01 / Method
Diagnostic, written plan, criterion-tagged feedback. Each stage ends in a document you can re-read, argue with, and measure the next attempt against.
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Forty-five minutes, timed, on your own machine. You write one Task 2 essay and record a full speaking interview. Both are marked against the official band descriptors before we talk, so the first conversation starts from evidence rather than from a guess.
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The plan is a document with dates, not advice. It sets weekly quotas, names the two criteria we attack first, and lists the grammar or lexical targets for each week, in order, up to your test date.
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Every comment names a criterion and a fix. Nothing reads “good work” or “improve fluency”. You get the sentence that failed, the descriptor it failed against, and a rewrite you can copy into the next essay.
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03 / Rubric
Every writing task you submit is scored criterion by criterion, on the IELTS rubric or its TOEFL equivalent. Each note names the criterion, the sentence, and the fix.
| # | Criterion | What is marked | Feedback example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Task AchievementIELTS Task 1 and 2, TOEFL Topic Development | Does every part of the prompt get answered with a clear position? | FixBoth questions are addressed, but no position is stated on the second. Add one thesis sentence in paragraph one. |
| 02 | Coherence and CohesionIELTS and TOEFL | Do paragraphs open with a topic sentence and tie back to the question? | FixParagraph three opens with the example; its claim arrives afterwards. Move the point sentence to the front and keep the evidence behind it. |
| 03 | Lexical ResourceIELTS, TOEFL Language Use | Are word choices precise, or only long? | Fix"A very big problem" appears four times. Choose three precise substitutes, then run a collocation check on each. |
| 04 | Grammatical Range and AccuracyIELTS, TOEFL Language Use | Do complex sentences stay under control? | FixRelative clauses are accurate, but the tense shifts mid-clause at lines 4 and 9. Keep one tense frame per paragraph. |
Recorded speaking answers use the same four rows, with timestamps attached to every note. See the feedback standards
04 / Feedback standards
Every submission leaves the studio with two artefacts: a marked document and a short recorded commentary. Both are criterion-tagged, so a note about Coherence and Cohesion names the paragraph and the sentence to change instead of describing your writing in general terms.
Written tasks
Your Task 1 and Task 2 text is reproduced page by page. Numbered margin notes map to the four criteria, each carrying the specific fix and a sample sentence that shows the upgrade. A band estimate per criterion sits at the top, with the two highest-impact weaknesses named first.
Speaking
You record a full interview set. Feedback arrives as audio you can replay beside a timestamp sheet, pointing at fluency repairs, pronunciation items and grammar patterns that repeat across parts. Sample rewrites are spoken, not written for you.
Revisions
The written plan includes a single re-mark of a new task against the same rubric, so the comparison between week 1 and week 4 uses identical criteria and the same marker.
05 / Booking
Forty-five minutes: a timed Writing Task 2, a recorded speaking interview, and marking against the four official criteria. You leave with a written plan that names dates, quotas and targets, plus one free revision at week four.
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