The IELTS Habit

The IELTS Habit is a group for Toronto immigrants and foreign students who plan to take an English proficiency test to extend their periods of work, study or residency in Canada. Our goal is to open up IELTS preparation for serious students of English, online and in-person. Are you aware that on any given IELTS test, 80% of IELTS candidates fail to make the standard minimum university entrance score?  Many have started lessons only weeks before the test date. In contrast, we promote good IELTS Habits over time, for those determined to succeed.

Checking us out costs nothing! A weekly strategy class is offered continuously, free of charge, online. In-person attendees are also welcome and eventually a commitment to 10 lessons is required; this way can manage class volume and progress through the material. Add-on benefits for both groups are 1) job aids or notes to back up the strategy lessons and 2) an account to the Gaming the IELTS website with its hand-picked vocabulary sets, auto-scored exercises, mock tests, and learning games for solo or partnered players. All preparation is designed and conducted by an IELTS examiner. Penelope Colville MA, TEFL worked in the biggest IELTS market in the world (China). 

When you decide you want personal feedback and attention, the sponsor of these classes, Lolart, offers Toronto's best bargains in private or group, examiner-led IELTS speaking and writing instruction. Enrollment is limited. The location is near Yonge-Bloor.

LOOK FORWARD TO THESE TOPICS
IELTS Myths
The Writing Test – How It Is Scored
The Speaking Test - How Each Part Is Scored
Nature of the Question - Decode Oral Questions to Power Up Your Score
Analyzing a Task 2 Essay Question
Observing & Imaging - Content Gathering for Essays
Paraphrasing - Four Methods
Sentence Variety - More is More!
Verb Tenses for the IELTS
Task 1 Academic – General
Task 1 Academic – The Math
Task 1 Academic – Tables
Task 1 Academic – Pie Charts & Bar Graphs
Task 1 Academic – Line Graphs
Task 1 Academic – Maps & Plans
Task 1 Academic – Flow Charts and Processes
Gaming the IELTS – Introduction to the Site
Reading Practice
Listening Practice
Task 2 Essay Practice: A Response from Start to Finish

“We” are an affiliation of three entities : Ontario Steam Foundation, dedicated to creating opportunities in STEM education for financially-challenged students, and now looking at how to do the same for English test proficiency; Lolart, a local prep school dedicated to foreign students bound for university; and Make Sense! Learning Games, a Toronto-based English language game company.