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. Listening and Speaking are identical for Academic and General Training; Reading and Writing cover both modules, with dedicated General Training lessons for Reading and for Task 1 letters.

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

15 lessonsPractice material included

Location discipline, one decision rule per question type, and timed drills on a library of recalled passages — Academic and General Training.

  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
  15. General Training Reading: same types, different texts12 min

Writing Method

7 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 (Academic): select, group, compare15 min
  3. Task 1 (General Training): the letter method12 min
  4. Task 2: position → ideas → development16 min
  5. This season’s real writing questions (Academic)10 min
  6. Why model essays fail you12 min
  7. 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

Cambridge Books Companion

5 lessonsPractice material included

You bought (or will buy) the official Cambridge IELTS books — the only legally published real past papers. Which one first, which tests matter most, and how to squeeze each one using the methods in this course.

  1. Cambridge IELTS books in order: which to buy first10 min
  2. The essential Cambridge tests: a curated path12 min
  3. How to squeeze one Cambridge test dry14 min
  4. Cambridge books vs recall tests: use both, differently8 min
  5. Beyond the test books: what else is worth buying8 min