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Apr 2019
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Episode 21: The Differences Between a Ba...

Chris Pell
About this episode
Whenever I was an IELTS teacher in a classroom I would show my new students a band 6 essay and a band 9 essay but not tell which was which. In this episode I will look at which they thought was a band 9 and I explain the differences between the two essays and how you can get the scores you need.

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