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IELTS Band 7+: The Complete Preparation

All four modules, 12 full mock tests, and the examiner's mindset.

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Prof. Meera NairEnglish · Cambridge CELTA, ex-British Council
45 hours 16 lessons Advanced English Certificate Updated Jun 2026

What you'll learn

  • Understand the band descriptors and score yourself like an examiner
  • Master Writing Task 1 & 2 templates that stay flexible, not robotic
  • Handle every Listening and Reading question type under time
  • Speak for two minutes with structure using the point-expand-example method
  • Sit 12 full mock tests with detailed model answers

Course curriculum

4 modules · 16 lessons · 45 hours. Green lessons are free previews.

  • Listening: prediction and the trap answers28:00
  • Maps, forms, and multiple choice tactics26:00
  • Reading: skimming that actually works30:00
  • True/False/Not Given — the logic tree24:00
  • Quiz: Timed section test1:00:00
  • Task 1: describing data with precision32:00
  • Task 2: the four essay types and their skeletons36:00
  • Cohesion, lexical resource, and the band 7 line28:00
  • Assignment: Full Writing test for feedback1:00:00
  • Part 1: natural answers, not scripts22:00
  • Part 2: the two-minute story machine26:00
  • Part 3: opinions with depth24:00
  • Quiz: Final full mock2:45:00

About this course

Built by an ex-British Council course designer who knows exactly how examiners score. Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking — each module taught through band descriptors, real test tactics, and 12 full-length mocks with model answers. Average student improvement: 1.5 bands.

Requirements

  • Intermediate English (roughly band 5.5 equivalent)

Your teacher

Prof. Meera Nair

English · Cambridge CELTA, ex-British Council

4.844K students2 courses

Prof. Meera Nair trained at Cambridge and spent nine years designing courses for the British Council before joining Lighthouse. She has prepared over 4,000 students for IELTS with an average band improvement of 1.5, and her grammar course is famous for one promise: no rule without a reason. Her classes replace memorised exceptions with the patterns that native speakers actually use.

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