IELTS, taught by Lora Kim.

Join Lora live, or watch the same classes on VOD when it suits you. 8 weeks of daily work and a mock every weekend.

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The Band-Up Course is one course taught by Lora, live or on VOD. The Mock Pass is a subscription that marks your writing and speaking.

The Band-Up Course and the Mock Pass compared
	Band-Up CourseLive or VOD, the same course by Lora	Mock 1 · WritingT1 32w · T2 0w 59:51Submit Writing test Task 1 32/150Task 2 0/250HighlightNoteClear all Task 1 · Academic report The bar chart below shows the percentage of households with internet access in four different countries in 2005, 2010 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Household Internet Access by Country (2005, 2010, 2020) Source: ITU World Telecommunication Indicators 2021 South KoreaGermanyBrazilNigeria Write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Your answer32 words The bar chart illustrates the share of households with internet access in four countries in 2005, 2010 and 2020. Overall, access rose everywhere, while the gap between the richest and the poorest countries narrowed. 32 words Academic Reading Test 13 of 40 answered 45:20 Passage 1 · History of technology The Machine That Changed the Day For most of human history, time was something read from the sky. The sun told people when to rise, when to eat and when to stop work, and the seasons told them when to plant and when to harvest. Such time was elastic. An hour in June was not the same length as an hour in December, because the daylight was simply divided into twelve parts whatever the season, and nobody found this strange. The device that broke this arrangement appeared in Europe towards the end of the thirteenth century. Its central component was a mechanism called the verge escapement, which took the steady pull of a falling weight and released it in tiny, regular steps. Nobody knows who invented it, and no drawing of the first one survives. These early clocks would disappoint anyone expecting to read the time from them. Many had no face and no hands at all. Their purpose was to strike a bell, calling monks to prayer at the proper hours. Nor were they accurate. A large tower clock of this period could gain or lose fifteen minutes in a single day, which meant it had to be corrected constantly against a sundial. Questions 1–13 Complete the notes below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. How the mechanical clock developed 1.Before mechanical clocks, the length of an hour changed with the . 2.The part that released the weight in regular steps was called the escapement. 3.The earliest machines were built to sound a rather than show the time. 4.Early tower clocks had to be reset by comparing them with a . 5.The first mechanical clocks had both a face and hands. 6.The inventor of the verge escapement is unknown. Passage 13/13Passage 20/13Passage 30/14 12345678910111213 Speaking Test 1 · Part 2Part 2 Read the card, prepare for one minute, then talk for one to two minutes. Describe a photograph that is special to you. You should say: what the photograph shows when and where it was taken who took it and explain why this photograph is special to you Preparation time Make notes if you wish. Recording starts when the minute is up. 1:00 Coming soon Mock PassA subscription for writing and speaking marking
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Daily assignments	6 days a week for 8 weeks	Not included
Tests	8 full weekend mocks	Writing papers and the full speaking test
Reading and listening marking	As soon as you submit	Free, on the practice tests
Writing and speaking marking	A score per criterion and feedback; on live, confirmed by a teacher	Within minutes, a band per criterion and corrections
What you get	A report every week, by email and KakaoTalk	A band and feedback on every answer
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English Fundamentals · Not ready for IELTS yet? Build grammar and 1,920 words first, on recorded lessons.

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In their own blogs.

Students wrote up the course on their Naver blogs, week by week and score by score.

Overall 6.0 to 7.5

Lovely BKUK master's scholarship student

Angelcrew's IELTS score report: Overall 7.0 (Listening 7.5, Reading 7.5, Writing 6.0, Speaking 6.5)

One month in, Overall 7.0

Days, evenings, nights, and Overall 7.0 at the end of the month

AngelcrewThree-shift nurse, moving to Australia

Everyone asked whether it was even possible while working three shifts. On days my body could take it I sat full practice tests, and on the days after a night shift I did vocabulary or listening only. Choosing not to break the streak beat trying to fill every hour perfectly.

Overall: 7.0
Listening: 7.5
Reading: 7.5
Writing: 6.0
Speaking: 6.5

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Her July roster: days, evenings, nights, offs. She set the study load per shift type instead of forcing the same hours every day.
27 days without a gap. Her mock band moved a full 1.0 from the 5.5 she started at, with the 7.0 target on the same screen.
Every Task 2 essay came back scored per criterion, with the sentences she was still translating out of Korean marked line by line.

Results, in the students' own words.

Sent on KakaoTalk or posted on their blogs. The next one comes up on its own, or pick one below.

“Before I knew it, it was 7.5”

6.0 to 7.5

Reading · Overall 7.0

Reading had been stuck at 6.0KakaoTalk to Lora

KakaoTalk message under the official test report: Listening 7.0, Reading 7.5, Writing 6.0, Speaking 7.0, Overall 7.0

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My basics are weak. Should I still start with IELTS?

If you need the basics first, start with English Fundamentals: grammar and 1,920 words over 8 weeks, with one recorded lesson a week, daily work and no band scores. The Band-Up Course is the IELTS course itself, with 3 classes a week, a mock every weekend and feedback in IELTS bands. Not sure which fits? The free level test recommends a course with your result.

Academic or General Training?

The Band-Up Course runs on IELTS Academic by default. Need General Training? Ask us before you enroll.

I live outside Korea. Which clock do you use?

Class times and deadlines are always shown in Korea time (KST). The next day's work opens at Seoul midnight or your local midnight, whichever comes first.

What is the refund policy?

Before the first class you get a full refund, no reason needed. After it, refunds follow Table 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Private Teaching Institutes Act, by the time that has passed: two thirds back before a third of the course has passed, half back before half of it has, and nothing after that. The details are in our Refund Policy.

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Assignments and mocks run in the browser. A laptop or desktop with a microphone is best; reading and listening also work on a phone.