From zero English to IELTS Overall 7.0.
Never taken IELTS? That's fine. The free diagnostic shows you where you stand, and our step-by-step foundation course takes you from foundation grammar to 1,500 words. At about 3 hours a day, most working professionals reach a stable 7.0 in around 6 months.
Don't look at one course in isolation. It's three steps to test day.
The thing beginners worry about most is what happens after this. So here is the whole picture first, from foundation to sitting the test.
Build the foundation
Grammar, foundational listening, and 1,500 words. Our foundation grammar course builds the bones of English.
2 months · Tier ZeroReal exam practice
Past-paper drilling and task-type strategy. You turn the grammar and vocabulary from the foundation into an actual score.
1 month · next courseSit the test
You take the real exam once you can reliably aim for an Overall 7.0.
about 6 months of prepIs Tier Zero for you?
We're upfront about who this works for, and who it doesn't.
This is you if:
- You can recognize English words but can't actually use them across reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
- You know you'll need IELTS within a year, but your foundation isn't there yet.
- You want a small group, a weekly video lesson you watch on your own schedule, and feedback that comes back fast.
This isn't you if:
- You already score IELTS 6.5+. You belong in Tier One, skip the foundation.
- You want open conversation practice. This isn't a language exchange.
- You want passive video lectures. Every assignment here asks you to produce something.
Not sure where your foundation stands today? The diagnostic is free, takes about 25 minutes, and gives you a clear read.
Take the diagnosticOne 1-hour video lesson a week, eight weeks. From the bones of English up.
We sequence the core foundation grammar units: tenses, then nouns and articles, then adjectives and comparison, then modals and conditionals, then relative clauses and the passive. Each week is a pre-recorded video lesson you watch on your own schedule, with an extra grammar video for review, while vocabulary and IELTS task types build every week.
Present tense and the shape of a sentence
Present simple, present continuous, stative verbs, and basic word order with 'be' and main verbs.
Extra support on basic sentence structure (subject + verb) for true beginners.
Listening Part 1: basic note completion.
About 190 core academic words.
Past tense
Past simple, past continuous, and used to and would.
Focused drilling of irregular verbs (Appendix 1).
Academic Reading: an intro to skimming and scanning.
About 380 words cumulative.
How every week runs
This curriculum is a Tier Zero baseline example. Unit order and weighting may shift month to month with current IELTS trends and the latest past papers; your advisor flags any changes in advance.
How a beginner gets to 7.0
Four principles behind every week of Tier Zero.
Even with a 6.5-level book, the teacher starts at unit one and moves at a beginner's pace. Nothing is assumed, so someone restarting English from scratch can keep up.
You catch the core in the weekly video lesson, then re-watch anything you missed on the extra grammar video. Not getting it the first time is fine. Review is built into the structure.
The words every IELTS course assumes you already own, built about 190 a week in order and locked in by a Friday test. Not a flashcard list you forget by the weekend.
You use each grammar move in that week's writing and speaking right away. A rule you only recognized on a page vanishes under exam pressure. A rule you've produced stays.
Watch a real class
A sample from the weekly video lessons Tier Zero students study with Lora Teacher.
Tier Zero · 8-Week Program
One tuition, one small group, eight weeks of structured training with Lora Teacher and your advisor.
Foundation English for students who aren't yet exam-ready. The groundwork that has to come before any IELTS prep.
- One 1-hour pre-recorded video lesson a week from Lora Teacher
- A supplementary grammar video every week (free)
- Writing workbook and all study PDFs, free
- Friday vocabulary tests and graded assignment feedback, tracked on a 100+ metric dashboard
- Dedicated advisor care (reaches out first if you fall 3+ days behind)
Every study material is included and provided free as PDFs. No textbook to buy, no added costs.
Or ₩197,000 / month · 3-month 0% installment via Toss
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What people ask most
before they start.
The questions we get most before enrolling in the Tier Zero foundation class. Anything else, just ask.
Your goal isn't moving. Let's get your foundation there.
Start with the free diagnostic. About 25 minutes, and you'll know exactly where your foundation stands. Or skip it and enroll if you're ready.