Insights hub · since 2015
You have the English. You’re losing the score somewhere else.
The mistakes, the myths and the silent score leaks I see every week — each one written up short, with the fix.
Where it leaks
Superior needs · typical retake
Speaking
−17
Writing
−11
Reading
−4
Listening
−8
The gap is rarely English. It’s the same handful of habits, repeated under exam pressure.
Start with the section holding you back
Speaking 7 · Writing 2 · Reading 5 · Listening 8
Speaking
7 task types — the biggest single lever on most score reports.
Writing
2 task types — small surface, huge scoring impact.
Reading
5 task types — accuracy and timing decide the band.
Listening
8 task types — the section that silently drags Writing down.
Exam strategy
Test-day thinking, retakes, scoring and mindset.
