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Fast track Band 5.5-6.5

IELTS Academic 4-Week Crash Course

Exam in a month? A focused, fast-paced programme to lift your score quickly.

  • 4.8 (642 ratings)
  • 1,540 students
  • 4 weeks
  • 14 lessons
  • 18 hours
Led by Daniel Brooks

What you will learn

  • Know exactly what each question type is testing
  • Avoid the most common band-limiting mistakes
  • Write a clear, well-organised Task 2 essay
  • Build a realistic plan for your final weeks

Course content

4 modules · 14 lessons · 3h 23m of video

Week 1 - Listening & Reading essentials 4 lessons
  • The fastest wins in Listening Free preview 21 min
  • Reading: where to look first Free preview 10 min
  • Timing strategy for both papers 9 min
  • Quiz: quick-fire question types 10 min
Week 2 - Writing fast track 4 lessons
  • Task 1 in four paragraphs 22 min
  • Task 2: the essay blueprint 21 min
  • Common grammar mistakes that cost marks 17 min
  • Worksheet: model answers
Week 3 - Speaking fast track 3 lessons
  • Extending Part 1 answers 19 min
  • Part 2 without panic 19 min
  • Part 3 opinion language 15 min
Week 4 - Mock tests & review 3 lessons
  • Full mock test briefing 10 min
  • Reviewing your mistakes 14 min
  • Your final-week plan 16 min

About this course

When your exam date is close, you do not need more theory - you need the highest-impact strategies and realistic practice. This crash course covers exactly that, week by week.

You will sit two full computer-based mocks and get four Writing tasks marked, so you walk into the test knowing where you stand.

Who this course is for

  • Your exam is four to six weeks away
  • Your current level is around Band 5.5-6.0

Your trainer

Daniel Brooks

Senior Trainer - Listening & Reading · DELTA · MA TESOL

Daniel has taught English in the UK, the Gulf and South Asia for fourteen years. He specialises in the receptive skills - helping students read faster, listen smarter and stop losing easy marks to distractors and spelling slips. His General Training students value his clear, step-by-step approach to letters and everyd...

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