IELTS preparation, live online
IELTS is marked by people against published band descriptors, which makes it the most learnable of the English tests: you can read what a band 7 answer has to do and work towards it. Most candidates lose marks in Writing Task 2, and in the speaking parts where a short answer is offered as a complete one. Both are fixable with feedback rather than with more practice tests.
What the preparation covers
- Listening: four recordings, and the question types that punish a missed signpost
- Reading: Academic or General Training passages, and skimming that still answers accurately
- Writing Task 1: the Academic chart description, or the General Training letter
- Writing Task 2: essay structure read against the band descriptors
- Speaking: all three parts in interview conditions, with recorded feedback
Group course, or one-to-one
Group · 50 hours
Fifty hours across the four skills, in classes of six, split by Academic or General Training where the tasks differ. Speaking is practised as an interview, not as a group discussion.
One-to-one
One-to-one lessons for a band requirement with a deadline. Writing and speaking are scored against descriptors, so feedback on your own answers is what moves them.
What IELTS preparation costs
Shown in US dollars. Charged in US dollars — there is no conversion at checkout to be surprised by.
One-to-one lessons
One-to-one lessons for a band requirement with a deadline. Writing and speaking are scored against descriptors, so feedback on your own answers is what moves them.
Single lesson
One 90-minute lesson, to see how it goes.
$6510 lessons
Prepaid, usable across subjects where the exam has them.
$630$63 per lesson
20 lessons
The usual choice for a full preparation run.
$1,200$60 per lesson
Group course · 50 hours
Fifty hours across the four skills, in classes of six, split by Academic or General Training where the tasks differ. Speaking is practised as an interview, not as a group discussion.
- $900
Paid in full
The whole course, one payment.
- $475
In instalments
Per instalment, taken monthly.
Not satisfied after the first week of a group course, or after your first private lesson? Full refund.