How much studying do I need to do?

Many students like to ask the question "When can I get a score of 6.0?" or similar questions. It really is impossible for your teacher to say unless he knows you very well. People learn at different speeds, and the amount of homework they are prepared to do also varies from person to person. However, an approximate guide suggested by Cambridge ESOL is shown below. Someone requiring an overall score of 6.0, for example, should expect to study (with a teacher) for between 500 and 600 hours if starting with no knowledge of English.

Hours of studying IELTS score
⏰ 1000-1200 hours ✅ 7.5+
⏰ 700-800 hours ✅ 6.5–7.0
⏰ 500-600 hours ✅ 5.0–6.0
⏰ 350-400 hours ✅ 3.5–4.5
⏰ 180-200 hours ✅ 3.0
⏰ 90-120 hours ✅ 1.0–2.0

Source: CEF and Cambridge ESOL

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IELTS Simon👨‍💼: Listening
Lesson 1: Basic Information

✅ Basic information about IELTS listening and some tips to do better in the test.

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IELTS Simon👨‍💼: Listening
Lesson 2: Practice & Examples

✅ Some suggestions for further IELTS practice so that you can improve your skills.
📝 Worksheet

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Expressing your opinions 🧩 | @IELTS_8

✅ In my opinion
✅ I would say ...
✅ To my mind
✅ I tend to think
✅ Personally I think
✅ I firmly believe
✅ In my experience
✅ To the best of my knowledge,
✅ From my point of view
✅ As far as I'm concerned
✅ As far as I can see
✅ What I think is this ...
✅ I'd like to point out. ..
✅ It is a good idea to ...

OPINIONS (PASSIVE STRUCTURE)
☑️ It is said that ...
☑️ It is believed that ...
☑️ It is thought that. ..
☑️ It is expected that ...
☑️ It is considered ...
☑️ It is understood ...
☑️ It is known that ...
☑️ It is reported that ...
☑️ It is alleged that ...
☑️ it is asserted that ...

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Fewer students are studying science at school and university, favouring more computer-based subjects instead. Is this a positive or negative development? What are the reasons for this? #essay

In recent years, it has become evident that there has been a shift among secondary and university students away from traditional sciences and towards IT-based subjects. In this essay I will talk about the reasons behind this shift and explain why I think that overall this is a negative development.

The rise on popularity of IT and similar computer-based subjects is unsurprising given how pervasive computer technology is within society. Our lives are so dependent on devices and the Internet that it has become one of the world’s main industries. What is more, the media is full of stories of tech start-ups that have made their founders /inventors into millionaires or even billionaires, so it is easy to see why young people would be attracted to the industry as a field of study. It certainly seems a safer bet than a career in science, which typically requires a longer term commitment and at least at first glance less rewards in terms of salary and social prestige.

However, both academia and society as a whole depend on a sustainable stream of talented scientists, pushing the boundaries of what is possible. These are the people who develop our medicines, design our cars, improve our manufacturing processes, invent new materials – the list is endless and their work is vital for maintaining and improving the quality of life that we enjoy. A fall in the number of students taking sciences therefore means a fall in the number of talented people doing such valuable work.

In conclusion, the move towards computer-based subjects and careers is understandable, given the importance of the computing industry in today’s world. However, if this is at the expense of having new scientists and engineers, then it is also potentially very detrimental. Without scientific innovation, the world will be a very different place.
- Macmillan
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Addition and Sequence 🧩 | @IELTS_8

▪️ Also
▫️ Additionally
▪️ In addition
▫️ Furthermore
▪️ Besides
▫️ Similarly
▪️ Too
▫️ Moreover
▪️ Likewise
▫️ Including
▪️ What is more
▫️ As well as
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▪️ Later
▫️ Lastly
▪️ Ultimately
▫️ Finally
▪️ Subsequently
▫️ Initially
▪️ One more point
▫️ More importantly
▪️ To begin with
▫️ Afterwards
▪️ First of all
▫️ For one thing...

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IELTS Reading Task Types | @IELTS_8

Type 1 - Multiple choice 🗂

Type 2 - Identifying information
(T/F/NG) 🔗

Type 3 - Identifying writer's views/claims (Y/N/NG) 📰

Type 4 - Matching information 🔖

Type 5 - Matching headings 🔎

Type 6 - Matching features 🔓

Type 7 - Matching sentence endings

Type 8 - Sentence completion 📝

Type 9 - Summary, note, table, flow-chart completion 🗓

Type 10 - Diagram label completion

Type 11 - Short-answer questions ⌛️


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Types of Money 💰 | @IELTS_8

💸Donation = money given as a charity

🧾Salary = paid per month/year

📜Fee = Payment for a service

🔖Debt = money owed

🧮Loan = money lent (with interest)

📝Fine = Financial Penalty

🗳Tax = Compulsory contribution to state revenue from one's income.

💰Ransom = money demanded to release somebody

💴Allowance = Children's pocket money

💎Dowry = bride's money or goods

💷Alimony = marriage allowance after divorce

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🎧 IELTS Listening:
🚫 Don't Make These 4 Mistakes!

4 different distractors that you might encounter in the IELTS Listening Test. These distractors may cause you to make silly mistakes in the test so it's important that you are ready to face them on test day.

✅ Similar Sounding Words
✅ Already Mentioned Words
✅ Synonyms
✅ Negatives (not)
✅ Special Distractor

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IELTS Simon👨‍💼: Listening
Multiple Choice Questions

✅ Techniques and tips to improve the skills to answer multiple choice questions + example practice.

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​Everyday Idiom 🔋 | @IELTS_8

Money Laundering 💸
[concealing the source of illegally gotten money so that it is believed to be legitimate]

- It was recently revealed that this year’s Oscar-winning movie was financed with illegal money and used as a money laundering scheme

- Authorities plan to limit cash deposits of dollars at bank counters as a measure against money laundering.

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Collocations 🧩 | @IELTS_8

Implement + change
decision
law
plan
policy
recommendation
reform
strategy
________________________________________
Impose + ban
control
deadline
fine
law
limit
punishment
restriction
rule
tax

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