Is your IELTS exam very soon?
Is your Permanent Residency application time running out?
Do you need a private IELTS tutor right now?

Blue Ribbon IELTS Tutoring can help.

A special service only offered through highly respected migration agents, Blue Ribbon IELTS tutoring is here to fast track your IELTS studies. If you're prepared to work hard, we're prepared to work hard for you.

If you've just discovered you've got to pass an IELTS exam before applying for permanent residency, you must be feeling a bit shocked. We're here to make it easier for you.

What do you get?

Last minute lessons.
If your exam is this week, for example, we can organise tutors at the last minute for you. Scroll down for a list of available times and days. If the time and day is not listed, Blue Ribbon IELTS tutoring will do our best to find you a tutor for the time and day you need. We've even taught students on public holidays!

Homework BEFORE your first lesson.
We'd like you to write two letter tasks and two essay tasks before your first lesson. We can email the questions to you or you can scroll down the page, copy them and print them out. Bring your answers to your lesson written in pencil on paper and we'll correct them, and give you advice within your first lesson.

Pages of information and advice.
Your tutor will analyse your listening, reading, writing and speaking skills in the first lesson. You'll get advice, a lot of printed information to take home, and lots of homework targeting your weaknesses.

Friendly, honest service
Our tutors want to do their best by you. If you work hard, we will too. We're also very honest so if we find that your English skills are quite high and think you may only need a few lessons, we'll tell you.

Location
As these are last minute lessons, and not lessons booked months in advance, all lessons take place in a cafe near our office in the city. You can meet your tutor at Adult English School, suite 807, level 8, 250 Pitt Street Sydney and your tutor will take you to a nearby cafe for the lesson.

Teachers

We have a number of teachers available who can help you with your IELTS preparation.

John is our main IELTS tutor and is regularly fully booked Monday to Saturday. He has reserved times for Blue Ribbon IELTS students - 8am to 10am and 7.30pm to 9.30pm. He regularly takes on long term students. If you'd prefer a time outside these times, please advise us and we'll do our best to make it happen.

Katrina is our TESOL teacher and is fully booked during the week. She is available on Sundays for Blue Ribbon IELTS students. She sees students on Sundays who may wish to book for several weeks before their exam.

Rae and Penny are available at various times for Blue Ribbon IELTS students who require lessons in both English and Mandarin. Rae is from Beijing and Penny is from Taipei.

Joseph is here for students who believe they may only need one or two lessons just to understand the structure of the IELTS exam. Joseph is available at various times. Please note that Joseph's times shift week to week so he is the best tutor for students who are not working or studying.

James is the Principal of Adult English School and fills in for other teachers when they're sick or on holiday.*

Timeslots and teachers
 

Prices and payments

Teachers are available for last minute Blue Ribbon IELTS lessons for $130 for 2 hours in a cafe. You can pay cash directly to your tutor at the end of the lesson. The drink you order in the cafe will be paid for by your tutor. If you would prefer to pay by eftpos, please organise this at our administration office before the lesson starts. Please note that credit card payments incur an additional $3.25 service charge.

Homework                                                                        Click here for a printable version

Before your first lesson you need to do some homework for your tutor. Please write these in pencil on paper. DO NOT use your computer.

1. General Writing Task 1.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

Yesterday you bought a bag of sultanas that didn't have an expiry date. You've just discovered that they've already gone bad.

Write a letter to your local store. In your letter
* Complain about the expiry date
* Explain that the sultanas have gone bad
* Ask for a replacement

You should write at least 150 words

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ..........,
 

2. General and Academic Writing Task 2

Some people believe that children spend too much time doing things they like and not enough time doing school work.

Do you agree or disagree?

What do you think children should be doing?

Give reasons for your answer and include any related examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

3. General Writing Task 1.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

Last month you had a holiday in your country where you stayed with some old friends. They have just sent you some souvenirs of your holiday.

Write a letter to your friends. In your letter

* Thank them for the souvenirs and for the holiday
* Tell them what you have been doing since the holiday
* Suggest that you have a holiday in their country next time

You should write at least 150 words

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ..........,
 

4. General and Academic Writing Task 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

The evolution of air travel is a positive development.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Do you think it will continue to expand in the future?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

Please bring this writing to your first lesson. Make sure it is in pencil on paper so that your tutor can see what might lose you marks in the exam.

What you need to bring to your first lesson

* Your homework!
* Previous IELTS results, if any
* List of IELTS books you've used before, if you have any
* Pen and paper

Preparation for your tutor
Please advise your migration agent of the areas of IELTS you think may be a problem (listening, reading, writing, speaking) and your agent will advise your tutor of what to concentrate on in the lesson. If you would like to practice some listening tests, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can arrange a meeting room for you so that you can do an IELTS listening practice test.

If you have any questions regarding our Blue Ribbon IELTS tutoring service, please contact us today. If you would like to organise a lesson, please contact your migration agent and they'll get in contact with us.

Many thanks. We look forward to seeing you in a private IELTS lesson.

The team at Adult English School
  

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