• Did you know, it requires around 250 hours of language immersion to raise your BAND or CLB score by 1 level.
• Create a study plan, identify your challenges, allocate appropriate number of hours to each challenge.
• Set realistic and short-term goals for yourself.

If you can't make your schedule, our Power Program will make it for you!

GENERAL LISTENING SKILLS

• Listen to English radio stations: 1010 AM, 640 AM, 680 AM.
• Listen to podcasts on Spotify, Blinkist and TedTalks etc.
• Watch English documentaries and movies.

SPECIFIC TO IELTS AND CELPIP

• Before recording plays, read the questions and highlight the key words.
• Focus on grasping key information.
• As you transfer your answers, check the spelling.

If you can't understand different listening expectations, Power Program

1. Will teach you special strategies for each section

2. Will teach you the strongest strategies for each type of question

GENERAL READING SKILLS

• Reading daily for 20 mintues.
• Read news, articles or blogs of your interest.
• Read topics related to world history, geography and culture.

SPECIFIC TO IELTS AND CELPIP

• Learn how to extract: Specific information, Inference and general meaning from the text.
• Time management: Set up reading practice schedule.
• Time Management for each section.
• Practice latest and authentic tests (10- 12).

If you can't do it, Power Program:

1. Will teach you question specific strategies.

2. Will provide authentic and latest practice tests.

GENERAL SPEAKING SKILLS

• Talk with your friends in English.
• Make English speaking friends.

SPECIFIC TO IELTS AND CELPIP (Usually students don’t practice speaking)

• Understand the question types in each task/section and answer accordingly.
• Give your answer with relevant ideas and examples to support your opinion.
• Speak at good pace with fluency.
• Practice authentic tests.

If you can't do it, Power Program:

1. Will teach you the question types

2. Will teach the answer specific to each kind of question.

GENERAL WRITING SKILLS

• While writing your messages, write complete, meaningful and effective messages.
• When you read an article, pay attention on how the writer has put the ideas in writing.
• Start writing your own journal.

SPECIFIC TO IELTS AND CELPIP

• Pay attention to what the question is.
• Brain storm ideas and plan your writing assignment.
• Support your point of view with examples.
• Use transitions words where required.
• Write/type your text neatly and watch the word limit.

If you can't do it, Power Program:

1. Will provide all template for 5 different types of essay, 3 types of letters and 6 types of graphs(in IELTS) and survey writing and email writing(in CELPIP).

2. Will teach you different transition/ linking words for each kind of writing task.

3. Will teach you how to stay within the word limit for essay / letter/ graph specific/ survey/ email.

4. Will check your writing assignments and give feedback.

• For building vocabulary, pay attention to the words and phrases that you listen or read on daily basis.
• Note down the new words from your readings and listening and make your own little English dictionary.
• Reuse and recycle the vocabulary you learn and have in your dictionary so that quickly use the words in the exam.

If you can't prepare your word list, Power Program will provide you with a real-IELTS/CELPIP vocabulary list sheet.

• Pay attention to the auto correction of your mistakes like – spelling, punctuation and grammar.
• Write your tasks and get grammar check done. Identify your mistakes and do corrections.

If you can't remember your grammar mistakes’ correction from auto correct, Power Program teaches you band appropriate grammar such as – sentence structure (How to use a combination of simple, compound and complex sentences), using the right punctuation, use of correct capitalization and correct spelling.