What is paraphrasing? Essentially, paraphrasing means putting someone else's ideas into your own words. You keep the meaning the same,...

If you want to get a higher band score in the IELTS Writing Exam, you need to show that you can use complex sentence structures. This is...

Essay writing is a tough skill to master, even in your first language. Being able to write good essays in a foreign language, then, is...

If you are preparing for an exam, it can be very tempting to only read practice materials. In fact, I have met many students who never...

CPE, now officially called 'C2 Proficiency', is the highest of all the general English Cambridge exams. Passing C2 Proficiency is huge...

Speaking exams are a frightening thought for most candidates. In IELTS, you are alone with the examiner while in the Cambridge exams you...

Many of the points I discussed in the article about IELTS writing apply to Cambridge writing too; similarly, the points in this blog post...

IELTS Task Two is a challenging piece of writing for most people, including native speakers! In this post, I'm going to share five tips...

You’ve written your essay (or letter, article, report…) and given it to your teacher who has sent it back to you with lots of corrections...

Tony Robbins is a motivational speaker and life coach. He says that success is 20% skill and 80% mindset. It's interesting to consider...

For most candidates, the speaking part of their exam is the most daunting. Knowing that you will be judged on your pronunciation,...

The writing paper of an exam brings real challenges for candidates. Being able to write well in any language is tough so to write well...