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The first time we looked back at our original mockups, we honestly couldn't believe what we'd thought was acceptable. The early work wasn't bad, it was the right start. But you don't know what the product needs to be until you've spent enough time sitting with the problem.

Marking, done for you Every essay a student submits is automatically marked. No stack of scripts to work through in the evening, no inconsistent marking between different teachers at your school - every student gets assessed the same way, instantly. You can see all of your students' work in one place, already scored, without lifting a red pen.

When an examiner marks your writing, they're not giving you one overall impression - they're scoring four separate things: how well you answered the question, how well your essay is organised, how good your vocabulary is, and how accurate your grammar is. Our feedback works the same way. Instead of one general comment, you get a clear breakdown across all four areas, so you know exactly which part of your writing needs the most work - and which parts are already strong.

I've been teaching English for fifteen years. I ran into the same problem every language school runs into every single week: a new group of students arrives, and there's a mad rush to place them. That's why we built a placement test that automatically marks all their work. And today, we're releasing the most significant update to it since launch.

Try this yourself. Paste an IELTS essay in, get a score, then reply to ChatGPT "I think that's a bit harsh, I was aiming for 7." More often than not, the score creeps up.

A story of how Sandra went from 6.5 to band 8 in IELTS speaking

For 8 weeks, we analysed 3 groups of students. We looked at how often they took a mock IELTS Speaking test, and compared their first score to their most recent score.

IELTS is not available in Afghanistan, so the girls have to travel across the Pakistan border to take the test. That is a journey that is risky at the best of times - and even more so given the situation there today.

IH Manchester is pleased to introduce Keenu, an AI-powered practice platform that strengthens what we already do in the classroom. This is not about replacing teacher corrections. It is about supporting and augmenting and giving both students and teachers better tools to focus on what matters most, actual improvement.

IELTS teachers are figuring out how to use AI in real time, and the patterns that work are starting to emerge. Here's what's working in the schools using Keenu, our AI IELTS practice platform for language schools.

The marking pile grows on Friday. The strongest students want more challenge. The weakest want more attention. The mock speaking tests you'd like to do never quite fit in. AI doesn't solve that on its own. But it can make the job of teaching IELTS easier in some specific ways.

Speaking is the part of IELTS preparation that most teachers I talk to find hardest to deliver well with a big class. One-to-one mock speaking tests are great, but they're time-consuming. Once you've got 20 students all needing speaking practice before test day, something has to give. Usually it's frequency. Students get one or two proper mocks, maybe three if they're lucky, and the rest of their preparation happens in pairs or small groups, which is useful but not the same