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Full-length IELTS & TOEFL practice where the feedback lands on your own sentences — what to fix, what to keep, and which page to practise on next.

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WRITING · TASK 2 your essay, 41 seconds later

In recent decades, clear position ✓climate change has shifted from a distant threat to the leading cause of forced displacement. Some argue this crisis is still decades away; however, the warning signs are already here. two sentences — join with “because”Entire communities are losing their homes, rising seas and worsening droughts are forcing them to move. Countries that act early will lovely phrase ✓turn a humanitarian crisis into shared opportunity while giving displaced families a real path forward.

strong ideas — grammar is what's
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Why this exists

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Hello — I'm Simon.

I've spent 25 years teaching English across four countries, and another ten building language websites. I know the struggle of hunting for decent test prep materials.
So I built my own.

But here's the thing — the students who need these resources most often can't afford them. I see it teaching at a university in Costa Rica, and I see it in the unrest spreading across Europe and the US.

That's why DiscussEarth works differently. Every paying user funds a non-paying user who needs the test for work, study, or a fresh start in a new country. I've been an economic migrant for 26 years — I know what learning a new language can unlock.
Welcome to DiscussEarth. We've got your back.

Wales → Taiwan → Vietnam → Japan → Costa Rica

— Simon
Founder · English teacher, EARTH University, Costa Rica

The tests

Four papers, exactly as long and exactly as timed as the real thing.

Practise untimed while you're learning, then sit the paper against the clock when you're ready. The pressure is part of the preparation.

Three passages of increasing difficulty, mixing factual and narrative texts — matching types, True/False/Not Given, and sentence completion, the same question styles you'll see on exam day.
Four recorded sections moving from everyday conversations to academic lectures. You hear each recording once, exactly as in the real exam, with British-accented audio throughout.
Task 1 asks you to describe a graph, chart, or diagram; Task 2 is a full essay responding to a viewpoint. Feedback is marked directly on your own sentences, not a generic rubric.
A short interview, a two-minute individual talk on a given topic, then a follow-up discussion. On Premium, pronunciation is heard and scored by Microsoft Azure's speech engine, not estimated by a language model — Basic gives you AI feedback from your transcript.

After every test

MARK BOOK — WRITING a sample student's term
9 8 7 6 5 the goal — 7.0 first 7 — week 11! week 1 week 6 week 12

I keep a mark book on every student. Yours starts empty.

After each test, your marks go in the book — not just the band, but which mistakes you make and how often. The book turns that into your next steps: three things to practise, with a page on this site for each one.

Come back in a term and the book tells a story. Usually a good one.

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The second seat

Every seat you buy opens a second seat for someone who had to leave home.

One subscription funds one full account for a refugee or displaced learner, placed through partner organisations. Same tests, same marking, same mark book. No lite version, no watermark.

Seats opened so far: zero — we launched this promise before we had subscribers, and we'd rather show you a true zero than a made-up thousand. The ledger opens with you.

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One free test per skill, marked on your own sentences, before you decide anything. If it helps you, subscribe — and the second seat goes to someone who needs it more.

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Reading · Test 1 · Passage 2 of 3
38:12

The Phoebus cartel and the economics of planned obsolescence

In 1924, representatives of the world's leading lightbulb manufacturers convened in Geneva to address what they saw as a troubling commercial problem: their products lasted too long. Bulbs that endured for 2,500 hours or more were, from a revenue standpoint, an obstacle to sustained profit.

The resulting agreement, known as the Phoebus cartel, established a maximum bulb lifespan of 1,000 hours. Manufacturers that exceeded this limit faced financial penalties, while those producing shorter-lived bulbs were rewarded. The cartel coordinated production across borders, dividing global markets and setting technical standards that ensured conformity.

Economists have since debated whether such coordinated lifespan reduction constitutes a net harm to consumers or a rational response to market incentives. The case against is straightforward: consumers paid more over time, replacing bulbs that could have lasted longer. The case for is more subtle: shorter product cycles may have accelerated innovation, driving down costs and expanding access to electric lighting more broadly.

The Phoebus cartel dissolved by the early 1940s, partly due to wartime disruption and partly due to antitrust pressure in the United States. Yet its legacy persists in the economic concept of planned obsolescence — the deliberate design of products to require replacement — which critics argue remains embedded in manufacturing culture to this day.

Contemporary examples are not difficult to find. Smartphone manufacturers have faced regulatory scrutiny for software updates that slow older devices. Printer companies have been accused of programming cartridges to report as empty before they are depleted. In the European Union, right-to-repair legislation introduced in 2024 represents a direct legislative response to what regulators characterise as a systemic pattern.

Questions 14–18

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Write TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN.

14. The Phoebus cartel set a minimum, not maximum, bulb lifespan.

15. Manufacturers exceeding the lifespan limit were financially penalised.

16. Economists agree the cartel was illegal under Swiss law.

Questions 19–20

Complete the sentences. Write ONE WORD OR NUMBER only.

19. The cartel's meeting was held in .

20. Bulbs were limited to a maximum of hours.

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27/40

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Passage 1 · Questions 1–5

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TRUE
Your answer: TRUE
2
FALSE
Your answer: NOT GIVEN
Passage: "Manufacturers exceeding the limit faced financial penalties..." — this directly contradicts the statement, making it FALSE.
3
NOT GIVEN
Your answer: NOT GIVEN
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1000
Your answer: thousand
Passage: "...a maximum bulb lifespan of 1,000 hours." — the correct form is the numeral 1000.
5
Geneva
Your answer: Geneva
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7.030–32
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6.023–26
5.5 ←19–2227/40
5.015–18
4.513–14
4.010–12

AI feedback

Strength

Strong performance on sentence completion — you read for specific information accurately and chose the correct word form.

Watch out for

You confused FALSE and NOT GIVEN in 4 questions. If the passage contradicts the statement directly, it's FALSE — not NOT GIVEN.

Next steps

To reach band 6.0 you need 23+ correct — just 4 more. Focus on TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN before your next test.

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  • Earth Invaders — CEFR-adaptive vocabulary game with leaderboard
  • Word of the Day — up to 5 new words daily, matched to your level, with example sentences and a weekly quiz
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  • Earth Invaders — CEFR-adaptive vocabulary game with leaderboard
  • Word of the Day — up to 5 new words daily, matched to your level, with example sentences and a weekly quiz
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How we compare

Cost comparison, honestly done.

We built a calculator around our own real, measured AI costs before setting these prices — so here's how we stack up against the other IELTS/TOEFL AI prep tools we could find pricing for.

Provider Price / month Usage limits Pronunciation scoring Sponsors a seat
DiscussEarth Us $9.99–$19.99 Unlimited on every plan Real acoustic scoring via Microsoft Azure on Premium Yes — 1 for 1, every subscriber
aielts.org $19 Unlimited drills, mocks & essay scoring (Pro plan) AI "examiner" transcribes speech and scores it; specific speech-recognition engine not disclosed Not found
prepex.ai $39.99 ($29.99/mo billed quarterly) Unlimited practice, no daily limits (TOEFL Pro plan) "Petra" AI speaking coach gives real-time pronunciation/fluency feedback; underlying speech-recognition engine not disclosed Not found
ieltsai.pro $9.99–$14.99 Capped — 100 AI writing evaluations + 50 AI speaking sessions/mo By their own site's wording, transcript-based estimates rather than measured acoustic scores Not found
cathoven.com $67.50 Unlimited access, 50+ mock tests; no monthly evaluation cap stated Claims "examiner-level AI scoring (98% accuracy)"; no speech-recognition engine named Not found

Competitor prices and features are those publicly listed on each provider's own pricing page as of August 2026 and can change without notice — where we couldn't confirm a feature, we've marked it "not publicly stated" or "not found" rather than assume it's missing. Real acoustic pronunciation scoring means a dedicated speech-recognition engine (we use Microsoft Azure's) analyses how you actually pronounce each word, rather than a language model inferring pronunciation quality from a text transcript.

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Bulk seat provisioning, class-level analytics, and a single invoice for your whole cohort — semester or annual. We also build custom placement tests and grading tools for institutions with their own curriculum.

English proficiency shouldn't depend on where you were born

For millions of refugees and displaced people, an IELTS or TOEFL score is the key to a university place, a job, or a new country. But quality preparation is expensive, and largely out of reach for those who need it most. This is where DiscussEarth comes in.

The founder

Simon is originally from Wales, in the UK. He has been teaching English since 2001, starting in Taiwan, then Vietnam, then Japan, where he stayed for over two decades before moving to Costa Rica in 2024.

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DiscussEarth's story

While teaching in Japan, Simon noticed two problems with the resources available to him. First, his students weren't engaging with the news anymore; they couldn't concentrate on lengthy articles, and this was a problem. So he built an interactive website to encourage young learners to read in English. He dreamed of students all over the world discussing global issues in the global language — English — so the natural name for the website was DiscussEarth.

The second problem was that quality materials for test preparation were hard to find. Even as an experienced, qualified teacher, he found himself photocopying and piecing together resources from wherever he could. The obvious fix was to build his own materials, but time constraints made that difficult while teaching full-time.

After moving to Costa Rica and working with students preparing for the IELTS and TOEFL, he ran into the same problem again. The quality options that did exist were expensive, and still not quite what his students needed. So he decided to build something himself, and to keep it affordable for everyone. By 2024, the emergence of artificial intelligence had created opportunities that had only existed for large operators. Simon saw that the potential for quality, affordable resources with accurate AI-driven feedback was immense.

Illustrated story of DiscussEarth: Simon's journey from Wales through Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan to Costa Rica, struggling to find quality affordable test prep, deciding to build it himself, and creating the model where each premium member funds a sponsored member Illustrated story of DiscussEarth: Simon's journey from Wales through Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan to Costa Rica, struggling to find quality affordable test prep, deciding to build it himself, and creating the model where each premium member funds a sponsored member

The mission

As an economic migrant of 25 years, Simon understands that people moving to a new country need to learn the language, but they don't always have the money for expensive materials and resources. Immigrants and refugees today struggle to integrate into society if they cannot master the language, and after leaving the comfort of home behind, the last thing anyone needs is a hostile environment. That struggle led to a harder question:

If an experienced teacher was finding it this difficult, what must refugees and displaced people be facing, without his training or his resources?

That question is where DiscussEarth came from. Simon didn't just want to build something cheap. He wanted every paying subscriber to directly fund a free account for someone who couldn't pay at all, through partnerships with refugee settlement organisations. Sponsored accounts get the same full access as Premium subscribers. No watermarks, no limited tests, no second-class experience.

It matters because IELTS and TOEFL prep courses can cost hundreds of dollars. For someone who has lost their home, their career, and in many cases their community, that barrier is insurmountable. Building DiscussEarth this way means the same preparation is available to everyone, and every paying student knows their subscription is doing more than buying access to tests.

Today, you won't find another preparation site quite like DiscussEarth — built by an experienced teacher, for students, not money. Every effort has been made to make sure that with DiscussEarth, you get the grade you need, and you might just learn a thing or two along the way.

What DiscussEarth is

Real exam-length tests
20+ full-length IELTS tests per skill, with a growing TOEFL library — all written to real IELTS and ETS TOEFL specifications, not cut-down practice sets.
AI feedback, scored to the rubric
Every writing and speaking response is graded against the same criteria examiners use — real band-level feedback, not a generic AI opinion.
Practice that connects
A shared topic bank ties tests, forum discussions, and AI speaking practice together — so students read, write, discuss, and speak about the same ideas.

Want to partner with us?

If you work with refugees or displaced communities and want to explore sponsored access, we'd love to hear from you.

The second seat

The organisations we work with

Every paying subscription on DiscussEarth funds one free, full-access account for a refugee or displaced learner, placed through partner resettlement organisations. Here's what that partnership model looks like, and where things actually stand today.

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How the model works

For every active paying subscriber, DiscussEarth funds one full Premium account for a refugee or displaced person, placed through a partner organisation working directly with that community. Sponsored accounts get identical access — the same tests, the same AI grading, the same DEB, Vocab, and Daily News as any paying subscriber. No watermark, no limited version, no second-class tier.

Resettlement organisations
Groups already working directly with refugees and displaced people on language, education, or employment support — the kind of organisation that knows who needs a seat and can vouch for them.
Universities & NGOs
Institutions supporting displaced students toward admission or scholarship requirements, where an IELTS or TOEFL score is often the last barrier standing between someone and a place.
Employment & integration programmes
Organisations helping people qualify for work or professional licensing in a new country, where an English score can unlock a job that was otherwise out of reach.

These are the kinds of organisations we're looking to work with — not a list of confirmed partners. If your organisation fits one of these descriptions, this is exactly the conversation we want to have.

Stories from students

This is where real testimonials will go — once real sponsored students have real stories to tell. We're not filling that space with anything invented in the meantime. If you're a partner organisation or a sponsored student down the line and want to share how it went, this is where your voice will actually appear.

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What partnering looks like

If you work with refugees or displaced communities, partnering is simple: you refer people who need an IELTS or TOEFL score, we provide full-access accounts at no cost to them, funded directly by paying subscribers. No paperwork burden on your side beyond an initial conversation about how many seats make sense and how referrals would work.

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Listening Tower

How it works

Everything DiscussEarth does, and why we built it that way

DiscussEarth isn't just a bank of practice tests. It's a full system — real exam-format tests, AI grading tied to the actual rubric, a coach to practise speaking with, progress tracking that tells you what to study next, and a community to keep you motivated. Here's what each piece does, and the reasoning behind it.

Listening Tower

Real accents. Real question types. No shortcuts.

Full-length audio in real US/UK/AUS accents, with the exact question types you'll see on test day.

Listening

Real accents. Real question types. No shortcuts.

Full-length audio, real accents (US/UK/AUS), and the same question types as the real test — form completion, matching, multiple choice.

  • Practice mode: transcript toggle and playback speed, so you can build understanding first.
  • Test mode: both locked, so you test yourself properly, exam-day conditions only.
Reading Library

The same traps you'll meet on test day.

Real exam-length passages with the same trap-answer patterns you'll face for real — so you learn to spot them here first.

Reading

The same traps you'll meet on test day.

Passage-based comprehension at real exam length and difficulty, with the same trap-answer patterns — absolute language, plausible-but-wrong distractors — you'll meet on test day, so you learn to spot them here first.

Writing Workshop

Graded by criterion, not by vibe.

Scored against the same criteria examiners use, with correction codes so you know exactly what to fix.

Writing

Graded by criterion, not by vibe.

Your response is graded against the same criteria examiners use, with scores broken down by criterion rather than one flat number, plus specific correction codes so you know exactly what to fix.

Speaking Stage

Timed prompts, real pronunciation scoring.

AI feedback on fluency, grammar and development every time — Premium adds real Azure pronunciation scoring.

Speaking

Timed prompts, real pronunciation scoring.

Every plan gets AI feedback on fluency, organisation, grammar and development — the same four dimensions examiners actually score. Premium adds real pronunciation scoring via Microsoft Azure's speech engine, which hears exactly how you say each word instead of a language model guessing from a transcript.

DEB, your practice partner: a low-pressure way to practise speaking English out loud every day, separate from the graded Speaking test. The two exist for different reasons — the graded test tells you where your band stands right now; DEB is there so speaking out loud becomes a daily habit instead of something you only do under exam pressure.

  • Real conversation, no score: DEB asks questions and responds naturally, in the moment — feedback comes afterwards, once the conversation's done.
  • Show questions, if you need to: audio-only by default, matching the real exam, but you can reveal DEB's questions as text any time.
  • Feeds your recommended lessons: recurring mistakes DEB notices are tagged with the same correction codes as Writing.

Why AI grading, and why you can trust it

Getting expert feedback on Writing and Speaking used to mean paying a tutor by the hour, or waiting days for a marked script. AI made it possible to get that same rubric-based feedback back in seconds — but only if it's built carefully. Every grading prompt on DiscussEarth is written against the real band descriptors, not "does this sound roughly right." Writing responses are checked against the same correction-code system used across the whole site, so a mistake you make in one test links to a specific, named grammar lesson — not a vague "watch your grammar" comment.

The test isn't grading you against a vibe. It's grading you against the same rubric a real examiner would use — and telling you exactly which line of that rubric to work on next.

We also correct for a known AI habit: left alone, AI graders tend to systematically under-score, capping strong answers around the middle of the scale out of caution. Our grading prompts are explicitly calibrated against that tendency, so a genuinely strong answer gets the top mark it deserves, not a cautious "good, but not perfect" every time.

Progress Dashboard

Every test, every session, one view.

Every test, DEB session and writing submission pulled into one place, with lessons recommended from your actual mistakes.

Progress dashboard

Every test, every session, one view.

A test score on its own doesn't tell you what to do next. DiscussEarth pulls every test, every DEB session, and every writing submission into one place, so "what should I study next" has an actual answer.

  • Progress dashboard: every completed test, band score, and study streak in one view, so you can see genuine improvement over time rather than just your last result.
  • Recommended lessons: your most frequent mistakes are ranked and linked to a specific grammar lesson in the Resource Library.
Vocab Arcade

Never stuck, never bored.

A CEFR-adaptive vocabulary game built on 7,000+ words that automatically adjusts to your level.

Vocab arcade

Never stuck, never bored.

A CEFR-adaptive vocabulary game, built on a bank of over 7,000 words, that adjusts to your level automatically — so you're never reviewing words you already know, or thrown ones far beyond your level.

Daily News Stand

Reading practice that stays interesting.

A real news story, rewritten fresh every day at three reading levels, because the news itself never repeats.

Daily news

Reading practice that stays interesting.

Grammar and vocabulary drills only get you so far — real fluency comes from engaging with real ideas in English. A real current-events story, rewritten fresh every day at three reading levels (A2, B2, C2), with comprehension questions at each level, because the news itself changes daily.

Community Plaza

The reason it's called DiscussEarth.

A weekly discussion topic with threaded replies — writing and reading about the same ideas as other students.

Community plaza

The reason it's called DiscussEarth.

A weekly discussion topic with threaded replies, so you're writing and reading about the same ideas other students are, not practising in isolation. This is where the name DiscussEarth comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

When you sign up, you get a free diagnostic test covering all four skills — Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. You'll get a band estimate for each skill before deciding to subscribe. No credit card required.
Basic gives you unlimited access to the full test catalogue for your chosen exam, with AI feedback on every skill — including Speaking feedback based on your transcript. Premium adds real pronunciation scoring from Microsoft Azure's speech engine (hearing exactly how you say each word, not a language model guessing from a transcript), plus DEB daily speaking practice, the vocabulary game, Word of the Day, the full resource library, Daily News, and focused study plans tailored to your target score.
Your subscription covers one exam type. If you need both, contact us — we can discuss options.
Yes — paying every 3 months instead of monthly saves you 13% on Basic plans and 17% on Premium plans.
It's a strict 1-for-1 model: for every single paying subscriber, we fund one full Premium account for a refugee or displaced person — not a shared pool, not a diluted ratio. Sponsored students receive identical access, including real Azure pronunciation scoring — no restrictions, no watered-down tier. Your subscription doesn't just pay for your own account; it directly creates a second one for someone who couldn't otherwise afford it.
Yes, any time. You keep access until the end of your billing period. There are no cancellation fees.
No. DiscussEarth is an independent preparation platform and is not affiliated with the British Council, IDP, Cambridge Assessment English, or ETS.

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Terms of Service

Last updated: 12 July 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of discussearth.com and the DiscussEarth platform (the "Service"), operated by DiscussEarth. By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

1. The Service

DiscussEarth provides IELTS and TOEFL exam preparation materials, AI-assisted feedback on Writing and Speaking tasks, progress tracking, and a community forum. As part of our 1-for-1 mission, each paid subscription funds a free account for a displaced learner.

2. Accounts

You must provide accurate information when creating an account and are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure. You're responsible for all activity that happens under your account.

3. Subscriptions and billing

Basic and Premium plans are available for IELTS and TOEFL, billed monthly or quarterly through Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless cancelled beforehand. You can cancel at any time from your Account page or by contacting us; cancellation stops future renewals but does not automatically refund the current billing period. Free accounts are limited to one test per skill before a subscription is required to continue.

4. AI-generated feedback

Writing and Speaking feedback, band scores, and CEFR mappings are generated by AI models against published IELTS/TOEFL scoring rubrics, and by our own scoring logic for objective sections. These are study aids intended to help you practice — they are estimates, not official scores, and are not issued by, affiliated with, or guaranteed to match results from IELTS, the British Council, IDP, Cambridge Assessment English, or ETS (the administrators of TOEFL).

5. Acceptable use

When using the Service, and especially the Community forum, you agree not to: share your account with others in a way that circumvents subscription limits; post abusive, hateful, or illegal content; attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or disrupt the Service; or use the Service for any purpose other than genuine exam preparation.

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The Service is provided "as is." We work hard to keep test content accurate and the platform reliable, but we don't guarantee the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we don't guarantee any particular exam outcome from using it.

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