Master IELTS General: Letters
How to make a letter more natural?
What vocabulary and grammar to teach?
Dates: September 15 - October 13, 2023
This course will give you the answers to your IELTS Letter questions.
There are only a few books on IELTS General and it’s usually hard to understand how to help our students with letters.
So, after this course, you’ll have a very clear idea and knowledge what to do and what books/sources/materials to use.
- Letter tricks and life hacks for 7.0-9.0
- Assessment and Methodology
- You can watch the recordings if can’t make it live

- You’ll get really useful materials to use in your classes.
- You’ll get insights into how to write IELTS General letters for 7.0-9.0.
- You’ll get 5 live Zoom sessions with Maria + Recordings.
- You’ll know what to do in your classes.
- You’ll learn about the “score killers”.
- You’ll know how to assess letters.
- You’ll understand the criteria in more depth.
- You’ll be able to help your students with letters.
- You’ll be able to grade your students’ letters much more easily.
The course saves your time as there are ready made materials for your classes e.g., handouts, grammar structures, formal/informal words.
IELTS Letters Programme
Dates: September 15 - October 13, 2023
Live Zoom once a week on Fridays at 10.00-11.30 Moscow Time
The course lasts for 4 weeks + 6 months after the course you have access to all the materials.
All the course materials are on the online platform which you have access to.
You can cover the material at your own pace and come back to any unit when you want.
Training Sessions are in English and live. 1 Session is ~1.5 hours.
You can watch the recordings if you can’t make it live.
Session 1
What you didn’t know about IELTS Letters
- Format, types, tone, score killers
Session 2
Structure, Organisation and Grammar
- How to structure any letter
- Openers and closers
- Functional language
- What grammar to teach
Session 3
Letter Types
- Apology, Complaint, Advice, Request, Thank you letters
- Correcting typical Errors
- Magical life hacks to make a letter natural (yes, there are some tricks here you should know)
Session 4
Assessment
- Understanding these vague band descriptors
- Score killers
- Grading letters (practice)
Session 5
Teaching
- What books to use
- What to do in classes
- Activities/games for your students
- A checklist for letters
13.10 - 13.04.2024
What certificate will I get?
You’ll get the certificate from Maria.
Here it is:

Trainer

- Nile (UK) qualified IELTS Expert
- IELTS Academic: 8,5 (9.0 for Speaking)
- An experienced CELTA Trainer
- DELTA (3 Modules), NILE Certified IELTS Instructor
- Academic Director at an Official IELTS Test Centre for 8 years
- Maria has trained IELTS teachers for over 5 years and is a self-employed trainer
- Founder of Yourielts.ru
- IELTS Speaking for Success Podcaster
FAQ
Sign up
2. You’ll get an email with the links to sessions within 10-15 minutes (please check your promotions folder and spam box)
3. You will get another email on 15.09 (after our 1st meeting) with access link to the online platfrom where I will be uploading the recordings
Master IELTS General: Letters
- 5 Live Zoom Sessions (7,5 hours)
- 5 Recordings
- Handouts and letter samples
- Access to the materials: 6 months (you can download them)
- Certificate from Maria
- BONUS: Coherence/Cohesion session for free (recording)