Michael Thundercliffe, Author at EFL Magazine

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.

Exam English05/06/2015

IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 4 – Pronunciation

By Michael Thundercliffe

IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 4 – Pronunciation. Hello and welcome back to the final article in this series, looking…

Exam English01/06/2015

IELTS Speaking – What is Cambridge Looking for? Part 3 – Grammatical Range and Accuracy

By Michael Thundercliffe

IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 3 – Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Welcome back to my IELTS speaking series looking at the…

Exam English, The Lexical Approach22/05/2015

IELTS speaking – What is Cambridge Looking for? Part 2 – Lexical Resource

By Michael Thundercliffe

IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 2 – Lexical Resource. Hi everyone, welcome to the third installment of our analysis of…

Exam English08/05/2015

IELTS speaking: Part 1 – Fluency and Coherence

By Michael Thundercliffe

IELTS speaking: Part 1 – Fluency and Coherence In my last article, I gave a brief introduction to the IELTS speaking grading criteria. If…

Exam English27/04/2015

IELTS Speaking – What is Cambridge Looking for? An Introduction to IELTS Speaking Grading Criteria

By Michael Thundercliffe

IELTS Speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? An introduction to IELTS speaking grading criteria. What is IELTS? If you’ve never heard of IELTS,…

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