IELTS reading and listening practice
This page describes what currently works in DexterLearn for IELTS. We do not list anything that is not built; what is missing is written out at the end.
What is there
- IELTS Reading (academic): sets where you read a passage and answer the questions. Level up to CEFR C1.
- IELTS Listening: 24 sets. The recording plays once and then you answer, as in the real exam. There is no replay.
- How many passages: 50 reading passages on the IELTS side and 20 on the TOEFL side. The exam pool also holds passages from other exams; those do not count as IELTS or TOEFL.
- Linked to the learning path: a word you stumble on goes into the review system, so exam work feeds vocabulary work.
How to study
- Open the exam page and start with an IELTS Reading set. You can try once without an account.
- Read the passage once, answer the questions, look at the result and note what you missed.
- Move to a listening set. Play the recording once and answer without pausing or rewinding.
- Go back to the learning path for the words and grammar you were short on. The review system brings each word back at the right interval.
- For fluency, practise out loud with the RoRo teacher.
Who it suits
It suits someone working on speed and accuracy in the reading and listening sections. Texts go up to CEFR C1; there is no C2 academic material. A complete beginner also has a route: build a level on the learning path first, then move to the exam sets.
How your level is set
DexterLearn is built on a CEFR path from A1 to C1. Before you go into the exam sets you can see where you stand on that path; each chapter assumes the vocabulary and grammar of the one before it. Age bands are 4-6, 7-9, 10-13 and 14 plus, so material at the same level arrives with different examples depending on age. The exam sections continue from the 14 plus band.
If you are not sure of your level, an exam set is itself a measurement: do one reading set, then look at how many mistakes came from not knowing a word and how many came from misreading the question. The first kind sends you back to the learning path; the second kind improves with practice.
A weekly rhythm
Short every day and one longer session a week works best. A concrete rhythm:
- Every day: the daily word and sentence practice, then whatever the review system brings up. The review system returns a word close to the point where you would forget it, which is why skipping days costs more than it looks.
- Two days a week: one reading set, then ten minutes on the words behind your wrong answers.
- One day a week: a listening set and spoken practice with the RoRo teacher. Speaking earns no score here, but it shortens the time it takes to find the words you mean.
- Spare time: stories and games. Both draw on the same word pool.
Devices and your account
The account is shared between web and phone: a set you do on a computer shows up on the phone. The subscription starts in the Android app and payment goes through Google Play; buying from an iPhone or a computer is not available for now. You cancel from your Google Play account, not from inside the app.
What you can do for free
- You get one try without an account, and you can use it on an IELTS or TOEFL reading trial.
- The free plan includes the CEFR roadmap, daily word and sentence practice, the review system, grammar lessons and 3 chapter credits per day (one credit returns every 4 hours).
- All stories are open; on the free plan you can look up 5 word meanings a day.
Price
Study is 30 TRY a month, 1 TRY for the first month, or 270 TRY a year. Premium is 199 TRY a month and 1.680 TRY a year and adds the RoRo AI coach. Payment goes through Google Play and the subscription starts in the Android app; the account is shared between web and phone. Buying from an iPhone or a computer is not available for now.