Individual exam coaching · Ukraine, remote

Your band score, measured before it is predicted.

Diagnostic, then a dated study plan, then criterion-tagged feedback on your speaking and writing.

45 minutes: timed writing and a recorded speaking interview. Per-criterion notes within 48 hours.

A printed Writing Task 2 page marked with numbered instructor notes in the margin — Sample marked script · Task 2 · 17 minutes of marking shown

02 / Diagnostic

The timed test comes before the plan

Every candidate starts with one sitting: a 40-minute Writing Task 2 essay and a 14-minute recorded speaking interview. We mark both against the public band descriptors, criterion by criterion, and send the result within three working days.

What the 45-minute diagnostic measures
Component	Time	Marked against
Writing Task 2	40 min	Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range
Speaking interview	14 min	Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range, Pronunciation
Marking and write-up	3 days	Per-criterion band, shortfall note, one concrete fix

Write under the clock. You see the prompt at the start and submit at 40 minutes, with no dictionary and no edits after the bell.
Speak into the recorder. Part 1, 2 and 3 of the interview, timed exactly as in the exam room.
Read the report. A band per criterion, the paragraph or answer that cost you, and the fix to practise before the next session.

Book the diagnostic

03 / Annotated feedback

What one marked paragraph actually receives

Writing Task 2 · excerpt · marked and returned

Some people argue that governments should spend on public transport rather than on new roads.¹ This essay partly agrees with that position.² Investment in rail reduces congestion in cities where the network already exists, and it does so at a lower cost per passenger than road widening.³ However, the argument ignores rural regions, where a bus every hour is not a substitute for a car.⁴

Margin notes

01

Task Response

The position arrives late. A reader should know your stance by the end of the first sentence.

Fix: rewrite the opener as a claim with a qualifier, for example “partly, because the budget is finite”.
02

Coherence and Cohesion

The second paragraph introduces a new idea without a topic sentence, so the reader has to infer the link.

Fix: one sentence stating the paragraph claim, then the evidence.
03

Lexical Resource

“Lower cost per passenger” is a precise comparison and carries the argument.

Fix: repeat this pattern twice more instead of “a lot of money”.
04

Grammatical Range

The modal form is accurate, but every sentence runs at the same length.

Fix: add one subordinate clause to reach a higher complexity band.

Every paragraph in the timed diagnostic returns this way: four to nine criterion-tagged notes with a named fix, plus the full feedback standard.

05 / Study plan

Week by week, with dates and quotas

The plan is issued as a document, not as advice. It carries calendar dates, a task quota for each week and a named target for each of the four criteria. Your first full revision is included in week four.

Week 1
Diagnostic sitting: timed Writing Task 2 and a recorded speaking interview, marked on all four criteria.
Baseline bands
Week 2
Coherence and Cohesion: five body paragraphs, each opening with a topic sentence you can underline.
5 marked paragraphs
Week 3
Task 1 data: six charts at 20 minutes each, 150 words minimum, no draft kept.
6 timed responses
Week 4
Full mock under exam timing. The plan is then rewritten against the new report.
Free revision
Week 5
Lexical Resource: 40 topic collocations a week, each used at least twice in writing.
Collocation log
Week 6
Speaking: four recorded answers a week at 90 seconds, with time-stamped notes.
4 recordings
Week 7
Timed papers: two writing papers plus one full speaking test, no pauses allowed.
2 papers, 1 test
Week 8
Final mock and a stop list: the habits to drop on exam day.
Final report

05 / Outcomes

Median band gains, with the sample size printed beside every figure.

These numbers come from candidates who sat a full test after at least six weeks of coaching and then sent us the score report. Candidates who never reported back are excluded, so the sample is smaller than the number of people we taught.

IELTS Academic / n = 34

Writing 6.5 → 7.0 +0.5 median

Speaking 6.0 → 6.5 +0.5 median

Overall 6.5 → 7.0 +0.5 median

TOEFL iBT / n = 21

Writing 22 → 25 +3 median

Speaking 21 → 25 +4 median

Total 89 → 96 +7 median

07 / Booking

Book the diagnostic before you book any course

A 45-minute timed sitting, marked against the public band descriptors. You get a criterion-tagged report and a first-draft plan, not a sales call.

01One Writing Task 2 and a recorded speaking interview, sat under exam timing.
02Each note names a criterion and a specific fix, tied to the sentence it applies to.
03The plan arrives with dates, quotas and one free revision at week 4.

vibrakntflow.com is an independent coaching studio in Kyiv. Not a test centre, and not affiliated with the British Council, IDP or ETS.