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My IELTS Blog from MY IELTS Classroom Join us at My IELTS Classroom today for our video courses, marking service, 1-2-1 lessons and so much more… Try our free lessons! Welcome to My IELTS Blog! Here you’ll find our posts and podcasts on a wide range of subjects to help you on your IELTS journey! Join us at My IELTS Classroom today for our video courses, marking service, 1-2-1 lessons and so much more… Our posts & podcasts All Posts , Writing , Speaking , Listening , Reading , Grammar , General Advice , Podcast The Ultimate IELTS Bar Charts Guide 09 May 2023 We have spoken in depth on the podcast about IELTS maps, and IELTS line graphs before, but today it is the turn of IELTS bar charts. I would say of all the possible charts that you could be given on your exam day, IELTS bar charts are the most versatile. Why? Well, not only can they be used to represent change or to show comparisons individually, but they can also be used to show changes without time! Intrigued? You should be! Topics featured in this post Writing Podcast Share IELTS Listening Match Questions – Advanced Skills! 18 April 2023 Hey! Way back in 2020, Nick and I discussed the basic techniques for completing IELTS listening match questions. However, these are some of the most difficult question in the exam, especially in Part 3, and we have noticed that many students still struggle answering them even when they know the basic principles. Topics featured in this post Listening Share 6 Real IELTS Essay Questions 2023 04 April 2023 Hey! Every 6 months Nick and I like to generate ideas for essay questions that have been reported in recent IELTS exams. Today, we look at questions that our students have faced in January, February, and March this year. What do we think of the IELTS Essay Questions 2023? Well, you will need to listen to find out, but there are definitely some completely new topics and some old ones that have been given a facelift! Topics featured in this post Writing Podcast Share Unlock IELTS Speaking Part 3 Questions! 09 March 2023 Part 3 is definitely the most difficult part of the IELTS speaking exam. This is where the questions move from asking about you, to asking about the world around you, and for many students, it can be hard to come up with ideas for these more abstract questions. Today, Nick and I discuss how to unlock IELTS Speaking Part 3 questions by finding the hidden topic” inside them. Topics featured in this post Speaking Podcast Share All Cambridge IELTS 17 Academic Reports analysed 21 February 2023 Hey! I have always loved teaching IELTS Academic Task 1. Many students are afraid of charts, but I have always found that if you teach test-takers some basic principles, then it is always possible to find the key features and organise the report well. However, this week, I was looking at the new IELTS Cambridge 17 Academic Report Questions and I have to say that two of the prompts in the current book are VERY difficult. Seriously, I am talking climbing Everest bare-foot with an elephant strapped to your back difficult. Topics featured in this post Writing Podcast Share Let’s do the IELTS Cambridge 6 Test 3 listening test! 14 February 2023 Hey! Today, Nick and I are travelling back in time to complete the IELTS Cambridge 6 Test 3 listening test, which was first published in 2007. Why? Well, it’s not because we were younger and better looking then, but because we want to give you a chance to experience the older IELTS test format, which seems to be making a come back in exam rooms. Topics featured in this post Listening Podcast Share Is the IELTS exam format changing in 2023? 07 February 2023 Please do NOT panic! I want to make it clear right at the start of this blog post that there are no major changes happening to the IELTS exam (that I am aware of) in 2023. Cambridge is not adding a new section to the speaking exam, or changing the amount of time that you have for writing, or making the reading passages more difficult. However, some of our students have reported over the last few weeks that some of the exams that they have sat at the start of 2023 have deviated slightly from the current Cambridge book format. Today, Nick and I explain what those changes are and how the IELTS exam format changing in 2023 could affect your[…] Topics featured in this post General Advice Podcast Share All Cambridge IELTS 17 General Training Essays Analysed 31 January 2023 Hey! Yes, Nick and I have finally got out hands on a copy of the new Cambridge IELTS 17 General Training book, so today we look at the four essay questions to discuss how difficult they are, how they should be approached, and what ideas we would use as the basis of our arguments in the body paragraphs. Topics featured in this post Writing Podcast Share Should you be using ChatGPT for IELTS? 24 January 2023 Unless you have been living under a rock (or not spending every moment on social media) for the last few weeks, you have probably heard about ChatGPT – the new artificial intelligence search engine that can write advertising campaigns, poems, or hundreds of pages of code in milliseconds. Oh, and did I mention that it will deliver these to you as if they had been written by a human? Seriously, the future is now! However, while the launch of ChatGPT is causing people to fear for their jobs (and teachers to fear that homework assignments may now be useless!), what Nick and I want to find out today whether students can use ChatGPT for IELTS. Topics featured in this post Writing Podcast Share IELTS Christmas Quiz 2022! 21 December 2022 Ho ho ho! It’s the final Tuesday before Christmas, which means only one thing – it is time for our annual Christmas Quiz! Join Nick and I as we exchange stories from Christmas Past, explain what people in the UK do on December 25th, and attempt to answer this year’s fiendish quiz questions. For example, do you know how many turkeys are eaten on Christmas Day? Or when people in Spain open their Christmas presents? No? Well, come join the fun. Topics featured in this post Podcast Share Posts navigation Older Posts All Posts , Writing , Speaking , Listening , Reading , Grammar , General Advice , Podcast Real experts, real lessons, real success! 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