How Tier One English runs.
A remote academy run by LORA English Remote Academy. The IELTS courses and the PTE 70+ Master Class are open. Assignments, marking, feedback and the weekend mock all sit in one dashboard.
- Gangnam, Seoul
- Registered remote academy
- 한국어 · English
- IELTS program length
- 8 weeks
- Live classes a week
- 3
- Days of work a week
- 6
- Word recall target
- 85%
If the work is not personal, the scores will not be either.
Korean IELTS prep used to mean choosing between two shapes that did not quite fit. We built a third.
Large academies
Big classes, a fixed timetable, tuition by term
Feedback is tuned for the middle of the room. Your own mistakes are rarely named.
Private tutors
One to one, once or twice a week, paid by the hour
Specific, but lonely. Without a daily structure it is easy to slip.
Tier One
Live or recorded lessons, daily assignments, marking and feedback, a set tuition for each cohort
Specific, fast, and you are never doing it alone.
How a week runs.
This is a week on the Band-Up Course, live. The Band-Up Course on VOD runs the same assignments on recorded lessons.
3
Live classes a week
Live on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Miss one and the recording is on your dashboard.
6
Days of work a week
Monday to Saturday, each day's work is ready on your dashboard. A missed week's work stays open for 1 more week.
1
Weekend mock
On the Band-Up Course, a new paper in all four skills every week. It opens on Saturday and you can take it any time until Sunday night.
Four rules we hold to.
Decisions made early that we keep coming back to, especially when a shortcut would be easier.
- Specific feedback on your writing and speaking.On VOD courses, writing and speaking answers are usually marked within minutes. On IELTS live courses, a teacher reviews and confirms your assigned writing and speaking before you see the result.
- Daily and specific beats weekly and generic.Work comes every day, and writing and speaking answers get feedback on each criterion of their exam, IELTS or PTE Academic. You never wait for a summary at the end of the week.
- We look for the mistakes Korean speakers make most.IELTS writing and speaking marking checks for 12 patterns common to Korean speakers, such as dropped articles, preposition slips, r and l, and the f, v and th sounds.
- Everything in one place.Open the dashboard and the day's work is waiting; marked work comes back to the same screen. No scattered PDFs, no email threads.
Why the course is shaped this way.
It follows published research, and the code enforces it.
85%
Word recall target
In the IELTS, PTE Academic and English Fundamentals courses alike, word review is spaced to hold 85 percent recall.
30 days
Longest review interval
A word you recall comes back later each time; a miss comes back the next day. The FSRS algorithm sets the intervals, up to 30 days.
The company behind Tier One English.
Tier One English is the brand of LORA English Remote Academy, a remote academy registered in Seoul.
- Business name
- LORA English Remote Academy
- Representative
- Chanhee So
- Business registration number
- 650-94-02234
- Mail-order sales registration number
- 2026-Seoul Gangnam-04218
- Business address
- 19, Hakdong-ro 2-gil, 2F Unit 2525, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (Nonhyeon-dong, Sail Building)
- support@tieroneenglish.com
There are two ways to start.
If you know what you want, take the free level test. If you have questions first, write to us.
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