The Academic Culture of Britain: What You Should Know
If you’ve come to the UK to study, you may well experience some academic culture shock: the role of students and what is expected of them in terms of academic…
Writing an Essay in your Second Language
During your time studying in the UK, you will be set a variety of essays by your teachers, which will help them to ensure that you understand the material you…
Trinity ISE B1 Test examples
The ISE B1 English exam (that cab drivers in London have to pass to renew their Private Hire Driver's Licence, before 31st March 2017) is a test with Reading, Writing,…
IELTS Writing Task 1 common mistakes
IELTS writing task 1 is the question in which you are given information in the form of a table, pie chart, line or bar graph and sometimes a picture of…
CAE Proposal example sentences and structure
In the writing section of the Cambridge Advanced English exam (CAE)Â Â students often have to choose between writing out a proposal or a report. They are similar in structure, style…
How to write a quick plan for IELTS and CAE English exams
To improve your results in the IELTS writing exam or the CAE test (or any Cambridge English exam), you need to do a few things well. You should aim to:…
How do I get into university in the UK?
If you are a student from outside of the United Kingdom and English is not your mother-tongue language, then to get into university in the UK, you will need to…
IELTS ESSENTIAL WORDS – A to Z (Part 2)
Here is part 2 of a list of words that you can use in the IELTS exam to impress the examiner and boost your IELTS band score. For IELTS Essential…
Learn English to enter UK university – some of the best in the world
Four British universities are in the top 6 in the world according to the latest global rating of universities, which is called The QS World University Rankings. The University of…