30-day study plan
Day 1: IELTS Test 2021 Format
Day 2: Evaluation Technique
Day 3: Take a mock/practice test to see where you stand before you start learning.
Day 4: Do listening self-study activities to improve your listening skills (listening to a podcast,
watching movies without subtitles, listening to English songs until your exams get over)
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30 Days Study Plan
Day 5: Learn the strategies for IELTS Listening and understand what signposting language is.
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Listening Tips and Tricks
Day 6: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - Map Labelling
Day 7: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - Multiple Choice
Questions
Day 8: Take several
Listening Practice Tests
Day 9: Do reading self-study activities to improve your reading skills (read newspapers and
magazines, read online blogs, read books in English)
Day 10: Learn the strategies for IELTS Reading and understand what skimming and scanning are.
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IELTS
Reading Tips
Day 11: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - TFNG/YNNG
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True/False/Not Given
Day 12: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - Matching
Headings
Day 13: Take several Reading Practice Tests
Day 14: Do writing self-study activities to improve your writing skills (write blogs, emails, a daily
journal, letter to an English Speaker)
Day 15: Learn about the types of Writing Task 1 and the structure
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Writing Task 1
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Writing Task 1 - Academic
Day 16: Learn about the types of Writing Task 1 and the structure
Day 17: Task 1 Vocabulary
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Map Vocabulary
Day 18: Learn Grammar topics which are important to the Writing Task (Tenses, Prepositions of
time, SV agreement)
Day 19: Learn about the types of Writing Task 2 and the structure
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Writing Task 2
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Essay Structure
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Writing Task 2 - Introduction
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Writing Task 2
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Body Paragraphs
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Writing Task 2 - Conclusion
Day 20: Learn about the types of Writing Task 2 and the structure
Day 21: Learn the linkers and cohesive devices needed for Writing Task 2
Day 22: Take several Writing Practice Tests
Day 23: Do Speaking self-study activities to improve your writing skills (Skype English
Speakers,
Practice Speaking in English with a buddy)
Day 24: Learn about the Speaking sections and the band descriptors
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How to improve your Speaking skills
Day 25: Learn the vocabulary needed for Speaking Topics as it’s
a vast number of topics
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Vocabulary for Speaking
Day 26: Learn how to answer a cue card (remember to use fillers)
Day 27: Learn how to answer Part 3 questions.
Day 28: Take several Speaking Practice Tests
Day 29: Do a self-study activity (Pick a topic you like - listen
to a podcast about it, read about it, try to
write about what you’ve listened to or read and then talk about it to someone)
Day 30: Take a full practice test, apply everything you’ve learned and compare your results with the
first mock practice test you took.
This study plan will help you plan your learning journey and ace your IELTS Test.
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