The Free IELTS Course

One method per lesson, every example taken from real recalled tests in our library. Work through a module in order, or jump to the skill your study plan points at. Progress ticks save in your browser — no account needed.

IELTS Strategy

4 lessonsPractice material included

How the test is scored, how to diagnose yourself, and the decisions that cost bands before you ever open a question booklet.

  1. How IELTS scoring actually works12 min
  2. Diagnose your level in one sitting15 min
  3. Choose the right study plan8 min
  4. Exam-day decisions that cost bands10 min

Listening Mastery

12 lessonsPractice material included

One drill — dictation — plus the anatomy of all four sections, trained entirely on month-dated tests rebuilt from real exams.

  1. Why you actually lose listening points12 min
  2. The dictation method15 min
  3. Section 1: forms, names and numbers12 min
  4. Section 2: the everyday monologue10 min
  5. Section 3: the academic discussion12 min
  6. Section 4: the lecture12 min
  7. The spelling bank: numbers, names, addresses10 min
  8. Paraphrase traps: what you hear is never what is written12 min
  9. Multiple choice: eliminate before you listen10 min
  10. Maps, plans and diagrams10 min
  11. The 30-second preview ritual8 min
  12. The full-test protocol and error log12 min

Reading Mastery

14 lessonsPractice material included

Location discipline, one decision rule per question type, and timed drills on a 160-test library of recalled academic passages.

  1. The time budget problem10 min
  2. Location discipline: keyword → scan → confirm14 min
  3. True / False / Not Given: one decision rule15 min
  4. Yes / No / Not Given: the opinion twist10 min
  5. Matching headings: extract the main idea14 min
  6. Matching information, features and names12 min
  7. Sentence and summary completion: grammar predicts the answer12 min
  8. Reading multiple choice: the distractor patterns12 min
  9. Vocabulary: why word lists fail10 min
  10. Paraphrase recognition: the skill under every question12 min
  11. Passage 3: handling academic density12 min
  12. Speed drills on real passages10 min
  13. The reading error log8 min
  14. The full-test protocol10 min

Writing Method

6 lessonsMethod course

What examiners reward, one method per task, and this season’s real questions — then an honest account of what the manual path costs.

  1. What examiners actually reward14 min
  2. Task 1: select, group, compare15 min
  3. Task 2: position → ideas → development16 min
  4. This season’s real writing questions10 min
  5. Why model essays fail you12 min
  6. The production gap: your idea bank, two ways10 min

Speaking Method

6 lessonsMethod course

The anti-rambling rules for Part 1 and 3, the story-bank principle for Part 2, and this season’s cue cards — then the story-bank arithmetic.

  1. The four speaking criteria — and the fluency myth12 min
  2. Part 1: direct answer + one extension10 min
  3. Part 2: one story, many cue cards15 min
  4. Part 3: opinion → reason → example, under pressure12 min
  5. This season’s real cue cards10 min
  6. The story-bank gap: your stories, two ways10 min