This week, I interview two of my best students to have them share how they use their friendship to increase their preparation for the IELTS exam. Episode Links The Writing & Speaking Experience is Closing! https://www.kristinespinar.com/experience ..read more

In this episode, I sit down with one of my start students, Gabriela from Brazil.  She talks about her experience taking the exam and shares some of her best tips. Episode Links The Writing & Speaking Experience Course https://www.kristinespinar.com/experience Stock Media Provided by Lndnsounds/Pond5 ..read more

In this episode, I do a review of 3 apps for your preparation for writing and speaking for IELTS. Episode Links Sign up for my free masterclass https:/www.kristinespinar.com/live ..read more

In this episode, we talk about how to optimize your time when it comes to your IELTS prep so that you can walk into the exam feeling confident and prepared on exam day. Episode Links IELTS Writing & Speaking Masterclass https://www.kristinespinar.com/live Jean Carlos Episode Stock Media Provided by Lndnsounds/Pond5 Background Language Manuals ..read more

In this episode, I give some language tips for giving your opinion on your writing and speaking tasks. Episode Links Writing & Speaking Study Plan https://www.kristinespinar.com/study-plan Stock Media Provided by Lndnsounds/Pond5 ..read more

Ok, so today we are going to go behind the scenes and look at what you need to do to assess your own learning needs.  If you don’t do this, you are going to miss out on maximizing your IELTS study plan because you won’t be able to target the areas to work on and you’ll slow down your process. Let’s jump in! Episode Links The IELTS Writing & Speaking Study Plan https://www.kristinespinar.com/study-plan Stock Media Provided by Lndnsounds/Pond5   ..read more

I had a podcast listener reach out to me a few weeks ago.  He had prepared for IELTS on his own and using my podcast and wanted to share some tips with my audience.  I thought this was such a fun thing to do, so I invited him on to the podcast. Episode Links IELTS Writing & Speaking Study Plan https://www.kristinespinar.com/study-plan Stock Media Provided by Lndnsounds/Pond5 ..read more

One trick I teach my students is to really work on support.  This will help you get a 7 in both writing and speaking.  To do this really well, you have to know how to talk about facts and stats.  So, this week on the podcast, I give some of my favorite tips for adding support to help you inch up to a 7 band score in IELTS writing and speaking skills. Episode Links Download the free IELTS writing & speaking study plan https://www.kristinespinar.com/study-plan Listen to episode 64 about trends Stock Media Provided by Lndnsounds/Pond5 ..read more

Sometimes you have a conversation with a student that is GOLD and you just know you have to share it. One of my biggest strategies for helping my students get a 7+ band score is working on brainstorming. This week, as I was giving feedback on an essay to a student, we got into a discussion about how helpful brainstorming is to getting a 7 and I just had to share. Episode Links The IELTS Writing & Speaking Study Plan https://www.kristinespinar.com/study-plan ..read more

“I brainstorm but then when I’m writing, I start to have different ideas coming from different parts of my mind and then I start to mix things up.  When I start to mix things up, I lose control and when I lose control, I write, write, write and then I run out of time and I haven’t said what I want to say and I don’t have time to check my essay and I start to freak out. “ This is how one of my students explained the experience of sitting down to write the IELTS essay.  Can you relate?  This week, we discuss how to avoid this feeling of being all mixed up when it comes to the IELT ..read more