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IELTS Preparation Tips And Tricks For The Listening Test

How to achieve the best results in the IELTS listening paper The IELTS test assesses your English language ability in all 4 skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking. There are 2 types of IELTS test – IELTS Academic and IELTS General training. Typically students wishing to study at a UK university at undergraduate or post-graduate level will require IELTS Academic and so most language schools in the UK offer this training.  Simon Cummings, with around 20 years of experie... Read More

IELTS Preparation Tips And Tricks For The Writing Test

How to get the best score possible in the IELTS writing test! The IELTS test assesses ability in English in 4 skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking. 2 different IELTS tests are avilable – IELTS Academic and IELTS General training. Students who want to study at a university in the UK at undergraduate or post-graduate level will normally need IELTS Academic. For this reason, language schools in the UK tend to offer training and preparation for the IELTS academic module. In ... Read More

IELTS Preparation Tips And Tricks For The Speaking Test

How to achieve the best score you can in the IELTS speaking test IELTS - International English Language Testing System - tests your English language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking. There are 2 types of IELTS test – IELTS Academic and IELTS General training. Normally students who wish to study at a university in the UK at undergraduate or post-graduate level need IELTS Academic. Because of this most language schools in the UK offer academic IELTS training. In this p... Read More

IELTS Preparation Tips and Tricks for the Reading Test

How to get the best score you can in the academic IELTS reading test There are 2 types of IELTS test – IELTS Academic and IELTS General training. The academic IELTS is typically required for students who want to study at a UK university at undergraduate or post-graduate level. Most language schools in the UK, therefore, offer this training. The IELTS test assesses your English language ability in all 4 skills – listening, reading, speaking and writing. In this blogpost we are going t... Read More

Top Tips for Cambridge speaking exams

Nervous about your English speaking exam? Wondering how you can get a good score? To help you, we asked our team of experienced exam teachers, many of whom are also oral examiners, for their top tips:  1. Give a positive first impression to the examiner  Smile! Have ‘open’, positive body language Speak up! Relax! Speak clearly! 2. Try to show the examiner what you know  Avoid short, uncommunicative answers Don’t just say ‘yes’ or ‘no&rsq... Read More

Test your English online!

We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new online English test. The test is a perfect way to check your level of English before you arrive at the school. The test is comprised of 50 multiple choice questions that test your understanding of English and, at the end of the test, we give you a level from Beginner to Advanced or A1 to C2 on the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).  Once you know your English level you can see which English courses are suitable for ... Read More

Student testimonial: Study Year Programme students from Taiwan

Lai Wei Jen and Chen Kuang–Tse are two Taiwanese students who are currently studying on our Study Year Programme. They have been here for 3 months and will leave in 9 months’ time. Their reason for choosing this programme is to improve their English so that they are able to enrol at universities in Brighton and London next September! So far they have been studying General English and have recently started an IELTS course in order to achieve the scores that they require. In ... Read More

Student Testimonial: Allen

    Junfei Guo (“Allen”), aged 23 from China, took our Study Year Programme (SYP) for 10 months which enabled him to achieve a score of 8 in IELTS and a pass in his CAE exam. As well as including the cost of two external exams, the SYP has many benefits for long-term students like Allen. Allen had monthly academic progress meetings with his tutor and was able to switch between different general English and exam preparation courses during his stay. He has recen... Read More

Student Testimonial: Thai sponsored students

We recently had a group of Thai government-sponsored students studying with us with the aim of getting the IELTS score they needed to go on to study at a UK university. They were originally scheduled to study with us for 32 weeks but all of them achieved the IELTS score they needed, or higher, within 27 weeks.   In the video below we talked to them about their experiences at ELC Brighton. They all seemed to greatly enjoy their time here and it was a pleasure to have them! In the video you c... Read More