IELTS Course

“Thanks Sydney Language solutions, The writing and reading tips really helped, my scored jumped from 6 to 7 in 3 weeks! I got 7 in everything.” Renee Chan (IELTS Band 7-8 Course in Feb 2018) Test in Mar 2018

“Telaga is helpful and pointing out my weaknesses on writing. Thank you.” David Wang (IELTS Band 7-8 Writing Workshop) Feb 2018

“I really liked the way teachers were teaching us in each class and i got to meet new people and made them as friends.” Shiva (IELTS 2-Weekday) Dec 2017

“Daniel was very good in giving speaking and communication tips. Always get something for me to improve.” Bobby (IELTS Band 7-8) Sept 2017

“The teachers were extremely helpful by giving us very useful tips and structure to prepare on our IELTS.” Astor (IELTS 2-Weekday) Sept 2017

“Atmosphere was really friendly and positive. Inspired for learning more information.” Elena (IELTS Weeknight Band 6-7) Aug 2017

“Ashley is really a good teacher, she provides us with materials that suits our weaknesses and i noticed big difference since day one.” IELTS Band 7-8 students May 2017

“Hi, I just want to say thank you! I got my IELTS result today and I just received the score I need! Just after taking the course from you! Thank you, this is huge help to me, especially Daniel and Telaga who taught speaking and writing. I need all band 7 but always found difficulty in writing and speaking and they helped me to get over it.” Jiaju Feng IELTS Band 7-8 Jan 2017 intake

“Atmosphere was really friendly and positive. Inspired for learning more information.” Elena, IELTS Weeknight, Aug 2017 intake

“Detailed explanation and strategies of writing task 2 were really helpful.” Anita, IELTS Band 7-8 May 2017 intake

“All materials and guidance are really on point.” Chui, IELTS Band 7-8 April 2017 intake

“Ashley taught a lot of useful skills which really help me to improve my reading and writing.” Diba, IELTS Band 7-8, April intake

“Perfect and patient teachers, they all make me improve and feel confident for the test.” Suelen, IELTS Band 7-8 Feb 2017 intake

“I like Telaga’s methods of teaching because he explains everything easy to understand.” Mariya, IELTS Sunday Nov 2016 intake

“The tutor, Ashley. gives good techniques to improve reading skills.” Maria Soto, IELTS Band 7-8 Sept 2016 intake

“Very informative instructors, i learned a lot from class. Generally, class with Telaga was intellectually substantial.” Arvin, IELTS 2-Weekday course Sept 2016 intake

“There was a lot of positive brainstorming. There was feedback from the tutors who were friendly.” Cicilia, IELTS 2-Weekday, Sept 2016 Intake

“Adriana is a very well-prepared teacher, she provide clear explanation as well; Le had prepare her lessons very well and quickly responses all of student’s questions.” – Anh Duong, (March 2015 intake)

“I like the course because the teachers showed interest in students’ problem and willing to help” – IELTS Weekday course student 2015

I like the structure & delivery of the course. The staff at Sydney Language Solutions is excellent, very polite and willing to help at all times. Thank you! – Vincent, January 2015

Lee is very excellent, she know how to develop the class in a more interactive way, all of the material is very supportive – Paul, IELTs student, March 2015 intake

Telaga is very good and helpful, he gave us right techniques to improve our writing skills – Rinky, IELTS student, February 2015 intake

Overall, what I liked most about the course was teacher’s attitude and teaching style, we really enjoy when we study with your teachers – Mengmeng, IELTS weeknight 2015, February intake

“I had been struggling with my writing so I enrolled into the intensive short course on academic writing at Sydney Language Solution. The course was not only well structured to address all the problem areas but also gave plenty of opportunity for customized learning. Soon after I scored my desired score of 7 in Academic writing in IELTS.” – Alia Islam (June 2014)

“SLS has a very good program for IELTS review. The lecturers are very motivating and they have broad knowledge of the subject matter. They give a lot of practice and enrolling in SLS is really a great choice for IELTS preparation”– Mhkie (March 2014)

“I can recommend Sydney Language Solutions to anyone preparing for IELTS test. I took 3 weeks preparation course in September 2010 and benefited greatly. The course included lots of smart tips and strategies and final result was excellent since I achieved 7.5 overall score in Academic IELTS. I enjoyed small classes and motivating teachers. My writing skill improved significantly and I am really grateful to excellent teacher Na Pham” –  Svetlana Kuljic (2013 intake)

“I am so happy to have a great study experience in Sydney Language Solutions. Thank them for helping me get the IELTS scores which I almost did not dare to expect. The classes here are so flexible that I can easily pick the course I am interested in, and the teachers are so friendly and always happy to help. What I get from here is not only the strategy but also the confidence. I also made some friends there, so we can work together to achieve our goals.”– Vicky Xiao Xue (2013 intake)

“Sydney Language Solutions is a great place to study at if you are aiming to achieve high scores in IELTS test.  I studied the Sunday Classes for three weeks. During that period, my writing strategies and confidence had been improving a lot. Special thanks goes to the excellent teacher Na Pham who helped me to get 7.5 in my writing module.”– Becky Ning (2013 intake)

“I had a great learning experience at the Sydney Language Solutions, it is a great place to polish up your writing skills and IELTS examination skills. After three weeks of intensive training, my writing skills experienced a significant improvement. My writing tutor Na Pham is a responsible and motivated teacher. On 16 April, 2011, I received 8 in IELTS academic writing. Thank you (Na) for your patience and advice.”– Louisa Tong (2013 intake)

“After I attended a three weeks course and several Sunday classes at Sydney Language Solutions, my writing scores in IELTS were improved significantly from band 6 to 6.5 and finally to 7. During the course, I not only learned a great deal of useful writing skills but the teacher also corrected my mistakes through consistent practice of writing. The writing teacher, Miss Na Pham, is an excellent English teacher who gave me a tremendous amount of academic writing knowledge as well as mental support. Na, I really appreciate your diligent work and patience, thank you very much.”– Cambie Chan (2013 intake)

“Sydney Language Solutions is a great place to prepare for IELTS. I did improve significantly after taking 2 courses here. I finally manage to get 7.5 at the end. Thank you all SLS teachers. My score is Speaking 7.0 and Listening 7.5 Writing 7.0 & Reading 8.0.”– Dai Vo Nghia (2013 intake)

“Sydney Language Solutions is a good place to learn IELTS. I improve in all skills and get band 7 for my result in May 2011.  Small class with dedicated teachers. Thank you very much.”– Charlotte (2013 intake)

“I was devastated and frustrated about my writing before I joined the classes in Sydney Language Solutions. After almost 5 weeks intensive training and practice, my writing skills improved significantly from 6.5 to 7. I am very grateful for Na Pham’s consistent work and patience for teaching. Without Na, I would never be able to achieve 7 in writing and 8 overall. Thanks again Na!”– Ninan Su (2013 intake)

“I just want to send a big THANK YOU to Na Pham for her great lessons and effort in teaching her students which helped me achieve 7 on writing in the IELTS exam. The classes were very useful for me. Na gives us key tips and advice to achieve higher on writing so if you follow her instructions and study a bit hard you have a great chance to get your desired result as well. I recommend her classes to everyone.” – Karen Rocho (2013 intake)

“Sydney Language Solutions taught me a great lesson on how to handle all four components in IELTS in order to get the mark I desired.  I would definitely recommend my friends to join the IELTS Preparation Course with Sydney Language Solutions. My final IELTS score is 7.5 for listening, 8.0 for writing, 8.5 for reading and 7 for speaking.”– Darren Lai (2013 intake)

“I’ve received my results today, which just made me happier by seeing a score of 8, 8, 7 & 7. My learning journey with you and SLS would have continued had I been continuing to stay in Australia. It was not mere preparation of IELTS for me. You boosted my confidence (and I believe of everybody else’s as well) by your honest rating of the essays and pinpointing the problem most of the times. My heartfelt thank you to you – 26.8.2011″– Deepak Agrawal (2013 intake)

Meet IELTS Teachers of SLS

Na Quynh Phu Pham

Qualifications

Na Pham has a Doctor in Philosophy (Education) at University of Western Sydney, a Master of Arts in TESOL at National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Arts at Vietnam National University.

She is also a NAATI Accredited Translator and has Certificates in Project Management, Business Communication and Report Writing, ESL Training and Certificate IV in Assessment and Training.

Na has won several prizes and scholarships, including ASEAN Postgraduate Scholarship – National University of Singapore (1999), International Postgraduate Research Scholarship – University of Western Sydney (2001), Summer Research Award – University of Western Sydney in conjunction with Ethnic Communities Councils of NSW (2005) and Travelling Award – University of Western Sydney (2004, 2005)

Daniel Wolfson

Daniel has a degree in Film and Drama from the University of London and holds CELTA qualification in teaching English to Adults and children. 
Since 2009, Daniel has taught in English in England, Spain, Indonesia and Australia. He speaks English, Spanish and Indonesian and designs and runs courses on pronunciation and language acquisition. He was the director of an innovative language organization with the aim to learn through play and real world communication which worked integrally with schools across London, England. He has worked with Educational Psychologists to prepare them to speak at international conferences and trains students to pass PTE, IELTS and improve general English and pronunciation. Daniel takes care to teach in the most dynamic, efficient and effective way possible.

Telaga
Telaga has been a versatile English teacher since college and many of his students have enrolled in Australian universities and institutions and have later gained their Permanent Residency status and held various positions within their chosen career paths.

Ashley

Qualifications:
Ashley has completed her Master of Education (TESOL) with Merit degree at the University of Sydney. Her MEd dissertation was on “An examination of Korean migrants’ English article use and learning difficulty in Australia” which is the study focuses on the aspects of article usage that Korean ESL learners find difficult/easy to use and learn. It also investigated the Korean learners’ perception of difficulties in English articles as well. Her mixed method research has successfully suggested valuable methodological and pedagogical implications in second language teaching. She also has Bachelor of Business Administration/ English Education degrees.

Ivan L
Ivan is a language enthusiast and a Global citizen . He enjoys exploring how people communicate in many different forms by immersing into languages, culture, art and film. His life’s goal is to clash as many different races and cultural backgrounds on screen and then explore the influence of multiculturalism on modern ideals, values and cinematic language.

Ivan has experience teaching languages, computer skills, game design as well as film-making. At the moment he is finishing a BA of Interactive Film in Sydney, Australia.He is fluent in English as well as Croatian, and some of the other languages he explores include: Bosnian, Serbian, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Old Latin and Ancient Greek.

His motto is: “Be unique, but don’t forget that it means bravely accepting you are uniquely different.”

Nicholas John Gysi

Qualifications: 

Nicholas is a Bachelor of Arts from University of Western Sydney majoring in History, Politics and Philosophy. He is a qualified English teacher, holding a Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) and also Certificate IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Teaching Experience: 

Nicholas has worked as ESL teacher in Australian Pacific College School of English, being responsible to teach English Grammar, vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening skills to young adult students. He also worked as ESL Teacher in Bridge Business College ELICOS Department and some other colleges.

Adriana Mucea

Qualifications: 

Adriana has a Bachelor degree in Arts in Romanian and English Language and Literature from Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania. She also hold a Certificate IV in TESOL, CELTA Qualification as well as Certificate for Training and Assessment.

Teaching Experience: 

Adriana is originally from Romania. She been passionate about learning and teaching languages since childhood. Over the past ten years she has been working as a teacher and translator of medical English. She worked in public schools in Romania teaching general English and in vocational schools teaching English for the tourism and hospitality industry. While in the Czech Republic she also taught exam English. In Australia she has been teaching general English and also IELTS.

Danny Ao

Qualifications: 

Danny holds a Master Degree in translation from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor Degree in Commerce from the University of Sydney.

Teaching Experience: 

Danny has worked as an IELTS teacher for many years. She has a lot of experience in teaching IELTS and many students achieved 7 and 8 in IELTS test after attending Danny’s class. She’s passionate about learning and teaching languages and IELTS. She taught English in both Australia and China including New Oriental Beijing, Cambridge Education Center, Tsinghua University etc. Also Danny worked as a professional translator and interpreter at the University of Sydney (Sydney World Program).

Telaga

Qualifications: 

Telaga has been a versatile English teacher since college and many of his students have enrolled in Australian universities and institutions and have later gained their Permanent Residency status and held various positions within their chosen career paths.

Teaching Experience: 

Many of Telaga’s students reside Singapore, the US, Australia and NZ. His specialties are coaching IELTS Preparation, Paper writing for undergrads and Business English. He is now pursuing his postgraduate degree here in Sydney and are enthusiastic in helping you achieve your full English potential. He has IELTS Band 8.5 with 9 in Reading and 8 in Writing.

Danny Ruch

Qualifications: 

Danny is originally from Switzerland and moved to Australia in 2006. He completed the First Certificate in English (FCE) in 2003, followed by the IELTS in 2009 with an overall band score of 8.5. Furthermore, Danny graduated from AMP College of Business and Communication with an Advanced Diploma of Marketing as well as a Diploma in Business Management.

Teaching Experience: 

Having been working in a Marketing position for the worldwide market leader in construction materials Danny also teaches IELTS Preparation Course in Sydney Language Solutions and other colleges. His enthusiasm in helping people preparing for IELTS along with his authentic experience in the IELTS Examination has helped a lot of his students in improving themselves for IELTS.

Liza Joy Cassidy

Qualifications: 

Liza Joy Cassidy has a BA Dip.Ed. Secondary in Drama & Dance from University of Western Sydney, Penrith. She has been involved in many Theatre Productions in Germany, UK & Australia. She also has a Bachelor of Education (Primary) from Australian Catholic University. She has ESL Teacher International Certificate III and is very experienced in teaching Literacy Studies & English to both Primary K-6; Secondary 7-11, Adults-Beginners to Advanced, and IELTS.

Teaching Experience: 

Lisa has taught ESL for over 10 years in a Private Language College in Strathfield, Upsun, Essential Language College, now known as Prime. She also taught ESL at Berala Public School to Refugees and English at James An Coaching Academy. She also taught English in England in 2006 & 2012.

Ryan Madden

Qualifications: 

Ryan has a Bachelor of Science Majoring in Games Development, Certificate IV TESOL and TAFE Diploma of Software Development.

Teaching Experience: 

Ryan has 2 years experience in teaching ESL at New Dynamic Institute, Hefei, China, teaching General/Conversational English, Business English, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), IELTS, TOEFL, English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Ryan is very much interested in cooking, traveling, designing computer games, listening to music (from different languages), and motorsports.

Who is this course for?

* SLS provides IELTS Preparation Course to help students develop their language skills to prepare for their IELTS Test.*

* The following intensive IELTS Preparation Courses last from 3 weeks to 9 weeks and include from 24 to 45 hours of training.

* These courses are suitable for students who have already booked the test or are going to take the test soon.

* These courses will provide you some useful tips and strategies to achieve higher IELTS scores and help you to correct your common mistakes in an IELTS test (Both General Training and Academic Tests).

 * You need to spend time doing your homework and write essays as a compulsory component of the IELTS Preparation Course to help improve your skill(s).

 * We provide you with FREE TRAINING MATERIALS AND FREE ESSAY MARKING

Important note

• Formal enrolment is only guaranteed upon completion of an online enrolment form and payment of the course fee.
• The enrolment fee must be paid at least one week in advance of the course commencement date.  Your payment will help secure the timely commencement of class.
• Classes are finalised and confirmed 4 working days before the starting date. If you wait for other students to pay and make a payment within the 3 days preceeding the starting date, 1) it will be too late because we may have to cancel the course if we don’t receive 5 paid enrolment by then
• Without payment, your enrolment will not be secured if your course is popular and we received enough paid enrolment before starting date. Therefore, we recommend you to always make payment at least one week in advance of the course commencement date   
• All classes need a minimum of 5 students to go ahead.
• If your course does not have enough students, it will be cancelled and you will be informed via SMS or email two days before the starting date. Alternatively, we may re-schedule the course to get more enrolment or still offer the course for 4 students with a slightly higher tuition fee with your agreement.

Why choose to study with us?

* No Enrolment Fee

 * Small class size (8-15) students, maximum individual care

 * Experienced and qualified teachers.

 * Each skill is taught by one individual teacher

* Students can choose to learn each skill (Listening, Writing, Speaking, Reading) individually

* Students can combine weekday class with weekend class in their learning schedule.

* Students can choose to learn their chosen skill on a certain number of wee    ks and not the whole course.

 * Students have 10% discount for the following enrolment and for any Translation Services or Essay Editing Services of Sydney Language Solutions

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IELTS Book List

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Recommended books – WRITING CLASS

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 1. Collin Cobuild English Grammar. This new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Grammar provides teachers and advanced learners with a detailed and thorough analysis of modern English grammar. It is specially designed for advanced learners and teachers of English. It provides a comprehensive picture of modern English grammar, presented in a fresh style, and based on a thorough analysis of the Bank of English corpus, part of Collins Word Web.

2. Check Your English Vocabulary for IELTS: All You Need to Pass Your Exams. This workbook provides material to revise and build the vocabulary needed to pass the IELTS examination. It contains activities to help students prepare for the general training or academic modules of the IELTS exam. It comes with instructions and combines both self-study and classroom exercises. 

3.  Collins COBUILD Keywords for IELTS: Book 2. These vocabulary books are unique in that the vocabulary items are organized alphabetically, in a dictionary style, and words are clearly labelled according to topic. Hundreds of vocabulary-building features, synonyms, phrases and collocations help students to enrich their vocabulary and increase their accuracy and fluency. Key terms from the Academic Word List are also covered. To help students consolidate what they have learnt, the title also includes a thematic word list section, organized according to topics that frequently appear in the IELTS exams.

4. Collins COBUILD Keywords for IELTS: Book 3. Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS: Book 3 Advanced is the final book, and builds on Key Words for IELTS: Book 2 Improver to deliver the essential vocabulary students need to succeed in the IELTS exam. Book 3 Advanced covers the harder vocabulary that may appear in the exam, and that students may need to master to achieve the scores required by the top universities and employers. These vocabulary books are unique in that the vocabulary items are organized alphabetically, in a dictionary style, and words are clearly labelled according to topic. Hundreds of vocabulary-building features, synonyms, phrases and collocations help students to enrich their vocabulary and increase their accuracy and fluency. Key words from the Academic Word List are also covered. 

5.  Check your vocabulary for ACADEMIC ENGLISH. This workbook features a range of activities to help students learn and revise non-technical English vocabulary, essential for the study of any subject at a UK university. Self-study exercises and practical classroom activities are included, making it easy to revise classroom knowledge at home. This book is very useful if you want to improve your score in Writing from 6.5 to 7. 

6. Top Tips for IELTS: ACADEMIC (please click to the name to read the review of this book from TESOL Journal)

7. Top Tips for IELTS: GENERAL TRAINING &(please click to the name to read the review of this book from TESOL Journal)