Articles by Doug Lovett
Lates and absences in p...
Sir, don’t mark me late! Ma’am, don’t mark me absent! I decided to look at some numbers for this cycle, since students are now allowed to go up to 15% absences before being dismissed. These nu...
Guessing probabilities ...
“IELTS is all about luck” “My friend took IELTS and she can’t speak English at all – and she got band 5!” “My sister guessed on every question on the reading and got band 5!” Do these...
Class mixers to freshen...
By Doug Lovett and Sunita Lama It’s week 13 and this means students and teachers have likely been with each other for 130 hours or more. Teachers are experts at keeping things fresh to ma...
Programme Choice Day at...
Every year, Level 4 Foundations students participate in an event to give them as much relevant information as possible to help them make one of the most important decisions in their lives. Athija Mu...
Using Stereotypes to Te...
Using Stereotypes to Teach IELTS part 1 Writing Graph Overviews (by Doug Lovett) One of the difficulties Level 4 students have on the IELTS Task 1 writing is forming the overview of the graph. The I...
Lates and absences in p...
Sir, don’t mark me late! Ma’am, don’t mark me absent! I decided to look at some numbers for this cycle, since students are now allowed to go up to 15% absences before being dismissed. These nu...
Guessing probabilities ...
“IELTS is all about luck” “My friend took IELTS and she can’t speak English at all – and she got band 5!” “My sister guessed on every question on the reading and got band 5!” Do these...
Class mixers to freshen...
By Doug Lovett and Sunita Lama It’s week 13 and this means students and teachers have likely been with each other for 130 hours or more. Teachers are experts at keeping things fresh to ma...
Programme Choice Day at...
Every year, Level 4 Foundations students participate in an event to give them as much relevant information as possible to help them make one of the most important decisions in their lives. Athija Mu...
Using Stereotypes to Te...
Using Stereotypes to Teach IELTS part 1 Writing Graph Overviews (by Doug Lovett) One of the difficulties Level 4 students have on the IELTS Task 1 writing is forming the overview of the graph. The I...