Author: Michael Thundercliffe

Michael is Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Agos (www.agos.co.jp), a leading provider of study abroad test preparation in Tokyo and Osaka. Starting his teaching career in 1998, Michael spent 13 years working for the British Council in Thailand and Japan in a range of teaching and managerial roles. In his current position, he is responsible for overseeing TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT, GRE and SAT courses.

Pronunciation – IELTS Speaking

Pronunciation IELTS Speaking

Pronunciation – IELTS Speaking Hello and welcome back to the final article in this series, looking this time at Pronunciation. If you haven’t read my previous instalment on Grammatical Range […]

Grammatical Range and Accuracy – IELTS Speaking

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Grammatical Range and Accuracy – IELTS Speaking Welcome back to my IELTS speaking series looking at the speaking grading criteria. If you haven’t read the previous part of this series on […]

Lexical Resource – IELTS Speaking

Lexical Resource IELTS

Lexical Resource IELTS Speaking Hi everyone, welcome to the third installment of our analysis of IELTS speaking grading criteria. In my last article, we looked Fluency and Coherence. If you haven’t […]

Fluency and Coherence – IELTS Speaking

Fluency and coherence

Fluency and Coherence IELTS Speaking In my last article, I gave a brief introduction to the IELTS speaking grading criteria. If you haven’t seen it, you might want to have […]

IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors: an Introduction

IELTS Speaking band descriptors

IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors: An Introduction What is IELTS? If you’ve never heard of IELTS, you’ll probably come across it sooner or later – it’s the world’s most popular English […]

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