commonly get from IELTS candidates on the website.    Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts. If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where you can leave a rating and review.

Today we’re talking about IELTS listening section 2 and Andrea will be describing the section 2 part of the IELTS listening test.   Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts. If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by  clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where you can leave a rating and review.

Today we’re talking about IELTS writing task 2 and Andrea is going to outline what’s involved in task 2 and the general approaches that students can take.   Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts.   If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please show us your support and appreciation by clicking here. This will shoot you over to iTunes, where you can leave a rating and review.

The subject of this lesson is IELTS Speaking skills, and we thought we’d start off with just an overview. Today's lesson is all about IELTS speaking skills and, in particular, section 1 of the IELTS speaking test. Andrea takes us through a description of the whole of the IELTS speaking exam, and from then, we focus on the section 1 of the test.    Click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts. If you enjoy this free IELTS Test Prepcast, please...

The subject of this lesson is IELTS Listening skills, in particular those of Section 1. In this lesson Andrea describes the IELTS Listening Section 1 and provides a general overview of techniques  IELTS candidates should bear in mind when they’re doing their IELTS Listening in the actual test itself. Click here to download and listen to this IELTS lesson on your computer ...   ... or click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts. [color-box]If...

The subject of this lesson is IELTS reading skills, and we thought we’d start off with just an overview. In this lesson Andrea tells us about a couple of approaches which IELTS candidates can use to read more quickly when they’re doing their reading in the actual test itself. Click here to download and listen to this IELTS lesson on your computer ...  ... or click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test Prepcasts [color-box]If you enjoy this free...

The subject of this lesson is IELTS Writing skills, and we thought we’d start off with just an overview. In this lesson Andrea describes the IELTS Writing Task 1 and Task 2 and provides a general overview of techniques  IELTS candidates should bear in mind when they’re doing their IELTS Writing in the actual test itself. Click here to download and listen to this IELTS lesson on your computer ...   ... or click here to be taken to iTunes where you can subscribe to all of the IELTS Test...