ECL exam preparation: a five-week course for C1.

A structured one-to-one course for the ECL English exam. It covers all four papers, and your mock tests are marked to the official criteria so you know where you stand before the real thing.

How the course is built

ECL tests reading, writing, listening and speaking. The course prepares each one, in an order that lets vocabulary carry over from paper to paper.

  • Topics in groups

    The exam's long topic list is sorted into a small number of groups. You learn the language for one group at a time and reuse it in writing and speaking that week.

  • A vocabulary bank per group

    For each topic group you get the words, collocations and phrases a C1 candidate is expected to use, ready to revise from.

  • Mocks marked to the criteria

    You sit mock writing and speaking tests. I mark them the way the exam is marked and show you which criteria are costing you points.

  • A plan for each week

    Five weeks, two lessons a week, with set work in between. You always know what is due and why.

Preparing for a different exam?

I also prepare students for other C1 and B2 English exams using the same method: your writing marked to that exam's criteria, speaking mocks, and a weekly plan. Tell me which exam and when, and I will say whether I am the right tutor for it.

For IELTS, see IELTS preparation.

The package

Lessons are 50 minutes, one-to-one, online.

ECL C1 course

10 lessons over 5 weeks

  • All four papers covered: reading, writing, listening, speaking
  • Mock tests marked to the official criteria
  • A vocabulary bank for each topic group
  • A plan for each of the five weeks

£375

Tell me your exam date.

On a free 30-minute call I will check your level against C1 and tell you whether five weeks is enough.