VocabularyBand 8 Vocabulary: Collocations Clinic
Delivered1 Oct 2026
Ms. Sofia MarchettiReading & Vocabulary Specialist5(214)Mock tests
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Sofia Marchetti
Reading & Vocabulary Specialist
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Nationality🇮🇹 ItalySpeaksEnglish, Italian, SpanishQualificationsDELTA, MA Applied LinguisticsIELTS experience11 years · Former examinerTeaching experience15 years · 3 countries
About Sofia Marchetti
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Sofia spent six years marking before she moved to teaching, and it shows in how quickly she can name the exact reason a student is missing True/False/Not Given questions.
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- University of Bologna
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- English Literature
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- 2006
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- Years as an examiner
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- Years specialising in IELTS
- 11
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- CELTADELTAMA Applied Linguistics
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- Italy, United Kingdom, Spain
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- 3,800+
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- Timing drills before technique — most Reading scores are lost to the clock, not the text
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VocabularyMs. Sofia MarchettiReading & Vocabulary Specialist5(214)
VocabularyBand 8 Vocabulary: Collocations Clinic
Delivered27 Aug 2026
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