IELTS Speaking

Photo by Jep Gambardella on Pexels “I normally speak a bit fast — it’s just the way I talk. The problem is, even when I know the correct pronunciation of a word, I sometimes mispronounce it because I’m speaking too fast.” If that sentence feels uncomfortably familiar, you’re not alone, and it’s not really a

Photo by JESHOOTS.com on Pexels If you game in English, you probably already understand words like “meta,” “clutch,” and “tilted” — even if you’ve never had to spell them, define them, or use them outside a match. That’s a real vocabulary gap worth closing: this English already lives in your head. This is the glossary

On 22 August 2026, a humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.32 seconds at a test event in Beijing — faster than Usain Bolt’s actual world record of 9.58 seconds. It’s a genuinely wild headline, and it’s also a great excuse to practise some real, current English: the vocabulary of records, comparisons, and technology —

Cambridge Dictionary just named “parasocial” its Word of the Year. Learn what it means, the vocabulary around it, and how to use it to score higher in IELTS Speaking.

If you already know you’re stuck at Band 6 and you’ve read every “why you’re stuck” article — including the ones on this site — the next useful thing isn’t another explanation of the problem. It’s a specific list of what Band 7 actually requires, skill by skill. Photo by https://kaboompics.com/ on Pexels Try the

Most “fix your Chinglish” advice is a list of grammar tips. That’s not the problem for anyone reading this. If your grammar and vocabulary are already strong but you still sound noticeably non-native, the cause is almost always one specific habit — not fifty of them. Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels Try the free

Most students don’t know their real IELTS Speaking band, only their target. This 10-minute self-assessment test gives you an honest starting number and shows which of the 4 criteria is holding you back.

Here’s a question worth sitting with honestly: how do you actually know your IELTS speaking practice is working? Not “it feels like it’s working” — actually know, with something you could point to. For most students, the honest answer is that they don’t. They practise, they feel a bit more comfortable talking about familiar topics,

Pronunciation is the IELTS Speaking criterion students avoid working on the most — not because it doesn’t matter, but because “practice more” doesn’t actually tell you what to do. Unlike grammar, where a mistake is often obvious once it’s pointed out, pronunciation problems are largely invisible to the person making them. You can’t hear your

A lot of IELTS prep happens entirely alone: rehearsing answers in the mirror, running through Part 1 topics in your head on the bus, whispering a Part 2 answer under your breath before bed. All of that has real value — it builds vocabulary, reduces nerves, and gets ideas ready. But there’s a specific gap