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Here’s a list of what me and my Members Academy students think are the best free IELTS writing resources available online.
There are hundreds of free IELTS materials and websites, but the quality varies. This page shows you where to find the most reliable resources to improve IELTS Writing.
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EAP Foundation.com takes you through different aspects of Academic Writing, like essay types, style and paraphrasing.
British Council Learn English Teens has excellent Task 1 and 2 colour-coded models like this For/Against essay about the internet.
WriteandImprove.com uses technology developed at the University of Cambridge to mark your writing. The first one is free.
The UEFAP.com site (Using English for Academic Purposes) looks old-fashioned, but it still provides basic and useful information e.g. how to use signal words and different types of cohesion.
Manchester University Phrasebank – lots of help for Academic Writing
An A-Z of Writing Skills (Skillsyouneed.com/write).
Analyzemywriting.com – ‘an online text content and readability analyzer. Copy and paste a text into the homepage and gain a wealth of information about your text including word and character counts, word and sentence lengths, the readability of your text, and other analyses’.
Virtual Writing Tutor (virtualwritingtutor.com) checks your writing for free.
Wordtune is a Google Chrome Extension that offers alternatives for any sentence you highlight.
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British Council Video Zone has lots of bite-sized video lessons on a variety of topics
ScientificAmerican.com/podcasts is a useful podcast with 1-minute IELTS-style articles
TubeQuizard is a fabulous place to do exercises based on well-chosen YouTube videos.
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