Higher Colleges of Technology Links

• Abu Dhabi Women's College IELTS site. Check out their really great "Describing Graphs" link

• Enda Tuomey's graph writing pages -  lots of examples

• Enda Tuomey's argument essays. Lots more examples!

• New! Speaking Test tips!

• A collection of links by Awadh, an IELTS student in Abu Dhabi Men's College

• Listening -  try this listening quiz by Enda Tuomey

• More coming...

Other Links

• The English Language Center of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has excellent page of links and materials. Try the timed Reading passages Recommended

•  Here is their PowerPoint presentation on the format of the exam. 

• Watch a Powerpoint presentation on the Writing tasks, from the same Hong Kong university.  

• UCLES Examinations - IELTS The official site, with information about IELTS. You can read the handbook, or do some practice exercises.

• A very nice site from the British Council. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk. It has resources and materials for improving your general English. They have a test which will let you see your level. Take a break and get the words of popular songs in the charts.

• IELTS-test.com: A site with some useful tips about IELTS by an Italian learner. You can join a discussion group! Try the exercises.

• A very useful site from Holmesglen Institute, Melbourne-  detailed examples for each part of the exam.

• This site from New Zealand has some tips about how to get ready for the IELTS or any other English exam.

• This Russian site (education.kulichki.net) has good IELTS-style tests in Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. Click on the RealAudio icon to start. They also have another test here

• Kensington Academy, an English Language School in London, has some information about IELTS grades and what they mean. So you have 5.5 -  is that a good score?

• This commercial site has some online reading passages. You need to give your email address. http://www.infoielts.com/pasg1.htm 

• A good site for teachers is OneStopEnglish's IELTS page - http://www.onestopenglish.com/exams/elt_exam_ielts.htm 

Commercial Sites

The following sites are from publishers. They produce books, CD-Roms, or online courses for IELTS. However, they often have good tips and information, and some have sample exercises

• About IELTS Online A company offering IELTS courses online. You can buy materials here.

• Adams and Austen Press publish the books 101 Helpful Hints for IELTS and 202 Useful Exercises for IELTS. They have a link to an English test where you can check grammar and see a possible band in IELTS