Band 7 is not a harder version of band 6.5. It is a different kind of answer, judged against a published rubric that most candidates have never read.

This eight-week intensive is built backwards from that rubric. Every class, every homework and every mock exists to move one specific descriptor, and you are told which one before you start the task.

Why candidates stall at 6.5

The plateau is real and it is remarkably consistent. Four causes account for nearly all of it, and none of them is vocabulary size:

• Task 2 essays that answer a nearby question rather than the one asked, capping task response at 6

• Linking words used as a substitute for coherence, which examiners read as mechanical

• The same three grammar errors repeating across every script, capping accuracy regardless of range

• Reading run as a race rather than a budget, so the last passage is guessed

• Speaking answers that stop at two sentences because nobody said an answer could be longer

Week one is a diagnostic, and it is uncomfortable on purpose. You sit a full test on day one, get it marked against the descriptors, and receive a written statement of which two descriptors are actually costing you the band. The rest of the course is aimed at those two.

The eight-week plan

Classes are Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, plus one speaking slot booked individually each week.

1. Week 1: full diagnostic test, band descriptor walkthrough, personal error profile.

2. Week 2: Task 1 in full, all six chart types, with overview drills.

3. Week 3: Task 2 opinion and discussion essays; paragraph architecture.

4. Week 4: Task 2 problem-solution and two-part questions; grammar clinic on your own errors.

5. Week 5: Reading, all question types, with the Not Given trap taken apart.

6. Week 6: Listening, sections 3 and 4, plus accuracy and transcription drills.

7. Week 7: Speaking, all three parts, recorded and reviewed line by line.

8. Week 8: Two full mocks under exam conditions, then individual result consultations.

Roughly 40 percent of class time goes to writing, because that is where Bangladeshi candidates most often sit half a band below their other scores and where improvement is slowest without feedback.

Writing gets the most attention

You submit one Task 1 and one Task 2 every week. Both come back inside 72 hours with four descriptor scores, in-line corrections, and a rewrite instruction that names one thing to change.

The rewrite is not optional. Marking a script and moving on teaches almost nothing; rewriting the same essay after feedback is where the score moves. Students who complete all fourteen submissions and rewrites are a visibly different group by week seven.

Model answers are provided, but only after your own attempt is submitted. Reading a band 8 essay before writing your own produces imitation, and examiners spot borrowed phrasing quickly.

Speaking

One recorded fifteen-minute speaking session per week, one to one, following the exact test format including timing. The recording is returned with the transcript marked for fluency breakdowns, repeated fillers, and stress errors that affect intelligibility.

Pronunciation work is aimed at clarity, not at sounding British or American. Word stress, sentence rhythm and chunking carry the marks. Your accent does not, and no examiner is scoring you for losing it.

Mocks and marking

Four full mocks across the eight weeks, computer-delivered in the same interface used at the Dhaka test centres, with the on-screen timer and the same transfer rules. The final two are sat back to back in week eight so you experience the real fatigue of a full test day.

Every mock returns a band for each section and an overall band, plus a comparison against your previous attempt. There is no rounding-up flattery; a 6.5 is reported as a 6.5 with the reason attached.

My reading and listening were always fine, and my writing sat at 6 across three attempts. The rewrite rule was the thing that moved it. I got 7.5 overall with 7 in writing.

Shahriar H., took IELTS Academic in Dhaka, 2025

Practical details

The intensive opens on 10 February 2026 and its eight weeks close in early April. Access runs as a monthly subscription of ৳1,800, which covers the live classes, every writing task marked, the weekly one-to-one speaking sessions and all four mocks. Nothing for materials or mock tests is charged on top, and you stop paying when you stop.

There is no seat limit. Classes run online and every session is recorded for as long as your subscription is active, so candidates in Chattogram, Sylhet and Rajshahi sit the same course on the same terms as anyone in Dhaka.

We do not promise a band. What is on offer is a marked, measurable eight weeks with the criteria made explicit. Worth keeping in view while you decide: the exam itself is a separate cost paid to the test centre and not to us, and IDP and the British Council in Dhaka currently charge in the region of ৳22,000 per sitting, which is a strong argument against walking into a fourth unprepared attempt.