IE 1505: 3 Tips to Learn Vocabulary for IELTS

In this episode of the IELTS Energy Podcast, Lindsay McMahon and Aubrey Carter discuss effective strategies for IELTS test-takers to improve their vocabulary. They address a listener's question about struggling with vocabulary and offer a three-step strategy: keeping a vocabulary notebook organized by topic, adding four to five words per 30 minutes of reading or listening, and including each word in a personal context with a definition and synonym. They emphasize using the new vocabulary immediately in summaries, speaking practice, and essays, and they advise managing the active vocabulary list by removing mastered words. The hosts also promote the 3 Keys IELTS course as a shortcut to learning high-scoring vocabulary.