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Video review of Week 2

One of our educators looks back on the second week of the course.

Neeraj, one of our educators, looks back at some interesting talking points from this week in his video.

Below are links to comments that Neeraj mentions and a resource that you might find helpful.

Alister’s comment on the importance of communication versus accuracy
Record yourself and listen to others on step 2.19
Please leave some positive feedback for your fellow course participants too!
Emine Ceylan’s Vocaroo recording
Luay Dawood’s vocaroo recording
A video to help with pronunciation

Please add any comments, feedback and questions below.

Check your progress

Now that you’ve reached the end of Week 2, click the Progress icon at the top of the page to see your progress page. This will show what percentage of the course steps you have marked as complete.

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Booking a test

Now that you’ve completed the second week of this Understanding IELTS course, you may be thinking about registering for IELTS.

The British Council provides IELTS testing in more than 500 locations worldwide. To find your nearest test centre and book a test, visit this British Council IELTS booking site.

If you have any questions about booking the IELTS test or test locations, you can ask us in the comments below.

Coming up in Week 3

Next week we’ll be looking at the Listening test. If you want to get started straight away, go to the To do list for Week 3.

You can always use the To do icon at the top of the page to see what’s coming up or go back to previous weeks and catch up.

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