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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Cleaning up a student's essay ...

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Friday, May 29, 2009

News from China

Long time no see. :)

Thank you very much for your friendly messages and comments on my IELTS material and IELTS YouTube videos. As some of you may know, YouTube and Blogger have been blocked in China. Thus, I can not upload new videos or respond to any of the messages or posts sent to me through these websites. I am using a proxy server to make this post, and I plan to post updates to this blog as often as I can, but the connection is incredibly slow.

To respond to the many requests I receive regarding online help with IELTS prep, I have reduced my essay coaching price to 10 USD per essay correction. Those I have been in contact with will receive an email from me shortly with your essay assignment question. To those interested in joining our group, please email me.

Good luck!

Ryan
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Sunday, April 12, 2009

YouTube problems

I am very sorry for the lack of updates as well as the lack of new videos on my YouTube site. If you haven't heard, YouTube has been blocked here for the past 3 weeks. I am very sorry that I have not been able to get back to those who have sent me questions or comments.

As soon as this ban is lifted, I will upload new IELTS tutorial videos.

For the time being, why don't you add me as your friend on Facebook. :)
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Very good video on vowel pronunciation

This is probably the best video I have seen online about proper vowel pronunciation. I used this video and its tips in my classes last week and the students all found it very helpful.

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What is IELTS?

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is an exam that assesses the English abilities of those who wish to work or study in an English speaking country.

(The following is taken directly from ielts.org):

International Recognition

IELTS is recognised for course admission by universities in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, the UK and increasingly in Germany and wider Europe.

In the USA the IELTS Test is now recognised by more than 1000 institutions and new ones are constantly added to the list, of which you will always find the latest version here.

IELTS is also required as proof of your language abilities for immigration to Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

What appears on the test?

The test checks the applicant's strengths in the areas of speaking, reading, listening and writing and is separated into two test types - Academic and General.

What is the difference between the Academic IELTS Module and the General Training IELTS Module?


IELTS Academic Training is a course and test designed to prepare and assess those wishing to attend institutes of higher education in English speaking countries. The listening and speaking portions of the two tests are identical, but the reading and writing portions are not. The General Module test asks the candidate to complete two writing tasks. The first is a letter (minimum 150 words). The second is an essay (minimum 250 words). The Academic Module test, however, is different. For this test, the candidate must write one piece describing factual information that is presented to them (for example, a bar graph or list of statistics). Using this information, the candidate must accurately depict in words the information presented by the images (minimum 150 words). The second task is to write an essay on a given topic (minimum 250 words).