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IELTS preparation · Melbourne & online

Tailored IELTS coaching,
built around you.

One-on-one preparation with a Melbourne-based, CELTA-certified teacher. Sessions shaped to your target band, your weak skills, and your timeline.

CELTA certifiedNative English speakerMasters · LinguisticsIELTS Band 9
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Your coach

Hello — I’m Isabel.

I’m a native English speaker, CELTA certified, and based in Melbourne. I coach students through the gap between “pretty good English” and the band score their visa, registration or admission actually requires.

My students are nurses, engineers, migrants and postgraduates — serious people with real deadlines. I’ll tell you what’s costing you marks, and exactly how to fix it.

CELTA certifiedNative EnglishMasters · LinguisticsIELTS Band 95+ yrs coaching
More about my teaching approach

Why students choose Isabel

Three things institutions can’t match.

IELTS prep at IDP or British Council is built for scale. This programme is built for you.

Tailored

Every programme opens with a full diagnostic. Lessons target the specific skills holding your band back — not a syllabus built for forty students.

Dedicated

Writing and speaking tasks come back with per-criterion band estimates and specific fixes. Not a score out of 9 — a plan for getting there.

Yours

Sixty minutes of Isabel's undivided attention per session. No rotating between rooms, no shared screens, no group-class dilution.

The programme

How coaching actually works.

Four stages, start to finish. Everything you get and when you get it — plus a look at what the written feedback actually looks like.

  1. 01

    Free consultation

    15 min · no commitment

    A short call to understand your target band, your timeline, and whether coaching is the right path for you. You’ll get honest advice either way.

  2. 02

    Diagnostic session

    60 min · $55

    Submit a writing task and a recorded speaking answer beforehand. I’ll review them and deliver a per-criterion band estimate in the session, plus a proposed lesson plan.

  3. 03

    Weekly 1:1 coaching

    60 min · video or in person

    Each session targets the specific skills holding your band back. Between sessions, submit writing or speaking tasks for individual grading at any time.

  4. 04

    Graded mock submissions

    48-hour turnaround

    Every submission comes back with per-criterion band estimates, line-by-line margin comments, and a specific practice set for the week.

Sample · what you’ll receive

Writing Task 2 · Academic

Submitted 14 Mar · Returned 16 Mar

Graded
Task Response7.0
Coherence & Cohesion6.5
Lexical Resource6.5
Grammatical Range7.0
Estimated band6.5
¶ 2

Paragraph 2 loses focus — the second sentence introduces a new argument without evidence. Try finishing the first argument completely before moving on.

+ 5 more margin notes and a next-step practice set.

Illustrative sample. Actual feedback adapts to your submission.

Programme & pricing

Three ways to work together.

Start with a single task graded, commit to the full programme, or run on your own schedule with pay-per-lesson flexibility.

Mock test grading

$39per submission

Writing or speaking task graded by Isabel — per-criterion band estimate, specific fixes.

Submit a task
Most chosen

10-Lesson Programme

$500for 10 × 60-min sessions

Full diagnostic, weekly 1:1 coaching, unlimited mock grading, progress reviews.

Start the programme

Single lesson

$55per 60-min session

One-off session to diagnose a specific skill, or polish before the test.

Book a session

Need a custom programme? Chat with Isabel directly.