Hello, I just want to tell you a couple of words about my experience of tutoring a young lady for Duolingo test, specifically our progress in writing Duolingo essays and descriptions, as well as summaries. Also, we witnessed the evident lowering of the score for her production by the DET…
Category: How to score high at Duolingo, IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, SAT
Three main types of style for your essay writing at Duolingo, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT
Hello, dear readers, I would like to give you a handy idea on how you should write your essays (or any type of a writing task) at DET, TOEFL, IELTS and all other tests. This small article was prompted by one of my students who was constantly trying to use…
The most difficult DET section for most students
I have tutored over 150 students for DET within recent 3 years. By far, the most challenging section for them is Duolingo Writing section. The majority of candidates don’t know how to write a good essay, let alone do it within 5 minutes. And if we recall a unique DET…
How we raised Duolingo Score by 15 points in 3 lessons within 4 days!
Hi everyone, I just want to share my joy and satisfaction based on a big achievement accomplished by my student and me several days ago. A lady from Ukraine wrote to me with a request to help her son raise the DET score from 85 to 100. 15 points of…
Radically new Duolingo English Test from May 1st 2023!
Hi, just want to tell you that based upon our preparation with my students to DET from the first of May, it is possible to say that Duolingo has changed dramatically!) Of course, not to such a degree that you will not recognize it; just insofar as those new sections…
A new Task Is Going To Be Added To DET!
Hello everyone, just want to tell you that we should expect the emergence of a completely new type of a task to our beloved Duolingo English Test. I think you have all noticed the presence of this new task in the practice test – Duolingo guys are probing it for…
Duolingo Writing: Don’t Overstretch Introductory Phrases!
Hi everyone, in this succinct post I want to remind you of an important correlation. If you try to start almost each sentence of your Duolingo Essay with a kind of an introductory expression – it is good and it adds to your DET Writing score. However, once the number…
I am going to record a complete video-course for Duolingo preparation.
It seems interesting to me that there are no really efficient DET (Duolingo English Test) video courses on the Internet. Yes, there are several video courses created by a popular YouTube English teacher (I will not cite his name because it is impolite) – but some of my students complain…
Speaking At Duolingo, IELTS, TOEFL – The Importance Of Transition Elements!
When you answer a question at the Speaking section at almost any test of English, you want to make your answer attractive to the examiner/algorithm, so that you get a higher score. Often, candidates are so excited that they forget about the naturalness of their speech. They shoot separate sentences,…
How Much Does A Professional Duolingo/IELTS/TOEFL Tutor Cost?
Hi everyone, probably you are looking for a good English tutor who can really assist you in preparation for various tests – IELTS, SAT, TOEFL and so forth… Sometimes I am sincerely astonished with the weird level of self-esteem exercised by thousands of tutors – whales of them charge 10-15…