Today’s plan
- How the programme works — and what exam day will feel like
- Timed Writing Task 2 — your baseline essay
- What examiners reward + how our feedback works
AcademicTarget 7.5+Mid-JanuaryMon + Sat
IELTS Academic · Kick-off
Lesson 1 — Kick-off & Writing Baseline
Target 7.5+ · Exam mid-January · Mondays + Saturdays
01 / 06
01 · Welcome
Welcome — let’s build your 7.5.
IELTS Academic, target 7.5+, exam mid-January. Today gives us the baseline that shapes everything.
How to think about today
The essay is a starting point, not a verdict. Its only job is to show us what to fix first — from that, every lesson targets the points where you lose marks.
Strong basics, exam precision: we keep your fluency and add the control and range the top bands need.
02 · Programme
The route to exam day.
Four phases between October and mid-January. We adjust content, never the direction.
October · Baseline & method
Diagnose all four skills, learn the criteria, open your error log.
Oct–Nov · Core skills + checkpoints
Task 1 data, essay types, reading question types, speaking polish — checkpoints start mid-October (CP1–CP3).
November · Under time + checkpoints
All formats against the clock, language clinic, checkpoints CP4–CP6 + a mini-mock.
Dec–Jan · Full mock cycle
A full mock every two weeks, error surgery, taper before exam day.
How lessons work
- Mondays + Saturdays, 60 minutes
- Every lesson: timed practice → precise feedback → one focus
- A scored checkpoint at least every two weeks — the trajectory is measured, not felt
- Homework: light — one essential task; 5-minute vocabulary daily (starting soon)
- Your errors live in one log; we revisit them until they stop happening
Everything in class happens in exam format — so exam day feels like a normal lesson.
03 · Writing Task 2
Your baseline essay — 40 minutes.
Work as you would in the real test: plan first, write with control, leave time to review.
The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.
40:00
0 words · target: 250+
Your draft stays in this browser — copy it before we finish and send it over Telegram.
04 · Criteria
What the examiner rewards at 7.5.
Four criteria, equal weight. This is the language every piece of feedback will use.
Task Response
Every part of the question answered. A clear position from the introduction to the conclusion. Ideas developed with reasons and examples — not just listed.
Coherence & Cohesion
One idea per paragraph. An order the reader can follow. Linking words that fit the meaning — not memorised openers.
Lexical Resource
Precise collocations and topic vocabulary. Range without forcing rare words. Word-choice errors are rare and never distract.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy
A mix of complex sentences. Most sentences error-free; the slips that remain don’t blur the meaning.
Score killers we fix first: memorised sentences that don’t answer the question · ideas listed but never developed · repetitive basics (good, bad, big, important) · long sentences that lose control halfway.
05 · Feedback
How our feedback will work.
Specific, small in number, and always connected to the criteria.
The routine
- We quote your exact sentences — never a vague “it’s good”.
- Two priorities per task. Fixing two things at a time is how scores move.
- Every correction goes into your error log and we revisit it until the pattern disappears.
- You rewrite; the next task proves whether it worked.
Scores that mean something
Writing is scored against the four criteria; listening and reading convert raw scores to bands; speaking gets mock estimates. Progress you can see — not a feeling.
Today we pick the two fixes together; your scored baseline and the written notes arrive within 24 hours.
06 · Homework
Light, and genuinely useful.
One essential task — nothing more. The programme runs on consistent small steps.
This week’s task
- Revision (15–20 min): rewrite the weaker body paragraph using the two fixes we picked together today.
- Keep your full essay text — we rebuild it together in Lesson 4.
- Optional warm-up: collect 5 words around work & study (the Vocabulary Centre starts soon).
Next lesson — Sat Oct 10
- Listening baseline + method: forms and notes, numbers and spellings, checkpoint discipline.
- Bring your essay text and your questions.
Homework stays light by design: one essential task + (soon) 5 minutes of vocabulary a day.