Pass C1 Advanced in six months, with a plan made for you
For adults who work, who have been at a B2 level for years, and who need this certificate for a real reason. You get a clear picture of where you lose marks, a six-month plan with dates on it, and live classes with Issy and two real Cambridge C1 Advanced examiners.
Free · 15 minutes · a diagnostic
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23,000+on YouTubeYour English is good. Your mark is not.
You stop when you have to speak
Maybe you read and write in English every day. Maybe you don't. But when you have to speak, your brain stops. You translate every word in your head first, and then the panic arrives before the sentence does.
You have been at B2 for years
You got your B2 a long time ago. You still get the same score in practice tests that you got two years ago, and you don't know why you stopped moving.
You don't know where to start
You have books, PDFs and free videos. You open them, you feel behind, and you close them again. Nobody has told you what to do first, or what to do next.
Nobody tells you why it is wrong
You see the right answer, but never the reason. So you make the same mistake next month, and the month after that, and your score stays where it is.
What happens if you don't pass in the next 12 months?
Studying with nothing to tell you what to do next.
Roles advertised online for managers and professionals ask for English.
On your speaking and your writing, the two skills you actually use at work.
Roughly what it costs to sit the exam twice and not pass either time.
The exam fee is the small cost. The job you don't apply for is the big one.
Source: OECD (2023), The demand for language skills in the European labour market, based on online job vacancies in the 27 EU countries and the UK.
Find the problem first. Then fix it, in order.
Most C1 courses give you a library and wish you luck. Here, before you study anything, we find out where you are losing marks. Then you get a plan with a date, and one priority at a time, so on a bad day you still know what to do.
Find your real level
You do one full practice test. Not in three weeks, now. Then we both know which paper is taking your marks, and you can stop guessing.
Same student, same day. Writing and Speaking are already above C1. Use of English and Listening are not. Without this picture she would study everything, and everything is the slowest way.
Make your six-month plan
Your test results become a plan with a date. One priority at a time, built around the hours you really have, not the hours you wish you had.
The goal is 70%
Trying to get 100% is how people spend a year studying and never speak. Aim for 70% and use the language now.
Be a detective
Every mark and every mistake goes in your error log. Then you study what the log tells you to study, not what you feel like studying. Your weak points get smaller because you can see them.
Learn how to play the exam game
How each paper is marked, how to use your time, and what to do when a question is hard. This is how a good level turns into a good mark.
Same student. Different system.
- No speaking exam training at all
- You don't know what the examiner wants
- No exam date, and you keep moving it
- Random study at 11pm, when you have energy left
- You study everything, so you improve at nothing fast
- You see the right answer, but never the reason
- Speaking exam training every week
- You know exactly how each paper is marked
- A plan with your exam date on it
- One priority at a time, so you always know what to do
- Writing corrections with real exam feedback
- A realistic idea of when to take the exam
Inside the C1 Advanced Accelerator
Live classes with real examiners
Up to 7 a week with Issy and two Cambridge C1 Advanced examiners.
Your six-month plan
Built from your first test, with a date on it. One priority at a time.
The error log
Every mark and mistake in one place, so your weak points get smaller.
117+ tests with AI feedback
Every test marked, with the reason each answer was wrong.
Speaking exam training
Every week, in exam conditions, with feedback on what to change.
The full course
Strategy, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and mindset, on demand.
A study buddy and a speaking partner
Someone at your level, inside a group taking the same exam.
Issy and the team, when you need them
Including help to choose the right moment to book your exam.
What students say
In their own words. Some of them had already failed once before they found me.
The call is your starting point
I look at your level, your exam date and what has gone wrong before, and I tell you if you are ready to start preparing for this exam or not.
I don't accept everybody inside the programme, because we both need to be honest with each other. If the course is not right for you, you lose money. And if you are not right for the course, the other students are affected too.
Apply for the AcceleratorThree ways in. One finish line.
Self-Study
Everything you need to start on your own today.
- The full course, 14 modules
- 117+ practice tests with AI feedback
- The error log and the vocabulary bank
- One live Q&A with Issy every month
- No application, you start today
6 months · the practice test platform
Accelerator
The full guided system, with live teaching for six months.
- Everything in Self-Study
- Up to 7 live classes a week with Issy and two real Cambridge C1 Advanced examiners
- Your six-month plan, made from your results
- Writing corrections with real exam feedback
- Speaking exam training and mock exams
- Community, study buddy and speaking partner
12 months · the course
6 months · the practice test platform
VIP
The Accelerator, plus private time with Issy.
- Everything in the Accelerator
- 10 private classes with Issy, one hour each
- 10 writing corrections from Issy
- Priority access to Issy
12 months · the course
6 months · the practice test platform
The price of the Accelerator and VIP depends on your level, your exam date and how much support you need.
We look at that together on the call. There are payment plans for both, and there is no pressure on the call.
I know what it feels like to have a language stuck inside your head
I moved to Spain with a degree in Spanish and Portuguese from one of the best universities in the country, and I still didn't feel confident when I opened my mouth. There were four different days in those first months when I came home and cried after meeting new people, because a whole evening in Spanish left me overwhelmed and frustrated. People asked my friends if I was mute.
The degree didn't make me ready. Living it did.
I am so glad I trusted my instincts, ignored my fears and moved anyway. Eight years of living in Spain later, I have a level of Spanish that I am so fu**ing proud of. Not because I am talented, and not quickly. I kept going when it was hard, and I kept going on the days when I didn't want to.
Six and a half years ago I was teaching from the floor of my bedroom, after I lost my job at the start of the pandemic. Ten years and around 4,000 students later, everything I learned about why good English still gives a low mark is inside this programme.
Where you are today is temporary. Keep taking small steps and you will get there.
Questions people ask
Who is this for?
My level might not be good enough. Should I still apply?
How much time do I need every week?
How is this different from a course I have already bought?
Can you promise I will pass?
Why do the Accelerator and VIP need an application?
What does it cost, and can I pay monthly?
How long do I have access?
How do I start?
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Six months from now, you'll either have the certificate or you'll be in the exact same place you are today
The call is 15 minutes and it costs you nothing. We look at your level, your exam date, and what has gone wrong before.
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