Inside the platform

One teacher. A full coaching platform.Here’s what runs behind every lesson with Isabel.

Every submission lands in a per-criterion grading queue with a 48-hour SLA. Speaking is recorded in your browser, played back in mine, marked across Fluency, Lexical, Grammar and Pronunciation. Writing gets an AI first-pass in seconds, then a human review from me 48 hours later. Your progress shows up as charts, not vibes.

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Per-criterion grading

48 hours. Four scores. Margin notes.

Every writing submission is graded across the four official IELTS criteria — Task Response, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range & Accuracy — with margin notes on the actual sentences and a feedback summary that tells you what to fix next. The 48-hour SLA isn’t a promise. It’s a queue with a timer. Overdue submissions are flagged automatically. You’ll never lose a submission to my inbox.

Grading queue · awaiting Isabel

12 h elapsed

Writing · Task 2

An anonymised student

12 h

Speaking · 3 parts

Another student

26 h

Mock exam · full

Third student

44 h

Task Resp.

7.0

Coh. & Coh.

6.5

Lexical

7.5

Grammar

6.5

AI first-pass feedback

Two passes. One submission.

The AI reads your essay against the IELTS band descriptors the moment you hit submit and returns an estimated band plus a paragraph of actionable notes — usually inside 30 seconds. Useful when you’ve just finished a draft at 11 p.m. and want a sanity check before bed. It does not replace my review. The AI is fast and unfailingly polite. I’m the one who tells you which sentence is dragging your Lexical band down and what to do about it.

AI first-pass · returned in 18 s

Band est. 6.5

Strongest

Task Response — you address both views and give a clear position in the introduction.

Pulling the band down

Coherence — body paragraph 2 lacks a topic sentence. Two ideas are running together without a link-back.

Next step: Add an explicit topic sentence to BP2 and re-submit. A human review from Isabel will follow within 48 h.

Speaking practice

Record in your browser. Get marked like the real thing.

Three parts, the same structure as test day. You record each part in your browser — no app, no upload, no Zoom call. I play your audio back inside the grading workspace and mark each part on Fluency & Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range & Accuracy, and Pronunciation. You see the four scores plus a written comment per part and a summary across the attempt.Every part is replayable and timestamped — nothing lost to a chat app, nothing graded off a single voice memo.

Speaking · 3 parts

Recorded in your browser

Part 1

Hometown · Hobbies · Food

4:32

Part 2

Cue card · A book that influenced you

2:00

Part 3

Discussion · Reading habits in society

4:18

Fluency

6.5

Lexical

7.0

Grammar

6.5

Pron.

7.0

Full mock exams

All four skills. One sitting. Per-criterion bands in 48 h.

A real mock is reading + writing + listening + speaking, in that order, in one sitting, against the clock. Two hours forty-five minutes. You take it from home. You get back an overall band, a per-skill band, per-criterion sub-scores for writing and speaking, and notes on the leaks that showed up under exam pressure. $99. Once. No subscription, no expiry. Take one a fortnight before your test, then a second one the week of, and watch the band trajectory close.

Full mock · result

2 h 45 min

Reading

7.5

Writing

6.5

Listening

8.0

Speaking

7.0

Overall band

7.0

Progress dashboards

Charts, not vibes.

Your portal shows a band-trajectory line per skill across every attempt, the delta since your first submission, the gap to your target band, and which skill is currently dragging the overall down. If a skill flatlines for three sessions in a row, I’ll see it before you ask. The whole point is that lesson time stops being spent on status updates and starts being spent on the work itself.

Writing · band trajectory

+1.5 since first attempt

Latest

7.0

1st2nd3rd4th5thNow

Target: 7.5 · gap of 0.5 · on track for an estimated 3 more weeks

The cheat-sheet library

31 guides written from real student notes.

Articles. Conditionals. True / False / Not Given. Speaking Part 3 abstract reasoning. Task 1 chart language. Every leak I’ve seen repeat across hundreds of students, written down once so the lesson hour can be about your writing — not catching you up on the basics every other student already knows. Free to read on the public site. Unlocked the entire time your program is active in the portal — with each guide cross-linked to the relevant practice tests.

Library · 4 of 31

Task 2 · the Band 7 skeleton
Writing
Part 2 · 2-minute cheat sheet
Speaking
True / False / Not Given
Reading
Articles · the four-rule flow
Grammar

Pick the format that fits

Different prep formats fit different people.

Self-paced video courses suit candidates who want to study on their own schedule at low cost. Group classes work well early in your prep when you want a structured curriculum and don’t mind sharing the teacher.

This service is built for the candidate who’s already done some of that, has a target band in mind, and wants direct attention from one teacher with the infrastructure to back it up.

Self-paced video courses

Big content library
Auto-graded reading & listening
Low monthly cost
1:1 teacher attention
Per-criterion human review
Personalised plan

1:1 lessons elsewhere

1:1 attention
Personal feedback
Dedicated platform
Mock-exam infrastructure
Skill-by-skill progress tracking
Audio-graded speaking workflow
AI first-pass on writing

English with Isabel

1:1 teaching with Isabel
Per-criterion grading queue
AI first-pass + human review
Browser-recorded speaking
Mock exams, progress charts
31 cheat-sheets

Try the platform

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Pick any task — Isabel assesses it free.

Sign up, choose a writing, speaking, reading or listening task, and get the same per-criterion report I send paying students.

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Pick a program.
Single lesson, 10-lesson, or intensive.

From $29 for a 25-minute short lesson up to a 4-week intensive with mock exams bundled. No subscriptions, no expiry, no auto-rebill.

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FAQ

Things students ask before they sign up.

How long does it take to move my IELTS band?

Most students see a half-band shift after 4-8 weeks of focused work, and a full band in 10-16 weeks. The 10-lesson program is designed for the half-to-full band move; the 4-week intensive is for students with a fixed exam date who need to compress the same work.

What's the difference between AI feedback and Isabel's review?

AI gives an instant first-pass band estimate plus surface-level corrections (spelling, common grammar slips). Isabel's human review takes 48 hours and adds the per-criterion bands, the structural feedback (task response, coherence), and the specific revisions that actually move your score. AI is the warm-up; her review is the diagnostic.

How fast is the feedback turnaround?

AI feedback lands in seconds. Isabel's full per-criterion review is back inside 48 hours of submission — usually faster. If she ever runs late, you'll get a heads-up in chat.

Do I need to commit to a program?

No. Single lessons start at $29 and single graded tasks at $29. Most students start with a free task assessment to test the workflow, then either book a single lesson or jump to the 10-lesson program.

Is the lesson conducted live or pre-recorded?

Lessons are live, one-to-one, over a video link Isabel sends 15 minutes before the start. They're not webinars or pre-recorded modules — every lesson is built around what you brought to that session.

Do you guarantee a band score?

No, and any platform that does is selling something dishonest. IELTS bands depend on the day, the examiner, your prep, and what you bring on test day. We can guarantee that the feedback you get is the same feedback an examiner would give — that's the closest thing to control over the outcome.

Can I take a mock exam without buying a program?

Yes. Mock exams are $99 each as a standalone — full reading, writing, listening, and speaking, graded as one unit with per-skill and overall bands within 48 hours.

How do refunds work?

Lessons booked but not yet attended can be cancelled up to 24 hours before for a full refund of the lesson time. Graded tasks and submitted mock exams are non-refundable once submitted because the work has happened. Plans paid in instalments can be paused between sessions.

See it for yourself.

Book a free 15-minute trial lesson with Isabel — the fastest way to test whether the platform fits how you study.

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