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How SM-2 Spaced Repetition Works — and Why It Beats Cramming
Jun 8, 2026 · 6 min read
SM-2 is the spaced repetition algorithm behind Anki and voxara. Learn how its intervals and ease factor schedule reviews just before you forget — and why that beats cramming for IELTS vocabulary.
IELTS Writing Task 2: The Four Criteria Examiners Actually Score
Jun 6, 2026 · 7 min read
IELTS Writing Task 2 is marked on four equally weighted criteria: Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Here is what each one means and how to target Band 7.
Academic Word List: Which 570 Words Matter Most for Band 7
Jun 4, 2026 · 6 min read
The Academic Word List (AWL) is 570 word families that appear across academic texts. Learn how it is organised into sublists by frequency and how to use it to lift IELTS Reading and Writing toward Band 7.
How to Structure a Band 8 Response to Speaking Part 2
Jun 2, 2026 · 6 min read
IELTS Speaking Part 2 gives you a cue card, one minute to prepare, and up to two minutes to talk. Here is a structure that fills the time fluently and hits the Band 8 descriptors for fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
Task Achievement vs Coherence and Cohesion in IELTS Writing
May 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Task Achievement (or Task Response) and Coherence and Cohesion are two separate IELTS Writing criteria that candidates often confuse. One scores what you say; the other scores how you organise it. Here is the difference.