Outline:

Week 1: The Grammar & Vocabulary Foundation 

Focus: Fixing B1/B2 errors and learning the “IELTS Language.”

1. Grammar (Essential for Writing & Speaking)

• Tenses: Master the Present Perfect (e.g., “The government has implemented new laws”) vs. Past Simple. This is crucial for Writing Task 1 trends.
• Passive Voice: Essential for Process Diagrams in Writing Task 1 (e.g., “The water is heated,” not “It heats the water”).
• Comparatives & Superlatives: Essential for Graphs/Charts (e.g., “Twice as high as,” “The least significant,” “Far more popular than”).
• Articles (A/An/The): A common B1/B2 error. Learn when to use “The” with countries, groups, and abstract nouns.

Week 2. Vocabulary Themes (The Big Topics) 

Focus: IELTS Reading and Writing passages almost always come from these 10 areas. Build a vocabulary list for each:

1. Education (curriculum, literacy, pedagogy)
2. Environment (biodiversity, pollution, sustainable)
3. Technology (artificial intelligence, automation, obsolete)
4. Health (sedentary lifestyle, epidemic, nutrition)
5. Work/Business (entrepreneurship, workforce, revenue)
6. Crime (rehabilitation, deterrent, petty crime)
7. Urbanization (infrastructure, congestion, rural)
8. Globalization (culture shock, integration, trade)
9. Transport (commute, public transit, emissions)
10. Society (demographics, inequality, household)

Week 3 & 4. Listening & Speaking Foundations 

• The Phonetic Alphabet: Sounds, alliteration, and pronunciation
• SPEAKING DRILLS: “The Fluency Gym” → The “PPF” Method
  Never give a one-sentence answer. Use the Past – Present – Future method.

Question: “Do you think people exercise enough these days?”

Practice Answer:

• (Present): “Currently, I don’t think they do, because technology has made us very sedentary.”
• (Past): “If we look back 20 years ago, people walked much more and did manual labor.”
• (Future): “However, looking forward, I think health apps might encourage the younger generation to move more.”
• Numbers & Spelling: Practice distinguishing between 13/30, 14/40, and letters like A/E/I. (This is where many lose easy marks in Section 1).
• “Active Dictation”

Drill: The TED Talk Dictation

1. Find a 2-minute TED Talk clip.
2. Listen to one sentence.
3. Pause and write it down exactly word-for-word.
4. Check the transcript.
5. Analysis: Did you miss the “s” at the end of a word? Did you write “can” instead of “can’t”? Did you miss “a” or “the”?
6. Result: This fixes your grammar and listening simultaneously.

Week 5: Writing: The Question Types & Structures 

Focus: Learning the “Formula” for every question.

Writing Task 1 (Academic Reports)
You must cover these specific chart types:

• Change Over Time: Line graphs (verbs: plummeted, soared, fluctuated).
• Static Data: Pie charts/Tables comparing one time period (language of proportion: a vast majority, a tiny fraction, accounts for).
• Process Diagrams: Man-made vs. Natural cycles (sequencers: subsequently, following this, the final stage).
• Maps: Comparing past vs. present (verbs: demolished, constructed, converted into).

Week 6. Writing Task 2 (Essays) 

Focus: Master the structure for these 5 essay types:

• Opinion: Do you agree or disagree?
• Discussion: Discuss both views and give your opinion.
• Problem/Solution: What are the causes? What are the solutions?
• Advantages/Disadvantages: Do the benefits outweigh the drawbacks?
• Double Question: Answering two direct questions.
• Critical Topic: Cohesive Devices (Linking words). Move beyond “First, Second, Also.” Use: Furthermore, Consequently, Conversely, In addition to this.

Week 7. Reading Skills 

• Skimming: Reading the first and last sentence of paragraphs to get the “gist.”
• Scanning: Hunting for names, dates, and specific nouns.
• Paraphrasing: The most important skill. If the question says “Change,” the text might say “Alteration.” You must learn to spot these matches.

Week 8. Speaking Structures 

• Part 2 Strategy: The “WH” method (Who, What, Where, When, Why) to keep talking for 2 minutes.
• Part 3 Strategy: The “AREA” method:
  • Answer directly.
  • Reason (Why?).
  • Example.
  • Alternative (On the other hand…).

Week 9. Advanced Grammar (For Band 7+) 

• Conditionals: Use the 2nd and 3rd conditional in Speaking Part 3 and Essays (e.g., “If the government had invested more, this would not have happened”).
• Relative Clauses: Using which, who, where to combine short sentences into complex ones.
• Modal Verbs for Speculation: Might, Could, May (e.g., “This could be attributed to…”). Avoid saying “This is because.”

Week 10. Reading Trap Detection 

• Distractors: Learn how the test tricks you (e.g., using the word “most” in the text but “all” in the question).
• False vs. Not Given: Spend a whole week mastering this difference.

Week 11. Listening Section 3 & 4 Skills 

• Signposting Language: Recognizing when a speaker changes topic (e.g., “Turning now to…”, “On the flip side…”).
• Multiple Speakers: Practice following a conversation where three people agree and disagree.

Week 12. Speaking Delivery 

• Intonation: Sounding interested, not robotic. Raising pitch for questions, lowering for statements.
• Fillers: Replacing “Umm” with native fillers (“That’s an interesting question,” “Let me see,” “To be honest”).

Summary Checklist for You

If you can check these off by the end of Month 3, you are ready 😎⭐️❤️

• I can write a 150-word report describing a graph in 20 minutes.
• I can write a 250-word essay with 4 paragraphs in 40 minutes.
• I know the difference between “False” and “Not Given.”
• I can speak for 2 minutes on a topic without stopping.
• I can listen to a recording and read questions at the same time.