IELTS PREPARATION · EARLY ACCESS
Prepare for IELTS as it is marked
The tutor will score your speaking and writing on the criteria examiners mark, and estimate a band.
Carna's engine scores the four IELTS speaking criteria Schools already see IELTS bands on practice work Early access for individuals; a demo for schools and teams
IELTS at a glance
Where it sits on the CEFR scale
What the tutor will practise
- Speaking
- Task 1 and Task 2 writing
- Band estimates
What examiners assess
Speaking
- Fluency and coherence
- Lexical resource
- Grammatical range and accuracy
- Pronunciation
Writing
- Task achievement or response
- Coherence and cohesion
- Lexical resource
- Grammatical range and accuracy
What runs today Carna for Schools and Carna for Business, on the same engine. The individual tutor is in early access.
— THE PROBLEM, THE PRACTICE
What gets in the way, and the practice for it.
Three things that stop people at this goal, each beside the practice planned to remove it. Each row says whether it runs today or waits for the tutor's early access.
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Speaking practice for IELTS Part 2 is nearly impossible to get without booking a tutor for every session.
Speaking, scored like the exam
The tutor will score what you say on the four IELTS speaking criteria — fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, pronunciation — the scoring Carna's engine already runs.
Speaking Early access
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Writing task feedback takes days to receive, and one essay is never enough practice.
Essays on the four descriptors
Task 1 and Task 2 essays will be scored on the four writing criteria — task achievement or response, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy — with notes on what to change.
Task 1 and Task 2 writing Early access
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Without a reliable estimate, you cannot tell whether you will hit your target band on the day.
The distance to your band
Each scored speaking and writing task will carry a CEFR level and an estimated band. It is directional, not a promise: use it to see how far the target is and which skill to work on.
Band estimates Early access
— WHAT YOU GET
Every score on one scale.
Whatever the goal, the engine underneath is the one schools and teams run today: eight skills, each with its own score, on the CEFR scale from A1 to C2.
- IELTS criteria Carna's engine scores: four for speaking, four for writing
- 4 + 4
- where this path sits on the CEFR scale
- B2–C1 of A1–C2
- skills Carna scores, each from 0 to 100
- 8
Running in schools today
Exam classes, on the record.
- Every course, with its score
- Its attempts, and whether it was handed in
- Late work, marked Late
Carna for Schools runs on the same engine today. Open one student's report: every course with its attempts, what was handed in and what came in late, and the speaking and writing practice counted. Exam classes and language schools can book a demo now.
One student's report, course by course: each course's score and attempts, whether it was handed in, and the piece that came in late. Carna School London is a sample school; the names, scores and dates are demo data.
FAQ
Common questions.
Straight answers, including what the individual tutor can and cannot do yet.
Will Carna prepare you for IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training?
The speaking test and its four criteria are the same for both, and Task 1 and Task 2 writing are marked on the same four writing criteria, so the tutor's scoring will apply to both. Practice sets for the formats that differ, such as Academic Task 1's charts, are not something we promise yet.
How accurate will the estimated band be?
It is an estimate: Carna's engine scores a spoken answer on the four IELTS speaking criteria and an essay on the four writing criteria, and derives a band from those scores. Treat it as directional, not a guaranteed result, and use it to see the distance to your target.
Can I use Carna alongside a human IELTS tutor?
Yes, once the tutor opens. It is meant for daily speaking and writing practice at volume, and a human tutor's weekly feedback sits well beside it: the practice happens between the sessions, and the sessions go further.
EARLY ACCESS
First in line when it opens.
Carna's personal tutor will cover all eight skills from A1 to C2, and it is not open to individual learners yet. The early-access list is how you get in first: one quiet email when it opens, no drip campaign.