Khóa học IELTS miễn phí

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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