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LESSON 11
LESSON 11
May 6, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Agree/Disagree
1.
Speaking
2.
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It’s believed at current time the choice can be overwhelming. I would agree with that statement in the most cases, especially in
terms of abundance of choice present in a consumer market. Also, increasing number of marketplaces and online shopping
platforms reinstate that believe as well. However, there are still food deserts somewhere.
The main reason why I believe we have too many options to choose from currently is that there is an overabundance of food and
electronic devices. This happens because companies want to increase their profits, they create more and more new products
targeting new markets and consumer groups, sometimes even making very niche and bizzare items and foods.
Another point to why I agree that perhaps we have now increasing number of options to choose, is that online marketplaces
conquiring the world. Reasons for this are social media combination with online shopping. That means consumers now see
shopping as a form of leisure activity, spending hours and hours of their time choosing next item to purchase and entertain
themselves.
However still we have food deserts, where at times only limited number of food or goods are available, due to complicated and
expensive supply chain routes and limited number of local production companies.
In conclusion, I do agree with those people who currently find it’s overwhelming to choose from the variety of products available
to them, companies pursuit of money and popularization of online shopping do not help here. Although some people in some
areas due to poor transportation systems and low production do not have such choice abundance.
@lingvo.mira
It’s believed that at the current time the choice can be overwhelming. I would agree with that statement in the most
cases, especially in terms of the abundance of choices present in a the consumer market. Also / additionally, the
increasing number of marketplaces and online shopping platforms reinstate / reinforce that believe belief as well.
However, there are still food deserts somewhere in some areas.
@lingvo.mira
The main reason why I believe we have too many options to choose from currently is that there is an the
overabundance of food and electronic devices. This happens because companies want to increase their profits, so
they create more and more new products targeting new markets and consumer groups, sometimes even making /
producing very niche and bizzare items and foods.
@lingvo.mira
Another point to why I agree that perhaps we have now the increasing number of options to choose, is that online
marketplaces conquiring the world / options available now due to online marketplaces taking over the world.
Reasons for this are social media / This is primarily driven by the combination of social media with online
shopping. That means / Consequently, consumers now see / view shopping as a form of leisure activity, spending
hours and hours of their time choosing next item to purchase and entertain themselves.
@lingvo.mira
However still we still have food deserts, where at times only a limited number of food or goods are available at times
due to complicated and expensive supply chain routes and limited number of local production companies.
In conclusion, I do agree with those people who currently find it’s overwhelming to choose from the variety of products
available to them, companies’ pursuit of money profit and the popularization of online shopping do not help here /
exacerbate this issue. Although Nevertheless, some people in some certain areas due to poor transportation systems
and low production do not have such choice abundance / lack such abundance of choice due to poor transportation
systems and limited local production.
@lingvo.mira
It is often claimed that modern life presents people with an overwhelming number of choices. I completely agree with
this, and tend to think that the Internet and globalisation are the two major factors involved.
It is undeniable that the Internet has led to a dramatic expansion in the number of choices that are available to us. The
number of online media options, for instance, is now almost endless. There are countless websites offering
entertainment, news, videos, on-demand TV and music streaming, many of which are free. I would argue that this
abundance of media leads to confusion on the part of the average user, as we have to make so many decisions about
the content that we consume. For example, people used to have few TV channels in the 90s, whereas now we have
access to thousands of films and series through services like Netflix.
Alongside the influence of the Internet, globalisation is making the world smaller and compounding this problem of too
much choice. Cheap international flights have made overseas travel possible for millions of people, but this also means
that we are faced with hundreds of options when deciding where to go on holiday or even where to live. We no longer
have the limited but simple travel choices of our grandparents’ generation. The same is true if we look at the increasing
tendency for young people to study abroad. While the opportunity for overseas study seems appealing, many students
are confused about where to go and which path to take.
In conclusion, thanks to online services and globalisation, we are faced with a huge number of options in most areas of
life nowadays. I strongly believe that this is often more bewildering than beneficial as being overwhelmed with options
could make people confused as to what to do in life.
Sample Answer
@lingvo.mira
ЕСЛИ ВЫ СОГЛАСНЫ - СИЛЬНАЯ ПОЗИЦИЯ
1§ Introduction
Paraphrase the Task + My Opinion: I agree that ... (2 предложения)
2§ Body Paragraph 1
The 1st reason why I agree + Explanation + Example OR result
3§ Body Paragraph 2
The 2nd reason why I agree + Explanation + Example OR result
4§ Body Paragraph 3
The 3rd reason why I agree + Explanation + Example (можно НЕ писать)
5§ Conclusion
Sum up the reasons + My Opinion: I agree ... (2 предложения)
Тут может быть 2 или 3 параграфа в основной части.
То же самое, если вы НЕ согласны: меняйте точку зрения на I disagree that ... и пишите 2 или 3 причины почему.
Структура 1
@lingvo.mira
СТРУКТУРА ЕСЛИ ВЫ СОГЛАСНЫ - БАЛАНС
1§ Introduction
Paraphrase the Task + My Opinion: I agree with the statement. (2 предложения)
2§ Body Paragraph 1
On the one hand, + why do people disagree? + Explanation/Example
3§ Body Paragraph 2
However, I agree that ... for ... main reasons. + The 1st reason why I agree + Explanation + Example.
In addition, + the 2nd reason why I agree + Explanation + Result
4§ Conclusion
Sum up the reasons from 2§ and 3§ + My Opinion: I agree that ... (2 предложения)
Если вы выбрали эту структуру,
✔ Начинайте с другой точки зрения (2-й параграф). Это трюк, чтобы экзаменатор забыл идею в начале и остался
с вашей позицией в конце. Так мы делаем нашу позицию сильнее.
✔ 2 идеи в 3-м параграфе: 2 причины почему вы согласны в 1 параграфе.
✔ Эта структура лучше 1-й, т. к. здесь есть другая точка зрения. Тут вы точно напишите 250 слов и порадуете
экзаменатора разными позициями.
Структура 2
@lingvo.mira
СОГЛАСНЫ И НЕ СОГЛАСНЫ ОДНОВРЕМЕННО
НЕ рекомендую так писать, т. к. легче или согласиться, или нет
1§ Introduction:
Paraphrase the Task + My Balanced Opinion: I accept that ..., but I disagree that ...
2§ Body Paragraph 1
What I agree with + Why I agree + Explanation + Example
3§ Body Paragraph 2
What I disagree with + Why I disagree + Explanation + Example/Result
4§ Conclusion:
Sum up the reasons + My Balanced Opinion: While I agree that ... , I do not think that ...
Структура 3
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Tips
Не списывайте задание эссе в ваш ответ
Если мы скопируем задание в формате copy-paste, это будут НЕ ваши слова и оцениваться они не будут (экзаменатор их
просто не засчитает). Своими словами перефразируйте задание.
НЕ нужно перефразировать каждое слово!
Если эссе про сахар – sugar, то sugar – это sugar. ВСЁ. Да, мы будем постоянно писать sugar – OK. Можно написать sweet
drinks/sugary food.
За идиотские синонимы вы теряете баллы
People – это people, а не humans, ок?)) Можно написать humans в контексте люди против роботов.
Перефразируйте то, что можете
Используйте синонимы: important, essential, crucial, vital. Можно запомнить основные синонимы, которые часто
используются в эссе (см. выше синонимы для advantages/disadvantages, problems/solutions)
@lingvo.mira
Although more and more people read news on the Internet, newspapers will remain the most important source of news. Do
you agree or disagree?
The Internet is beginning to rival newspapers as the best place to find information about what is happening in the world. I
believe that this trend will continue, and the Internet will soon be just as important as the traditional press.
(Перефразированное задание - 1 предложение, и чёткая позиция – 1 предложение: несогласие т.к. интернет будет так
же важен, как и пресса)
On the one hand, I believe that newspapers will continue to be a vital source of information, even in the Internet age. This is
because newspapers are the most traditional means of communicating the news (объяснение причины почему newspapers
will continue to be a vital source of information), and not everyone wants to or is able to use the Internet instead
(добавление про интернет). For example, old people or those in rural areas might not have the ability or opportunity to get
online, while many of us simply prefer newspapers even if we do have Internet access (пример, иллюстрирующий
объяснение выше: кто и где и что делает).
@lingvo.mira
Although more and more people read news on the Internet, newspapers will remain the most important source of news. Do
you agree or disagree?
However, the Internet is likely to become just as popular as newspapers for a variety of reasons. (другая точка зрения про
Интернет). The main reason is that it allows people much faster access to news in real time and wherever we are, on
different gadgets and mobile devices (объяснение этой позиции). Another key benefit of online news compared to
newspapers is the ability to share articles, discuss them with other people, give our views, and even contribute with our own
updates on social media. (ещё одно объяснение этой же позиции про Интернет). For example, there has been an explosion
in the use of platforms like Twitter and YouTube where anyone can share their news and views (пример, иллюстрирующий
объяснение выше с названиями соц. сетей – да, это примеры!).
In conclusion, I disagree with the view that newspapers will continue to be the main source of news. This is due to the fact
that the Internet will soon be equally important and people all over the globe would use both online and printed news.
(заключение, чётко пишем нашу позицию – отвечаем на вопрос эссе – agree or disagree?)
English Language Test Writing Tips:
- Use clear language to express agreement or disagreement.
Speaking Test Preparation:
- Pay attention to different grammar structures.
- Speaking part three involves a series of questions from the examiner.
- Speaking test duration: approximately 11-12 minutes.
Technology in Everyday Life:
- Utilization of text-to-speech for reading articles.
- Widespread use of technology in various life aspects.
- Personal use of fitness apps.
- Reliance on technology and societal changes.
- Impact of social media.
Homework and Class Attendance:
- Potential delay in homework submission due to illness and travel.
- Suggestion to skip classes and study independently.
- Scheduled 15-minute call on May 15th.
Essay Writing Guidance:
- Topic: Are there too many choices nowadays?
- Recommended structure: balanced approach with four body paragraphs.
- Importance of clear opinion and supporting examples.
- Avoid very short paragraphs; combine related ideas.
- Use synonyms and avoid splitting ideas.
- Assess if the topic is positive or negative for content addition.
Sample Essay Analysis:
- Meat consumption essay: balanced opinion.
- Choices essay: identify structure, author's opinion, and main arguments.
- Newspapers in the digital age essay: structure and main arguments.
Essay Writing Strategy:
- Partly agree and partly disagree structure.
- Include contrasting opinion paragraph if necessary.
- Focus on paraphrasing adjectives and verbs.
- Provided synonyms for "advantages," "disadvantages," "problems," and "solutions."
I I I ISo Hi, I think I made you yeah. Yeah.
Can you see my screen right. Okay, so today our writing task type is agree disagree or opinion essay.
So this is your essay on this slide. So our topic was can you please like repeat the name.
What was the topic. Many voices right.
The task itself. Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement. Yeah.
Okay. So can you comment on your essay.
So as far as I understood these. And you actually gave me this type of essay when I did like trial essay for you.
Like at the beginning. Yeah.
And what else. So there's two things two types of structures how you can what you can do how you can answer this type of essay you can state clearly your opinion.like choose one side basically or you can do a more balanced approach.
Here I tried a balanced approach where I kind of agree and clearly state my my opinion but at the same time like give another point of view. Because topic it is very controversial for myself I thought that it would be easier for me to write enough number of words using balanced structure and I didn't try balanced structure I think before I mean in a in a more conscious way that's why I was like thinking okay I can try and do and see how it will go so basically what I did in introduction I wrote my yeah this the given the given prompt I rephrase it then the argument first argument two arguments again for my basically my point of view and one argument against of it like briefly and then two body paragraphs that consist arguments for for this that people choices highly like abundant right now and it's creating problems and another point of view like one body paragraph that briefly states why this can be not true basically that there is a limited number of choices actually somewhere at least and in the end yeah I I've tried to rephrase everything and summarize so you agree with the statement that people have many choices and in the first and the second body paragraphs you give examples of why you agree with this statement yep argument example and then why is this paragraph very short like one sentence I use the sense of the I just read that in the balanced approach you still need to clearly show even though you are having doubts basically that the the statement is trueAnd you want to give another point of view, like that the statement is not true, that there is actually a limited number of choices, not abundant.
You need to make the point of view, your point of view, very clear. And, like, you need to make this third paragraph not as convenient or something like that.
So that's what I got. If you wish to have a less strong and more balanced opinion, you can state an alternative opinion to the one you support, creating a third supporting paragraph.
However, remember to keep it brief. The biggest part of your essay should be always your predominant opinion.
So that's what I've read. So this structure is very similar to...
So this one is balanced. So the thing is that you used three body paragraphs.
And, yeah, I think that, you know, the proportion of body paragraphs is not very logical. Like, you give two, the first one is very short, the second one is normal, like, okay, the third one is very short, and I think that a paragraph cannot consist of just one sentence, maybe two or three sentences, even though it's not your opinion.
But still, if you want to highlight that there is another opinion and you don't agree with it, you still have to write at least maybe two or three sentences, because this one sentence, it seems like it's not okay. And the first two body paragraphs, I think it's better to combine them, like, in one paragraph.
So you say that the main reason is la-la-la, and then another point, so it can be like this. And because the body paragraph has to be...
But it's different ideas, basically. One is about, precisely, that the production companies try to maximize their profits and they create more and more new products for, like, more niche customer groups, even, like...or just different products, a new different progress.
And then another point of view that actually the marketplaces is entertainment and the shopping experience itself is like the therapy, I don't know, it's just, it is another idea, totally different idea. How I can combine them into, it's not, I think it's not correct.
Okay, so yeah, okay, let's have a look at different structure types and then we will try to match like which structure fits your essay. Okay, so the first structure is when you have a strong position, you agree with the statement and you give three body paragraphs, two or three body paragraphs.
The third one is extra, why you agree with the statement, you explain it and you give an example. Or for example, you don't agree with the statement and you give all three body paragraphs explaining why you don't agree with the statement.
So this is the first. Then the second, balanced position that you tried to use.
So in the first body paragraph, you say that, so you agree with the statement for example, then you say that on the one hand, in the first body paragraph, you give the opinion that controversies your opinion and only then, you give a body paragraph about your opinion, you agree. So it's important that you start writing the first body paragraph with controversial side.
So not like you did, like you started with your opinion, right, and then you say that however, there is another opinion that I don't agree with. You should give vice versa, so you should start with, so you say that I agree with the statement, then you say that on the other hand, on the one hand, you say why people disagree, you give another opinion, not your opinion, but another opinion.
And then in the third body paragraph, you give two reasons in one body paragraph. You don't split them into two paragraphs.So it's about the number of paragraphs, right?
So you said that you want to split your reasons into two body paragraphs, and the third body paragraph you devote to controversial opinion. So you kind of mixed Structure 1 and Structure 2.
So from Structure 1, you took the number of paragraphs. So in Structure 1, you can write three body paragraphs when you explain your reasons.
So the first reason is that, the second reason is that, and the third reason is that. So in this case, yes, you can use three body paragraphs.
It's okay. But when you use this structure, balanced, you need four body paragraphs in the first body paragraph, controversial opinion.
And in the second body paragraphs, you explain why you agree with this statement and give two reasons in one single body paragraph. It's not okay to write here another body paragraph and write the second reason.
That would be not correct. So the structure is kind of very strict.
And yeah, you cannot just, you know, split it like you want. Like, okay, I want to have six body paragraphs, or okay, I want to have three or two or one body paragraph.
So it's better to follow the classical, you know, structure types. Okay.
Yeah. And yeah, as I said, it's important to start with another opinion, right?
Like, your first body paragraph starts with controversial opinion. This is, like, to make an examiner forget the idea in the beginning, and so that he or she agrees with your opinion, right?
Like, it's kind of a trick. It's better.
Because from your essay, you start explaining your opinion, and then you switch to another opinion. So the first disadvantage is that you write only one sentence, and you kind of, you know...
Yeah, I got it. Undermine my own opinion.
Yeah, and yeah, you undermine your own opinion, and the examiner, he would forget the first body paragraphs, and this body paragraph would, you know, ruin the whole picture.The whole impression Okay from essay So yes, it's important to make it like this And it's important that You need to write two ideas in one paragraph two reasons, even though they are different like the first one is connected with Okay marketing. The second reason is connected with IT then It's okay that they have different meanings.
They have two different topics. You should put them in one paragraph Okay, yeah, so this structure yeah, this structure type is good because It's easier to make it to make 250 words Than this type of structure because sometimes it's difficult to come up with three Arguments why you agree with it or why disagree with it?
And if there's structure, I don't recommend it but you need just you know FYI, there is structure type three like it's when for example, the topic is very Difficult and you really don't know what to write You can write in the first body paragraph that you agree and why you agree in the second body paragraph Why you disagree like it's kind of balanced, but you don't give your exact Exact opinion like you are not sure like you can say you can say in the introduction that I Well, on the one hand I accept that statement that is true on the other hand I also kind of disagree with it because And yeah, and you explain it in two body paragraphs. So it's not recommended because it's kind of mixture Yeah, so structure type two is the best so you used it and it's okay So don't just forget to use four body paragraphs.
Don't split it like this Okay Also, what about tips? I told you to use synonyms, right and you also asked me like should I Paraphrase all the words that are present in the task Sorry, Mira.
Can I ask a question about the structure three? Is there can I like what should I Google in order to find an example like Do not agree and agree at the same time example opinion argument essay Something like that.
I need to I want to lookYou want to see, like, an example of this, how to answer? Yeah, the structure of the essay, how the person actually wrote it Like, what types of words, phrases, the person used I think it would be...
Well, agree-disagree, it's like a balanced opinion, but... Because I tried, I attempted this structure, actually So my idea that I was agreeing and disagreeing at the same time It's not...
And then the only reason why I didn't, like, put... I didn't put my own...
I didn't, like, how to say... So I wrote my opinion that I mostly agree that it is true That there is a lot of choices But...
And that was my attempt to not give a clear opinion Basically, I agree and disagree at the same time, so that was my idea how I wanted to write, you know You wanted to partly agree from some aspects Like, taking into account this and this aspect, I agree with the statement But as for this aspect, I don't agree with the statement, kind of something like this Yeah, but then, mostly I think the book that I'm reading is not good Or old, maybe, so it's not giving me, like, better structures how to use that I do not agree and do not disagree So it didn't give me an idea how to use better, how to write it better So I used what it implied It implied that you need to state that you are agreeing and not agreeing at the same time And I attempted it, but I didn't do it correctly, I think And then it said you need to have another paragraph, a third paragraph Where you are stating another opinion, basically So they, I think, this book combined balanced and Structure 2 and Structure 3 all together So it's not... Yeah, they didn't do a good job to kind of divide this They combined everything in once Yeah, I found one sampleAnswer it's about meat consumption And the name is kind of 50-50 agree-disagree 50-50 agree-disagree or Equally equally agree and disagree.
I'm just a moment. I will share the link Thank you Yeah, so so um all in all There are two Possible variants like on the one hand you can 100% agree Or 100% disagree it's kind of strongly agree strongly disagree Uh, the next option is um when you Equally agree and disagree.
So on the one hand I agree on the other hand I disagree Yeah I see. Okay.
Thanks Strong position Yeah, and when you 100% agree Then you can write it two ways like on the one hand you can write three but two or three body paragraphs describing your opinion without Mentioning the other opinion and the second way Uh, it's something that you try to write. Um in your home homework task uh one body paragraph devoted to your opinion and Another body paragraph devoted to controversial Opinion, but you need to put them uh vice versa like the first one controversial opinion and you uh pay the examiner's attention the examiners, uh attention to your In the last body paragraph so that he or she forgets What you wrote in the first body paragraph like something like this Okay, I gotcha Yeah, and okay you can then read sample answer from the website and um Also, I want to show you another sample answer Uh about choices, uh, so this type, um, okay try to guess What structure it is?
Okay Okay, what's the opinion of the author what is the structure, uh, and can you also name, uh, the reasons uh the two main arguments What can you mention, uh, I will try toon the scale? It is a structure number one, basically.
Two arguments, he strongly agrees, or she, and two arguments for choices, that there is abundance of choices. Yeah, no?
Okay, let's find, like, what are the arguments? Okay, so the author agrees.
Globalization, internet and globalization, this is the two arguments. I mean, internet makes choices very available all over the world, and then internet influences globalization, which, yeah, so people can't, like, how to say, globalization is a process where the, like, culture, economy is kind of starting to get similar to one another, I don't know, in a way, and, yeah, so, and then, yeah, so the author gives two reasons.
They are, like, online services and globalization, and also, the author also mentions that it's more bewildering than beneficial. It has more negative aspects than positive.
You know, it's also kind of life hack if you need to write more words, if you lack the words, like, to mention if it's more beneficial or not. So this is not an essay about advantages and disadvantages, but I see that, like, the author had the problem with writing enough words, and so the author also mentions, like, if this is beneficial or not, and it's also written in this, like, this opinion about not just, you know, the reasons why he or she agrees or not, but also, like, if it's positive or it's negative.
Here we can see that, like, and compounding this problem, of too much choice. Like, it's kind of problematic.
Yeah, so you can also use it, yeah. If you don't know what to write, you can also assess.factor, this trend, if it's positive or is it negative?
Yeah, okay, so the second structure, the second structure type is the best because it's like balanced, but of course you can use the third structure type that you used, and yeah, I sent you the sample answer. So as for paraphrasing, I wanted just, you know, to make sure that you remember this.
You asked me if you need to paraphrase every single word or something like that, and also we have an essay or a chart, I don't remember, and you asked if you should, you know, paraphrase some certain words. So the answer is no, like, you don't need to paraphrase every single word.
For example, if we have sugar, I don't know, you cannot paraphrase it, like, okay, you can paraphrase it if it's, okay, sweet drinks or sugary food, for example. Yeah, so if there are some, you know, definitions that cannot be replaced, then just keep them.
I think that most words that are really okay to paraphrase, these are adjectives, verbs, but nouns, I don't think that nouns are, all nouns, like, not all nouns are okay to replace, to paraphrase. Like, do remember adjectives that mean important, significant, essential, like, you know, vitally important, vitally significant, yeah, and also I gave you some synonyms about advantages, disadvantages, pros, cons, yeah, memorize these words, and also problems, solutions, issues, synonyms.
Yeah, so also let's have a look at another agree-disagree essay, one more sample answer, and these are some, you know, comments, like, why this essay is good. So we have a topic.
Although more and more people read news on the Internet, newspapers will remain the most important source of news. So it's about Internet and newspapers.
So newspapers will remain, yeah, will remain in our life.So, okay, I split it into two slides and it's not very convenient, but can you try to, you know, quickly read it and try to guess what is the structure type and what are the main So, the first paragraph person kind of agrees that yes, newspapers is a vital source of information because people not have an access to it sometimes or in some places or maybe they get used to read newspapers instead of internet and it still remains, but they do not agree that it will basically be the most important source or the most popular resource and therefore in the second paragraph person explains that it's just much more convenient in a way that the people can access it in real time whenever they are and wherever they are like instantly and another benefit is that it allows to discuss with other people on different platforms, for example,News and events So it's Connects people from all over the world while newspapers do not give such Such instant access for discussion Blah blah blah and in the conclusion So this is structured type number two, yeah And yeah, so Yeah, you know what I meant what I mentioned like what I noticed So the author thinks that internet will be as important as newspapers Yeah Yeah, so as I see like in the author gives us The controversial Position like the other position in the second body paragraph. Yeah, but you remember that it's better to put this Paragraph that is not your opinion Here no, right it's correct structure second body paragraph he Explains his position his position.
Is that internet? He explains that the prompt is that newspapers will still remain the most important the most popular source of the news and And He not So in the internet as popular as newspapers, this is his opinion Yeah, he's opinion opinion.
Yes, because we see in the introduction Internet will be as important as yeah, so yeah, it's correct So in the first body paragraph We gave the controversial the controversial opinion and in the second body paragraph we give our own opinion so that the examiner Notices like but yeah, I think it keeps it I think you're right that he didn't give a very clear opinion in the introduction because in in conclusion He says I disagree in conclusion. He says very clear I disagree with the view that newspapers will continue to be the main source of the news But in the in the introduction he didn't give this clear Opinion so that's maybe a mistake.
But other than that he used the right structure Yeah, so I suppose like I believe that it's better to Put the word I agree. Yeah, II strongly agree or I completely disagree, because you see that it's very difficult to understand, like, okay, I believe the trend, which trend, continue, like, we're not talking about trend, we're talking about statement.
Yeah, it's kind of difficult and it will be difficult for the examiner. So, yes, better to use agree or disagree words.
Okay, I see. Yeah.
Okay, so let's then, yeah, if you don't have any other question concerning the writing part, then we can practice some speaking. If you don't mind.
Yeah. I think we have enough time for part two.
Will we have only one type of essay remaining, right? Two-question essay next time, right?
Just a moment. We will cover, so we covered agree, disagree, and we will have two-questions essay, double question.
I want to give it to you as your homework task. Yeah.
We will discuss it together. Yeah.
And you will study on your own, positive or negative development, because it's similar to advantages and disadvantages. Yeah.
Okay, so speaking on part two, let's take part two. So I will send you the, I will send you the part.
Just a moment. And then we will also practice part three.
We have time. Okay, here are the questions.
Okay, you have one minute to prepare for speaking. Okay.I'm going to go ahead and put this in the box.
Okay, time is up, you can start speaking. One of the technologies that I use pretty much every time is tech-to-speech.
It's the ability to kind of speak out loud the text. So the eye-generated voice kind of vocalizes the text for you.
For example, I have an app and then I have in the web some tool that helps me to vocalize articles and listen to them instead of reading. And I use it pretty much every time I need to read because reading very complex articles or longer articles can be hard.
And I do listen to them. I listen to them when I do some manual work, when I walk, when I do some fitness exercises, just any kind of activity where a part of my brain can still consume information and kind of think about it while listening.
And it helps a lot when I'm just trying to kind of learn at the same time while reading. So I have an app that vocalizes the text and I'm looking at the text at the same time and I make some notes while listening to the article.
This is similar to the process where when you are listening for a lecturer, a lecturer talks about some topic and you make notes and you have already a transcript of his speech, basically. So yeah, and I very like it.
Mm-hmm. Okay.Yeah, so now you spoke for two minutes.
Yeah, two minutes, five seconds section. Okay, so yeah, I think that this topic is kind of not very difficult for you because you said that you worked in IT sphere, right?
And so if you get some questions about technologies, I think that it would be not very difficult for you. Yeah, so part two was about technology and now I'm going to ask you questions concerning technologies.
Okay, there will be above around four or five questions. Okay, what technology products or technologies do people use now?
I mean, I think there is no such sector or part of life where there is no some kind of product or technology service that people use. People buy stuff from the different internet technology products or using them.
They use it for transportation to order a taxi. They use it for communicating, messaging.
I don't know. There is no part of human's life where there's no technology service available, I think.
Yeah, if you want examples, I can give examples if you want, for what exactly they do. For example, for messaging, we have different messengers, social media accounts like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp.
For delivery services, we have DoorDash, I don't know, some other apps that help you to order food and so on and so forth. For selling stuff, we have also marketplaces, different marketplaces or classifieds.
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
Okay, I think that's it for this video. I hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next video.sites, where people can sell stuff and buy stuff, internet marketplaces like Amazon, a huge giant there.
We have apps to track sleep, to do a fitness exercise. I think we have apps for improving sex life.
We have apps to communicate with parents, to communicate with children, I don't know. We have apps for everything, at least.
Yeah, there is no more to say. Can you develop a code concerning fitness apps?
Do you use them very often? I used one, not often at all.
I used one occasionally. It's an app that a fitness trainer, a fitness instructor, recorded videos of exercises for people with some injuries.
They use it for rehabilitation, basically, to improve their movements of arms or legs in terms of range of emotions. Because of the injury, they kind of have issues with range of emotions of their body parts.
I used it a little for a while when I had issues. I prefer online, YouTube videos, where it's also recorded, a video with an instructor that explains how to make some exercise, yoga, Pilates.
But it's not like app specifically designed for fitness. It's just a platform, a social media platform where a person recorded it, and it's pretty much free.
Yeah, I think I only paid only for the app that provided such injury rehabilitation movement exercises just because it was very good and convenient for me to have all the exercises in one app. But rather than that, I prefer to use just only YouTube videos, or like Intelligram, or other video platforms.
Do you feel that we rely on technology and devices too heavily? These are very complicated questions, and it depends.on very, a lot of, I mean, a lot of factors.
So, and I think, yeah, it depends on the person, like, or, like, organization or corporation or country, like, basically, will it rely, does it have some backup plans, or or some old technology to, like, adjust or adapt, if we will, like, lost connection, internet connection, or we will lose, I don't know, all technology will, like, go down because of some electromagnetic wave from sun. So, yeah, I think there are some risks that just a person, a country, or an organization can think about it in order to kind of prevent collapse when thinking of this, like, relying heavily on the technology does that, like, it's not bad, I think, to rely on a technology.
It's bad, maybe, to not consider risks that might happen because of a natural disaster, electromagnetic wave, I don't know, terrorist attack, or hackers that will control your technology instead of you. So, like, it's just the ability to kind of be resilient and have a backup plan.
So, I think like that. Is it good or bad?
Is it good or bad? How did technology change the society we live in now?
So, one of the things that I kind of remember, the one thing that got in my mind, basically, is that technology itself was happening, like, the notion of technology is not exactly internet or technological advances that we are considering right now, like, at this point of life, but technology itself, it's any instrument that humanity used along the way. So, of course, we had a lot of technologies before, and it did provide more productivity forces, for example, to simplify, to make our production of food, for example, faster, cheaper.And yeah, of course, technology, the modern technology in a way, the internet, the like mobile devices, laptops, and other technology, technological things, and devices, of course, they did change our society.
How? It's another question.
It's really hard to kind of pinpoint, you know, like a simple answer here because it's different technologies and we are like living in this change basically. So yeah, I can discuss like and give one example maybe is social media.
So internet provided the global connectivity basically and then we created social media platforms and social media platforms basically created that term of attention economy. So they need our attention, social media, in order to like sell products, sell advertisements.
So they need our attention and people can spend a lot of time in social media, in Instagram, in YouTube, and spend a lot of time there. Yeah, okay, so, you know, it's, yeah, one thing that I, you know, just remembered from what I've studied, the examiner will ask you questions using different grammar structures and pay attention to it.
For example, one possible question might be, like, what technology products do people use now? So this is present simple and you should keep it in mind that it's in present simple.
So usually like your first sentence would start, the first two sentences would start with present simple. Or for example, do you feel that we rely on technology?
You can say, yeah, I think we do, or no, I think we don't. So or, for example, it can be about the past.
For example, how did technology change the society? So it's about past and you can describe it using, for example, perfect.has changed many aspects of our life, for example.
In my opinion, technology has transformed many aspects of moral life. For example, in the past, it was like this, and now it's like this.
So, not that, no, you spoke correctly. It's just one thing that I wanted you to pay attention to.
Like, pay attention to the questions what is the grammar structure, and is it about past, is it about present? So, if, for example, the examiner asks you a question about the past, it's better to talk about, like, using grammar structures past or present simple, for example, or present perfect, or past simple, for example, past perfect continuous.
If he, so it's one of the criteria that is checked, that is assessed by the examiner. For example, if the examiner asks you a question about present, and you start talking about past, then he might think that you don't understand, like, the point of the question, or the tense of the question, something like this.
Just, you know, don't concentrate on it, but just remember about it. But yeah, I do not understand how the speaking part three will go, because it's not a two-sided question, two-sided dialogue, like, not at all.
Like, I think it will, I heard that it will be as a two-sided dialogue if the examiner are very experienced, so he can make this task look like a dialogue. But if the examiner won't be experienced, he will do as you do.
He will just, like, squeeze. Yeah, squeeze, and just, yeah, ask some very different question not related to the topic that I was asking, basically.
So it will be like. So I took IELTS three times, and all three times, it wasn't a dialogue.
Yeah, it wasn't a dialogue. I know if my examiners were not very experienced, like, I passed IELTS in three different locations.
It was Moscow, then Ufa, and then Almaty, and they were native speakers. They were, like, in the first and second exam, they were British.
In the third case, in Kazakhstan, he wasn't British. I don't know.I don't know, maybe he was from Great Britain, I am not sure, but it wasn't a dialogue, it was always like he asked me a question, I especially remember my speaking part in Ufa, because there was a cute, you know, room, it was bright, it was very, you know, convenient, and because it's the city where I live, and so maybe that's why I remembered it so brightly, and the examiner, he just asked me questions one by one, so question one, and then I talked and talked, it was about crowded places, like, do you like being in a crowded place, and then I talked, then the next question was, like, do you think that it's dangerous to be in a crowded place, so...
Why, okay, I got it, but why it says that this task is two-sided conversation, it's not two-sided conversation, so I do not need to wait any kind of dialogue with the person here, and just do it as the task number one, he asks me questions, and I answer, and try to squeeze my answer for one, two minutes, basically, right? Don't forget that it's not a conversation with a friend, of course, with the examiner you can't have, you know, a conversation when he sincerely, when he is sincerely interested in what you are talking about, like, it's not a dialogue with a friend, it's an examiner, and if he, like, it depends on the flow of the conversation, if he sees that you have some troubles answering the question, he will ask another question, you know, to help you, to help you out, so that you don't keep silence, so that you speak and speak, for example.
No, the goal of this task, basically, is that I speak as long as I can for each question that he will be able to give me, and he won't interrupt me if I will go for three, four, five minutes of non-stop speech, am I right? No, he will stop you, because he needs to ask you at least three or four questions, not just one question.
And how many minutes? It's like seven minutes, eight minutes for this task?
Do you know? I remember that the whole, like...Maximum time for speaking 11 minutes, so let's take three minutes for part two So five to four minutes, okay, so yeah my answer one minute one two minutes One two minutes for part one three minutes for part two and five six minutes for part three Mm-hmm Yeah, so speaking part it's about 11 minutes maybe maximum 12 as far as I remember, okay, so Okay, our time is up I will send you the presentation the topic for your homework task Double question.
Yeah double question Yeah, you need to write another essay and give it send it to me till Wednesday As far as I remember Till Sunday Tuesday tomorrow But until Tuesday, okay, so can we do it? Sunday or Saturday or you want Or you want I got I got you I don't feel very well and This week I might go to Armenia on Thursday and I'm not sure if I go because I am sick If I go to Armenia, then on Saturday, I will be still there and on Saturday.
I won't make it and if I don't go to Armenia, then I don't know so I I need to think it through today I I will I will be able to write you maybe Tomorrow morning, okay either Monday next week or Tuesday, yeah, or Or something Let's let's Would be better. Hey, let's let's just keep I think it's not paid yet.
I think we can skip 11 11 11 classes is okay. I I don't want to have class on Monday or Tuesday And probably Sunday is also not a good Case because of you and because of me because I'm leaving on Monday and I need to do a lot of stuff before I live Before I left so maybe we can just finish at this point and I will study it myself I think I I Think yeah, I think just Use sources that you gave me before and I will be able to find normal informationa good information about this So, and as for the 15th of May you wanted to have a 15 minute call, right?
Yeah, it's still valid if you can If you want, that's okay I can try to have a monologue with myself maybe Okay, then let's keep in touch And, yeah Let me know, will you be able or not, okay? Yeah, okay, I will write to you tomorrow morning Yeah, I hope Okay, get well soon Yeah, thank you very much Yeah, thank you Bye-bye Bye Thank you for watching!
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IELTS
LESSON 10
LESSON 10
May 2, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Problem-
Solution Essay
1.
Tips
2.
Speaking Part 3
3.
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Growth of urban areas to vast metropolias caused a lot of issues and made everyday life highly challenging for urban dwellers.
Major issues that city dwellers encounter nowadays are lack of green spaces and loneliness epidemic. Which can be addressed by
popularizing urban gardening and supporting local businesses focused in communities. Below I will present first problem and
proposed possible solution, following with the next problem and its solution.
One of the main concerns arising due to urban lifestyle is that in many cases people are disconnected from the nature and
green spaces, which leads to lack of places for relaxation and restoration, and decline of air quality. Many think that the most
effective approach to tackle this problem would be to create urban gardens. It can be indoor gardens and outdoor ones that
can be used to provide access for greens during both winter and summer. Doesn’t matter even if it would be a personal or public
projects, will one choose to grow there vegetables and greens or flowers. In general experience of growing plants can significantly
reduce stress for any human beings.
Another possible issue that affects more and more urban dwellers today is epidemic of loneliness. A lot of people do not know
their neighbors, but having strong local ties is highly important to make local community more resilient and happy. One of
possible solutions to tackle this isolation can be creating local business that foster senses of community and belonging. For
example, SoulCycle founders that put heavy stress in his business model on creating community around their fitness centers,
now have developed new add-on project that would create activities for bringing people together and connect them on a deeper
level, both offline and online.
In conclusion, rapid urbanization and growth of the cities to even bigger vast metropolian areas causes many various problems
to people who live there. and such issues will continue to become more and more important with the growth or urban areas in
the future. One of the main problems with this is lack of green spaces and this can be solved through urban gardening. The other
problem that brings major concern is loneliness epidemic, which can be tackled as in a most effective way by creating a
community focused local enterprises. @lingvo.mira
The growth of urban areas into vast metropolias has caused a lot of issues and made everyday life highly challenging
for urban dwellers. Major issues that city dwellers encounter nowadays are a lack of green spaces and a loneliness
epidemic. Which These can be addressed by popularizing urban gardening and supporting local businesses focused in
on / located in communities. Below, I will present first problem and a proposed possible solution, following with
followed by the next problem and its solution.
The growth of urban areas into vast metropolises has caused a lot of issues and made everyday life highly challenging
for urban dwellers. Major issues that city dwellers encounter nowadays are a lack of green spaces and a loneliness
epidemic. These can be addressed by popularizing urban gardening and supporting local businesses focused on
communities. Below, I will present the first problem and a proposed possible solution, followed by the next problem
and its solution.
@lingvo.mira
One of the main concerns arising due to urban lifestyle is that in many cases people are disconnected from the
nature and green spaces, which leads to a lack of places for relaxation and restoration, and as well as a decline of in
air quality. Many think that the most effective approach to tackle this problem would be to create urban gardens.
These It can be indoor gardens and outdoor ones gardens that can be used to provide access for to greens during
both winter and summer, Doesn’t matter even if it would be a whether for personal or public projects, will one
choose to grow there vegetables and greens or flowers. In general, the experience of growing plants can significantly
reduce stress for all individuals / any human beings.
It does not matter if ...
It does not matter whether it would be for private or public projects
One of the main concerns arising due to urban lifestyle is that, in many cases, people are disconnected from nature
and green spaces, leading to a lack of places for relaxation and restoration, as well as a decline in air quality. Many
believe that the most effective approach to tackle this problem would be to create urban gardens. These can be
indoor or outdoor gardens that provide access to greens during both winter and summer, whether for personal or
public projects. The general experience of growing plants can significantly reduce stress for all individuals.
@lingvo.mira
Another possible issue that affects more and more urban dwellers today is epidemic of loneliness. A lot of people do
not know their neighbors, but yet having strong local ties is highly important to make the local community more
resilient and happy. One of possible solutions to tackle this isolation can be creating local business that foster senses a
sense of community and belonging. For example, the founders of SoulCycle founders that have put heavy stress
emphasis on creating community around their fitness centers in their business model. They have now developed a
new add-on project that would create activities for bringing people together and connect them on a deeper level, both
offline and online.
Despite having strong local ties, many people do not know their neighbours
Another possible issue that affects more and more urban dwellers today is the epidemic of loneliness. Many people do
not know their neighbors, yet having strong local ties is highly important to make the local community more resilient
and happy. One possible solution to tackle this isolation could be creating local businesses that foster a sense of
community and belonging. For example, the founders of SoulCycle have put heavy emphasis on creating a community
around their fitness centers. They have now developed new projects that create activities to bring people together and
connect them on a deeper level, both offline and online.
@lingvo.mira
In conclusion, rapid urbanization and growth of the cities to even bigger vast metropolian areas causes many various
problems to people who live there, and such issues will continue to become more and more important with the growth
or urban areas in the future. One of the main problems with this is lack of green spaces and this can be solved through
urban gardening. The other problem that brings major concern is loneliness epidemic, which can be solved as in a most
effective way by creating a community focused local enterprises.
In conclusion, rapid urbanization and the growth of cities into even larger metropolises cause various problems for those
who live there. These issues will continue to become more important with the future growth of urban areas. One of the
main problems is the lack of green spaces, which can be solved through urban gardening. Another major concern is the
loneliness epidemic, which can be effectively addressed by creating community-focused local enterprises.
@lingvo.mira
These days, more and more of us are living in big cities, and urban conurbations are expanding all the time. Although
cities are very attractive places to live, there are numerous social problems there.
One of the biggest problems facing people who live in cities is the high property prices. In many cities, buying a house
near the centre is out of reach for people on the average salary and they are forced to live outside the city and to
commute into work. In central London, for instance, the cost even a one-bedroom flat is prohibitive for many people. To
solve this problem, the government could put more resource into building affordable housing, which would allow more
people to buy their own home.
Another issue is traffic and air pollution. Most big cities are overrun with cars, and there is a great deal of traffic
congestion. The exhaust fumes from these cars cause air pollution and as a consequence, more and more people are
suffering from respiratory diseases, such as asthma. This problem could be addressed by introducing a congestion
charge for cars entering the city center, thereby cutting the number of vehicles on the road.
(Finally, another problem is the quality and cost of public transport. That is to say, in most capitals, public transport is
inefficient, and the infrastructure is old and inadequate. At the same time, ticket prices are often too high, which puts
people off using public transport. The way forward must be to invest more money in trains and buses, to slash ticket
prices. This would encourage more people to use public transport.) - EXTRA PARAGRAPH
To sum up, although it is clear that cities face range of problems, it is undoubtedly possible to start to tackle these issues,
and improve the quality of life. Governments and local councils must take the lead in dealing with these problems,
otherwise city life will only get worse in the future.
Sample Answer
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In the developed world, average life expectancy is increasing. What problems will
this cause for individuals and society? Suggest some measures that could be taken
to reduce the impact of ageing populations.
People who live in big cities face a range of problems in their daily life. What are
the main problems people in cities have, and how can these problems be solved?
In some parts of the world traditional festivals and celebrations have disappeared
or are disappearing. What problems is this causing? What measures could be
taken to counter this situation?
Задания могут быть такими:
Problems-Solutions Essay
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Вы можете написать 2 проблемы + 2 решения ИЛИ
3 проблемы + 3 решения.
1§ Introduction:
Paraphrase the task + There are certain measures which could be implemented to solve the
issue of ...
2§ 2 Problems
There are two major issues connected to ...
1 Problem+ Explanation/Example + The 2nd problem + Explanation + Result/Example
3§ 2 Solutions
There are two main solutions ...
1 Solution+ Explanation/Example + The 2nd solution + Explanation + Result/Example
4§ Conclusion
Sum up the problems + solutions from the body §s
Структура 1
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Как начинать параграфы на 8-9?
Например, тема:
Nowadays, many people complain that they have difficulties getting enough sleep. What problems can lack of sleep cause?
What can be done about lack of sleep?
В 1-м параграфе основной части отвечаем на 1-й вопрос: What problems can lack of sleep cause? Пишем 2 проблемы.
Начинаем с вступления – topic sentence:
Lack of sleep can cause two main issues. Firstly, a sleep-deprived person may have a deficit in their number of white blood
cells. Having been depleted, the reserves of these immune cells will not be able to protect the person from hazardous
illnesses, which may result in many complications or even a higher risk of mortality. A person who works night shifts and only
has a six-hour sleep per day is likely to be much more vulnerable to certain viral and bacterial infections compared to people
who sleep for seven or eight hours daily. Secondly, after an extended lack of sleep, cognitive functions are likely to
decrease rapidly because of the low level of several neurotransmitters regularly produced during the night, which may
affect such essential skills as concentration, memory and reaction speed. As a result, many individuals can face difficulties
with daily duties whilst at work, which can be especially dangerous if their occupation is connected to people’s health or
driving.
@lingvo.mira
Как начинать параграфы на 8-9?
Например, тема:
Nowadays, many people complain that they have difficulties getting enough sleep. What problems can lack of sleep cause?
What can be done about lack of sleep?
Второй параграф основной части эссе будет про 2-й вопрос: What can be done about lack of sleep? Пишем 2 решения и
сначала topic sentence:
However, there are two effective solutions to the issue of sleep deficiency. One way to tackle this is to ensure that sleep
deprived people, regardless of their daily schedule, are given an opportunity to have eight hours of sleep per day. This could
be accomplished by regulating their sleep better by not using electronic devices before bed. By doing this, sufficient sound
sleep will become a habit and it will have a positive impact on the public’s health as well as their productivity. Probably the
best method of dealing with sleep deprivation is to help people fall asleep faster and at the same time every day by using
natural herbs and melatonin. Since there are many whose sleep issues are connected to melatonin deficiency or anxiety, the
use of medicaments and herbal medicines may be beneficial to ensure seven or eight hours of sleep on a daily basis. Not only
will it help people to stay healthy, but it will also boost their immune system which, in turn, will improve their mental
processes.
@lingvo.mira
Можно писать проблему и решение этой проблемы в ОДНОМ параграфе. Так вы точно напишите решение,
которое будет связано с этой проблемой. Если писать 2-3 проблемы в одном параграфе, а решения в
другом, может получиться так, что решения будут не про те проблемы, про которые вы писали ранее,
или придётся перечитывать, что вы написали в параграфе с проблемами, а потом писать решения.
1§ Introduction
2§ 1st Problem + Solution (проблема и решение должны быть связаны: решение решает эту проблему)
1 issue + Explanation/Example + Solution+ Explanation + Result/Example
3§ 2nd Problem + Solution
2 issue + Explanation/Example + Solution+ Explanation + Result/Example
4§ Conclusion:
Sum up the problems + solutions from the body §s
Структура 2
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Problems – issues – difficulties
Solve/tackle/address/deal with problems
Take measures / to solve problems / Remedy a
situation
Find a remedy for
Overcome difficulties
Resolve issues
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Как писать заключение?
Что важно на баллы выше 6:
✔ НИКАКИХ новостей: пишите только про то, что уже было в ваших
параграфах основной части
✔ Обычно 2 предложения
✔ 1 предложение – НЕ параграф и лучше написать 2 (хотя некоторые
эксперты пишут одно)
✔ Если эссе спрашивает про вашу позицию, пишите его в заключении
✔ Перефразируйте близко к словам задания. НЕ меняйте смысл.
Смысл слов в задании должен остаться таким же.
✔ Не знаете, что тут написать? Перефразируйте задание и пишите
свою позицию
✔ Можно написать 1 или 2 идеи из параграфов основной части –
суммировать основные идеи из эссе
✔ Начинайте этот параграф так: In conclusion, ... или To conclude, ...
@lingvo.mira
Как писать заключение?
Что важно на баллы выше 6:
✔ Посмотрите, как всё, что написано в заключении напрямую
отражает смысл задания и идей основной части.
✔ НЕТ нового.
✔ Синонимы НЕ меняют смысла.
✔ Моя позиция понятна.
✔ Суммированы идеи из основной части.
✔ 2 предложения.
✔ НЕТ странных выражений и заумных слов-связок.
Summary
Celebrity Influence:
- Role model potential: Inspire through actions and philanthropy.
- Power concerns: Possibility of misuse and overshadowing critical issues.
- Balanced perspective: Importance of a nuanced view on celebrity influence.
Sentence Structure and Content Organization:
- Clarification: Usage of "however" and "despite" in sentences.
- Improvement suggestions: Incorporation of transitional phrases.
- Source citation: Discussion on the necessity of references.
- Idea development: Guidance sought for expanding thoughts.
Essay Introduction and Conclusion:
- Introduction focus: State topic, highlight importance, outline problems and solutions.
- Grammar and vocabulary: Use plural forms, correct prepositions (e.g., "focus on").
- Conclusion: Summarize main points, avoid introducing new information.
Problem-Solution Essay Structure:
- Introduction: Present topic and its significance.
- Body paragraphs: Discuss one problem and one solution each.
- Conclusion: Rephrase introduction, summarize content.
Cause and Effect Essay Structure:
- Introduction: Identify topic and its relevance.
- Body paragraphs: Detail causes and their effects.
- Conclusion: Summarize causes and effects, no solution proposal.
Combining Reasons and Consequences in Essays:
- Grouped structure: Combine reasons and consequences.
- Alternative: Use problem-solution essay format.
Active Participation in Conversations:
- Avoid silence: Engage actively in dialogue.
- Charity topic: Discuss as a conversation subject.
- Question format: Two-way dialogue with interruptions for clarification.
- Speaking even when unsure: Explain lack of knowledge on a topic.
- Relevance to question: Importance for grammar and vocabulary assessment.
- Task achievement: Impact of nonsensical speaking on scoring.
- Homework and class communication: Notification of homework task and next class details.
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Hey, give me a minute, please, okay, and I can do both. Yeah Okay, so I Checked your essay, so we took this problem solution essay type Okay, so Then we will cover some tips on Writing task 2 and if we have time you will maybe ask me some questions And then we can also practice speaking.
Yeah, because we have practice speaking for a long time Yeah, we can brush up on it Okay, so your essay is here. Can you please then comment on?
Your method how you why you decided to write it like this and structure logic So as far as I understood the problem solution Essay You don't need to provide your own personal opinion basically At least like Stated somewhere like my personal opinion that These problems should be Solved only this way. No, it's just like maybe the idea The ideas that you have about the problems and solutions that's That's your own personal ideas and You need to present them like some people Think that it is a good idea to solve it like this stuff like that So, yeah What else I used structure introduction Where I kind of rephrase the situation Explain Like maybe some Some context whyit can be important, or why it's important, basically, then explain problems and solutions, but very briefly.
And then, in the first body paragraph, I read that I can, like, it's acceptable to use grouping of the problems and solutions the way that first paragraph can be only problems, and second paragraph can be solutions. But I decided to use another structure where one paragraph consists one problem and solution for this problem.
And the next paragraph, another problem and another solution, basically. So, I chose this structure where problems and solutions kind of in the same, one problem, one solution in one paragraph.
And in conclusion, yeah, just rephrase the introduction, basically. That's what I assumed, got it.
And then, if I'm not mistaken, there is another subtype or different type of this cause and effect essay. So, there can be problem and solution or there can be cause and effect.
Or it's a different, completely different essay type, basically. And we will cover it later.
I don't know. I just read about it as well because some, I think, yeah, both actually sources that I read, they all combine these two types, cause and effect and problem and solution.
They, like, kind of combined. And the structure, but the structure for cause and effect a little bit different.
Yeah, so, our essay was problem, solution. So, when we have a problem, we need to give, we need to explain.
Ideas of solutions. And give, yeah, propose solutions to this problem.
And also, we have another type, reason and solution. We have a reason why this problem happens and what kind of solutions we can propose.
Basically, they are kind of similar, but I think that we can, well, yeah, the structure is very similar. Just give me a moment.Yeah, the same.
It's the same. Like, okay, let's have a look at possible structure.
So you're absolutely right. As for problem solution, we have two possible structure types.
So you use the structure, which is, I would say, better. Because if you group your essay into two body paragraphs, where in the first paragraph you give problems, and then in the second body paragraph solutions, there is a risk of, you know, disconnection between problem and solution.
So it's logically, it's absolutely correct to give your problem, then what is solution to this problem, and another issue and solution. So this type is more recommended.
Yeah. So if we have a look at possible answer, yeah, so.
Yeah, so this is structure number one, where you can give two problems. In the first body paragraph, there are two major issues connected to the topic.
Yeah, you give a problem, explain it, give an example, and then you give another problem, explain it, and result or example. And in the second body paragraph, you give there are two main solutions to these problems, right?
So, yeah. Yeah, so I also decided to give you an example.
How we can, you know, start this paragraph. If you choose this structure one, you can start with, yeah, like lack of sleep or something.
This is another topic, can cause two main issues. So firstly, you give a problem, then you explain it, what is happening.
So this is a biology topic about sleep deprivation. Then you give an example that a person who works night shifts is likely to be much more vulnerable, for example.
Then you give a second problem about cognitive functions, for example. And then also you give a result.
As a result, so you asked me about what is the difference, right? Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Okay. And a result.
So as you see here in the first problem, we gave an example about a person who works night shifts and in the second problem we give a result As a result, we say as a result Then in the second body paragraph We give two solutions to the To the problem sleep deficiency so we give a solution not to the Not to the issue like to each issue Extended leg, but we give a solution to the problem of Not getting enough sleep. Yeah, I gotcha.
So the the issues the problems here Basically are Expanding on the problem the main problem. So main problem is get not getting enough sleep but the the first body paragraph kind of explains what kind of consequences can be Sleep deprived people blah blah blah and cognitive skills.
The second one is about cognitive functions and Another is a decreased number of blood cells and then in the in the second body paragraph we explain Solutions for the main problem. Okay Yeah You don't give solutions to Like cognitive functions, how can we manage to you know, not to have not to Make an impact a negative impact on our cognitive functions But we give a solution to this problem that people have difficulties getting enough sleep so we give one solution that we can For example not use did not use electronic devices So that our sleep is more like efficient and another one Use of medicaments and herbal medicines.
Mm-hmm. Yeah It's about sleep.
Yeah, so This structure is okay like I know But this structure like the structure that you used where you decided to Describe a problem and a solution in one body paragraph is kind of better So it's in my opinion in in my opinion and people say that it's better. It's kind of easier When you give one problem a solution and another problem and solution so in this caseis you give solutions connected with the problem that you gave.
Yeah, as you did. Yep.
Yeah, but I have a question regarding this subtype, basically, the cause and effect. It's another different type of task.
They might give it like, what are the causes and effects of this problem? Explain the main causes of this problem and suggest some possible solutions.
This is the type that you're talking, I think, about the sleep deprivation, that this is an example. But sometimes they also just ask you to please give causes and effects only, basically.
Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I got. Sometimes they do not ask for solutions.
They can ask only for the causes and effects. So here on this slide, you can see not sub tasks, like subtypes, but possible questions that can occur when you see the topic and you realize which type of structure you should use.
So in the first case, what problems will this cause for individuals? Suggest measures.
So if we don't have the word solution, it's like, it's still problem solution. So measures equals solutions.
Also, what are the main problems and how can they be solved? Or what problems is this causing?
What measures could be taken to counter this situation? So this is all problems and solutions.
In this case, it's the same, like about sleep, we have what problems, what problems and what can be done? What are solutions?
Yeah. So as for reasons, so another type is reasons and solutions.
Yeah. Reasons and solutions.
What kind of questions there can be? Like, why is that happening?
What do you think is the cause? What is the main cause of this?
I know, of the problem? What are the causes?
Why is this? Why is this happening?
So another type of, just a moment. So this is the example that I got from the book.
It doesn't giveany solutions. So it doesn't ask you to speak about solutions.
Nowadays, people are traveling around the world more than ever, what are the main reasons of this phenomenon to wait to what consequences does it lead? Give reasons for like, and there is no solutions, only causes and effects, like, reasons and consequences, basically.
And that is another subtype, I think, right? So there is problem solutions, causes solutions, or reason solutions, and then reasons and consequences, or causes and effects, right?
So it's there's three subtypes. Yeah, so what are the main reasons to what consequences does it?
You know, it reminds me of the type two questions essay. Okay, maybe reasons, okay, reasons and consequences.
Reasons and consequences. I mean, I just I just want to like, normalize that this might happen.
This kind of tasks. And for this kind of task, I can use structure basically for problem solutions.
It's like, I think it's, it's okay to sub subgroup. It's okay to group reason and consequence, like one reason, one consequence, or use what you described before, like the structure where you write all the reasons, and then the consequences.
So the second one is better, like, if we have a look at two questions, essay, two questions, essay is, for example, why is it difficult? Why is it happening?
And the second one, what factors are important? This is two essay two questions essay.
It's recommended to use a structure when you answer the first question in the first body. And the second question in the second body.
So if we if you have, for example, what are the main reasons you give reasons to this phenomenon in the first body paragraph and consequences in the second body? Because you know that I think it would be difficult to connect a reason and consequence like, yeah, it can be, it can be like, very like, one consequence can be related to two causes, the two reasons.
Yeah. And one reason can lead to two or more consequences.
So you cannot connect them. Yeah.
Yeah. So this type that you that you wrote, like, in the chat, it's more about twoSo this is another type two questions two questions essay when they give you two questions What about Reasons reasons and solutions as for reasons and solutions You can use the same structure types as for problems solutions Essay, yeah, so you give for example, what is what why is this happening you?
List two problems two causes of the problem in the first body paragraph and Solutions in the second body paragraph or you give one cause one solution in the first body paragraph and another cause and solution in another in the second body paragraph Also, it's Important to know not to mention that you can also give not two but three body paragraphs For example, if you were to body paragraphs are very short. So I think it's not they're likely to happen.
It's but it's possible like your overall band score won't be Decreased if you write three reasons for example three reasons and three solutions Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it might happen if you don't have enough words.
Yeah in your Essay. Yeah Okay, so yeah, you know we have I think that as for problems reason reason solutions I think that I may give you it as a homework task to write it because the structure is the same like You can practice writing The same like no problems, but reasons solution essay I can check it for you, but I don't think that we have to you know Spend 60 minutes discussing the same type.
Okay. Yeah, that's okay So that's why I picked problem solution because it's like more popular Yeah okay, so Structure too.
Yeah, we discussed that it's kind of more logical So what I wanted to highlight In your essay, like yeah, the structure is okay And you know, I don't think like it's not necessary to say Reset yeah, you can just say that. Yeah, so you say the major issues Mm-hmm And I just read it is like better to Like describe in introduction what kind of structure?
you chosebasically. So that's what I read, like a recommendation to explain that you actually combined problem and solution in one paragraph, like one problem and one solution to that problem.
Or if you chose another, uh, from your essay, it's very clear. It's very transparent.
Like I highlighted it in bold, but I hear you say one of the main concerns, the most effective approach to tackle this problem would be. So I see that clearly that you decide to use structure type two, another possible issue, but one of possible solutions, do you mean that this is like unnecessary or it will lower my score if I will use it?
Like, you know, it's not, it's just not recommended. You use, um, you know, first how to say, um, personal statements, like personal statements.
Yeah. Because, uh, in this, uh, this type of essay is not about your opinion.
Okay. Okay.
Yeah. So it would be like, I would say, uh, so you see the growth of our areas, you state the, uh, the topic that this topic is very important, challenging.
Um, yeah. You can just state like, yes, this topic is challenging.
It's important. There are some problems connected with this topic, but, uh, however you can say, however, uh, however, there can be, uh, solutions.
And you say it like that. Oh, okay.
Yeah. You give one sentence.
This topic is very important about cities. The second sentence, there are problems connected with something.
And the third sentence in the introductory paragraph, you say that, uh, nevertheless, for example, however, there are certain solutions, uh, to this problem, for example. So you just state that you understand the task and by saying there are such as there are problems, you give the examiner, like, um, the impression that you understand the whole task, it's, it's not necessary to say that I will write about this and I will write about this.
Uh, yeah, it's, uh, so my third sentence basically here, which can be addressed by like that, I wrote a little bit about the solutions that I propose.or not me personally proposed, but how the problems can be tackled. It's overkill already.
It's like too much, right? So I can skip it safely and not waste time on that.
Basically, in introduction, I can rephrase the task, state that the issue is important, and then describe what are the problems that I think arise from this situation. And then the third one, nevertheless, there is a solution.
That's it, right? I don't need to spend time for two more sentences.
Yeah, three sentences is enough. Okay.
Two, three sentences. And it's the same for conclusion.
For conclusion, two, three sentences maximum. So I restate that there is rapid urbanization, blah.
It's important. It can cause various problems.
That's it. Before the comma, inside issues will continue to become more and more important, you can remove this.
Don't waste time on that. That's it, rapid urbanization.
Just rephrase the first sentence from the introduction. And then repeat again what are the problems.
I just repeated. I repeated what problems were discussed and what solutions were discussed.
I tried to do it in the conclusion. Yes, in conclusion, you repeat.
In conclusion, you give everything in gist, like without any details. I think that I, yeah, here I gave you some tips.
In conclusion, you give everything that you gave in your body paragraphs. You don't add anything new.
You give synonyms, you paraphrase, but don't ruin the whole sense. And you summarize ideas from your, so you did it correctly.
Yeah, it's written two sentences, but three sentences is also okay. Three sentences is maximum.
But I did add additional meaning that in the future, there will be more and more such issues, and that can be subtracted in the first sentence, and such issues will continue to become more and more important. This one, it's overkill already.
Yeah.You have to delete it, yeah. Rapid urbanization cause many various problems to people, for people who live there.
So, that's enough. Yeah, one of the problems that can be solved.
The other problem is, which can be solved. Yeah.
Yep. Yeah, here you can say, can be tackled, right?
To use synonyms. Yeah, okay.
Can be solved. Yeah, so this is important, yeah.
No new ideas. You don't need to write it in the future, or I think it will be very important in future, yeah.
So, also as for the grammar vocabulary, I will just highlight some important points. So, like this, so you say that, a lack of green spaces and loneliness epidemic.
Like we, you'd say, because there are two problems, right? Major issues, you say in plural.
A lack of green spaces and a loneliness epidemic. These are two issues.
So, that's why you say these issues can be addressed. Which is only for singular, right?
Which is singular, okay, I got it. No, it's for plural, it's for plural also, but you cannot start a sentence with which.
Ah, okay, I see. Yeah, you start a new sentence, it's better to say these can be addressed.
Or you could put a comma and then which, something, yeah. But if it's a new sentence, you write these.
Okay, I see. Yeah, okay, then focus.
You know, I never encountered a phrase focused in, like in English. Ah, okay.
So, I understand, like you said, focus in areas. Ah, we can say located, concentrated in, concentrated in, located in, but focus on has a meaning, focus, it's not, it's abstract.
It's not about geography. Yeah.
About abstract things. I'm focused on management, managing tasks, for example.
Tasks, for example. Focused on communities, if you say it from abstract meaning, and located in communities, you can say.
Mm-hmm.Yes, so here I also deleted, I will present. So you can say that in this essay, this essay, this essay, you can say like this.
This essay, for example, considers the main problems, the main issues, I don't know, la la la, and proposes, I don't know, possible solutions. Something like that.
Yeah, so you can use impersonal structure. It's more like academic and yeah, beautiful.
But do you think that the meaning of this sentence should be included in introduction anyways? Like, is it a necessary thing to explain?
It's not necessary, no, it's just a possible thing if you really want to, you know, highlight what this. Or if I don't have enough words, just like, I can add it.
Yeah, for example, if you don't have enough words, you can add it, but I think it's unnecessary, yeah. Okay, I see.
Yeah, this can be addressed, the growth. Okay, then here, this sentence, doesn't matter if it would be a personal or public project, something like that.
It's better to use whether it means like, or this can be, you can put it in the middle of the sentence. So let's have a look at this whole sentence.
So these can be indoor and outdoor gardens that can be used to provide access to greens during both winter and summer, whether for personal or public projects. I don't think that that sounds better.
Is it like a, do you propose a separate, you propose to, you propose not to include, like, to combine those two sentences in one? No. You started your sentence with doesn't matter if it would be.
Yeah, so first of all, you cannot, it's spoken English, you cannot say it doesn't matter if, so you can say it, okay, if you want to use this phrase, you can say it does not matter. I forget, I always forget about this.
Сокращение, нельзя сокращение же, да. It doesn't matter if something.
Okay. Or you can say,It does not matter whether it would be for personal, maybe private or public projects.
Let's have a look at your sentence about, for example, the founders of SoulCycle have put heavy emphasis, so not stress, but emphasis, to put emphasis on creating community in his business model around their fitness centers. So I suggest putting this in his business model at the end of the sentence.
Like, put an emphasis on creating community around their fitness centers in his business model. Or you can put the founders of SoulCycle have put, no, this one is the best, like this.
I don't remember what was your sentence, but I remember that you put this in his business model somewhere in the beginning. Let me see.
For example, SoulCycle founders that put heavy stress in his business model on creating community around their fitness centers, yes. For example, founders of SoulCycle put emphasis on creating community around their fitness centers in their business model, not his.
I don't know why I use his also. It's their business model.
We have now developed a new project that would create activities for bringing or to bring, for bringing people together and connect them on a deeper level. For bringing and connecting them.a deeper level, both offline and online.
You know, like not necessarily connecting, because here we can read it like this, that would create and connect. So this project would create and connect.
So you can you can keep it connect. This project would create and connect.
So yeah, so you can, so if connect is connect, not connecting, but so then it's a verb connected with would, if it's bringing in connected, connecting, then this is this would be connected with creating, create activities that would be connecting them for connecting them. So it's not a mistake.
It's not a mistake. And here about the usage of but.
So you see, a lot of people do not know their neighbors. It's like, however, right, you wanted to say, okay, yeah, like, however, they like, however, they have strong local ties, but they don't know that they're neighbors, I understand what you wanted to say.
But it's, it's not however, like, a lot of people do not know their neighbors. You can say, despite yet, or despite, or in spite of despite.
But despite, I need to put in the beginning of the sentence like this, by the fact, a lot of people do not know their neighbors. It is highly, it is highly, yeah, because if I put it like this, a lot of people do not know their neighbors, despite having strong local ties, it is like not making anything.
So despite, it is highly important. Despite having strong, so strong local ties, ah, but many people do not know their neighbors.Despite the fact that having strong ties is very important.
I have a question. Do I need to explain where this, like, a lot of people think that having strong local ties is highly important to make the local community more resilient and happy.
It's like, now it's like out of the, like, it's just, I don't know. Do I need to back up this with some kind of...
Like, where does it come from? Like, well, I don't write that it's my personal opinion, but do I need to write that it's someone else's opinion?
Like... No, you mean the source, right?
But you already say, like, many people, many people. It's like summarizing.
So I highlighted in the last lesson, in the previous lesson, I told you that you can use phrases like many people, the majority of people or something like that. It's not necessary to, you know, say, according to the research.
But yeah, but it sounds like, you know, like, yes, it is like a common logical understanding of the world, basically. Like, yes, people who do not know their neighbors, they can be less resilient in cases of earthquakes and some natural conflicts.
It's like a, it's a common knowledge, maybe. It's something that is logical.
But should I, like, right now a sentence, I just re-read it and sentence looks a little bit like, you know, out of the place. Well, like, someone, something, somewhere, like, as if I explain it, as if it is already clear, but it is not clear at all.
Well, I have such an understanding now. What is the source of this number?
Because, you know, when you give some data, some statistical data, then yes, it's very important to give the source.source of this information, but here you give just, you know, overall, I don't know, well known, well known fact. I don't, I don't think that it's some, you know, particular information about something.
Okay, like even if we have a look at the sample answer, to this task about cities, you can see that it's also like you give a problem. In many cities, buying a house near the center out of reach for people on the average salary.
We don't give any source, like, okay, it's a well known fact that in many cities, buying a house in an out of reach, it's out of reach because it's very expensive. And then you give example.
In central London, the cost is prohibitive for many people. You can see that in many cities for many people.
It's very, it's normal to say many people, many cities, many students. Yeah, but I think I didn't, I didn't explain it enough, I think.
So, for example, here is very logical. He explains, this, he states basically the problem.
The pricing is out of space. Then he explains what exactly is happening, and they are forced to leave outside of the community and to work because of this, you know, the result maybe, right?
And then he gives the explanation why it is, he backs up the statement with the, with the example. In my case, I just said that having strong local ties is highly important.
It makes resilient and happy. And I didn't give an example that, for instance, in cases of natural disasters, people who are living close to you, are, well, usually or generally will, like, be the first one who can help you, basically.
I don't know. Yeah, I see that in both first and the second body paragraph, you didn't develop your thought.
Yes. Like, when you explain the concern, the problem, you give only one sentence.
Yes. As I see.
And then you give two, three sentences to give a solution. So, you should explain, right, the problem more, in a more detailed way.
So, if we have a look at this sample answer, we have a statement.The problem property prices statement of the problem. Yes, we explain what it means Maybe sentences and then we give us solution.
Let's have a look at the second body paragraph. We have statement traffic and air pollution Then we are we're explaining about exhaust fumes Cars traffic congestion as a consequence.
He adds consequences as well. That's cool Yeah, and the problem possible solution to the problem and the final so he gives three body paragraphs, so it's Complementary like extra paragraph and then the problem quality and cost of public transport Explanation so what is like what's the connection between quality and cost of public transport with urbanization?
Inadequate and old infrastructure very Pricy ticket right tickets very pricey tickets and What solution here? solution Yeah Yeah, so you give so your first concern is Is Disconnection from nature and green spaces you can develop this thought Maybe what is the consequence of being disconnected from the nature?
Maybe people feel depressed Yeah, maybe I don't know people Get if you quickly, I don't know. They have made maybe weak immune system Something like that.
Yeah, and then you say you give the solution so your solution can be shortened Yes, shorten down one two sentences. Yes Then your second issue urban dwellers today is epidemic of loneliness So you give explanation that a lot of people don't know their neighbors not having strong You know, your example is very very like narrow like it's about neighbors No There is no unity.
There is no example for number for neighbors So if I want like basically the it's an explanation But there is missing some example or some consequence or something meaty basically In order to back it up a little bit and solution. I need to shrink Solution can be done in one sentence basically or in two Okay, yeah, so yeah you gave very detailed solution but not developed explanation Yeah, even if we have a look at the task So your task was your first question was about problems, right?
Like what other problems? soSo we, um, so we perceive the task, like the first one is more important than the second one, like the understanding, the explanation of problems is more important than giving solutions.
Oh, I see. Okay.
Like priority is problems. And the second priority is solutions.
Something like that. Um, uh, we have left nine minutes for your information.
Yeah. Yeah.
So here I also gave you, uh, yeah, some synonyms, uh, yeah. You used like to solve the problem.
You can say tackle problem, address problem, deal with problem, uh, take measures, solve problems, remedy, uh, a situation, find a remedy for something, overcome difficulties, resolve issues, yeah. Some synonyms to keep them, uh, in your mind and about conclusion.
We already discussed it, uh, here and yeah. Um, so, you know, as for structure, everything was correct.
So we discussed that you can better develop your, uh, explanation and shorten a little bit, your solutions. Yeah.
Okay. So if you don't have any questions, we can practice speaking.
Okay. Yeah.
That's no questions for me. Okay.
So as for problem, sorry, reason, solution, reason, solution, essay, uh, I can give you it as a home task because I think as for, um, so I will have two essays, one for opinion essays, right next or next type of essays. And then another for, I mean, I don't mind, I don't mind those two essays.
I'm kind of already digging it. I'm used to, it still takes a lot of time, but that's like less time that it did.
That's okay. I can do two essays.
Maybe if there will be short time, that will be hard, but if there will be several days, that's okay. Yeah.
Uh, like, um, I think I will, I will give you two deadlines, like, uh, for one essay, maybe two days, three days. And for another essay, more, three more days, maybe something like that.
Okay. Okay.
So let's start with, um, okay. Task three.
I think that we will have time to cover task three. Uh, okay.
So task three.is about a two-way discussion, not monologue, but two-way discussion. Let's have a topic.
Okay, so do you remember, right? We will have five, around four, five questions, and you need to answer not more than like one minute, maybe around one minute, because if you talk for too long, the examiner will give you a sign with his eyebrows or winking, something like that you, like, that you talk too much.
Okay. Or, yeah, he asks one question, for example, and if you talk too much, he will give you a sign.
Or he can ask another question, basically. Yeah, he can interrupt you.
So be ready that if you talk too much, answering the first question, he will interrupt you. One more new information that I got from our course, just as far as I remember, type three, like, task three questions, they will depend, like, the level of...
The grade, the better. Yeah, the questions, they will depend on the result of your second type, second task, second speaking task.
So if you speak not really well during the task two, speaking monologue, and the examiner will ask you easier questions in task three. Ah, okay.
If you answer perfectly and you're super, you know, fluent, then he will ask you harder questions. Oh, wow.
Yeah, this is an insightful info from the course, and, yeah, I didn't know about it. Okay.
So, yeah, it's nothing, like, it doesn't really influence your preparation for the exam, like, just interesting. But, yeah, I mean, sometimes there is a very tough questions and it can't, like, no, osharashit, tipa, vy sprashivayte nastol'ka slozhnyy vaprosy, chel mne skazayn', toys, tipa, eto.
No, tipa, teper, ya mogu panyat, shno, tipa, okey. Slozhnyy vapros, znachet, my prosto pastaralis khorosho vo vtorom zadanyi, et teper, nado...
et teper, nado prosto sobratsya, i khot' chota vydat'. Mm-hmm.
Osharashin mozhno skaysati petrified. Petrified.
Okay. Petrified.
Okay. How does someone become a celebrity?
Oh, wow.Well, great question. I personally do not want to become a celebrity, but if, um, there like, would be someone or me personally that will be like, want to become a celebrity.
Um, I think normally, or usually, uh, people just, um, actually, I think we had this task before, but okay. I think I, uh, I asked something about social media or maybe I answered it somewhere else, not with you, but anyway, uh, so I answer something like that.
Uh, people usually can use, for example, social media right now to become an influencer or celebrity in a way. Um, another way is to use like other mass media, um, types like, um, cinema, TV, so person can become an actor and then, um, play a role in, uh, in a very highly popular movie or TV show.
So, yeah, that's two ways. Uh, what do you think about celebrities who behave badly in public?
Oh, um, it's actually a very weird, um, phenomenon, you know, like, um, people, celebrities are people, um, and the modern, like moral ways or ethical, like, uh, principles that the community, like actually like the global community has is to cancel celebrities if they like behave badly in some certain situations, but they are people, they can make mistakes. So it is okay to cancel someone if like, as as a measure of regulating, uh, the severity of the crime.
Uh, if, uh, for example, sexual abuse or harassment is a very important topic and a lot of the systems, justice system do not work right now in the countries and public cancellation of celebrities or famous people or influencers who acted or committed sexual harassment, it's a very important tool to kind of regulate the whole sexual abuse and violence against, uh, women and other people. It's very important, but at the same time, uh, canceling people over some.Minor things that all the people do, for example, I don't know, drinking a lot and then vomiting in a public place.
Okay, he got a fine for this, why you need to humiliate this person more if he already got a fine, for example, for this? Because it's not okay to vomit in the public places or pee in the public places, I don't know, so he got a fine for this, why you need to humiliate him more?
It's already a system, the justice system is already in place for this, I know. How do celebrities have a positive impact on the world?
Another very good question, so for... For that it is also a very good question that I do not agree that they are doing good, in a way.
Or there is a specific way to do good for celebrities, like, people in general can do a lot of good even if you are not a celebrity, so I don't think there is a specific way. But they can be an example, in a way, for other people.
But I, like, for example, charity work, like, people will, like, celebrities will donate to a certain fund and encourage other people to donate to this fund. I do not feel that this is actually doing a good job, in a way, because they sometimes have too much power.
For example, Tyler Swift, not related to charity, but Tyler Swift, she has a way to influence on the younger generation in the USA. And recently she posted something political in her Twitter or somewhere, in social media accounts, that you need to go to vote, something like that.
And analytics said that this tweet increased... After this tweet, this tweet influenced young people to register as voters, basically.
That is one example how these celebrities can influence.The world but is it a good or bad? I don't know like it's very hard You know, uh as for Uh, if you have a question if you get a question, uh, which you don't like or maybe you disagree with the whole you know with the Uh with the overall idea of the question, for example, what like like this question?
Yeah about celebrities uh You can say that You are not sure how celebrities, uh could Impact the world positively like in a positive way But It's just important not to uh, keep silence to talk and talk Uh, but you know you came up with the idea of charity. Yeah, so After discussing that uh After having discussed that you don't know what to say That you are not sure then you came up with charity So yeah But will this will this be like this one-sided questions and answers like I don't feel it is like two Way dialogue basically.
I do not feel it this way. Will they will uh, no You just talk very much like uh, I I want to interrupt you but you come up with another idea and I cannot interrupt you yeah, so It's uh, it it happens like in the exam.
It would be more It would be quicker conversational Yeah, you say maybe three sentences for example, I I ask you how does someone someone become a celebrity? Oh, I know maybe via instagram nowadays many people can becomes uh become famous through I don't know, uh Shooting shooting videos on instagram or youtube something like that And then he will ask you and are all celebrities instagram bloggers?
Something like that. Okay, so he can questions Like something like this, but there is like five major questions And in between he can interrupt and ask some other little questions Yeah, so if you cannot answer if you don't know what is the idea you can say that Uh, for example, there can be questions when you don't know what to answer.
Yes In this case, you can just say that For example, uh, do you know I don't know just a moment. Um an example You can say that I have no idea about this topic And you explain why do not why don't why you don't know?
Uh this topic like I don't know Maybe you don't have suchexperience Something like that. Yeah, so it's okay, but don't be silent.
Just explain why you don't know this. It's okay because There's also one tip If you Speak but your speaking is not connected with the question itself then they will Assess your speaking based on grammar vocabulary and you know using of idioms something like that at least Yeah, that's why it's important to just speak.
Yeah is there is a task task Achievement thing in Vocabulary and grammar would be maybe you talk very You know idiomatically and then it would be nine But why the task achievement also includes that I know some words related some of some vocabulary related to this topic and No, I mean when you for example talk absolutely Nonsense, for example, okay Ask you about Water and you tell them about animals. Okay.
Okay So our time is up then I will Send you your homework task a little bit later. Okay Yeah today a little bit later today.
And yeah, I will I Will contact you later as for our next class Yeah, because right now I cannot say. Mm-hmm Time.
Yeah, sorry Okay, then. See you.
See you soon. Bye.
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IELTS
IELTS
LESSON 9
LESSON 9
April 29, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Cycle Chart
Review
1.
IELTS Writing Task 2
Discussion
2.
@lingvo.mira
The given diagram illustrates the stages in the life development of a
honey bee.
Overall, the life cycles contains 6 major stages and spans across 34 or 36
days, showing the process of honey bees' development from eggs to
mature specimen.
In the first stage in of the honey bee life cycle of honey bees' one or two
eggs are laid every three days by mature adult females. After that, In
the second stage, it takes between 9 and 10 days for the eggs to hatch.
Then, in the third stage, it takes around 5 days for the bees to finally
break that egg. And within the next 7 days the bees get free from the
eggs completely in the fourth stage.
During the fifth stage, which takes around 9 days, the nymph moults 3
times as it grows in size. By the end of the sixth stage, a young adult
specimen appears. Finally, in the seventh stage, it takes 4 days for
young bees to transform into mature creatures, and the life cycle starts
again.
The diagram illustrates the various stages in the life of a honey bee.
Overall, it can be seen that the complete life cycle lasts between 34 and
36 days and contains five major phases.
The life cycle of the honey bee begins when the female adult lays an egg;
the female typically lays one or two eggs every 3 days. Between 9 and 10
days later, each egg hatches and the immature insect, or nymph,
appears.
During the third stage of the life cycle, the nymph grows in size and
sheds its skin three times. This moulting first takes place 5 days after
the egg hatches, then 7 days later, and again another 9 days later. After
a total of 30 to 31 days from the start of the cycle, the young adult
honey bee emerges from its final moulting stage, and in the space of
only 4 days it reaches full maturity.
People nowadays argue whether home assignments take a major part in learning process of pupils or it shouldn’t be given
at all. Even though homework regarded as unnecessary by some, I believe it still highly valuable part of learning process.
Some argue that doing homework there is no such immediate feedback as during class with teachers and classmates
support. So for students it might be challenging to apply theory to practice, which in return can discourage students from
studying and worsen learning outcomes. This can bring particularly negative outcomes for students with learning
difficulties, even their parents might not be able to help or can even worsen pupils' belief in themselves. And as we know it’s
highly important for students’ motivation to have a feeling that they can do well, have positive feedback loop. However, this
doesn’t automatically mean that the homework itself should be banned, rather than the individual homework should be
changed. For example, encourage students to make couple of tasks as an example during class, so pupils will practice and
have more opportunities to succeed during independent home work. (dhould be already the 3rd BP)
Furthermore such independent work can help pupils to understand more about themselves, their own learning style and
self-management approaches, which will give them a solid foundation for all future work as professionals and give meaning
for their personal lives as well. Actually, one of the first cognition skills that humanity developed was an ability to throw
rocks, or projectile weapon to hunt for wild animals, birds and fish. These cognition skills, some call them executive function
skills (choosing goal, planning, estimating, solve issues, make decisions etc.), are vital for surviving, doing any task or solve
any problem.
In conclusion, home assignments necessity and importance can be argued, however I strongly believe it brings more good,
than bad. Some say during home tasks there is no feedback from teachers or classmates. But independent work teaches
students important executive functioning skills that they would require there whole life to survive and thrive.
Трюк тут в том, что в этом вопросе у вас сразу три задания:
1) написать, почему люди придерживаются первой точки зрения
2) написать, почему другие люди придерживаются второй
3) написать какую позицию из этих двух выбираете вы и почему
ВНИМАНИЕ!
Проще писать, если вы выбрали ОДНУ из двух точек зрения. Так короче и легче
сформулировать, нежели чем писать, что вы согласны и с тем, и с тем тоже +
объяснять, почему и то, и то.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion
1§ Introduction
Paraphrase the 2 views + My Opinion: which view do I support?
2§ On the one hand, пишем про the first view (why do people think so?)
3§ However, пишем про the other view (why do people think so?)
4§ In my opinion, ... (why do I support this view?)
I agree with (2 / 3)
5§ Conclusion
Paraphrase the other view + My Opinion: the view I support
Структура 1
1§ Introduction:
Paraphrase the 2 views + My Opinion: which view do I
support?
2§ On the one hand, + The view I do NOT support (why
do people think so?), 1 or 2 ideas
3§ However, I side with those who think that ... + The
view I support + why? 1 or 2 ideas
4§ Conclusion:
Paraphrase the other view + My Opinion: the view I
support
Структура 2
“Рыба” для этой структуры:
Перефразируем задание + своя позиция:
While some people assume that ..., I side with those who
claim that ...
On the one hand, it could be argued that ... (точка
зрения, с которой вы НЕ согласны). This is mainly
because ... For instance, ... Therefore, ...
However, I agree with those who believe that ... (точка
зрения, с которой вы согласны). The major reason is
that ... + explain. Thus, ...
In conclusion, although + 1 view, 2 view. Therefore, on
balance, I believe that ... (пишите вашу позицию:
which view do you agree with?)
ЕСЛИ СОГЛАСНЫ с ДВУМЯ VIEWS: Balanced Answer
НЕ рекомендую так писать, т.к. легче или согласиться или нет
1§ Introduction:
People have different views about whether parents or schools should bear the responsibility for helping children to
become good citizens. In my view, this responsibility should be shared. (Paraphrase the task + My Opinion)
2§ The first view (why do people think so?)
On the one hand, parents certainly have a vital role to play in the upbringing of their children. + Explanation + Example
3§ The second view (why do people think so?)
On the other hand, school teachers may contribute almost as much as parents to
the development of a child. + Explanation + Example OR result
4§ In conclusion
Both parents and schools should work together to ensure that young people become polite and productive members of
society.
(My Opinion: I support both views + why, 2-4 sentences)
Структура 3
Какую из этих 3-х структур выбрать?
Выбирайте ту структуру, которая больше подходит
вам и вашим идеям. Главное: пишите про 2 точки
зрения даже если вы НЕ согласны с одной из них.
Ваша позиция должна быть понятна: с каким
взглядом вы согласны.
ВНИМАНИЕ:
Писать свою точку зрения во вступлении НЕ
обязательно, но некоторые экзаменаторы
предпочитают сразу понимать вашу позицию по
данному вопросу, так что лучше её писать в первом
параграфе чётко и ясно. В заключении дублировать,
только другими словами.
@lingvo.mira
Some people believe that school children should not be given
homework by their teachers, whereas others argue that
homework plays an important role in the education of
children. Discuss both of these views and give your own
opinion.
@lingvo.mira
People nowadays argue whether home assignments take a major part in learning process of pupils
or it shouldn’t be given at all. Even though homework regarded as unnecessary by some, I believe
it still highly valuable part of learning process.
People nowadays argue whether home assignments play a major role in the learning process of
pupils or should not be given at all. Even though homework is regarded as unnecessary by some, I
believe it is still a highly valuable part of the learning process.
DON’T use contractions
DON’T omit the verb ‘to be’
DON’T omit the articles ‘the’ and ‘a’
Some argue that doing homework there is no such immediate feedback as during class with teachers and classmates
support. So for students it might be challenging to apply theory to practice, which in return can discourage students
from studying and worsen learning outcomes. This can particularly bring particularly negative outcomes for to
students with learning difficulties, as even their parents might not be able to help or can even worsen pupils' belief in
themselves. And as we know it’s highly important for students’ to feel motivated motivation to and have a feeling
that they can do well, have positive feedback loop. However, this doesn’t automatically mean that the homework
itself should be banned, rather than the individual homework should be changed. For example, encourage students to
make will practice and have more opportunities to succeed during independent home work.
Some argue that doing homework lacks immediate feedback compared to in-class learning with teacher and peer
support. This can make it challenging for students to apply theory to practice, potentially leading to discouragement
and negative learning outcomes. This is especially true for students with learning difficulties, as their parents may
not be able to assist effectively, further impacting their self-belief. It is crucial for students to feel motivated and
have a positive feedback loop to succeed. However, this does not necessarily mean that homework should be
eliminated; rather, the nature of homework assignments should be reconsidered. For instance, students could be
encouraged to complete sample tasks during class to practice and increase their chances of success with independent
homework assignments.
“”””
Furthermore such independent work can help pupils (to) understand more about themselves, their own learning
style and self-management approaches, which will give them / provide them with a solid foundation for all future
work as professionals and give meaning for their personal lives as well. Actually, one of the first cognition skills
that humanity developed was an ability to throw rocks, or projectile weapon to hunt for wild animals, birds and
fish. These cognition cognitive skills, some call them executive function skills (choosing a goal, planning,
estimating, solving issues, making decisions etc.), are vital for survival, completing a task or solving problems.
Furthermore, such independent work can help pupils understand more about themselves, their own learning style, and
self-management approaches, which will provide them with a solid foundation for all future work as professionals
and give meaning to their personal lives as well. In fact, one of the first cognitive skills that humanity developed was
the ability to throw rocks or use projectile weapons to hunt wild animals, birds, and fish. These cognitive skills, some
call them executive function skills (choosing goals, planning, estimating, solving issues, making decisions, etc.), are
vital for survival, completing tasks, or solving problems.
In conclusion, home assignments necessity and importance can be argued, however I strongly believe it brings
more good, than bad. Some say during home tasks there is no feedback from teachers or classmates. But
independent work teaches students important executive functioning skills that they would require there whole
life to survive and thrive.
In conclusion, the necessity and importance of homework assignments can be argued; however, I strongly believe that
they bring more good than bad. Some argue that during homework tasks, there is no feedback from teachers or
classmates. Nevertheless, independent work teaches students important executive functioning skills that they would
require throughout their lives to survive and thrive.
People’s opinions differ as to whether or not school children should be given homework. While there are some strong
arguments against the setting of homework, I still believe that it is a necessary aspect of education.
There are several reasons why people might argue that homework is an unnecessary burden on children. Firstly,
there is evidence to support the idea that homework does nothing to improve educational outcomes. Countries such
as Finland, where school children are not given homework, regularly top international educational league tables and
outperform nations where setting homework is the norm. Secondly, many parents would agree that the school day is
already long enough, and leaves their children too tired to do further study when they return home.
However, I side with those who believe that homework has an important role to play in the schooling of children. This
is because homework encourages independent learning and problem solving as children are challenged to work
through tasks alone and at their own pace. In doing so, students must apply the knowledge that they have learnt in
the classroom. For example, by doing mathematics exercises at home, students consolidate their understanding of
the concepts taught by their teacher at school. In my view, it is important for children to develop an independent
study habit because this prepares them to work alone as adults.
In conclusion, although homework could be considered as an unnecessary burden, in the long term, it is essential for
children’s development. Therefore, on balance, I believe that children should be given homework.
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN HOMEWORK BY THEIR TEACHERS, WHEREAS OTHERS ARGUE THAT
HOMEWORK PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. DISCUSS BOTH OF THESE VIEWS AND GIVE YOUR OWN OPINION.
Какие примеры писать?
Задание эссе просит вас дать “relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience”
. Это значит, что
нужно сделать свои идеи ещё более убедительными, подкрепляя их примерами – фактами из жизни.
Чтобы написать пример, задайте себе эти вопросы:
Что я видел, слышал и знаю про это?
Что я видел в реальной жизни, что поддержит мою идею?
Какие факты я про это знаю?
Например, в эссе про being a celebrity, можно написать имя знаменитости и его/её конкретное действие:
On the one hand, famous people have no privacy and once a person enters show business, they need to
accept that their life is no longer theirs. Fans and paparazzi follow celebrities everywhere for photos and
autographs, so a famous person is always in the spotlight wherever they go. If Leonardo DiCaprio decides to
sit in the park with a book, the entire world will know and the pictures of him will be all over the Internet.
Fans and paparazzi – это тоже примеры людей (кто именно?). Пример должен быть конкретный и чёткий:
Кто? Что делает? Где?, т.е. вы от вашей идеи (общее) идёте к более конкретному (пример).
Что лучше НЕ делать?
Писать про своих друзей, семью, кошку и т.д. (личные примеры). For example, my grandmother ...
1.
Придумывать статистику
2.
Придумывать исследования (часто такие эссе получают за 5-6 баллов)
3.
Писать про британских учёных ))
4.
Лайфхаки про примеры
✓ Представьте, что вы разговариваете с 10 людьми на какую-то тему. Какие примеры из жизни вы можете им привести,
чтобы 9 человек вам точно поверили? И в эссе, примеры должны быть убедительными и про реальную жизнь, а не про
статистику, которой нет.
✓ Превращайте личные примеры в ОБЕЗЛИЧЕННЫЕ
✓ НЕ пишите эти слова: “My friend”
,
“my family”
. Вместо этих слов, пишите:
many people in Europe/Asia most students
many children
10-year-olds
more women than men
✓ Используйте эти фразы:
It is well known that
It is common that
the majority of
Вместо: 80% of students, пишите: numerous students
НЕ очень:
According to the recent research, 86% of men are employed in the construction industry.
Намного лучше:
It is well known that more men are employed in the construction industry than women.
Summary
Essay Writing Structure:
- Introduction: State personal opinion using phrases like "I believe" or "in my opinion."
- Second body paragraph: Present opposing view with arguments and examples.
- Third body paragraph: Present own opinion with support.
- Conclusion: Summarize position and main points.
- Clarity and coherence: Choose one side and stick to it.
Session Planning:
- Divide last session: Two parts (30 minutes each or 45 and 15 minutes).
- Focus on speaking: May 15th to improve articulation.
- Next classes: Proposed for May 1st at 3 p.m. (Busy on 2nd and 3rd).
- Homework: Send the next day after class.
Writing Skills Improvement:
- Understand sentence structure.
- Eliminate mistakes with articles and prepositions.
- Incorporate academically appropriate vocabulary.
- Improve logical flow and readability.
- Use examples effectively: Rely on well-known facts, avoid fabricated stories.
- Provide phrases and linking words for any essay.
- Focus on grammar and memorize useful vocabulary and phrases.
- Assign problem-solution essay for practice.
IELTS Exam Tips:
- Use topic-specific vocabulary: Relevant to field of expertise.
- Impress examiners with uncommon vocabulary for higher scores.
- Avoid contractions for academic tone.
- Correct sentence structure: Prefer "students' motivation" over "motivation of students."
Essay Topic Discussion:
- Topic: Whether school children should be given homework.
- Recommended structure: Second structure (personal opinion in intro, second body, and conclusion).
- Strengthen argument: Use phrases like "I side with those who believe."
- Sample essay score: Estimated 7.5 to 8 on IELTS scale.
is perfect the introduction and overview perfect so what were some comments that I want to give you so you said at at the stage right at the first day in at the first stage at the second stage so you can use two prepositions here in and at so here as we have certain stages that are given in the picture number one two three four five you should use in so in this stage in the first stage in the second stage so when to use at at the stage for example when you are talking about some abstract things for example so at this stage I'm going to prepare for IELTS exam for example at this stage at this stage of my life at this stage so some abstract stage but here as we have this five stages that are given in the picture we use in yeah so you said after that in the second stage I think you can use one of this linking so you can use either after that or in the second stage yes yeah why well I would say that it would be more natural like you say I would better use after that because you know you would use many phrases that are very similar like in the first stage in the second stage in the third stage in the fourth stage in the fifth stage yes so I will yeah I will show you a sample answer and you will notice that in a sample answer that was scored a good band score it wasn't there there wasn't any use of this you know in the stage in the stage so it's just the third stage the stage and yeah and that's it so you can so it's not necessary to mention that this one is the first stage and this one is the second stage you mentioned that there are five or six stages right so you already gave the examiner this information and you like it's not necessary to repeat this information like in the first stage you do this and in the second stage you do this it's not necessary because yeah I noticed this repetition you see yeah so you seeIn the first stage, this, and then after that, it takes between, uh, nine and 10 days for the X to hatch. Uh, then in the third stage, finally.
So instead of saying, uh, in the seventh stage, finally, in the seventh stage, you can say finally. And you, because you're like, this one is, um, uh, too much utilization.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Yeah. Okay.
So, uh, as for the meaning, as for the main, uh, content of the essay, everything is, uh, okay. So in a sample answer, they, uh, um, chose to, um, give, uh, not five, not six, but five stages, uh, because they, um, so they think that this is one of the stage.
Yes. Yeah.
Like seven days, nine days. It's about, uh, the name of growth and size and sheds its skin three times.
Yeah. So it's about sharing the skin.
Yeah. I also was thinking that this is like confusing.
Um, I thought that more it's more like the picture, the cycle shows actually five stages because I was, uh, I haven't, I was, I was, I was having, like, I was, I had issues describing the fourth and the fifth stage for me. It is basically one process.
It grows in size and, uh, becomes an info basically. So this is one action or several actions growing.
Yeah. Yeah.
Growing in size. Yeah.
And they also, uh, shed their skin three times. So here one, two, three.
So, yeah, for cycles, then it is really important to look for, not for the picture itself, like how many stages it showcases in the side, in the, in like, in terms of pictures, but in terms of actual processes, like what is happening. I see.
Yes. And also we can also notice that, um, some verbs.
So here we have, uh, a missing verb. Like here we had hatching and then it grows one, two, three pictures and then emerges mature.
Like, yeah, here we don't have any description between these and this stage. Yeah.
Yeah. But I agree with you that it's confusing because we have these lines between the stages and it seems that they have six phases.
Yeah.If you don't have any questions here, then we can turn to task 2. You can start describing how you understood the task and why you decided to put it like this.
You chose the structure Y and Tau. Yeah, so I found information that basically discussion essay asks you to discuss both views presented.
And sometimes it asks you to give your own personal opinion and sometimes it does not ask for your own personal opinion. It's like subtypes.
So you need to be careful. Where you see your own opinion, then you can ask or give your own opinion.
When it's not asked, you do not need to give your personal opinion. Just discuss both views and that's it.
Yeah, so that was my idea. And then what I did, I read also that in case if you do need to give an opinion, the following structure is advised.
Introduction. Paraphrase a task.
State your position. Which side do you support?
Outline two arguments, one for each side. Body paragraph one.
First, one argument for first side. Then you need to highlight that if this side is not something that you support, you should weaken it somehow.
And there was an example of like however, and then like add your opinion why it's not the ideal. As you see, as your point of view.
And then second body paragraph where you point your own side, argument for your own side. And then, yeah, some explanation, example, and then conclusion.
Summarize your position and both arguments. This was the structure that I got.
And this is how I proceeded, basically. The same structure that I did.
Yes.Usually this type of task requires your opinion because this formula discuss both of the views and give your opinion, it's just something standard, so I don't think that, so the type of task that we had in the last lesson, advantages and disadvantages, that was one of the few examples when you need to like look for this phrase when they require your opinion or they don't require your opinion, but as for discussing both views, it's usually going with opinion. As for your understanding, it's correct, you certainly have to choose one side, it's not necessary, like you can, well, you can side with both sides, like support both sides, but it would be difficult for you to give explanation, give examples for both sides.
Of course, it's easier to choose one side and keep to it, like keep with it. So yeah, as for the comment, like you said, you have to put this however sentence in the first body paragraph.
I mean, it is advisable structure, it's something that I found, it's not like... Well, usually in the first body paragraph, you give explanation, example for the opinion that you don't support, for example, and in the second body paragraph, you say that, so however or on the other hand and continue explaining, like you start explaining why this side is better, why you think it's correct and not the opinion that was described before.
And so this however sentence is usually given in the second body paragraph. So because, you know, something like disconnect, here we have some argument, you give some examples and you give arguments why homework is bad for students and then you say, however, this is not true, so there are some certain...advantages of giving homework to pupils and So you start giving examples already in this first body paragraph but and then you continue this thought in the third body paragraph like you mix both opinions in the first body paragraph, so I highlighted it In pink, okay.
Yeah, this sentence it should go in the third part in the third paragraph in the second body paragraph Yeah, so Yeah, and in conclusion in the second body paragraph you give your opinion what you think and give example Explanation example and in the In the conclusion you highlight your opinion, right? So you say that both views like they have rights to exist, but in my opinion so you can repeat this thought that was given in the First body paragraph.
So you said that I believe it's still highly valuable part of the learning process And you can repeat this thought in the conclusion, but with synonyms you can paraphrase So this phrase that you believe It's still highly valuable part of learning process you repeat this thought in your conclusion Yeah, you said it I strongly believe yeah, you did it so it's correct Mm-hmm. Okay So yeah, you have to write what people say that The first opinion is correct when other people think that it's Opposite and then you choose your position and explain.
So as I already said, it's Easier to choose one point of view. So it's okay to write So for example, you don't know if it's good or bad, of course, you can Explain why this certain point has advantages and has the right to exist and the second one But it would be more difficult.
So I don't recommend to write About both opinions like not to of course you need to write about both opinions, but you need to choose one side It's easier Mm-hmm. So there are three possible structures three possible types of structure for this type of essay so the first one You give introduction as always you paraphrase both views give your opinion what I believe that In the second paragraph you say that only one hand and you write about thatThe first view, why do people think so, in the third paragraph, you say, however, as you did, however, there is another point of view, why people think so, and in the next paragraph, it's possible to add another paragraph, it would be the third body paragraph, in my opinion, and you describe your opinion.
Yeah, so in this third body paragraph, you can explain your opinion either taken from the second paragraph or from the third, so it's not necessary to write about the opinion that is described in the third paragraph. In conclusion, do you mean?
In my opinion, here. So in my opinion, in this body paragraph, you can say that I, for example, agree with and you can put here the thought that was given in the second body paragraph or in the third body paragraph, it's up to you.
For example, you say that on the one hand, homework is bad, and in the third body paragraph, homework is good, and in the fourth body paragraph, you can say, I think homework is bad, so you come back to the thought that was given, or you can support the idea that was given in the third paragraph, it's up to you. Do you mean that I do not need to develop a separate argument, like another additional argument why I believe and choose this side or not another?
I just can repeat either argument that I saw? No, it's not repetition, it's like you can develop the idea that was given earlier, but it's not required to, so of course, I think that it would be easier to develop the thought that was given in the third paragraph.
So it's very important to think it through. Like, okay, so I think that homework is good.
Okay, you decided. So you think that it's easier to give negative arguments like why homework is bad in the second paragraph, and then you jump to positive aspects, why homework is good.
And then you can start writing the fourth paragraph that in my opinion, so that opinion that was given earlier, you just support it.told you the official requirements like it's not required to continue talking about the third paragraph so you can it's like a structure that you give one opinion another opinion and then after that you talk about your own opinion so it's just one possible structure do I need to have this extend like a topic sentence explain and then example or is just short paragraph very short paragraph that I say in my opinion I support and then paraphrasing of the second first body part yeah of course it's it's about paraphrasing and giving some you know just from what you already said you don't need to give more arguments or give more examples because you already gave them in the second or in the third body paragraph okay so in the fourth paragraph you just give your own opinion and right to three maximum four sentences just to support your your opinion mm-hmm yeah so this is one possible one possible structure another structure is I think that's the structure that you used in your task in your homework task so you so here we have standard for errors in the first introduction okay you did it in the second paragraph on the one hand and you described the point of view that you do not support you said that homework can bring some negative income sorry outcomes something like that and then in the third paragraph you say that however and that's why I told you that this however sentence should should be should be put in the third paragraph right however I side with those who think that mm-hmm and you give this view that you support mm-hmm yeah one two ideas are enough you give examples and today I'm going to also give you some comments about examples with what examples is better to give because I didn't cover it in the previous lesson yeah but as I see you already like something you already know it maybe from your background knowledge what kind of examples are appropriate for IELTS I see it from your essay so you wrote two essays and I see that you like you already know it but weand just revise it and okay in conclusion we paraphrase the other view and your opinion the view that you support so you did it yeah so you use this type of structure and here I also gave you the yeah so what what you can write some maybe so it could be argued that this is mainly because for instance and therefore so this is perfect perfect structure on the one hand you say that it could be argued that homework is homework is bad this is mainly because you and you explain why you give this example for instance and you this is therefore is like the result so as a result therefore can I ask a quick question can I go on the other hand on the one hand can be used separately it's not like a collocation that should be used only with each other like on the one hand is one paragraph on the other hand is the second paragraph can be not necessary okay so you can see only one hand and in the in the second body paragraph however so on the other hand is however like it means the same or vice versa you can say so something something and in the second body paragraph on the other hand so you can use both okay and therefore on balance I believe that okay which view do you agree with yeah so this is type 2 and this is the type that you used in your homework task okay and the third type of structure I don't recommend to use it but I just want to explain you that this type exists and it can be used so in case you don't know which opinion you have like if this is bad or good yeah so you give introduction you give the first view the second view and you just you know you don't give your so you can just say that I believe that so I believe that there are both advantages advantages or yeah you can say that there are both advantages advantages and so giving homework to pupils can bring both positive and negative outcomes for example something like that and yeah but it's notVery good, I would say, yeah, because, um, yeah, so it's possible, but not recommended. Yeah.
You can see, I support both views. So, you know, it's just some, it's the type of structure when you really don't know, uh, which side to take.
Yeah. But I think in any way, uh, I think that, uh, it's real, like it's okay to, uh, it's real to choose one side and explain it.
So in my opinion, the, this structure that you used is perfect, like four paragraphs, as always, uh, you give some arguments, uh, for the view that you don't support, and then you give arguments for the view that you support. And that's, that's it.
Um, uh, just also one more question. So for, in order to fully use the structure number two, I need to add into the paragraphs, uh, the view I do not support, like a little bit of the personal, um, opinion, because right now I think I didn't add this sentences that used a personal opinion, like, um, the view I support, this view I do not support, what do I need to, or it should be impersonal.
It should be personal. People argue that blah.
Other, uh, on the other hand, other people, some people can think blah. Yeah.
You can, you can see it in brackets. Why do people think so?
Okay. So I state my opinion.
People argue that. So I see my opinion only introduction and in the conclusion, right?
Like I stayed like exactly, I do believe, I believe this. And I believe that it's only in the intro and conclusion.
Uh, intro conclusion and, um, like, uh, in the second body paragraph. Where you give your opinion, you can say that I signed, for example, I signed with those who believe that homework has an important role to play in the schooling of children, for example.
Yeah. So, yeah.
So, uh, this one is a sample answer for, so here you have, uh, there are so in the first body paragraph, there are several reasons why people might argue that homework is an unnecessary burden on children, for example. So you here, you don't give your opinion.
People think people argue. Then in the second body paragraph, you say I signed with those, I think.This is a good phrase, you know, I side with those who believe that.
Okay, yeah. Yeah, and then you explain why and give examples.
Yeah, I see. And so your opinion is given also in the first paragraph, I believe that it's a necessary aspect, in the conclusion you say, I believe that children should be given homework.
You know, I don't like that the word believe here is used three times, believe, I think it's better to replace it with something like, I don't know, I believe, I reckon, I don't know if reckon is spoken English maybe, I reckon, I suppose, I suppose you can say instead of believe, as for me, you can say as for me, something like that. If we will consider the band of this model essay, it's not nine, right?
It's something like eight? It's about seven, eight, yeah, 7.5, I would say.
It's perfectly structured, you know, it's perfectly structured. It has no mistakes, no grammar, no vocabulary mistakes, like all collocations and stuff like that.
So it's about 7.5, maybe eight maximum, yeah, it's not nine. So for nine, you know, yeah, we were discussing this topic, like what's the difference between nine and eight, but you know, so it's about the number of mistakes, the number of collocations, maybe some, you know, very advanced vocabulary that is not, I don't know, that you cannot find in everyday English conversations, maybe some, you know, dictionaries, some topic specific, topic specific vocabulary.
For example, if, so you can use this vocabulary only if you, for example, work in this sphere. So for example, if you are a biologist, and can you imagine if you get a topic on biology, for example, in this essay, task two, and of course, you would be able to use this topic specific vocabulary, and there's a chance to get 8.5, for example, because wow, this is some uncommon vocabulary, and that would give a good impression, and yeah, that would really increase the score.
Okay, I got it. So structure one, two, three, okay, then structure two is highly recommended, structure three is not recommended, and structure one, yeah, so these are all the types that are like, okay, they are...Correct, but yeah, this one is perfect okay, so Yeah, so you can choose the structure that you like and you need to write about both You both use that even if you don't agree with them and your position should be very clear.
So it's important to Mention it Already in the first paragraph, right? Like I believe in my opinion is for me something like that so that the examiner sees clearly that this is your personal opinion because in the test if there is this Phrase in the task as we discussed it in the previous lesson like and give your personal opinion Of course, it's important to give it Yeah to highlight it Yeah, and in the conclusion you need to paraphrase you You repeat it but paraphrase.
Mm-hmm. Yes Okay So this topic was about the school children should not be given homework.
Yeah, so for as for your essay Yes, so for as for the structure. We already discussed it as for grammar and vocabulary.
So, uh, I corrected some mistakes So take a major part. I would say play a major role in the learning process.
Don't forget the articles like in the Learning process of pupils Here it shouldn't be given. I was trying to paraphrase because in the assignment it is a word play a role and I used a major part.
Sorry And I just I just paraphrase take a major part is not Is not like called like like Not you can you put quoted so that? It's not major.
It's not a native. It's not how native rule.
Yeah. Yeah, let's let's think like how we can People now just argue with a home assignments Wait, so here we have play an important role playing for control Are you with Assignments wait a measure all so if we for example, so You know, we can Keep this play role, but At least we can Substitute this Important right like vitally important major significant Some other adjective.
I think it's a good idea Take a major part take a major part. It's like YeahIf you're not sure how to replace, try to replace at least an adjective or a noun, for example, or a verb, something.
So, of course, yes, you need to paraphrase, but don't, like, not exaggerate, but don't, like... If you're not sure, better to keep it, but replace someone, maybe a word, maybe an adjective, it's okay.
So you said, it shouldn't be given at all. So, why you decided to put here it?
So, what is it? What is it?
It shouldn't be given. Homework?
Yeah, so you see, home assignments, it's plural, right? Plural.
So, you could write, or they shouldn't be given at all. Or you can just omit it, like, let's strike through, or shouldn't be given at all.
Because, you know, here we have home assignments, they do what? They take a major part, or they play a role, or shouldn't be given.
They take, or shouldn't be given. And it's better to write should not be given.
Yeah, I corrected it. So, don't use contractions.
Is it, like, more academic style? Yeah, academic, it's very important, because you will lose the scores if you use contractions.
Shouldn't, it's like spoken something. Not spoken, but it's not academic.
Yeah, shouldn't be given, shouldn't be given. Yeah, work to be here.
Yeah, even though homework is regarded, right, is regarded. I believe, and here again, I believe it is still, it is still highly, it is still a highly valuable part.
So, here you used a part, and here you omitted a. It's still a, it's still a highly valuable part of the learning process.
Okay. Mm-hmm.
Okay. Here we had, there is no, some argue that doing homework, there is no such.
So, here we also have this problem with sentence structure. You start, some argue that doing homework.Here we need a verb.
Doing homework. Это подлежащее.
And then you need... Что делает?
Doing homework, lacks or has a problem. So some verb, we need a verb.
And you put here another sentence already, like there is no such. There is no such, it's like another sentence.
Yeah, I think it's just the issue that I translate from Russian, basically. Some argue that doing homework, there is no such meaning.
So it's like makes sense in Russian, but does not make sense in English, basically. It's hard, so I need to read a lot of English texts.
Okay. Lacks immediate feedback.
Compare to, not as, but compare to. Because you give here a comparison.
Like doing homework, there is no feedback. Compare to, you compare two things.
Because as, it's like as good as. Yeah, as good as bad as.
But as during class, it doesn't make sense. Compare to, you can say in class learning.
In class learning with teacher and peer support. Teacher support, peer support.
So for students, it might be challenging. Okay, this can particularly bring negative outcomes, bring to students.
Yes, here we need some, you know, explanation. Okay, you say, even their parents might not be able to help.
This can particularly bring negative outcomes. Even their parents might not be able to help.
So it makes more sense, right? As or because.
As we know, it's highly important. So here contraction again, it is highly important.
For students to feel motivated. For students motivation.
So try not to use this subjects when you put this apostrophe. Like students, like be careful.
Be careful with this subjects. So it's highly, it is highly important for students to feel motivated and have a feeling.
You see that you said have a feeling. So here you had a verb and here to feel motivated.
It even sounds better to feel motivated.To do what? For students, it's important to do what?
To feel motivated and to have a feeling that can lead them well. It's not clear for me, but okay.
It's hard to say. I will try to send you some material about this usage apostrophe, because do you remember this topic?
When you needed to describe a graph and you wrote something like Germany's GDP is okay, but you wrote something not like Germany's GDP. So it was also this topic with using an apostrophe.
I need to take a note. I think I just need to change the whole structure of the sentence.
Like... Motivation of a student.
It's a subject, basically here. Or object, it's an object.
I need to change the logic of how I think. I think in Russian.
And I need to see that there is an object, a subject and an action. When I write, I think in English, but I think in a wrong way.
I have Russian thinking anyway. I put objects, subjects and verbs in a wrong way.
And it looks very strange. In Russian we say like this.
It's very important for motivation of students. Or student motivation, something like that.
And here I have everything in Russian. And if I just put motivation of students like this, then it will completely change how I will write.
It's easier. If I will think like this, it will be easier for me to write in English.
It will be very simple sentences.It would be not a complex sentences at all, but it will be at least correctly grammatically Mm-hmm because right now it's yeah, it's not like Maybe it's correct grammatically, but it's it's not clear. It's not It's it can be confusing right that's what you're thinking Yes, so the reason why I highlight this sentence Because so, okay, you can use students motivation.
Yeah, okay, but Even if you use students motivation here, you have some incorrect grammar So you say as we know it is highly important for students motivation To have a feeling that they can do well to have motivation to have a It's very complex right it's I Cannot Yeah, I cannot understand the sentence like so you what what did you miss just a moment you wrote? I'm Looking at the original It's highly important for students motivation to have a feeling It's motivation to have and as you know, it's highly important for student motivation to have a feeling that they can do well have positive Well, yeah, even if you translate it into Russian, it's not very well written It's very important for students motivation to feel To have To have a feeling that they can do well That they can do well.
Yeah, in Russian it also sounds so-so Yeah, so it was very difficult for me to understand the sentence so that's why I I just I decided to recommend you how to make it Not simpler, but maybe you know more understandable as we know it's highly important for students to feel Motivated right they want to feel motivated and they want to have a feeling that they can do well So I think this are two different Feelings feeling of motivation and the feeling that they can do well, I think that but it can be Divided I see I see but okay. It's just do not convey the meaning that I wanted to like Like give but I see the point why it's hard to understand Yeah, I see the point.
Okay Yes, so here Give I suggest you to you know Replace give provide right? Give them provide them with provide them with it's it's more academic more formal providethem with a solid foundation.
Hunt someone, without preposition, hunt animals, to hunt someone, to hunt something. Cognitive skills, cognitive skills, choosing a goal, right?
You can say choosing goal, plural, but choosing a goal. And if you give a list of some words, they should be in one grammar, like they should be of one grammar.
Planning, estimating, solving, making, yeah, don't mix them, are vital for survival, completing a task or solving problems. So here also, либо ты пишешь, completing a task, либо, completing tasks, but if you use a singular noun, you need to use an article, complete a task, completing a task, solving a problem, solving problems.
I didn't use complete, I used doing any task, but okay. Ah, yeah, you need to, yeah, do.
Doing any task, it's, it's. No, doing a task, it's okay, but better complete the task, like it's more academic.
It's like provide, like not give foundation, but provide them with foundation. It's not a mistake, it's not a mistake, it's recommendation.
I see, I mean, let's be honest, I want to use more complex words, it's too late for me to learn, I mean, I will try to learn more complex vocabulary, but the main issue, I think, with my writing is that it has illogical sentences right now, which hard to read, it's not plain English, yeah, it's not plain English, I mean, the structure of the sentence is not, the main issue with the structure of the sentence, it's not, it's, it's not, it can be grammatically incorrect as well as it's not native sounds, like the way I construct sentences, it's not like an English speaker would do, so that's, I think, the main issue, right? The second is that I have repeating mistakes with articles, prepositions, different parts of the speech, like, I mean, not having in the list, like, simple mistakes, choosing, planning, estimating, solving, so same part of the speech, it shouldn't be different part of speeches, so this is another level of priority.For me is to eliminate this.
Yeah, and the third one if I will have time it's to make more academically words More complex words. I think that is the least Because it will be yeah So I think that first and foremost thing that you need to concentrate on is To memorize this types of structure.
So what how to write? then understand Maybe yeah, of course You don't have time to read all the articles on different topics to have more and more ideas But I think you don't have this problem like we've coming up with some ideas and examples of art and arguments but at least I think that It may be useful to Memorize some words Phrases linking words that can be used in any any essay As for linking words you already use like on one hand on the other hand furthermore nevertheless however In conclusion stuff like that So they can be used in any essay, right?
any Yeah, so and also some vocabulary like I think that provide something to provide someone with something It also can be used anywhere Yeah, self-managed approach like yeah, so I think yeah, there are some There are some words That In academic English that are like frequently used and can be used when you for example I will try your arguments understands try to Try to explain something to someone. Yeah, I will I will try to remember but I just Just wanted to double-check my priority My priority is to understand the structure Rechange my grammar to be more to be more readable and understandable and eliminate this simple mistakes that is recurring mistakes that Yeah, then they know they can lower my grades Significantly the repeating mistakes like articles and something like that Yeah, you know Yeah, so basically Yeah Usually it's better to you know How to say if you have much time Before the exam for example one year two years or maybe one and a half year then you canStart, like, studying basic English, like, not basic, but some grammar, vocabulary, all in all.
Like, increase your overall level of English, and then start studying IELTS format. But as you had only one and a half or two months, of course, we cannot cover all the topics.
Yeah. Yeah, I have 17 days, 16 days.
But I hope maybe I can do a skill retake in, like, a couple of days, because I will stay for one week, 10 days even. And maybe I will have time, if I will have, like, a very low score in writing or in speaking, I can retake it.
So I will have, like, several more days to study, but I think it won't give, like, a lot of difference. But anyway, maybe it will be a different task, a little bit easier, and I can do better.
Yeah, okay, so let's quickly cover some tips, what kind of examples to write. So I think you already know it, but let's revise that it's better to use, like, not your own examples, like, I heard it from my friend, or my, I don't know, my sister had some example of something, you don't need it, you don't need to write it, because it's academic.
So in order to write a correct example, you need to answer these three questions, like, if I heard it, if I saw it, what are the sources, how I know it, that it's true, and what are the facts. And, for example, also many people ask, like, can I give examples of some certain people, like, celebrities?
Yes, if it's true, and you know it. For example, yesterday you read an article about, I don't know, Steve Jobs or someone, and you know exactly that it's true.
Yeah, because it's a bad idea to, you know, make up some stories, make up some, I don't know, non-existent person, some scientist, it's not a good idea. Don't, if you don't know, then don't write it, yeah.
And so, better to use the phrases, like, как всегда, да, эти, обезличенные. It's a well-known, it's a well-known fact, it's well-known that, it's common that the majority of people, something like, not 80%, but numerous students.
For my experience, for example, I know numerous students.I don't know. It's a well-known fact that numerous students prefer doing homework.
Something like that. Yeah.
I see. Yeah.
It's a well-known fact. Something like that.
What else? So, as we study types of the essays, I will give you some tips, from time to time, so that I don't give you the whole scope of these tips, because it will be difficult to memorize them.
So, I will give you some tips about examples, some tips about, maybe, vocabulary, just in each lesson. So, we will have three more or four?
How many lessons we have? Three more lessons, right?
Three? Three more lessons?
Yeah. So, we will cover them.
Here, on slide 16, you have a sample answer. You can just, you know, read it, maybe write it down, and compare, maybe.
So, it's not band 9, but it's about 7.5, 8. Yeah.
So, it's a good example, especially as it comes to structure, vocab, and logic. Logical structure, yeah.
Maybe, also, you can pay attention to the structure of the sentences, how the sentences are structured, like where is the verb, where is the noun, how gerunds are used, maybe passive voice, something like that. Yeah.
So, yeah. Also, what else?
Ah, yeah, and your answer was correct. I asked you about which type of structure there was, and you told me it was structure type 2.
Yeah, it's correct, yeah. What the essay type would be the next?
Okay, so you can... So, we will do the same thing, right?
You want to tell me what you understood? Okay, so let's...
So, I will have a look at our plan, just a moment. So, we covered advantages and disadvantages, discussion, let's take problem-solution.
Problem-solution. Okay.
Problem-solution. So, I will give you a topic, you will write an essay, and you will explain to me why you wrote it like that, yeah.
Do you happen to know when the next class...because the last one will be divided I think right 30 minutes and 30 minutes or 45 and 15 because last 15 or 30 minutes I want to do on 15th of May speaking part to kind of train my articulation yeah yeah okay so the next two classes so maybe on the first of May would be so I think that during the weekend like on the first of May maybe better because on the second and on the third I work and there will be much work I think it's better to have a class on the first of May okay to be honest yeah yeah okay then see you soon this week yeah so Wednesday the day after tomorrow so I can send you as homework like tomorrow tomorrow noon yeah yeah okay tomorrow maybe on tomorrow let's say 3 p.m. 3 p.m. time 3 p.m. okay okay okay thanks
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LESSON 8
LESSON 8
April 26, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Mixed Chart
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Review
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Adv & Disadv Study
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The line chart illustrates the number of travels to and from the
UK made during 1979-1999 years. The given bar chart showcases
the list of popular contries that were visited the most in 1999.
Overall, the line graph reveals growth trend in both inbound and
outbound travel. While the bar chart displays a clear preference
for certain two European countries — Spain and France.
In terms of the line graph, there was a steady increase in number
of visits both to and from the UK. The majority of travel
movement was outbound, in 1999 it accounted to for almost 55
millions visits, while inbound traveling trips accumulated to
around 28 million visits.
According to the bar chart, the most popular countries visited by
UK residents in 1999 were France, which had the highest visitation
of 11 millions visits, and Spain, which also showed 10 millions.
Although Turkey and Greece recorded lower counts, around 2 and
3 millions accordingly.
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Many of the products we buy nowadays break or wear out very quickly. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of this for manufacturers and the public?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
The products lifecycle has currently became become rather short, as things get broken and
worn out in at a high speed. I strongly believe this leads to more disadvantages for both
producers and consumers. Design cavities in the products can cut costs, generate more sales,
contribute to higher taxes and bring joy to consumers. However, such designed flaws
contribute to more waste, deplete resources, drivе the costs higher in the long run, and cause
frustration among consumers to be who are forced to spend more and more money. This, at the
same time, gives a very bad image for production companies.
Today, numerous producers deliberately reduce the lifetime or use of their
goods which tend to deteriorate in quality quite fast after being purchased. While
it could be beneficial to the manufacturers as well as consumers, there are
certain drawbacks to adopting such a policy.
Planned depreciation obsolesence and breakings of various products drives the economy to
insane growth rates which finally would exhaust // could ultimately exhaust all natural
resources, which in turn would mean This would result in even higher prices for supplies and
materials. Moreover, it generates more waste, doubling down on even more anxiety that
consumers have in the pursuit of happiness to possess more, and live better, but not actually //
exacerbating consumer anxiety in the pursuit of happiness through ownership and a better
lifestyle, without actually achieving it. Producers are then viewed as unethical, damaging
their brand.
On the one hand, by manufacturing products with short lifespans, the producers generate long-term sales and force
their customers to replace the broken or worn out items. For instance, smartphone screens, buttons or batteries tend
to become defective after about two or three years’ use which means continuous selling and buying of newer models.
With regards to the public, such constant turnover of products could be advantageous as customers can regularly
purchase brand new goods tailored to their needs instead of ending up using the outdated ones.
Electronics, gadgets or clothes would be typical examples of how companies cater to the consumers’ needs and offer
various items depending on the fashion trends and demands. Thus, instead of repairing a headset or mending old
clothing, they could be cheaply and easily replaced.
Such Fast fashion and new iPhones do give more income to businesses, producers, it means,
also, higher taxes for governments // provide increased income for businesses and producers,
resulting in higher taxes for governments. These taxes can be used // utilized to support social
spheres sectors like medicine such as healthcare or education. but at the end of the day it
creates more business, which creates even more business in an endless pursuit of money,
growth, and seeming convenience. // However, this cycle ultimately leads to the continuous
expansion of businesses in an endless quest for profit, growth, and apparent convenience.
However, despite the aforementioned benefits, there are certain negatives. Firstly, the production of less durable
goods could result in complaints and be detrimental to customer retention. If loyal buyers are dissatisfied with the
quality and durability of the products, they are highly likely to start buying from another more reliable brand.
Consequently, manufacturers could lose clients, hence gaining less profit. In addition, the constant replacement of
products encourages consumerism and mass production. This, in turn, leads to such environmental issues as air and
water pollution since factories produce toxic chemicals and are responsible for the emissions of all sorts of pollutants.
There are also problems with waste disposal as certain metals used in smartphones, for instance, are unrecyclable and
can contaminate soil once buried in landfill sites.
In conclusion, I want to make a summarization, that indeed goods' short lifecycle becomes more
and more prevalent at current times and this is a dangerous practice, which I would argue at
the end has more disadvantages for both producers and consumers. Even though increased
business incomes from selling more goods can lead to more taxes and support medicine and
education sectors, as well as newer brighter stuff can bring temporary enjoyment to the
buyers, that still brings more long-term negative consequences.
In conclusion, I would like to summarize that the trend of goods having a short lifecycle is
becoming increasingly prevalent in current times. This is a dangerous practice that, in my
opinion, has more disadvantages for both producers and consumers. While increased business
income from selling more goods can lead to higher taxes that support the healthcare and
education sectors, and new, shiny products can provide temporary enjoyment to buyers, this
ultimately results in more long-term negative consequences.
In conclusion, although producers could generate substantial profits by making
goods with a short lifetime, there is a danger of losing customers who value
durability. As for the public, while there are certain environmental issues, the major
positive aspect is the possibility of purchasing up-to-date products on a
regular basis.
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1§ Introduction
Paraphrase the Task + Benefits and Drawbacks
While ... benefits, it also has certain drawbacks.
2§ There are two major benefits of ...
1 Benefit+ Explanation/Example + The 2nd benefit + Explanation + Result/Example
3§ On the other hand, there are certain drawbacks.
1 Drawback + Explanation/Example + The 2nd drawback + Explanation + Result/Example
4§ Conclusion
Sum up the benefits and drawbacks from the body §s
TYPE: What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Итак, в эссе advantages/disadvantages может быть 2 варианта:
In many cities the use of video cameras in public places is being increased in order to
reduce crime, but some people believe that these measures restrict our individual
freedom.
Do the benefits of increased security outweigh the drawbacks?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge and experience.
Если считаете, что больше ПЛЮСОВ - сильная
позиция
1§ Introduction:
Paraphrase the Task + My Opinion: more benefits (2
sentences)
2§ 1 benefit + Explanation + Example/result
3§ 2 benefit + Explanation + Example/result
4§ 3 benefit + Explanation + Example/result (можно
БЕЗ этого параграфа)
5§ Conclusion
Sum up the benefits + My Opinion: more benefits
Тут можно 2 или 3 параграфа в основной части.
Всего в эссе 4 или 5 параграфов.
In many cities the use of video
cameras in public places is being
increased in order to reduce crime,
but some people believe that these
measures restrict our individual
freedom.
Do the benefits of increased
security outweigh the drawbacks?
Give reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples
from your own knowledge and
experience.
Структура 1
Если считаете, что больше ПЛЮСОВ – баланс
Структура 1
1§ Introduction
Paraphrase the Task + My Opinion
Although ..., I believe the benefits outweigh the drawbacks
2§ NOT my position! 1 drawback
On the one hand, it is argued that... drawback + Explanation +
Example
3§ My position: 2 benefits
However, I believe there are more benefits of ...
Firstly, ... 1st benefit + explain + example. Secondly, 2nd benefit
4§ In conclusion,
Although ... sum up the drawbacks from 2§, ... + benefits from
3§. Therefore, I believe that the advantages outweigh the
negatives.
In many cities the use of video
cameras in public places is being
increased in order to reduce crime,
but some people believe that these
measures restrict our individual
freedom.
Do the benefits of increased
security outweigh the drawbacks?
Give reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples
from your own knowledge and
experience.
Структура 2
Если считаете, что есть и ПЛЮСЫ, и МИНУСЫ
НЕ рекомендую так писать, т.к. легче выбрать что-то одно
1§ Introduction
Paraphrase the Task + My Opinion: there are benefits AND
drawbacks
2§ 1 advantage + Explanation/Example.
Moreover, + 2 benefit + Explanation/Result.
3§ However, 1 disadvantage + Explanation/Example.
Furthermore, + 2 drawback + Explanation.
4§ Conclusion
My Opinion: benefits and drawbacks
In many cities the use of video
cameras in public places is being
increased in order to reduce crime,
but some people believe that these
measures restrict our individual
freedom.
Do the benefits of increased
security outweigh the drawbacks?
Give reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples
from your own knowledge and
experience.
Структура 3
✔ Benefits and drawbacks
Pros and cons
✔ Positive aspects/points
✔ Negative aspects
✔ Positives and negatives
✔ It can be advantageous to ...
✔ It is beneficial to ...
✔ People benefit from ...
Для эссе advantages/disadvantages нам нужны синонимы:
@lingvo.mira
Например,
It can be advantageous for children to learn a foreign language at a young
age.
One positive point of owning a car is that you are able to travel at any time
that suits you.
There are many negatives to being famous, including not being able to leave
your home unprotected.
I do not believe that the benefits of working remotely outweigh the
drawbacks. There are a number of positives to paying in cash.
Summary
Flipped Class Structure & Student Improvement:
- Discussing flipped class structure.
- Student's desire to enhance comprehension and writing skills.
- Importance of linking words and clear topic sentences.
- Student requests essay feedback.
- Need for more time to complete assignments.
- Plan to send essay topic and review previous essay next session.
Essay Writing Guidance:
- Different types of essays discussed.
- Structuring essays with personal experiences or academic examples.
- Using linking words and avoiding complex sentences.
- Stating opinions clearly in certain essay types.
- "Advantages outweigh disadvantages" essay structure explained.
Language and Grammar Attention:
- Importance of correct word form (e.g., "flippers" vs. "flipper").
- Attention to language used in the text.
Review of Mixed Chart:
- Line graph and bar chart reviewed.
- Minor preposition errors noted.
- Lack of supporting numbers for data.
- Introduction should be concise.
- Body paragraphs: benefits in one, drawbacks in another.
- Use of synonyms for advantages and disadvantages.
- Essay length around 150 words, verify word count.
Conversation Topics:
- Unburied bodies and speculation about grave robbers.
- Cause of death and desire to uncover the truth.
- Enjoyment of solitude.
- Teaching challenges and seeking fresh perspectives.
- Spike in electromagnetic field and proximity to a target.
- Drones threat and transporter system recalibration issues.
- Captain Raynor's assistance with Prometheans and cloaked antimatter batteries.
- Repetition of "we're losing our foot."
Crew Priorities & Mission Preparation:
- Monitoring scanners for Malmauk's ship.
- Maintaining crew cohesion.
- Ship repairs and new crew member with knowledge of Malmauk.
- Admiral Vance's request for help with progenitor's tech.
- Mission to Lyric for Dr. Velik's hidden clue.
- Characteristics of Lyric and potential encounter with Malmauk.
- Saru's last mission and exploration of a pyramid on Lyric.
- Protagonist's role in resettling DNA and limited information on Malmauk.
- Nickname "Action Saru" and crew's journey reminiscence.
- Discussion about finding a new number one for the ship.
a version that I can edit simultaneously if we see some error or something we can just... that's okay don't worry please go ahead it doesn't matter really yeah okay so first of all let's review our mix chart to describe both a graph a line graph and a bar chart then we will review your writing task from your IELTS progress check and then we will cover this the first type of writing task two advantages and disadvantages and actually there are two types inside this type like advantages advantages one type second type so we will cover it okay okay so here as for the line chart the mix chart it's okay like I didn't mention I didn't see any you know obvious mistakes like grammar or vocabulary just some of them like prepositions account for right account for and number accumulate without preposition accumulate something accumulated 28 million accumulated around 28 million visits mm-hmm so as I see your overall paragraph so your introduction paragraph was okay so you described line chart and bar chart briefly then you gave some information or both charts yeah everything's clear and I'm not sure if like it seems to me that the number of words is not enough is it enough like is it 150 words most probably I double-checked I think but I was doing it late at night so maybe it's like almost it may be like 149 maybe something like that 150 it should be around 150 not a lot of the year so yeah make sure that you write at least 152 words yeah because sometimes it can happen when for example you can count the number of words incorrectly for example you thought that this and this word are two words and then the examiner counts it like one word but computer-based counted no computer-based shows you that you know you're right on computer yeah yeah you're right okay yeah yeah then okay so you are certainly going to take a computer-based yes I already booked it oh yeah okay so computer okay yeah uh-huh youYes, so here is a sample, example of this essay, how you can put it, and you know what I noticed?
I think you didn't give enough numbers, like only one number here, like 55, 28. I didn't see, like, so there was one comparison, like while, okay, and here kind of, so you could also show the least popular country, the most popular.
There is a least popular countries, Turkey and Greece, around two and three million, accordingly. Okay, so yeah, but it's much better than you did, like, maybe one month ago, so I didn't see, especially grammar and vocabulary, like grammar only one, two mistakes, so I see your progress.
Yeah, okay, very good. Okay, you can read the sample answer at home, like compare them and maybe, you know, extract some good ideas or good words that you will like and use them in your future essays.
Okay, when it comes to essay two, so we had a topic, yeah, about products that were out very quickly. So, first of all, I think it's important to mention that you don't need to express your own opinion here.
It's exact information, and I checked it by the examiner, and yeah, because here we have a question. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
And that's all. So, I will show you an important slide.
Yeah, so we can have question advantages and disadvantages. Here we don't give any opinion, and if we have a question like, do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, then we give our opinion.
So, what do you think? Do they outweigh or not?
But what are the advantages? It's just facts.
Give me the facts. Give me advantages.Give me disadvantages.
I don't need your opinion. I see.
And here we had what are the advantages so we don't give our opinion. So I correct the mistakes.
So first of all, your introduction is very long. Very long.
It's like a body paragraph. So you already give arguments.
What are advantages, disadvantages, however, something like... Yeah, so too descriptive, too much information.
In the introduction, you need to write two sentences. Ideally, two sentences.
And you just give overall information. Today, numerous producers deliberately reduce the lifetime of use of their goods.
So it can be beneficial for manufacturers, but it can have certain drawbacks. It can have certain negative aspects, it can bring negative aspects, something like that.
So in the first sentence, you give just a topic. So this problem is vitally important in our world, la la la, something like that.
In the second sentence, you give, like, while it can, there are something, so you present... Advantages and disadvantages.
Yeah, you give the fact that, of course, there are advantages as well as disadvantages. Of course, you need to use synonyms.
Yeah, so did you use synonyms? Okay, so in the first paragraph, it's very important to use these words like advantages and disadvantages, but synonyms.
For example, you can say benefits and drawbacks. Also, we have pros and cons.
Yeah, I did it. Yeah, pros and cons, positive aspects, positive points, negative aspects, negative points.
So it's very important that you show that you understand the task so that the examiner sees that you are going to discuss both advantages and disadvantages. Okay, let's go back to our slide.
So, okay, so in the first sentence, numerous producers deliberately reduce the lifetime or use of their produce, which tend to deteriorate in quality quite fast after being purchased. So I see that you gave such advantages and disadvantages, but I'm not sure if it's true.Sentence like the product life cycle has currently become rather short as things get broken and worn out at a high speed Yeah, so this sentence is very good.
You can You can keep it. Mm-hmm and then You don't need to Describe everything in detail So these are already details I see, yeah Yeah, so your second sentence could be while it can bring positive aspects it can also It can also cause some negative aspects something like that.
So you don't I don't need to even like Describe what are those drawbacks and benefits even like like general statement I just can't I mean should I put some general statement like It can bring for manufacturers more like income As well as for consumers it can give more joy For example, just one world word not like the long list of all the benefits, but just one Income joy. Yeah, it can be Yeah, you can you can give general statements but not in detail.
Yeah, so while it can bring more income for example for Can bring more income to the manufacturers? It and joy to consumers.
There are certain drawbacks that can that are connected with Environmental issues or something like that so you can put it generally. Yeah, but Here I see that you already give depleted resources, waste costs Frustration, money.
Yeah. Yeah, so two sentences The first okay, the second both pros and cons.
Okay, and then You give so Mm-hmm. So advantages and disadvantages.
It's logical that in the first body paragraph you give Advantages and In the second body paragraph you give disadvantages That's all Yeah, so Let's have a look at the structure first Just a moment. Yeah, here it is.
Mm-hmm. So in In the first body paragraph you say that there are two major benefits of something you give the first benefit explainAnd then give an example from your life or from your experience Academics resources and then you give the second benefit explain it result example so we can even Imagine right like in our head that in the first body paragraph we can have around One two three four five six seven sentences Yeah, so in the first sentence you you give the benefit you name it in The second sentence you explain it or maybe it's one sentence Then you give an example in one two sentences So these are four sentences for example for the first benefit and then you give Force and four more sentences for the second benefit What does?
What does Like differ why why why differs one the first benefit we have explanation or example and the second benefit we have explanation but plus result and or example like Why we do why we have result here and the second benefit or? It's vice versa.
I mean, it's just different type different ways how to Yeah, it's different ways. So for example, yeah, so what other what so, okay Can you need can you give me the benefits to benefits of?
Income yeah, joy. Yeah, many of us break or wear out very quickly with it adventures So you said that income is Jan Or in cause of frustration I Generate more sales.
You said generate more sales, right? Enjoy to our consumers Enjoy to consumers.
So you don't need to put these two positive advantages In the first body burger. So in the first as a first benefit you give generating more sales.
So you say that you started with There are two major benefits of Mm-hmm the first short life cycle cycle Then you explain it Okay And give example. Yeah, for example, so what did you write?
High prices So these are negative Yeah income for business and producers resulting in high taxes for governments these taxes can be utilized to support social sectors Yeah, so this is what you write in your first body paragraph Okay, yeah, so this is to saySentences are very good for your first body paragraph, but it's only the first part of your first body paragraph Then you add the next benefit The next benefit was about joy Bringing joy to consumers. I haven't put it here Basically, I ran out.
Yeah, you had you had to do it. Okay.
Yeah You needed to describe Maybe emotions right when they buy new things They feel some positive emotions and you can give maybe an example from I Don't know If it's not from your personal experience You can you can make it up like if you don't feel it you can make it up like well I have from my personal experience as for me You can say as for me when I was I don't know in a shopping mall. I Had some positive Emotions something like that, but you don't if you don't want to do it You can I don't know give it give an example from academic I don't know.
Maybe you read an article about it and you can give an example So it it's similar to EG right like Previously argument is knee gear is a territory. It's something like that Lucky what's the difference with the result though?
Like okay. I can't present example by result.
What does it mean like? Logical result You stopped here.
This would result in even higher price prices for supplier supplies and materials Here you gave The result at the end of the day it creates more business which creates even more business in an endless pursuit money This is result This was like the attempt to make so I think I just misused the type the subtypes of the Essay, so I read in an article that in In a subtype that the second subtype you need to Provide your own opinion basically what you are Like what do you believe in more is it brings more disadvantages or advantages? so in this case, I chose the wrong structure basically or Logic because of like I mixed up the types and those guys they said that In that second type most probably you need to highlight your own position and then strongly Showcase it through all essay like if you give advantages Make them weaker make them seem weakerAnd this sentence is like an attempt to make these benefits weaker.
It's not a result, basically. But maybe you are thinking these taxes can be used to support social sector, this can be as a result, I think, right?
It can increase business, increase higher taxes, and then these taxes can be used. So it is like a logical result of the argument, like where it leads to, right?
Okay. Yes.
Yeah. Yeah.
Right. So what you described, what you've described just now about strong position and some strong position, weak position, we will talk about it later to use it, use this structure.
But another type of essay, Advantages and Disadvantages, but where we have outweighed. Outweighed.
Yes. Yes.
Okay. Yeah.
So it's just... I mixed the types.
Okay. Mm-hmm.
Yes. Okay.
Okay. So we gave two positive benefits, two positive aspects.
And then in the second body paragraph, so this is our third paragraph, we put it like this. On the other hand, there are certain drawbacks, and you can write here, connected with, mm-hmm-hmm.
You can say, also drawbacks connected with, for example, environmental issues and another factor. Mm-hmm.
One more drawback for consumers. Yeah.
And you, first, so it's very important to use linking words here, right? So you give, for example, environmental issues and something like this.
As for, as for this factor, like you put it, the name of the factor, it can, something, so you explain what are environmental issues, and you describe depletion of resources, generation of waste, energy, I don't know, water, resources, something like that, and give an example. For example, you can say, if we talk about clothes, you can, you can describe how clothes are produced, right?
Or for example, products like plastic bottles, I don't know, or what else? Okay, I think that it's better to talk about clothes, because this topic is about clothes, or...Maybe electrical equipment, like fridges, washing machines.
So you should use your personal experience or your academic background. If you know how clothes are produced, then you can describe it.
So this is an example. So for example, you state that the production of goods, consumer goods, requires resources, natural resources, depletion of natural resources, and then you give an example.
So why is it so? You say that, for example, for instance, the production of clothes, for example, is connected with, and you describe what resources are used, water, I don't know.
It's also about, you know, people in developing countries, they are underpaid. You can also, so this could be another negative factor, that human rights, yeah, so I see environmental issues and human rights issues, something like that.
So you put the factor, explain it, and give an example. So this would be perfect.
And in conclusion, you just summarize some of the benefits that you gave in the first body paragraph and drawbacks that you gave in the second body paragraph. So of course, you don't need to repeat the same words.
You can say, in conclusion, although it can generate profit, it can bring more taxes, businesses thrive, stuff like that. There is a danger of something.
As for this, as for the public, for example, while there are certain environmental issues, the major positive aspect is the possibility of purchasing up-to-date products on a regular basis. So here we have two aspects.
So for producers, for businesses, and the second aspect for public. So here is another important point.
So that your essay is ideally logical, perfectly logical, you can also not only give positive aspects, negative aspects, like they are not connected with each other. You can also give, like, you can divide it, for example, one positive aspect for businessthis one negative aspect of business one positive aspect for people like public for consumers and one negative for consumers it would be perfect because in this way it would be ideal to put it in a conclusion okay yes yeah can you see it yeah I read it okay yeah yeah just so that's showcase the disadvantages and advantages for the particular like group of people like yeah yeah particular like stakeholders yeah absolutely mm-hmm okay as for vocabulary I wanted to mention some points so if you use currently right currently it's like these days it's connected with present tense so you can use either present simple or present perfect or present perfect continuous so it's better to say has become it has currently it has currently become or you can say is currently becoming so you can use all tenses but only present present present as things get broken and worn out at a high speed so I also you know yeah deleted this sentence because it gives opinion okay we don't need it then drive costs higher these and I noticed that you use very long sentences it's good but sometimes they are too how to say they are too heavy they are too difficult difficult to understand because in one sentence you need to have only one main how to say one main thought sometimes I read your sentences and they are so long and they are so you know they contain different thoughts like in one sentence you write about one thing and then another thing and then the third thing and I just sometimes I just lose the lose the point of the sentence so yeah using long sense is okay but try to avoid putting too many points logical points in one sentence so for example here you said however such design faults contribute to more ways to put resources something something and thenHere, I divided it, like it was something like, and at the same time, so it's better to start with a new sentence.
This, at the same time, gives a very bad image for production companies. So yeah, it's just more natural.
Here, which finally would exhaust, which could ultimately exhaust all natural resources. Yeah, here also, which in turn would mean, this would result in, so you already have a very long sentence here, like it's quite long.
You can split it. This would result in even higher prices.
Moreover, very good word, it generates more waste, exacerbating consumer anxiety in the pursuit of happiness without actually achieving it. Yeah, I didn't like that you used, but not actually at the end.
It's like spoken English. Yeah, better, but not actually.
Yeah, without actually achieving it. Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm, then, to be viewed as. You said viewed unethical, viewed as.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, then you omitted the verb.
Producers are viewed, mm-hmm. Then, next slide, provide increased income.
Utilize sectors. Yeah, social sectors, not spheres.
If you wanted to use a synonym, social sphere, not very good option. Social sector, not medicine, healthcare.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
Mm-hmm. But at the end of the day, however, the cycle leads to the continuous expansion.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
So, what are another types of, so the other three types of Adventures is Adventures essay? So, here, we didn't need to write our own opinion.
And what about this one, outweigh? Yeah, so Advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Okay, so here we have another topic, for example, about video cameras in public places. And here we have a question.
Do the benefits outweigh the drawbacks? Mm-hmm.
So, if you see this word, then you need to write your opinion. Mm-hmm.
So, there are three possible structures. So, the first structure is this strong position that you read an article.about.
Strong position. So here you need to write only, like, so you think that it's only a positive thing, for example, it's absolutely your strong opinion, and you give only benefits.
Yeah. So you say that there are cameras, so in my opinion, benefits, for example, outweigh the drawbacks, benefits outweigh disadvantages, and then you give two or three paragraphs describing the benefits.
I would say that it's not a difficult option, like, I think sometimes it's just, it might be difficult to come up with three arguments, like, sometimes you think, yeah, okay, so one argument, I know, I know one argument, but what are the other, what are the other two arguments? You can give two benefits, you can give three benefits, so it's up to you.
It's possible to use two or three benefits. Okay, the next structure, you think that there are more benefits than drawbacks, for example, but, for example, you don't know, so you want to cover both advantages and disadvantages.
So here in the first paragraph, in the first body paragraph, you give not your position, like, for example, you think that public video cameras in public places are a good thing, you believe it, you believe in it, and so in the first body paragraph, you say that it's not a good thing, but it's not your opinion. Yeah, on the one hand, it is argued that video cameras in public places are a good thing, are not a good thing, because there are some disadvantages, and you give one drawback, one disadvantage, and explain it, as well as give an example.
And in the second body paragraph, you give two benefits, it's your position, you believe that video cameras are good, and you give your reasons why you think so. So that means I, like,Do not do something that I did, like provide a drawback or a benefit and then make it weaker by like adding some kind of result which is not like, which is opposite.
Not benefit, but the drawback, not a drawback, but a benefit, something like that. So I need to use just one drawback.
So to make position weaker, I can just use one argument instead of just making this comparison or result where it seems that although it is a drawback, it is actually a benefit. Although it is a benefit, it actually has some drawbacks.
So I do not need to do that. I just can like put one argument.
It is not my position. It's one argument for drawback or for benefit.
And then in my position, just give two more arguments. Okay.
Yeah. So you give one argument, not your position, only one.
And you give two arguments for your position so that you win. You give more arguments for your position.
Yeah. So can I address the benefit?
Like I put a benefit in a second body paragraph. And then in my body paragraph, I address it in a way like although it will give an income for companies and then tax will be higher.
And then the social sector like medicine and like healthcare and education, we will have like la. And then in my body paragraph, I will just refer to that argument and kind of address it like yes, income, but something like that.
Can I do that? Or it will be like...
You know, it sounds to me like a repetition. You can just say however.
Yeah, I mean, no, just the idea of addressing the argument. Of course, I will make it shorter.
I see what you mean. Just the idea to address the argument that I did, like not my opinion.
It is said to have such benefit, blah. And in my body paragraph, I will address this benefit and like explain that this is actually not a benefit, something like that.
Yeah, it's a possible way. For example, if you don't know what another argument, for example, to use, you can use the same argument and just, you know, crash it, like give it in a positive way.way and then give it as a negative as a negative aspect it's okay just the most important thing is to be able to explain why it is a benefit and why it's disadvantage the drawback and give an example so you if you are able to give an example for one factor as a positive one and then as a negative one so it's up to you so if you can do it just do it yeah but sometimes you know yeah so for some people it can be difficult like how can I make it from positive to negative from negative to positive so they come up with another idea for example so but it's up to you the most important thing is just to you know follow the structure and yeah because it's a rule if you don't follow the structure you won't get higher than I don't know not not higher than how to say 6.5 or 7 something that so if not if not if there's no structure they're not higher than 6.5 not higher than 7 as far as I remember yeah so if you get a structure then it's already like not just a good impression it's already like a logical so a good structure will influence cohesion assessment criteria yeah and when you use a correct structure you will also you know you will naturally use these linking words because you say in the first paragraph you say on the one hand in the second body paragraph you say on the other hand and the examiner already sees that you get that structure and yeah so you in the first paragraph introduction you better face the test give your opinion and say although mm-hmm I believe the benefits outweigh the drawbacks so you know this structure structure number two it resembles your essay that you wrote like you also gave your opinion you gave some arguments you gave drawback than benefits so you use this structure maybe yeah yeah yeah it's not ideally like this structure but it's similar yeah I attempted it yeah as far as I understood the article that I read I attempted it basically yeah andStructure number three, you can use this structure, but it's kind of not recommended to use it.
It's used when you don't know what to choose. For example, you doubt if it's a good thing or a bad thing.
So you say in the introduction, you state that there are both benefits and drawbacks. You, for example, give your opinion that, okay, in my opinion, there are both drawbacks and benefits.
And you don't give your transparent, clear opinion, like this outweighs this. I think it's not a very good idea.
It's better to choose one side. So here you can give advantage, explain it, name another benefit, explanation result in the second body paragraph.
You say however, then give advantage, drawback, and in conclusion you also say that there are benefits and drawbacks. Yeah, kind of vague, I would say.
Okay, I see. But it's okay if you give very well thought advantages, disadvantages, examples, then it's okay.
But yeah, I think it's difficult. Kind of.
So as for me, the best structure that I used is this one. Because in this way you can use these words like however, on the one hand.
On the other hand, although, nevertheless, you can show a range of grammar, vocabulary. You can show that you can argue.
It's just, it's more difficult. And it can showcase your ability to argue.
So I think this structure number two, is the best. So yeah, as I already told you, we need to use synonyms.
And yeah, for example, yeah, so of course you don't need to write like I was talking fast and I was using like drawbacks, negative aspects. So you can use it as an adjective.
For example, it can be advantageous.Advantages One positive point of owning a car, so don't forget to use different grammar structures owning, it's gerund Advantages, adjective for children to do what, infinitive The benefits, drawbacks, these are nouns Yeah Grammar structures are very important Yeah, so this is yeah, so this is what you need to remember that don't Don't get puzzled when you get this task, yeah So you should find the word outweigh, if there's no outweigh No If in the task you don't you don't have the task the question. What is your opinion?
What do you think about it, do you think advantages outweigh disadvantages, then don't write your opinion Yeah, but you know what examiner said, yeah, I spoke to an examiner she said that this type like without opinion It's rare to get This type of the task, so of course you got it on your IELTS progress check, but it's Like It's not It's not a very popular type of the task, so it's I think this outweigh advantages outweigh the disadvantages when you express your own opinion is Is more likely to get in the exam, yeah Okay, so yeah we Covered all the structures Restructures and one structure for without opinion Okay, do you have any questions? Yeah, because I covered everything I Asked you maybe you can send me the or check me my answers for the reading with the turtle diagram Remember yeah, remember the turtle diagram maybe you can find the answers or check my answers, so this is Yeah, I will highlight my answers in the chat Okay, so I got youAnswers No Head Minus four flipper plus central skews.
Nope Imaginal skew, yep Yes, it's very hard. Why?
Postcentral skews. Okay, whatever claw close Okay Lateral skews Yeah, that's that's hard I Used one singular because It was like the diagram was pointed only one To one kind of flipper for example or to one claw but in the text the Plural form was used.
That's correct. There was a clause there was Skews, that's correct.
Not skewed but skews and So I had only one four one two, four five six six correct answers here because of this and Two of them. Oh, no five Because of the singular and plural form two Two answers was not correct So, yeah, I even though the diagram shows only one Flipper one claw It's just pointing in one One claw I need to use the the thing that was written in the text and in text it was used clause Yeah, you need to match with with the text Okay Um, okay And What I also wanted maybe to discuss is the The The idea that I have to have Flipped class Do you know about like the flipped class structure?Yeah, what do you, what do you accept the mean?
Can you, can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you.
Um, yeah, I mean, for example, so I, uh, um, I want to find information about the next essay, for example, that I will find and present to you what I understood from it and what I do not understood. Uh, and then, uh, you will say what is correct according to the sources that, uh, I mean the official sources, maybe that, you know, and that might help me because of the way my brain works.
It's really hard to listen for a long period of time and to understand information based only on theory. For example, this class was very good for me because I already wrote an example of essay.
Yeah. Maybe we can do that as well.
So for example, I will learn, um, a theory that I somewhere found. I will try to figure out myself.
I will try to write an essay for you by a particular deadline, and then I will explain to you why I've wrote this and that while you also give me a feedback why it's not correct or correct or something like that was, would be a very good structure for my comprehension. Yeah.
Yeah. Let's try this format.
So, uh, in the next class, we will cover discussion essay, discussion essay, and you can write, so I will give you a topic and you will try to write it. You will send it to me and, uh, so during the lesson you want to explain why you decided to write, uh, like using this kind of structure.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Just a brief explanation.
Maybe like five to seven minutes. I don't know.
Even five. I think five enough.
Just explain what I've read, why I decided to write it like this, how, whether, uh, my attempt was correct because I already, when I finish, I already can understand maybe that I already, like I was wrong in something. For example, I read a theory, an article about the discussion essays.
I understood it maybe in some way or another, I don't know. And then I sit and write an essay within next 40 minutes and I can evaluate myself.Already and see whether it was like a good attempt or not and then Then you can you can correct me with your own like Sources whether maybe on my source will be wrong.
Maybe I'll mix up the type again or something like that Yeah, I wanted to show you One picture moment Yeah Yeah, can you see yeah, so this was from official IELTS like insights what are common stakes that students may make in their writing Yes, so in grammar, it's articles so I Told you yeah to revise articles. Yeah, so it's common mistake Subject verb agreement, for example when you omit a verb.
Yeah, so as today and it is Yeah Yeah relative clauses and be one gram so be one So, you know that we can so each level A1, A2, B1, B2 it has exact topics in grammar and especially grammar that are yeah that have to be Revised at each level then Number two lack of cohesive devices. So it's cohesion Assessment criteria.
Yeah, when you use not enough linking words when you repeat the words instead of substitution Yeah, so never use the words that are already given in the task Even if it's connected with I don't know. So for example, you had the topic about I know Consumer goods something you should Replace it goods their products for example, can I ask don't repeat?
So in my progress check and in the band descriptors there is Criteria For example the evaluator for my progress checks said I can use a variety of linking words with some over or under use Usage basically so over under usage and in the band descriptors. They also have this under over usage of the linking words Do you know do you happen to know to know?
What does it mean? Basically?Does it mean that I under or underuse or overuse linking words and it's also a bad thing, it's not good to underuse or, I mean, overuse as well as underuse?
Yeah, so, you know, of course, you need to use this linking words, but yeah, so don't overuse them. That means that, for example, when you use too many, you know, moreover, in addition, maybe sometimes some students can use them in every sentence.
Of course, you don't need to do it. So if we have a look at your essay, just a moment, I need to have a look at it again.
So I see that you used however once, moreover once. You totally didn't overuse them.
You used only three or? So he meant, he just gave a standard like sentence overuse, underuse, but he meant in my case underuse, I think.
Under. But overuse.
Because I see only two or three linking words in your essay. Overuse is bad, as you said, to use the same linking words over and over again.
Yeah, or when you repeat them in every sentence. Yeah, for example, so when you use linking words with the same meaning in every sentence, for example, for instance, so these are two different linking words, but they have the same meaning or however, and on the other hand, in each sentence, for example.
So if, because in this case, that would cause logical errors. Yeah.
So if we have a look at a sample, so, you know, in my presentation, this essay that I gave you here on the slides from six to nine, it's an essay that got nine score. So I recommend you to read it thoroughly and maybe even write it down as an ideal example.
Yeah. And if you have a look at, so if you look like at exact linking words, we can see that there are many of them.
Like, however,Firstly consequently in addition Not in every sentence, but they flow very naturally Yeah, okay, so yeah And What else? Will you send me this?
picture common mistakes Yeah. Yeah, just a moment Yeah, just Yeah, but I asked you not to share it okay not to repost it yeah Yeah, I have many screenshots so yeah I need to find it Hmm Mm-hmm found it.
Thank you Logical exemplification exam is exemplification. It's usage of examples, right?
Yeah, like you give one benefit and then you give example that is not connected with your argument with your benefit And not clearly expressed topic sentence is the first sentence in the body paragraph right topic sentence is like It's an argument Where you present your argument basically Yeah, and also I want to share one more picture just a moment So Yes, so I on the slides I gave you an example of band nine Mm-hmm, and I can also show you one essay that got five And comments of the examiner why it's got Only five. Yeah, that's great Just a moment Downloads SureAnd to the essay, yeah, here it is.
Oh, thank you. So I need to write a home task for you tomorrow.
Okay. Yeah, discussion essay.
So yeah, I will send you the topic. Next class we will have on Monday, right?
Yeah. So I will certainly need one and a half day.
So can you send it to me tomorrow noon, something like that? Tomorrow?
Tomorrow? I mean, if you will have one day and a half, should I send it tomorrow midday or in the evening?
You can send it to me tomorrow evening so that on Sunday morning I already have it. Okay, gotcha.
Okay, so I will send you. Sorry, what did you say?
I will wait, that's it. No, thank you.
Yeah. So I will send you the presentation topic for discussion essay.
And also I will check your cycle essay. Yeah, and we will just quickly discuss if there are some mistakes.
Okay, yeah, that's great. Thank you so much.
Okay, then see you on Monday. Yeah, thank you.
Bye-bye. See you soon.
IELTS prep урок 7.pdf
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IELTS
IELTS
LESSON 7
LESSON 7
April 18, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Map Review
1.
IELTS Mixed Graph
2.
IELTS Cycle
3.
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The two given diagrams illustrate changes
that were made during island renovation to
accomodate tourists better.
Also possible:
The given maps compare a small island
before and after the developments carried
out for tourism purposes.
Overall, it is clear that there were a lot of changes
done, but the most significant one is that major
building infrastructure was monumentedconstructed,
including small houses to sleep in, restaurant to eat
out and reception building. Another various
improvements were done like such as construction of
setting up the footpaths, vehicle tracks and pier.
Also possible:
Overall, it is clear that accommodation and other
facilities for tourists were built and that a pier was
constructed to permit access to the island by boat.
monument - (used with object). to build a monument or monuments to
Now turning to the details, we can see that the length
for of the island is around 230 meters. The restaurant
and reception buildings were built around 60-80
meter length of the island ??? if we count from the
western end. At the both sides from the restaurant
and reception buildings now are situated living sheds
positioned in the circle, surrounding ring footpath
roads. They were positioned at 30 to 60 meters and
100 to 130 meters ??? markings of the island length.
monument - (used with object). to build a monument or monuments to
Also possible:
The first map is showing emptiness on the island,
except for a few trees. However, the second one is
displaying all of the changes after construction. A
pier could be seen that is constructed for boats. From
there, a vehicle track can be spotted, which leads to
the reception area and the restaurant. The vehicle
track seemingly ends near the restaurant. And then,
there is a footpath that leads tourists to the
accommodation areas and then to the beach. The
residential areas are situated on both sides of the
reception with connecting footpaths.
monument - (used with object). to build a monument or monuments to
The other changes like footpaths, can be
located on the western part of the island
tracing its' way from a beach to housing
facilities, and it is around 30 meters long ???.
As we it is mentioned earlier houses are
encircling ring footpaths, at the same time,
the western footpath is connected to the
vehicle track, which circles reception and
building and leads to the pier and restaurant.
Also possible:
Towards the left side of the reception, a
footpath is used to connect the residential
area to the beach. Swimming facility is
available with ease. It is worth the notice
that no woodcutting was done as trees can
be seen in both maps.
monument - (used with object). to build a monument or monuments to
MIXED
CHARTS
1§ Introduction:
Paraphrase the Task (1 предложение)
2§ Overview
2-3 предложения. Если графики НЕ связаны,
то одно предложение про первый график и
одно про второй.
2§ The 1st graph:
Main features with Comparisons (3-5 предложений)
3§ The 2nd graph:
Main features with Comparisons (3-5 предложений)
The charts below give information about educational levels in Glasgow, a
city in Scotland, in 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.
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MIXED
CHARTS
После того как вы перефразировали задание во
вступлении, можете писать о первом графике. В
следующем параграфе – о втором. Так вы не запутаетесь,
и экзаменатору будет легко читать ваш ответ.
Графики могут быть связаны или НЕТ.
Если нет никакой связи между двумя графиками, это
проще, т.к. вы просто пишите 2 мини репорта: 1 параграф
про 1-й график, и 2-й параграф про 2- й.
Если графики связаны, нужно писать про эту связь в
основной части и в overview.
IMPORTANT TIPS
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MIXED
CHARTS
The two charts illustrate the proportion of people in six age brackets with no qualifications, school certificates, university
degrees in Glasgow in 2010 and the same information divided gender.
Overall, having a school certificate was most common, with the majority of people in the younger age groups being more
educated than those over 44. In terms of gender, the proportions of both men and women with three levels of education
were practically the same.
The majority of people in the youngest age group had school certificates (66%), while this figure ranged from 35% to 38%
among people aged between 25 and 59. It fell further to 27% and 16% for the oldest two groups. Although the youngest
group held a low percentage of university degrees (25%), the percentage also fell with age from the 24-35 year old group
who held the most (53%), ending at 9% for those over 75. As a result, the opposite trend was seen for no qualification.
This grew steadily from 9% for the youngest group to 72% in the oldest.
According to the pie charts, 32% of men held a university degree while the figure for women was a little lower at 29%.
More women than men did not have any qualifications (32% and 29% respectively), but the percentage of both males and
females with school certificates was the same at almost 40%.
SAMPLE ANSWER
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MIXED
CHARTS
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MIXED
CHARTS
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MIXED
CHARTS
@lingvo.mira
Наше overview:
Overall, there were far
more households with
electrical equipment at the
end of the period in
question, so the time spent
on household chores had
decreased dramatically by
2019 (связь 2-х графиков).
In terms of individual
appliances, despite being
the most popular of the
three at the beginning of
the period, washing
machines were the only
one that was not present in
every home by the end
(контраст и пишем про 1
из трёх appliances -
washing machines).
1§ Introduction: Paraphrase the Task (1 sentence)
Перефразируем: другими словами пишем то,
что в задании:
The diagram shows ... The diagram illustrates ...
CYCLE
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2§ Overview: (2 - 3 предложений)
Пишем сколько всего стадий, где они
проходят (в реке, океане) и время (дни
или часы) если есть.
3§ 2-4 first stages/phases (3 – 5 предложений)
По возможности перефразируем
слова на картинке: существительные
превращаются в глаголы, а глаголы в
существительные
4§ Other stages (3 – 5 предложений)
Соединяем разные стадии словами
связками или/и местоимениями
(this/that/which)
The diagrams illustrate the stages in the ...
The diagram shows the various stages in the ...
There are ... main stages in the ..., from ... to ....
It is noticeable that there are ... main stages in the development
of ... At the first stage in the life cycle of ...
... hatch from the eggs
it takes between ... and ... days for a ... to be produced.
The life cycle of ... begins when ... each egg hatches and the ...
appears.
eggs are laid in the ...
the ... stage begins where ...
At the end of this stage ...
... and the life cycle starts again
СЛОВА ДЛЯ IELTS LIFE
CYCLE НА БАЛЛ 7.5+
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Initially, ...
During the third stage of the life cycle, ...
Overall, it can be seen that the complete life cycle lasts
between ... and ... days and contains ... major phases.
Useful Verbs
✓ emerge (... emerge from the eggs ...), appear
✓ transform into, develop into
✓ grow in size
СЛОВА ДЛЯ IELTS LIFE
CYCLE НА БАЛЛ 7.5+
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ПЕРЕФРАЗИРУЙТЕ СЛОВА ЗАДАНИЯ, ЕСЛИ ЕСТЬ ПРЯМЫЕ СИНОНИМЫ
ПИШИТЕ ПРО ВСЕ СТАДИИ
МОЖНО ДОБАВЛЯТЬ ИНФОРМАЦИЮ, КОТОРАЯ ОТНОСИТСЯ К ДЕЛУ. НАПРИМЕР: КАКИЕ-ТО СТАДИИ
ДЛИННЕЕ, КАКИЕ-ТО КОРОЧЕ; НЕКОТОРЫЕ ЦИКЛЫ ПРО ТО, ЧТО ПРОИСХОДИТ ПОД ВОДОЙ И НАД ВОДОЙ,
ИЛИ РАЗНЫЕ МЕСТА – РЕКА, ПОТОМ ОКЕАН И ОБРАТНО В РЕКУ – ЭТО ВСЁ НЕОБХОДИМО ЗАМЕЧАТЬ.
ЕСЛИ ВАМ НЕ ХВАТАЕТ СЛОВ, ПИШИТЕ ВВОДНЫЕ КОНСТРУКЦИИ:
OVERALL, IT CAN BE SEEN THAT ...
1.
THE FOLLOWING STAGE IS THAT ...
2.
IT IS ALSO NOTICEABLE THAT ...
3.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE MENTIONED THAT ...
4.
TIPS FOR CYCLES
@lingvo.mira
КАК ЭФФЕКТИВНО НАЧАТЬ ПАРАГРАФ:
- ACCORDING TO THE GRAPH/FIGURES ...
- IT IS CLEAR THAT ...
- IT CAN BE SEEN THAT ...
- IT IS NOTICEABLE THAT ...
ЕЩЕ РАЗ ПРО СЛОВА-СВЯЗКИ
@lingvo.mira
ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССОВ:
OVERALL,
TO SUM UP,
THE FIRST STEP IS THAT ...
FIRSTLY, SECONDLY, FINALLY
NEXT,
AT THE FIRST STAGE ...
THE FOLLOWING STEP IS THAT...
THE NEXT STEP IT THAT ...
AFTER THIS,
FOLLOWING THIS,
ЕЩЕ РАЗ ПРО СЛОВА-СВЯЗКИ
@lingvo.mira
ДЛЯ КАРТ:
ACCORDING TO THE MAP, ...
ANOTHER NOTABLE DEVELOPMENT ...
ONE MORE STRIKING CHANGE ...
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PRINCIPAL CHANGE ...
LOOKING AT THE MAP IN MORE DETAIL IT CAN BE SEEN THAT ...
ЕЩЕ РАЗ ПРО СЛОВА-СВЯЗКИ
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ПРО
REFERENCING
@lingvo.mira
Если в ответе нет Referencing, ставят 5.0 за
Coherence/Cohesion. Referencing – когда мы ссылаемся на то,
о чём написали ранее.
Например,
Mobile calls were the highest, rising from 72 billion in 1995
to 90 billion in 1988. After peaking at 90 billion, these calls
(mobile calls) fell back to the 1995 figure.
Overall, there are three major stages in the smoking process
with two of them (stages) occurring underground and the
final one (stage) above the ground level.
Referencing помогает нам избежать
повторения. Заменяем слова на:
It, they
This, these, that
Them, its, their
The figure, the numbers, this year, this
period – ссылаемся на цифры/год, о
которых раньше писали.
MORE TIPS
Если нет overview, то ставят 5.0 за 1-й критерий. Если
overview слабое, то больше 6.0 за этот критерий НЕ
будет.
The main features. Ping pong style
Никаких общих фраз и ваших мыслей на тему
задания (It is common knowledge that... I believe that...). Это
формальный “report” БЕЗ вашего личного мнения.
Summary
Evaluation of Writing Tasks & Scoring System:
- Writing tasks divided into sections: coherence, cohesion, hierarchy, vocabulary, grammatical range.
- Concerns about scoring accuracy and feedback quality.
- Speculation on non-official examiners, possibly "cheap Indian examiners."
- Dissatisfaction with lack of detailed feedback.
Upcoming Lesson & Essay Submission:
- Importance of submitting the essay task promptly.
Analysis & Summarization of Charts:
- Different types of charts: interconnected and not connected.
- Interconnected charts: described together, one-sentence overview.
- Not connected charts: described separately, two-sentence overview.
Differences Between Cycles & Processes:
- Importance of paraphrasing and using cohesive devices.
- Emphasis on understanding diagrams: cycles vs. processes.
Transformation of the Island:
- Addition of a reception area.
- Scattered small houses for accommodation.
- Construction of restaurants on both sides.
- Vehicle tracks connecting island facilities.
Student's Test Preparation:
- Importance of stating position in introduction.
- Supporting arguments in body paragraphs.
- Understanding of task type for overview and body paragraphs.
- Struggle with diagrams and advice to ignore difficult aspects.
- Presentation of position, disadvantages, and advantages in essay.
- Tutor feedback on structure and evaluation criteria.
Flow of Sentences & Writing Tips:
- Difficulty in determining the first stage in diagrams.
- Suggestion to start with the adult stage.
- Use of linkers, passive voice, and adjectives.
- Importance of coherence, vocabulary, referencing, and overview.
- Structure and comparisons in graph descriptions.
- Avoidance of personal constructions.
- Offer to discuss questions or concerns.
I think that it's better to give it in an overview. In introduction, you can give just a phrase, like in the task, like the maps compare something and something for the map.
So the main verb that is given in the introduction is only about the maps. So you give here two verbs.
The two given diagrams illustrate that were made during island renovation. So it's like not an introduction, but already an overview.
Yeah. So I think it's better to say just the given maps compare or the two given diagrams illustrate changes before and after island renovation.
So that were made, you can convert it into before and after island renovation. Because that were made, it's something more specific.
It's already some specific information. Yeah.
Yeah. It looks like an overview.
OK. One sentence is an introduction.
OK. But grammatically and from talking about vocabulary, everything is correct.
Then overall, yeah, it's clear that there were a lot of changes, the most significant one, something. OK.
But I think you wrote too much information in the overview. Like usually, overview is one or two sentences and some very general information.
It's not something. So you already enumerate restaurant, reception, houses, food, vehicle tracks, all the.
So you already listed all the objects that are given in the map. Like too much.
Yeah. So one option.
So there might be many options. But one of them is, overall, it's clear that accommodation facilities were built.
Yeah. That's all.
Like one, two specific, not specific, but one, two general trends, general information, not trends, information. Yeah.
And talking about houses, restaurants, that's already, you can leave it. You can keep it for paragraph one, paragraph one.
Yeah. As for vocabulary, just let's stop here.
So it's, you can add, it's clear that. Yeah, overall, it's clear that.
It is clear that. It's just beautifully.There are a world of changes, but the most significant one is that.
Yeah, so we use this word one instead of a noun. So instead of saying the most significant change, the most significant change, we say the most significant one in order to omit the word.
But if you omit this one, then it would be a mistake. Is that major building infrastructure was monumented.
Here I gave you a footnote, monument, yeah, it's a noun and it's also a verb, to build a monument. It has a very specific meaning, not to build something, but to build a monument.
So it's better to use to construct, to erect, to set up something, to build, these are like general verbs, yeah, created, no, create not, like build, erect and construct, these three verbs are the main, because monument, that would be, you know, a vocabulary mistake, vocabulary range of vocabulary used, like collocation, it's a collocation mistake. If there was a monument, you could say that it was monumented, yeah.
Small houses to sleep in, restaurant to eat out, it's just, it sounds better and grammatically. Small houses to do what, to sleep in these houses, restaurants to do what, to eat out in a restaurant, it's just, you know, fixed expression, fixed expressions.
Some of the various improvements were done, like, you know, like is okay, but it somehow sounds like spoken, like, yeah, I think it's better to say such as, or you can say, for instance, for example, what else, or you put a comma and then put a dot, yeah, something more formal language, yeah, because like it's for spoken English, such as, yeah, so here construction of is okay, but I decided to replace it with setting up just to give you a synonym, because here Iplace it with constructed and in order not to repeat the word, I use setup, such as setting up and stuff like that. Turning to the details, yeah, so I saw, yeah, that you used these scale filters and I see that, so, okay, maybe it's, maybe there is such option, you can use it, but I see that there are some logical, you know, in IELTS exam, you are not supposed to, you know, measure mathematically the distances and stuff like that, so, if you have, what is the purpose of this scale here?
What are, like, what are, yeah, just, you know, just to focus on the small. They gave you this scale in order to show you that the size of the island remained stable, like, it wasn't expanded, like, the size of the island is the same, only objects were added to this island, like, restaurant, reception, accommodation, so, that's why they gave you a scale here, 100 meters, and 100 meters, they are, like, the same.
Yeah, because I see that, yeah, so, the island is around 230 meters, the length, um, it's, you know, it's very odd, because one, two, three, four, five, like, six parts, do they comprise 100 meters? It's something like, it's like 16 meters, 16 something, 17 meters.
Um, yeah, so, one, two, three, it's, if this one part equals 100 meters, for example, then that would be 600 meters, 600, so, it's, you know, it's just a waste of time, because, you know, you need to, um, measure the length and, yeah, and they didn't even give us the directions. Mm-hmm.
South, east, west, so, yeah, you don't need to do it, like, only, um, the main features, like objects, restaurants, and, um, yeah, accommodation.facilities. Because, you know, I even don't understand, like they were positioned at 30 to 60 meters and 130 meters.
It's very hard to understand, I think, and for the examiner that would be very hard to understand what is meant. Yeah, so it's better just to, yeah, this is an example, like just enumerate some changes, like the first map is showing emptiness, you can say, except for a few trees, you can describe firstly the first map, and then say, however, the second one is displaying all of the changes after construction, and then you start describing all the changes.
Because the first map, it's very, like, it's not very interesting to describe, you just mention one sentence about the first map, because there's nothing there, and then you switch to the second map. Yeah, and also don't forget to use, I see that you forgot to use linkings, because it's about cohesion when there are links between sentences, like from there, something, and then something, because here I see that you say, the restaurant at both sides, yeah, I see that you use, now turn to the details, very good expression, but then I don't see any linkings.
Yeah, here you say, as it is mentioned earlier, yeah, okay, mm-hmm, yeah, but when you describe a map, so it's a physical symbol, this is one part, one topic, another topic is linking sentences between each other. Mm-hmm, okay, I see.
Yeah, from there, from here, after that, something like this, so in process diagrams, for example, you said after that, initially, finally, yeah, something like this, yeah, so we have two types of linking words, right, so the first type of linking words is something about beautiful, you know, overall, looking at the first diagram, we can see that it's something beautiful. Second part is about coherence, linking, connecting sentences with each other, so that it flows, like, yeah, mm-hmm, yeah, so, mm-hmm, so, yeah, it was very hard to understand, like, this, all these numbers, the other changes, like, footpaths can be located.Yeah, I didn't understand.
The other changes can be located. Changes can be located.
You meant other changes can be seen? Yeah, most probably, yeah.
Yeah, you can also use spotted. Can be spotted, like here, can be spotted.
On the western part of the island, tracing its way, here you don't need an apostrophe, like its way, just its way, its way. From a beach to housing facilities, and it is so housing facilities, very good, very good expression.
Mentioned we don't use I, we, personal things, personal pronouns, personal pronouns are not used. The western footpath is connected, right?
Is connected. Same time the western footpath is connected, yeah.
It's connected to the vehicle track, which is the reception. Yeah, and yeah, so also possible towards the left side of the reception, a footpath is used to connect.
Something is used, you can also use some facilities, some object is used to do what, it's the same that we discussed in the previous lesson, that you can, if you don't know what else to write, you can add for what something was done. Something was done to connect the residential area to the beach.
Like, it's not written in the map, but we can just suppose that, yeah, it's used to connect something to something. Yeah, also a good expression.
It is worth the notice that, it's worth the notice that something, yeah, okay. So, talking about maps, so yeah, I also, the question that you had about if we have other types of maps, no.
So, this is the only type. Like, not exactly islands, but cities, towns, something like this, geographical, not a building, actually.
Yeah, so, yeah, let's switch to discussing mixed charts. I think that we already touched somehow upon the mixed charts, but we didn't, we covered only one.
But I want to summarize all the information once again, so that you don't forget it.So talking about mixed charts, one important thing that we didn't discuss is that when we have two charts, there can be two cases. The first one is when both charts are interconnected and they can be described together.
Like it's described in a ping-pong style when you describe one category with this category in the second chart and they are interconnected. This is the first type.
The second type is when two charts are not connected. In this case, you need to describe the first chart in the first body paragraph and the second one in the second body paragraph.
So it's very important. So that's why you need firstly to analyze if they are interconnected.
For example, here we have a picture, a mixed chart, and they are not connected. Because here we have age ranges and here we have gender.
So firstly, we describe the first mixed chart, not mixed, the first chart. It's a bar chart.
We describe age ranges and then only in the last body paragraph we describe pie charts, gender, talking about gender. Do you have an example of the connected diagrams?
Yeah, this one. We discussed it in the previous lessons.
Remember it? Yeah.
So they are connected. We even can see the years are the same.
Do you see it? Mm-hmm.
Yeah. So here is the hours per week and here is the household items.
Yeah, they are connected because if we draw a line, we have like 9040, 9060, 9080, all the same years. Yeah.
I see. But when we have a look at...
So they have different X lines. So they have same Y line but have the same different measurements.Here, um, uh, here is not only the measurements are different, but also, uh, the, um, the scale or like, so here's like the years are the same.
The scale basically, but the measure, the measurement is percentage and the percentage of the ages and percentage of the gender. So it's different.
Yeah. And here's the hours.
How do we connect it? Like, uh, we can, we can describe years like, uh, we can, uh, compare 1920 with not 2019.
So in 1920, the percentage of households with electrical appliances. So for example, yeah, the maximum we see washing machine and at, and in these exact year we had maximum hours per week, um, What is it?
Number of hours of housework. Yeah.
Uh, hours per week in this exact year was spent on housework. Yeah.
Like there was no, there was no refrigerator. Uh, there was no vacuum cleaner.
Only 30% of households had vacuum cleaners. So of course, many people spend, not many people, but all like everyone spent, uh, too much time on vacuuming the floor.
Yeah. So they are interconnected.
Mm hmm. Yeah.
So, uh, yeah. So if there's no connection between both, uh, between two charts, uh, it's even easier because you just write too many reports, uh, reports like the first paragraph about the first graph, the second about the second graph and that's all, and it's, it's important also to mention that you need to, um, it's, it's, uh, there's also a difference in, uh, writing an overview.
So, uh, once again, if, uh, the graphs are interconnected, we can write one sentence, uh, for both charts. So you can put it in one sentence that the given, uh, the given graphs illustrate, uh, the number of, for example, this one, right?
Uh, the num, so the given diagram, the given charts, for example, show the percentage of households and the number of hours, la la la, in 1920, 2019. Yeah.
Like in one sentence, of course we have to paraphrase it. I didn't paraphrase it now, but yeah, you need to paraphrase it, but give it in one sentence.
If the charts are not connected, for example, this one, can you see the, yeah, the picture here we have police, uh, budget.And how the money was spent divided into three categories. They are not connected.
And you know, there is a tip, like, even if we'll have a look at the task, you can see that they have two sentences in the first paragraph. The table and charts below give information about his budget, the table shows where my money came from, and the charts show how it was distributed.
Like, two sentences, and they even give you a hint that they are different, they give different information. And if we have a look at this graph, like, mixed chart, they give you one sentence.
The charts below show the changes in this and this between these years. So, yeah, like, I'm not sure if it's always the case, but I just noticed it, like, maybe, yeah.
But, of course, it's better to analyze it first. You cannot rely only on the task, of course.
Yeah, it's just a small hint. Yeah, so I don't remember if you used this, yeah, just a moment.
Yeah, I asked you to write down this sample answer at home. Yeah, we didn't do it the last time, I think.
Yeah, so this sample answer for not connected, for two not connected mixed charts. For this one, about educational level by age and by gender.
So write it down as your home task. Can we go back, please?
So you said that there was a difference in the way you need to make an overview for these unconnected. So, having exclusive was the most common with the majority of people to the younger age groups beyond more educated.
Portion of both men and women with three levels of education were practically the same. So you just give two main trends for each graph or diagram.
Yeah, you gave a trend for the first chart and you give a trend for the second chart. So, as a rule, usually only one sentence, like one sentence is enough for overview.
But if we have a mixed chart, like two mixed charts, and they are not connected, of course, we need to write two sentences. Like it's an exception.
Yeah, also we can write two sentences in an overview if we have so much information, yeah, something very, you know, yeah, some information that is too much, to put it in only one sentence. And also…we can write two sentences, yeah.
But as a rule, it's usually only one sentence. So if you, for example, if you have only one line graph, for example, one line graph with dynamics of, I don't know, GDP, something like that, I think one sentence would be enough.
Like the overall trend is that the GDP, I don't know, rose dramatically, something like that. Yeah, usually it's one sentence.
Okay. Yeah.
Yeah, okay, talking about cycles. Yeah, it's, what is the difference between cycles and processes?
Cycle is repeated, it's like, yeah, cycle is, yeah, cycle is, you know, it's usually given as a life cycle of a butterfly, for example, or here we have a honeybee, and yeah, I think it's very cute. And yeah, there are also some moments to discuss.
Yeah, so introduction, overview. So in an overview, we write how many stages we have, where they are, for example, if they live in a river or in an ocean, for example, how many days we have.
So here in this picture, for example, we have the information that life cycle takes 34, 36 days. So we can mention this information.
Yeah, so we analyze the main information that is given already in the diagram. Then, of course, we need to, yeah, we need to mention all the stages, of course, because, yeah, it's logic.
And we paraphrase, so one tip is that we paraphrase words that are given in the picture. We don't need to use the same words, like females lay one or two eggs every three days, for example, yeah, so for example, we can transform it into passive voice.
Eggs are laid every three years, or every, wait, every three years, sorry, every three days, every three days. We can say twice a week, for example.
Eggs are laid twice a week by female honeybees, something like that. So you can paraphrase, use another grammar structure, for example, and also transform nouns to verbs to nouns, mm-hmm, yeah.
Then.Yeah, and of course, talking about, yeah, so in the fourth point, like the fourth point, we have to point out that we also use this, that, which, it's about also coherence, like when you don't repeat the same word that was used in the previous sentence, but you use this, so this stage, that leads to something, this shows, like, it's all about the flow of the sentences, one after another, yeah, so some useful words that you can also write down, and, yeah. So can I ask real quickly, so how we, like, distinguish which stage is first, it's from the way, like, it's from the, like, the top stage where female, we wanted to, it is the first stage, because I think there is no numbers, right, so you need to guess what are the more important stages, and start from them, like.
You know, it reminds me of the question, what was earlier, an egg or a chicken? Yeah, the same, yeah, so should we start from the chicken, or from the egg, so, same, or it doesn't matter.
You know, when I first looked at this diagram, I can surely say that we start with the females lay one or two eggs every three days, and, yeah, so, like, we start with the adult, yeah, because, you know, here we have four days to maturity, like, overall process is aimed at growing up, at becoming an adult bee, so we start with a real adult bee, females lay eggs,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, about 5 stages, so you can describe the first 3 stages in the first body paragraph and the 4th and the 5th stage, you know, it's just naturally, because that would be very, so you know, it's just logically, like, that would be difficult for an examiner to read 5 stages all in one paragraph. And of course, like, examiners, they look for structure, first, the first, the second, the third, the fourth, so 4 paragraphs is classical structure of the first task.
Yeah, and of course, it's very important to use these linkers, right, like, at the end of this stage or at the first stage begins when something hatches and something appears, yeah, here we use also passive voice, so in the cycle map, sorry, cycle diagram, we didn't have passive voice, you see it, yeah, they don't use it here, but you should use it, as I read, yeah, and when you describe a cycle, you can finish your writing with the phrase and the life cycle starts again. So that would be a finishing point, ending point of your writing.
Yeah, so emerge, transform into, develop into, grow in size, yeah, some useful vocabulary here that you can use. Also some, yeah, some tips, maybe I already described them, like, just a moment.
Yeah, of course, if you don't know what to write, because, you know, for example, here we had only 5 stages and sometimes you think, what should I write about? So the main problem with cycles is that the information is not very, there is not so much information in cycles.
So if you don't know what to write, you can, you know, describe, add some adjectives, like some stages are longer, shorter, what is happening where, maybe it's, for example, if we have, I don't know, some animal that leaves, for example, it starts its life cycle underwater and then, like, on the surface, on the ground, then you can use some, you know, descriptions of these things. Maybe they are not indicated, you know.picture, but you can, uh, you know, like it's logical.
Yeah. Yeah.
And also you should use, of course, these, uh, not linkers, but I would say, uh, yeah, linking words, linking expressions, uh, the following stage, it's noticeable. It should be mentioned that, uh, don't, uh, be afraid that that would be, you know, uh, I don't think that you would use it.
Um, I would say, um, uh, no, sorry. Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, if you use them, for example, one, uh, phrase in the, maybe one, two phrases in one paragraph.
So it's noticeable that in the first body paragraph and in the second body paragraph, it should also be mentioned that that's okay. So don't be afraid to use them.
And it's, uh, it's what, um, I would say that it would increase your score because there is coherence and vocabulary coherence, both and grammar, everything will be, um, uh, will be taken into account when assessing your writing. Mm hmm.
Yeah. Uh, so some linkers here, I think that you can look at them at home and don't forget to write them down and use them.
Uh, because I will give you both mixed chart and cycle so that you at home, because this is our final, um, yeah. So I think that in the next lesson, we can devote, uh, maybe 10 minutes, uh, quickly, briefly, uh, revise, uh, your home task, maybe some stakes and then switch to writing tasks too.
Yeah. So don't forget to look through all the slides.
When should I send it to you? Like, uh, Monday, Tuesday.
Right. Yeah.
So we have our lesson on Thursday. Uh, so, um, you know, if you send me the first, for example, mixed chart, you can send it to me, uh, by Sunday.
Okay. And, uh, the second one by Tuesday.
Okay. That would be, yeah.
Okay. Yeah.
Uh, and some more words. Yeah.
As this is our final, uh, lesson on, uh, task one, some more words about assessment and, um, some tips. So, uh, yeah.
Uh, I didn't, uh, tell youReferencing, yeah, so referencing, I mentioned it in the previous slide. Yeah, so in order not to repeat the words and so that there is no, you know, that feeling that your one sentence is not connected with the other sentence so that everything is interconnected, you need referencing.
Yeah, for example, we have, here we have an example. Mobile calls were the highest, rising from billion to billion, after peaking at 90 billion, not like mobile calls or they, we say these calls fell back to the figure.
So it's simple, it's easy as ABC, but so that you don't forget that this is about coherence also, like this connection, not only between sentences, but inside a sentence, between parts of one sentence. This is also about coherence.
Overall, there are three major stages in the smoking process with two of them occurring underground and the final one above the ground level. You see, final one, it's the same thing that I told you on the previous slide when you didn't use this word one.
Yeah, I see. Yeah, two of them and the final one.
Yeah, so in brackets, we have a word that we replaced with this phrase, like two of them, final one. Yeah, so about overview, this is very important because, yeah, if you don't have an overview, you won't get higher than five.
Yeah, and if your overview is weak and not very good, not more than six. So, yeah, for example, so yesterday, yeah, in the course, I repeated like I revised the information that seven in writing one starts only, so you can be awarded seven if you have a good overview or if you have an overview and it's good, it's okay, it's good.
Yeah, so structure is very important. Yes, so I think that you memorized the structure.
It's very good. Yeah, so more practice on writing, yeah, summarizing an overview because today you, yeah, describing a map, I saw that you gave too much information, right, in an overview.Yeah, so don't forget that you need one maximum two sentences Yeah, it should be maybe one or two lines long Yeah Yeah, and when you describe graphs don't forget about this ping-pong style Not just something fell, something rose, but you Compare something with one category with another so whereas this one fell Yeah, the other thing rose on the one hand on the other hand Although however all these words they show that your level of English is upper intermediate or advanced.
Yeah, because not just Not just listing some you know features, but I'm comparing even in the task we have this word Compare where relevant, make comparisons Where relevant, this is important. Yeah, don't forget to read the task and of course you don't need to Show any phrases or thoughts your personal thoughts That's why you don't need to use personal constructions like I, we, us my opinion Never never write it like that Yeah Everything is impersonal Yeah Yeah, so I think that yeah, we finished discussing Yeah, if you have questions concerning the first task We can discuss them now Yeah Yeah, and I saw yeah, I quickly yeah, we can now switch to your you know if you don't have questions we can Switch to your this first first of all the Yeah Yeah, it is just a draft I haven't screenshotted it in the like the final version of it You know, I think that the second essay the second task about essay I already see that there are some mistakes in Structure and overall You know, I see it yeah, we will discuss it we will discuss it and Try toOf course, yeah, of course it will be improved, yeah.
Yeah, I haven't read a lot of the theory on this, just like, I thought that I need to pass the progress check as fast as possible in order to understand where I'm standing right now, because it's like less than a month for the actual test. So I just read a little about the present extent and support that the arguments should be aligned in a way that the introduction sentence in the paragraph should be like a presenting the argument, like what I will talk about in the paragraph.
And then I didn't understand exactly how I should extend it, but then I understood I need to have an example, but I haven't processed the information, so it is what it is. I just wrote what I, like, I understood that I need to clearly state my position in the first introduction.
This is like something that is very important to showcase it, and then when you are comparing disadvantages and advantages, you need to choose the side, basically, and in the body paragraphs, you need to show the side where you are choosing, you need to put less strong arguments, basically. So if you chose in the first introduction part, you're saying, yes, I strongly believe this leads to more disadvantages, then I need to have more strong disadvantage arguments rather than the more, like, it should be less strong argument for the advantages, something like that.
But I don't know, maybe it's a little bit different because the task varies, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of this from my manufacturers and the paragraphs? Types, yeah, of course, there are different types of questions, so we will cover each type of question, like each type, so of course, as in writing task one, there is a structure, first of all, there is a structure for all the types of this task, but depending on the type, advantages, disadvantages, giving your opinion, yeah, many other types, you need to understand what you need to write in the...So there are some peculiarities, what to write in an overview, what to write in body paragraphs, because it depends on the type of the task.
Because if everything was similar and the same, then it would be too easy to complete this task. So of course they make it more difficult so that you don't know what type of task 2 you get.
So it's always a surprise. So for some people adventures is easier than giving your opinion or reasons why something is bad or something is good.
So we will cover it. So I understand that this is a draft, this is not a final?
No, the third screenshot I think it is almost final, so we can check it. The third one.
Yeah, let's discuss it in the next lesson. And yeah, I want to have a look at the first one, because it's what we discussed today.
Just a moment, the percentage of answers given by people in a European city in the poll about the US-EU price. Yeah, okay.
Overall, about 38% of Europeans answered it. So did you write in an overview that about 38% of Europeans' answers can be determined?
No, it's a body paragraph. It is a draft for body paragraph.
Yeah, okay, because you remember that percentages are for body paragraphs. Yeah, okay.
Yeah, okay, progress check, just a moment. I think I only had issues with diagrams.
Diagrams for me is quite hard. And I Googled while we were having class, CharGPT says it is a scale in the maps used to represent that there is not like, how to say, ratio didn't change, basically, as you said.
So if the map one have a scale 100 meters, and then the map two have the same scale, it's just showing us that the ratio didn't change. Yeah.
So that's the thing. Yeah, they wanted to show you that it remains unchanged.
Because some people would think that the island became bigger, maybe because of, or maybe because of climate change, it became smaller, maybe it was flooded. And yeah, the size of the island changed.
So that's why they wanted to give you this information. Yeah.
I think it's just the typical scale. It's typical.thing for the maps.
I think that's why they put it in. They didn't want to showcase that it's just a typical thing.
As far as KGPT is saying, it is a typical. I didn't know about it, because I, you know, in Russian maps, there was like a ratio, it's one dot, two thousand, for example.
So one centimeter of the map contains like two thousand meters, so it's like this. And I haven't seen like a scale like this, it's just different.
So, and I haven't seen it. So in Russian maps, scale is like Yeah, don't concentrate on, you know, if you see that it takes too much time to understand that you need to, I don't know.
So IELTS is not, you know, it's not some kind of test for entering, I don't know, an engineering or geographical faculty, I don't know. It's just a general academic English.
So this test can be taken by an engineer, by, I don't know, a linguist or teacher, anyone. So, of course, they wouldn't understand the scale.
Yeah. So it's too hard if you see that.
Yeah, so it's the strategy that I'm trying to help you to understand, like, if you see that something is too difficult and you don't understand how to better put it in words, then just ignore it. Like, for example, this scale.
Because, yeah, that can be misleading. Yeah, so you needed to write advantages and disadvantages.
So, yeah, so you did write that you gave your opinion, you paraphrase a task, you gave your opinion, I see. When you gave your opinion, you need to write also two sentences.
Why you think it's like that, just a moment, where is your, let's see, here, I don't believe there is more advantages, so I think, with that text, I'm going to,So, yeah, you listed advantages, why you think it's... No, it's not that there's more advantages, all the products can generate more sales, contribute higher tax and bring to consumers.
However, in terms of... So, you decided to give...
all the benefits and then you give drawbacks, like negative sides. So, I put first my position.
My position is... Have you seen the task, a screenshot of the task?
It's the second screenshot. You should spend money of the products we buy nowadays break or wear out very quickly.
So, I disagree with... I agree with that.
It is... It is true for me.
So, that's why I focused on disadvantages that it is more disadvantages for manufacturers and the public to have this happening. There is a lot of...
Yeah, this is happening and it is more disadvantages for me. There are more drawbacks for manufacturers and the public to have this.
So, this was my argument where I like put... with what I agree.
So, I was agreed that it is disadvantages. It has a lot of drawbacks.
So, it was my first body paragraph and then the second one was that what are the some advantages that can be possible for manufacturers and the public. So, I put some ideas, but I think there's too much ideas.
I needed to focus on one idea, one argument, one body paragraph, one idea and then use this extend support thing, present one argument, extend... I didn't understand what is that and then support, it's an example.
If I don't... If I remembered correctly the theory from some site that I googled.
So, you know, when we talk about advantages, so there are usually three strategies. So, the strategy that you use is that you...think about balance.
It's not a strong position, you know, because if you had a strong position, you would write only benefits and only you would, you would enumerate benefits and all the examples connected with benefits, not benefits, but disadvantages. Yeah.
So you think that there are more disadvantages and you give examples about disadvantages in overall, in the whole essay. This is a strong position.
Another type of structure is a balance. For example, you think that, yes, there are more disadvantages, but in the second paragraph you describe that there can be another opinion.
So you say, on the other hand, it's argued that it can bring this, it can bring advantages such as, give an example. And then in the third paragraph, you give your position and give your disadvantages.
So it seems that you took this balanced position. You wanted to show that you, that you, that you believe that there are more disadvantages.
You give disadvantages and then you, uh, tried to give also examples, uh, about advantages, right? What advantages can bring to manufacturers?
Um, yeah, you know, it's, um, yeah, it's a normal, like a normal structure, but it's a little bit more difficult, I would say. Uh, but I think the task required to explain advantages and disadvantages, it is like the subtype of disadvantages and advantages.
It's not task where I should have been only describing the position. Yeah.
Yeah. Because it is the task requires to describe and advantages and disadvantages.
So it's, I should have described both. We can, we can see what the, what they evaluated in the, in the progress check, if you want.
So they also gave you some criteria, right? Like why they gave you this, uh, score or not just a moment.
Yeah. I see marker feedback.
Right. In task two, it's page somewhere in the end, page five out of six.
So they divided the marking. They have writing tasks to response.
You can support ideas with details, examples, uh, all parts of that are covered might be to general like focus, writing task to coherence, cohesion, hierarchy, and.Well organized, okay. Logical conclusion, every paragraph has one main topic.
You can use a variety of linking words, okay. Writing test tool is a resource.
Vocabulary. Grammatical range.
I think it's more interesting about task response. You can support your main ideas with details and examples, although this might be too general.
Well, I think, yeah, they graded it, they scored it as a 6, I think, right? Or 7, maybe.
What do you think? I'm seeing in front of me the official one, and as far as I understand it is 7 or 6.
6, I see 6.5 for writing task 1, 6.5, and writing task 2, it's the same. It's, yeah, it's the overall for the writing, so they didn't give the specific markings, but I think from the feedback, the short sentence that they give, we can assess what they, what is the band from the band descriptors, maybe.
But also, I'm not sure whether it is even correct, because it's not like a real examiner will, like, it's not like official examiner, as far as I understand this. They can miss, or they can lie for up to one band, even.
For example, someone said that they passed this progress check, it showed 7 and 5, 7.5, and the real exam they got only 6.5, so they, it can lie, so maybe it's 5. Yeah, I see that there is a lack of description in in criteria, like, in feedback, like, just very general, very general comments, because I saw an example of how examiners write their feedback, and it's like, it's, it's obvious that it's written by a human, like, one paragraph, this big paragraph about coherence, one big paragraph about task response, and here we have only one, two sentences, and yeah, it's like, it's like it was done by a robot.
So, yeah, I have such expression, impression. Maybe they're just cheap Indianexaminers.
I don't know. I mean, can we can we just maybe look at the task itself like the essay as you are like how to improve it basically what you're doing your you you give me the ideas how to improve it.
So if you want this in the text, I can try to extract the text. So it would be like better to work.
Yeah, that would be better. Yeah.
So in the next lesson, we will start. We can start with this type with this type of essay.
And then we switch to other types. So hey, you can transfer it to like notes or telegram somewhere so that I can, you know, correct it and edit it in my presentation.
Yeah. Okay, I see.
Thank you. Yeah.
Okay, then I am waiting for your home tasks till Sunday until Tuesday. When it comes to essay, try to send it to me as soon as possible.
So essay is more important. The task to you mean?
Yeah, I say the the text is advantages. Yeah, you can send it to me maybe tomorrow.
Yeah, I will try it. Yeah, thanks.
Yeah, okay. Okay, then see you next Thursday.
Yeah. Bye bye.So, in their opinion, writing task 2.7, writing task 1...
In their opinion, writing task 1... Writing task 2.7 Wow, they put 6 And this is 7 This is 7 too Apparently also 7, right?
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IELTS
LESSON 6
LESSON 6
April 16, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Listening Tips
1.
IELTS Writing: Maps
2.
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LISTENING
The Listening test lasts for 40 minutes
The Recording lasts for 30 minutes
For the computer delivered IELTS listening test you are NOT given 10
mins to transfer answers. Instead you have 2 mins to review your
answers. Put your answers directly into the computer.
There will be a range of accents but the main accents will probably
be British and Australian.
IELTS accept either British English or American English spelling.
General information
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LISTENING
1.Pay close attention to the word limit
For example:
‘write no more than two words and/or a
number’
Read this article: How are words counted
https://ieltsliz.com/answers-to-word-count-questions/
2. Don’t try to understand everything. IELTS will add lots of extra
information but you only need to listen for answers. Keep yourself
focused on listening for answers to questions.
General tips
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LISTENING
3. Answers may come quickly. You might get three answers in
a very short time. Get ready to write your answers down
quickly. Answers may come slowly. There may be a gap
between answers. Don’t panic.
4. If you miss an answer, just move on to the next question.
Don’t waste time.
5. CONCENTRATE. 30 minutes is a long time to actively listen
for answers. If you lose focus, you will miss answers.
General tips
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LISTENING
6. The recording will be played only once.
You should practice completing a full listening test by
listening only once before your test. You must do this a
number of times.
7. Practice multitasking: read the questions, listen for the
answers and write down words all at the same time.
8. If you don’t know the answer, guess. Always write
something in the box, don’t leave it blank.
General tips
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This is often a telephone conversation
between two people, for example organizing a
place on a course, booking a table at a
restaurant or renting an apartment. You
must listen for specific information, such as
names, dates, times, places and numbers.
The questions are normally gap-fill questions
in which you have to listen to the information
and complete a form or sentence.
SECTION 1: TWO
SPEAKERS
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This is often a talk from a guide. You might
hear information about a building, a resort, a
company, a charity, etc.
Social context.
SECTION 2: ONE
SPEAKER
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This is an academic discussion. It could either
be two students talking with a professor or a
student presenting their resource to their
colleagues.
Educational or training context.
SECTION 3: THREE OR
FOUR SPEAKERS
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This is an academic lecture.
Academic context.
Note: the sections get more difficult as the
test progresses. This means section 1 is the
easiest and section 4 is the most difficult.
SECTION 4: ONE
SPEAKER
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GIVING THE ANSWER AND THEN CHANGING IT.
E.G.:
‘IS IT OK TO MEET AT 7 PM?’
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‘YES, 7 PM WORKS FINE WITH ME’
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‘OH I’VE JUST
REMEMBERED I HAVE A LATE MEETING, COULD WE MAKE IT HALF PAST INSTEAD?’
THE ANSWER WAS 7 PM BUT THEN THE SPEAKER CHANGED IT TO 7:30 PM.
SO ALWAYS KEEP LISTENING AND BE READY FOR THE SPEAKER TO CHANGE THE ANSWER.
COMMON PROBLEM
@lingvo.mira
‘AT THE HOSPITAL’ OR ‘HOSPITAL’?
SHOULD YOU WRITE THE ARTICLE AND PREPOSITION? YOUR ANSWER WILL DEPEND ON THE
TYPE OF QUESTION YOU HAVE.
THE BEST PLACE TO MEET IS ... = THE ANSWER MUST BE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT SO
YOU NEED ‘AT THE HOSPITAL’
1.
IF THE QUESTION IS A NOTE OR FORM COMPLETION, SUCH AS 1) PLACE: ... = THE
ASNWER CAN BE JUST ONE WORD OR TWO WORDS DEPENDING ON THE TASK (‘HOSPITAL’
OR ‘THE HOSPITAL’)
2.
COMMON PROBLEM
@lingvo.mira
1 form/note/table completion
labeling a diagram or map
3 sentence completion
short answers
5 selection / multiple choice / matching
2
4
Types of
listening
tasks
@lingvo.mira
AT HOME
PRACTICE ALL TYPES OF LISTENING TASK TYPES
https://ielts.org/take-a-test/preparation-
resources/sample-test-questions/academic-test
Click on IELTS Academic - computer sample tests
Listen only once.
@lingvo.mira
WHAT TO DO DURING BREAKS?
You will be given short breaks (30-40 seconds)
before each section and in the middle of section 1, 2
and 3. You should NOT use this time to check your
answers. You should look at the questions in the
next section and try to predict the answers.
For example, if there is a ‘$’ in front of the answer,
you will probably be listening for an amount of
money. Establish what type of word
(adjective/noun) the answer will be.
@lingvo.mira
IELTS Map
Task:
The maps below show the centre of a
small town called Islip as it is now,
and plans for its development.
Summarise the information by
selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons
where relevant.
Introduction
The diagrams illustrate some
proposed changes to the central area
of the town of Islip.
Overview
Overall, it is clear that the principal
change to the town will be the
construction of a ring road around
the centre. Various other
developments with regard to shops
and housing will accompany the
building of this road.
Body par. 1
Looking at the map of Islip as it is
now, we can see that a main road
runs through its centre from east to
west. The second map shows the
planned pedestrianisation of this
road. Traffic will be diverted on to a
dual carriageway that will form a ring
around the town centre.
Body par. 2
Currently there is a row of shops
along either side of the main road.
However, it appears that the shops
along the north side of the new
pedestrian street will be demolished
to make way for a bus station,
shopping centre, car park and new
housing area. The shops along the
south side of the street will remain,
but it seems that the town’s park will
be reduced in size so that more new
houses can be built within the ring
road.
CONCEPT MAP
Body Par. 1
Body Par. 2
Overview
What to
write?
Tenses
Introduction
Пишем про ВСЁ, но если на
карте много всего, можно 1-2
пункта пропустить. Т.е 1-2
неважных пункта, которые на
карте можно НЕ писать.
Остальные все должны быть
или балл будет ниже.
Одна карта может быть в прошлом,
а другая в будущем, или 2 карты
могут быть в прошлом, или одна в
настоящем, а другая в будущем.
Обращайте внимание на времена.
Здесь пишем про изменения, в
общем: что было и что стало.
Overall, the city has become more tourist
friendly with plenty of modern facilities and
convenient infrastructure.
Пишем про то, что есть/было/
будет построено (время в
зависимости от того, что карта
показывает). Выбираем
основные изменения и пишем
про два или три в этом
параграфе.
Перефразируем: другими
словами пишем то, что в
задании:
The maps show ...
The maps illustrate/compare ...
Тут остальные детали карты
ФОРМУЛА ПАРАГРАФОВ ОСНОВНОЙ ЧАСТИ КАРТ:
Например,
A new road (что) will be
constructed in the north of
the town (где) to connect
the downtown with the
suburbs
ЧТО + ЧТО ПРОИЗОЙДЁТ/ПРОИЗОШЛО + ГДЕ +
(ПОЧЕМУ/ЗАЧЕМ?)
Например,
The shopping centre in the
southeast was extended to
accommodate more
shoppers.
КАКОЕ САМОЕ БОЛЬШОЕ ИЗМЕНЕНИЕ?
ЧТО НЕ ИЗМЕНИЛОСЬ?
ЕСТЬ ЧТО-ТО ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ, БРОСАЮЩЕЕСЯ В ГЛАЗА ПРО: HOUSING, FACILITIES, TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE?
МОЖНО ЭТИ СЛОВА ИСПОЛЬЗОВАТЬ:
RURAL, URBAN, INDUSTRIAL, HAS BECOME A TOURIST CENTRE, WAS MODERNIZED?
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS/WAS/WILL BE...
THE ONLY PART LEFT UNCHANGED IS/WAS/WILL BE...
WHAT TO WRITE IN AN
OVERVIEW?
НАПРИМЕР, OVERVIEW ДЛЯ КАРТ ВЫШЕ:
OVERALL, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PRINCIPAL CHANGE TO THE TOWN WILL BE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A RING ROAD AROUND THE CENTRE (ОСНОВНОЕ ИЗМЕНЕНИЕ).
VARIOUS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO SHOPS AND HOUSING WILL
ACCOMPANY THE BUILDING OF THIS ROAD (ЧТО КОНКРЕТНО ИЗМЕНИТСЯ –
ОСНОВНОЕ).
WHAT TO WRITE IN AN
OVERVIEW?
VOCABULARY
A new public swimming pool was built to the north of the
tennis courts.
A bandstand has been constructed in the centre of the park.
There was formerly an industrial zone in the south-east of
the city.
The town of Greendale lies 20 kilometres east of Fallsbrook.
The new student residence is located on the east of the
campus.
A bookstore can be found on the second floor of the complex.
The opera house once stood on the corner of Charles Avenue
and Rose Street.
CHANGES
- build
A shopping mall has been built just outside of town.
- construct = erect
An elementary school was constructed where the factory used to be.
- expand = enlarge
The science lab was greatly expanded.
- add
A new wing has been added on to the art museum.
- demolish = destroy = knock down = pull down (cut down – about trees)
Several houses were demolished when the road was constructed.
- become
The open space west of the business park became a residential neighbourhood.
- remove
The first two rows of seats in the theatre were removed when the stage was expanded.
- convert (to) = turn into
The factory was converted to a museum.
- transform (into)
The old barn will be transformed into an antique shop.
- move to
The gift shop was moved to another part of the art museum.
- relocate
By 2008, the fire station had been relocated to...
For Overview:
✓ Modernise ✓ Industrialise ✓ Urbanise
It is clear that the principal change to the city will be the construction of ...
Various other developments with regard to shops and ...
... changed considerably with the introduction of ...
... new features can be seen in the ...
The main developments are that ...
https://wordwall.net/resource/33092040
Про дороги и мосты
pass through
A highway now passes through the centre of town.
run
A railway used to run between the two towns.
link
The two skyscrapers are linked by a walkway on the 30th floor.
connect
A bridge connects Travis Island with the mainland.
extend
The light rail system will be extended all the way to the airport next year.
at the junction with
There is a hospital on Cooper Street at the junction with Blake Avenue.
THANK
YOU!
Summary
Language Testing Aspects:
- Listening Exercises:
- Involves presentations (e.g., hotel opening).
- Requires filling in missing words.
- Includes guessing locations.
- Writing Tests:
- Focus on comparing pictures, processes, cycles.
- Emphasizes description.
- Vocabulary Practice:
- Offers links for map-related vocabulary.
- Reading Passage Issue:
- Apologizes for incomplete version.
- Promises to send complete version.
- Meeting Confirmation:
- Meeting set for Thursday.
Approach to Writing Task About Maps:
- Describing Maps:
- Highlight main features and changes.
- Use appropriate tenses.
- Include specific details.
- Directional words (north, south, east, west) for location description.
- Example sentence structures provided.
- Acceptable to omit details if excessive.
IELTS Exam Tips:
- Predicting and Guessing:
- Importance of predicting answers.
- Guessing strategy for unfamiliar words/concepts.
- Recognizing Letters and Numbers:
- Practice spelling and listening to numbers.
- Exposure to different accents.
- Use of military slang for spelling.
- Understanding Speech:
- Challenges with fast speech and similar sounds.
- Training for British and American English accents.
- Map Descriptions:
- Maps show past, present, future developments.
- Pay attention to tenses.
- Example: map showing proposed changes to a town center.
IELTS Listening Section:
- Structure:
- Four parts, 40 minutes duration.
- Paper-based test: 10 minutes to transfer answers.
- Computer-delivered test: 30 minutes for tasks and answers.
- Pronunciation:
- Both American and British English accepted.
- Booking the Test:
- Option to take speaking part before or after the main test.
- Word Limits:
- Hyphens count as one word.
- Test-Taking Strategy:
- Focus on listening and matching tasks.
- Not necessary to understand everything.
- Concentrate on missing parts.
- Recognize the type of word needed.
- Stay focused, avoid emotional interference.
- Task Difficulty:
- Section 1 (easiest) to Section 4 (most difficult).
- Multitasking Practice:
- Read questions, listen for answers, write simultaneously.
- Section Specifics:
- Section 1: Telephone conversation details.
- Section 3: Recognize multiple speakers' voices.
- Section 4: Lecture, pay attention to word limits and grammar.
- Avoiding Mistakes:
- Beware of correct answers in wrong format.
- Practice different listening tasks (e.g., table completion, multiple-choice).
- Utilize breaks for reading and predicting, not checking.
- Overall Strategy:
- Practice and familiarity with exam format.
cover writing maps. This is one of the writing tasks.
Yeah, maps. I think this is not very difficult, but there are some peculiarities that you should pay attention to.
Okay, so talking about listening. Listening consists of usually four parts, and it lasts for 40 minutes.
If you take a paper-based listening test, you have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to your answer sheet, and if it's a computer-delivered test, you don't have 10 minutes left. You just have 30 minutes, and you should do the tasks and write them down on your computer simultaneously.
Yeah, so concerning the answers, you can use both American or English, British English pronunciation. For example, organize whether you write it with a Z or with S, for example, or for example, yeah.
Some examples exist when you have different pronunciation, different writing of American and British, so both are correct. Don't worry.
And concerning the accents also, probably there will be British or Australian more frequently, but also there can be different, so that's why it's very important to practice listening different accents, not only British. Yeah, because, you know, so there was a case when I heard even some Russian accent, you know, Eastern European accent, so yeah, it depends.
I did the prep test, basically, and I already did some practice listening, so I think we can speak the general stuff. I can read it later, but I do have one more additional question How to book a test better?
Put a speaking part after or before the main, like, reading part? It's something that we maybe can discuss later, like if we will have time, but...
Sorry.What do you mean by uting? Speaking part, book speaking part, before the main part, the main part of the test.
It's not about listening, sorry, it's an additional question, but it's not about listening, it's about speaking. Ah, so you want to take a test on two days, right?
So, on one day you want to pass speaking? Basically, when I choose a booking time, they propose me to different slots in the British Council site.
One way is to do speaking first, the day before the main part, or before, just on the same day, but earlier. Or, do it later, after the main part, the same day.
There is a possibility, some days, where you can book a test, where you can make a test first and then go to speaking part. I mean, this is just like timing, I mean, something that I'm doing right now, I'm booking right now, like, today.
Well, I don't think that your choice will somehow influence your result. Like, you can take speaking part before the main test.
But, for example, so, when my students took the test last year, there was no such choice. Like, there was only, you could take a speaking part on the other day, but not, like, you could not choose the time, like, before or after.
I think it just depends. So, it's something new for me, yeah, so it's something new.
So, I think it's up to you to decide. Like, I don't think that that will influence the results, it's just your choice.
Okay. Yeah, what is more convenient for you?
So, I don't think, like, some people are afraid of speaking. I wouldn't say that you are afraid of speaking, like, you speak very fluently.
And some people prefer to, you know, postpone the speaking part and pass it on the other day, like, the day after they take the main test, listening, reading, and writing, so that they have more time to prepare for speaking, like, one more night or one more day.Yeah, so, yeah, if you are nervous about speaking part, then you can choose speaking part, like, to pass it after the main test. Yeah, it's just your choice.
Yeah, I mean, it's just a lot of information to consider, like, some of the people get upset after the reading part. I mean, I read at least a couple of, like, stories where they got upset and then they couldn't perform on the speaking part because they were, like, upset that they did something wrong or didn't have enough time.
So, yeah, that's what I was, like, asking from your experience. What is, like, you maybe noticed something, but it's better to go first, do it, warm up, and then you already, like, warm up to listening, blah, I don't know.
So, yeah, so if you ask me, like, from my personal experience, not my students, but my personal experience, I would say that for me, having speaking part after the main test was easier. I don't know why, maybe because I practiced some English while doing writing, reading, listening.
I got used to English and then I went to speaking part and sometimes I even used some phrases that I caught in listening and some ideas. Yeah.
So for me speaking, like, as the last part, as it is, you know, because logically I would say that most of exams, like not only IELTS, but other exams like TOEFL and other types of exams, they usually start with listening always is always the first section. Then you have reading and then you proceed to active skills from passive skills, like passive skills, listening, reading, passive skills, and then active skills, writing and speaking.
So you start from, I would say that you start from the easiest section, like listening, you just listen and you just need to be very attentive. Yeah.
And in speaking, you should be proactive. Yeah.
Yeah. OK.
Yeah. So I would start from listening, reading, writing and then speaking.
OK. Thank you.
Yeah.So in listening part, it's very important to pay attention to the word limit everywhere like it was in reading. So in listening, we also have, you know, it is written in the task how many words you should write, filling the gaps, for example.
And it's very important to understand how to count these words. For example, if we have a hyphen between the words, it's counted as one word.
Yeah, for example. Yeah.
Also, you asked me about whether you will have an extra sheet of paper to write down the transcript of audio that you will hear. So usually, you don't have so much time for writing down everything.
So maybe you can share your experience. So you did this listening section already.
And so how you did it? It was a tricky sometimes.
In two tests, there was in part two or in part three or part four, last parts, there was a time where a lady says, you have time to see questions from 26 to 29. And then it's five questions, right?
And then she didn't stop the recording. The audio recording did not stop.
It was like a little pause. And then like nobody said, you have time to look for the questions 30 to 35 right now.
It's just continued. The speech, the audio continued.
And then in this last part, it's always hard because it starts, for example, I had it in the trial test, in the trial test, last part, which is kind of a lecture, right? And always in these last minutes, they have a lot of information, which put it in a different, like the grammar structure is different.
And the wording, the parts is different than in the test itself, like the task where you need to put, for example, it was a task for word completion. You need to complete the, you need to write down the word that missed.
It's something like, I know, some expert excerpt from the lecture, blah, and the missing word.example I had about elephants and elephants like something something this was hard and then they so the listening part didn't like give me time to prepare for the last part so it was just and again I did it like I have this particular case two times and I thought like my idea was maybe I need to write down just know that this might happen in third part and fourth part and write down third and fourth part just like some transcription some summary I don't know because because it's hard I was like I cannot prepare myself and write like and and and like read the task before so I need to I don't know finish the part and then I need time to read more questions but there is no time the there is a little pause between the parts just like I don't know one second and then they continue this the speech and you need to like catch you need to read the task and then at the same time catch what they're saying and you like it's hard yeah I'm just afraid that if you write down the transcript like what they are saying you will write it at the same time that will that will be too difficult to catch the answers because so point two don't try to understand everything and you don't need to write down every single word that they are saying and if you for example if you couldn't if you couldn't read all the tasks that you have so there might be a risk that you will write down unnecessary information and you will miss the the answers I think that it's better to focus on listening and at the same time as you already said you need to quickly you know you need to keep between what what you hear and what you see in the task but usually they yeah I understand that they don't don't give you enough time for reading all the all the tasks but at least you can read not trying not to read all the tasks like every single line in the task for example when we talk about lecture right in the in the fourth section is a lecture you need to you need to read onlythose parts that are missing between what we have. For example, we have a missing word that you need to write down.
So try to read what is before and what is after this blank space. So you need to recognize what kind of word.
Is it an adjective? Is it a noun?
Is it countable, uncountable? I don't know.
Some characteristics, general characteristics of the word that you need to hear. Is it a number?
Is it an amount of money? Is it time?
I don't know. Some type of word.
What you need to hear. You don't need to read all the task, all the text.
You don't need it. Mm-hmm.
Yeah, focus on the most necessary information. Yeah, and of course, yeah, so point three is that answers may come quickly.
And so, for example, there might be two or three blank spaces in maybe one or two lines. And it's very important that you keep listening, keep your focus on listening.
Don't try to read, you know, if you miss something, don't get upset like, okay, I didn't hear this, but I will hear the next and the next task. So it's very important not to, you know, be taken away by your emotions.
I had, you know, this case when I got upset, and then when you get upset, your brain stops working. It's a very dangerous situation.
So don't get frustrated. Don't get taken aback with your emotions.
Try just to focus. If you miss something, it's okay.
Maybe it's just one, two, or three mistakes. So, yeah, and of course, the first section is also like the easiest one, the first listening task.
And the fourth, the lecture, is the most difficult. So it's not a surprise that you didn't have enough time for reading the whole task, because the fourth section of listening part is the most difficult.
Yeah, so they do it on purpose. Yeah.
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah, so.As you already practiced, you know that the recording will be played only once and it's very difficult. So that's why you need to stay focused all the time.
And it's very important to multitask, to be able to multitask because you need to read the questions, listen for the answers and write down the words all at the same time. So, of course, you don't need to check your answers.
The second you finish listening to the first section, don't waste your time. Don't recheck the answers that you filled in the spaces.
You need to start reading the next task, the next section. Just the second they finish talking, you know, don't try to check something or don't lose time.
Start reading the next tasks. And, for example, there also might be some cases when you filled in all the answers and you understand that everything is clear, you did it, and they continue talking about some, you know, unnecessary information, maybe one, two sentences.
Also, you can use this time already to read the next section, the next task. Yeah.
So that's why it's very important to practice maybe one, two, three times, to practice it at home. Don't pause the listening part, never pause it.
You need to, you know, like feel the atmosphere of the exam. Like you listen only once and try to multitask, try to read in advance.
Yeah. So I think the third and the fourth part, these parts are the most difficult because you don't have enough time to read all the tests, but you don't need to read all the tasks, of course.
Like only keywords. Also, if you take a computer-based test, so as far as I remember, there's also this function to highlight.
There are, you know, there's a panel with instruments in the up right part, yes, of the screen. And you can choose this highlighter and highlight some.
So if you have time, you can, for example, you have 15 seconds to.Get acquainted with the task and you can highlight some words. So when is it useful for example if you have a test like Multi-choice like What is the most important thing in the the first the second the third you need to and you need to choose a B or C so as These options are long read like the first the second the third option you can just highlight keywords Yeah, so if there is some option for yeah, so maybe they I don't think that they would Cancel this option like to use a highlighter.
I think it's all the same yeah, and You can use a highlighter. I think it's very useful Yeah, so yeah in section one it's usually a telephone conversation Yeah, and you need to fill in the you know So it's very important to check if there's an amount of money if it's a date a place a number So also you don't need to read everything like only this Pay attention to these blank spaces that you need to fill in Yeah Socially every every single Listening is about social context the first and the second is about social context.
The third is about Educational or training context academic discussion. So the third option the third section is might be sometimes difficult because there are not there's not only one but two or Three Students professors talking to each other.
So it's very important to recognize their voices Yeah, but usually they use female and female so that you can easily recognize who? Is talking to whom?
Yeah, so Yeah, but it's very also important to recognize their voices and in section four Yeah, it's also a lecture and it's the most difficult The most difficult one. Yeah, and don't don't Yeah Don't ever get distracted and also keep attention to How many words you need to write down?
Yeah, so because it would be a very silly mistake For example, if they say you need to write not more than two words and you hear three words and you think oh I thought there are three words, but you need to yeah. So in this caseto write.
For example, they had, for example, two adjectives and a noun. So you should write, of course, a noun plus one adjective, for example, not two adjectives.
So you need to pay attention to grammar structure, what grammar structure fits in the sentence. So that's why I told you to pay attention to the context, sentence, yeah, what part, what kind of word you need.
Is it a verb? Is it a noun?
Is it a number? Yeah, and there might occur some problems, like sometimes they give an answer and then change it.
Yeah, so for example, is it okay to meet at 7 p.m.? Yeah, 7 p.m. works fine with me.
And you write down 7 p.m. or 7, just, yeah, you need to write down one number, 7. And then you lost your focus and you can just lose your attention and she says, oh, I've just remembered I have a late meeting, could we make it half past instead?
Half past 7. Yeah, so it's very important to keep focused.
Yeah, keep focused. And yeah, sometimes, yeah, you just need to, you know, keep in mind that that might occur because it's not, like it's academic, it's academic and they test you, they test your focus.
Yeah, or for example, some, yeah, this problem is connected with word limit. Yeah, for example, word limit and also grammar structure.
For example, if you have the best place, yeah, at the hospital or hospital, for example, the best place to meet is, so you understand that is a word. Yeah, you need to put a grammatically correct answer, so meet at the hospital, for example, or in the first section where you have, you know, this booklet describing the hotel or something, there might be place and you need to write just one word.
You don't put it like at the hospital, you need hospital. Yeah, so it's important to pay attention to the word limit and grammar structures.
So, because there might be, you know, silly mistakes when you did hear the answer, but you put it incorrectly and you lose your scores. So, as we have different types of listening tasks, we have different types of listening tasks.
So, we have different types of listening tasks. So, we have different types of listening tasks.
So, we have different types of listening tasks. So, we have different types of listening tasks.
So, we have different types of listening tasks. So, we have different types of listening tasks.
So, we have different types of listening tasks. So, we have different types of listening tasks.
So, we have different types of listening tasks.Yeah, you already mentioned Stable completion or something like that. Yeah multiple choice.
I already mentioned it. I Think that it's very important not just to you know To practice listening the whole part from section one two, three four But also different types of listening like for example on the official website they have Sections like you can practice multiple choice listening Table completion listening and you can train Exact types of listening.
I think it's also useful Yeah, so yeah about breaks Yeah, so I already mentioned it Yeah that you don't need to check your answers like use this time to Read the task and predict the answers. Also don't ever Leave the space blank like always put something if you don't know the answer try to get us try to predict Yeah, so you try to predict the answer when you read the task And you try to guess if you didn't catch what they said and try to guess What there might be what's correct?
What a correct answer might be Mm-hmm. Yeah, so I already mentioned all of this okay, so There is one article yeah, I left a link Mm-hmm To how to count How to count words, you know There are seven or eight points like if there's a hyphen if it's a number if it's I don't know a million million something like this million billion number So yeah, you need to just you know, it's a two minutes Long read Yeah Okay, do you have yeah, so you also asked me about how to recognize letters numbers I would say that it just You know, I'll test what is difficult and special about it is that They test your overall Level like Usually IELTS really shows you what your exact level of English is like it's not So I think thatthere, it's difficult to find exact, you know, exercises, how to train your ear to recognize G H or something like that.
It's just comes with practice. And, um, like, uh, it's a very unusual task, like, uh, recognize the letters.
I saw some exercises, you know, just to train your ear, to hear the numbers, but I don't, I don't know if it's, if it would be useful for you know, they just, for example, you just, um, turn on the listening and they say 134, 34, 1 billion. No. Like something like this.
I don't know if that would be useful for you because I think that is better to practice listening to numbers in, uh, you know, in context, not just listening to numbers because it's different. Yeah.
Do you mean that they just read numbers by order? Like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. I saw some exercises, something like this.
I think that it's just for beginners and yeah, I don't think that would be useful. I saw that there is some exercises.
Maybe I just can Google ask around like people reading weird addresses with zip codes or for example, I had the mistake. I put it in the chat GS.
I heard it. Um, I heard GS, but it was X.
So the second answer is right. Like flags be, but I heard clackers be and it's, uh, and the, uh, a woman that was saying about it, she was, um, South African and another, the person was British.
So maybe I'm not used to hearing a lot of the British accent and South African accent because I didn't catch it. I wrote clackers be and it was clackers be for me.
It sounded very similar in their accents. Clackers be clackers be clackers be clackers be.
It was similar. Was it, uh, on your IELTS test?
Yeah. And they even spell it.
But when they spell it, my mind a little bit like goes blank. Uh, I was like, not sure why, but when people spell my mind, try to understand what they spell.
For example, they say C and I'm trying to find information in my head, what C means. So it's not like automatic, like, because they pronounce, uh, each letter.Maybe different that I used to because I am like not native speaker.
I might in my head. They They sound different like CLA G.
I know why I always miss Y and A and E Y A E it's very different to like for me to understand sometimes when they spell it and I'm like It was it a was it E was it Y So I've worked in American company and when there was very hard last name or email it was like It's Ruth was really hard Because I was talking by phone. I was like, can you give me your email?
I will send you a proposal whatever and they were like spelling and it was like Nightmare So that's that's why it is some I don't know. It's some brain thing.
Maybe it's hard to understand So maybe just train. I don't know If you don't have issue with spelling Hearing the spelling because it's hard for me.
So maybe I can just Google something Spelling If it's about spelling, I think that there should be some, you know exercises To train spelling like for example They pronounce a name or an address or an email and You can you know, you know, they even have it in EG our Russian state exam Yeah, so Yeah, but it's a very useful skill because Yeah, when you don't Understand the whole word you can ask for spelling Yeah There might be some issues with British and American for example in British it's Z and in American it's Z Yeah Yeah, but other than this I Don't think that there might be some differences like A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P. So maybe you can Practice so if you So this is a problem when you hear it In a context, right?
For example, if now I give you some spelling You will be able to write it down, right? And if it's on IELTS likeA fast speech and context, that would be difficult.
No, it depends. It would be difficult, but I might do better with the U than with the...
at the exam, with the fast speech. But I will definitely have issues if there will be some sounds, like some...
I don't know how to say... The combination of some sounds makes me confused.
Military slang, like E is Echo, B is Bravo, A is Alpha, Z is, I don't know... X is Xelophone, something like that.
Xelophone. So they spell it with the Alpha, Bravo, Zeta, I don't know, Xelophone.
They don't use the letters, the sounds of the letters, they use just the military words for that. Did you say E as in Echo?
Something like that. Or E as in something.
So that's something that I learned that helped me a lot. But other than that, yeah, it's good, I think, that you mentioned about British pronunciation.
Maybe train myself, maybe some podcast with numbers, like statistics, whatever, and just maybe some podcast with, I don't know, with addresses. Yeah, because British pronunciation might be harder than American.
I think that in our everyday life we encounter American words, American pronunciation more frequently than British. So it's from my personal perspective.
I think that British English was... It was at school.
And then, yeah, in our everyday life, I think American English is more popular. And so, yeah, IELTS is British, so you need to train your ear for both British and Australian.Australian pronunciation yeah okay so if you don't have any other questions we can proceed to writing okay so maps maps are usually given not just one map but two maps usually they give you two maps and the first one is about past or present and the second map is about present if you had past as the first map or future if you had present in the first map so it might be some you know reconstruction or building I don't know re-planning of the city of the town of the island yeah so in this case you need to pay attention to what tenses you use so in this case like we have now and plan development for the future so we describe what we have now current situation and we describe what is going to be in the future so we can use future tenses so yeah so when it was about graphs diagrams we usually used past tenses and here describing maps we can use various past present or future tenses depending on what maps we have what they show us so it's very important to read carefully what we have like is it now is it past is it future yeah so for example here we have the center of a small town we have a map and plans for the development of this town and yeah the structure is always the same for introduction we can just write one sentence like the diagrams we also can name this maps as diagrams the diagrams straight some proposed changes to the central area of the town of Islip yeah just one sentence is enough overall we summarize overall information what main change is going to be applied to the town center like what you see as the main changeA ring road, right?
A ring road. Yeah, they added the road and dual carriageway.
Yeah. They said it's dual carriageway.
Yeah, so we see that we have many changes. Of course, we have, you know, this main road housing.
Housing was here and then we have housing and new housing. School, it was present here and here.
Shops, yeah, we have a new shopping center. We have a bus station.
We have a car park. Everything here is new.
But what is the main thing that we can see is the road. A ring road.
A ring road. And all the other changes, they are connected with this ring road.
What is dual carriageway? Is it like a synonym for the ring road?
Dual carriageway. Dual carriageway.
Yeah. Dual is like ring, двойная, or, yeah.
We just, you know, we can write dual carriageway or we can use a synonym. A ring road is like easier.
Yeah, so here, for example, we used a dual carriageway in body paragraph one. A dual carriageway that will form a ring around the town center.
So that we don't use dual carriageway, dual carriageway all the time. We can put it simply as a ring road.
So in body paragraph one, we describe the main features. We mention once again that we will have this main road, yeah.
We can see that a main road runs through the center from east to west. So we had a main road here.
What we have now, we describe it. And then we say that we will have what?
Traffic will be diverted on to a dual carriageway or to a ring road around the town center. Yeah, so this is the strategy.
You describe what we have now. And then you describe what we have now.we will have in the future.
If you get a map with past and now, for example, Islay town center in the past, in 1930, and the second map about now, what we have now in 2024, you will use, for example, so looking at the map of Islay as it was in 1930, we can see that a main road ran through its center from east to west, so you use past simple, and then you say that the second map shows the current plan of the town, so as we can see, the something something is now la la la, so you can use present. Yeah, so pay much attention to the task, like is it now, is it past, is it future.
In body paragraph 2, you can start describing detailed information, detailed parts, like about shops, what we have shops, we have pedestrian street demolished, but we have bus station, we have shopping center, car park, and your housing area. Yeah, what will remain, what will be demolished, what will be added, everything.
Of course, yeah, of course, there might be many details, and you can omit them, so in comparison with the last type of writing, we discussed process diagram, and you couldn't omit anything from them, because that would destroy the overall logic of the diagram, but here in maps, it's okay to omit something, like something, I don't know, if the angle of the map is lower, or I don't know, so some details, of course, they can be omitted, it's the case when you can omit. For example, as you can see here in body paragraph 2, we didn't mention school, we didn't mention it, because it's not interesting, so we got the school, and it's still here, and yeah, we can omit this information.
Yeah, and of course, we also, in maps, we always have, sorry, I forgot the word, directions, like north, south, east, west, east, west, east, west, east, west,west and east. So why we get it?
Because it's easier for us to, you know, describe what is located where. For example, it appears that the shops along the north side, so we see that shops are in the north side.
The shops along the south side, here are the shops in the south side, they remain. So this is, you can name it like shops in the north side, shops in the south side, along the south side, yeah, so that it's easier to describe.
Yeah, so once again, what we write? We write everything, but if there's too much information, you can omit something.
One, two, three points, for example, about school, we omitted it. Then, yeah, about tenses, I already mentioned it, yeah, so pay attention to tenses, what tenses you use.
Introduction, we can say the maps, we can say the diagrams, both are correct. If there'so usually we don't get only one map, it's usually two maps, so we say the maps.
Then, in overview, we put the information about changes, what was previously, what was in the past and what we have now, or what we have now and what we will have in the future. Every time we have comparisons.
In body paragraph one, we write the main points, the main changes, what happened, and in body paragraph two, peculiarities, small details that you want to develop. So, what about sentences, how we form sentences?
You can memorize, like, what will happen or what happened, where and why, what was the purpose of this change, for example, what, and you wrote, what will be, will be constructed, where it will be constructed, in the north of the town, what purpose, to connect the downtown with the suburbs. Yeah, it's a long sentence, it's grammatically correct.It's logical and you will have a good band score for this.
Not just, a new road will be constructed. Where, why, how it will be constructed.
So try to put all the necessary information in one sentence. Or, the shopping center where, in the southeast, was done what?
What was done, was extended. For what?
To accommodate more shoppers. There was a purpose for this, right?
So it's not just for, it's not just something that happened for no reason. It had a reason.
They want to accommodate more shoppers. Do I need to explain, came up with this from the map?
Because it's not like, you know, I think it's not in the task, right? You need to guess.
Like, it's obvious. Like, the shopping center, why we need a shopping center?
We need to, they want to serve more customers. It's like, you don't need to imagine something or, I don't know.
Of course, there is some kind of imagination, but it's obvious. These are obvious facts.
For example, a new road will be constructed in the north of the town. You see on the map, for example, you see town.
And in the north, you see, for example, forests and some small houses. So this is the suburbs.
And you come to the conclusion. Like, okay, they want to build a road.
For what? They want to connect both parts, like suburbs and the town.
So it's usually, you can usually come up with this idea. Of course, if you don't know what to write, what was the purpose, you can omit it.
But it's just a good formula, what and how to write. So that your sentences are long enough.
Because you remember that we need beautiful, long sentences. I think that this slide, we can skip it.
We already discussed it. What was the most significant?
What was the least significant change? Some words that you can use.
Yeah. So if you don't know what to write, what were the changes, you can also write about what remains.
What stayed unchanged also. Yeah.
Yeah. There's the same.
Основное изменение. The main change.
The construction of a railroad.We have already discussed it. And also I put here some useful vocabulary.
How to use constructions like north, center, south, east, south, west. These prepositions to the north, for example, was built to the north.
It was built to the north. To the north of the tennis court.
In the center of, in the south east of. In addition, instead of writing is, we can also use lies.
Lies. 20 kilometers east of.
Is located. Something can be found.
Something stands on the corner. Stood on the corner if it's in the past.
Some synonyms. Synonym verbs.
How to replace to be located. To be somewhere.
These are three synonyms that have the same meaning. Something was built.
You can replace it with construct, erect. Expand, enlarge.
Something was added. Just add.
Demolish, destroy, knock down, pull down. Сносить здание.
Если это trees, ты видишь, что деревья были, они исчезли. Cut down.
Become, remove all the verbs that can be used. If some object, for example, changed its location, you can say it relocated.
It had been relocated, for example. And also some useful phrases for overview.
For example, urbanize, industrialize, modernize. These are some synonyms that can be used when you have, for example, a village.
And the first map is a village. And the second map is an urbanized territory.
For example, a city, a large city. There was a village or there was an island in the first map.
And then you have a city. You can say that it was industrialized.
Or it's going to be or it will be urbanized. We see the process of urbanization.
Something like this. Will be there only maps that connects with some remodeling, reconstruction?
Or it can be like a map. I saw something similar.
Maybe it was a reading, I don't know.You need to guide someone, I think it was a listening, you need to guide someone, or writing maybe, you need to write like how to get from one point to another point, something like that. I do not remember which part, but yeah.
I guess it was listening, like I remember in listening you can have a task when you have a map of a building. It can be one floor, for example, the third floor of the hotel, for example, or of the shopping center.
And in listening you get the speaking, like someone is talking about, it can be a presentation of the hotel, for example, our hotel opens on the first of May, so I'm giving you a presentation of it, so here on the third floor we have this and this and this, if you turn left you have this, if you turn right you have this, and you need to fill in the fill in the words and guess where, what is located where. Yeah, I think, yeah, listening, yeah, in writing that would be not enough to guide someone, because it would be easy, yeah, so in writing you need to, they test your ability to compare pictures, compare processes, yeah, describe the processes and cycles also, yeah.
Yeah, so if you don't have any questions then, yeah, I will also leave you a link for practicing some vocabulary for maps and, yeah, another link was on the previous slides with a word count. Will you send me the reading key for the...
Yeah, sorry, yeah, I checked it was, everything correct was, yeah, in the first and the second, the third, it was my mistake, the text wasn't full, I, you know, when I was editing it I omitted this, the last paragraph, so I will send you the whole passage, the whole passage. Okay, yeah, thank you.
Yeah, okay, then see you on Thursday, right? Yeah.
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IELTS
IELTS
LESSON 5
LESSON 5
April 11, 2024 @lingvo.mira
Agenda
IELTS Process
Diagram revision
1.
IELTS Reading
2.
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The given diagram above highlights how the process of smoking fish and meat works.
Overall, there are three steps in the process: starting from openning the lid to supply air for
the fire, fire producing smoke that goes through the pipe, and ending with smoke sipping
seeping through bricks to prepare fish and meat. It is a complicated process that requireds
some level of manual labour preparation.
Initially, the lid that covers the deepest pit is opened, which helps to control the fire that was
set in the next pit with a closed lid, and which was positioned a little bit higher than the first
pit. That unique construction helps the air flow into the fire without a lot of efforts.
After that, heat and smoke produced by the fire goes through the pipe towards the bricks.
Finally, the smoke is sipped seeps through the bricks and reacheds the end goal, which is smoked
meat and fish.
-- lack of 15-30 words
Your answer
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Sample answer
The diagram illustrates how a home smokery functions and is structured.
Overall, there are three major stages in the smoking process with two of them occurring underground and the final one above the
ground level. In terms of the construction, there are two chambers connected by special air pipes and a smoking box which contains
the meat being smoked. In terms of equipment, very little is required except for logs, bricks, hooks and air to drive the process.
A home smokery has three chambers. Initially, the lid is opened to let the air flow from the outside down into the first empty chamber.
Here, it falls to the bottom and then goes to the second slightly smaller underground section through a pipe. In this second chamber,
there is a fire with burning logs. As the lid is closed, the burning of the wood causes the smoke to go into the third section through a
narrow pipe.
Having reached this chamber, the hot smoke heats the bricks which are laid on the floor. Subsequently, the dispersed smoke goes up and
fills the spacious smoking box which is above ground. Here, meat and fish are hung on hooks from the ceiling so that they can be cured
by the smoke.
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READING
3 texts
40 questions
60 minutes
a range of question types
candidates are advised to spend not more than 20 minutes on
each section (however, note that the first section is easier
than the second section, and the third section is more
difficult than the second section)
General information
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READING
1.Timing is key
2.Read instructions carefully
3.Don’t get stuck on hard questions
4.Learn vocabulary (IELTS Magoosh Flashcards)
5.Don’t try to understand every word
6.Use context (date / scores)
7.Practice reading skills
General tips
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QUESTION TYPES GENERAL READING STRATEGIES
Multiple
choice
Find specific information
Tell the difference between
main ideas and supporting
details
Identify the writer’s opinion
and purpose
Follow key arguments
Look for synonyms
Short
Answer
Questions
True / False
/ Not Given
Summary /
Table / Chart /
Sentence
Completion
Matching
Information
(Headings/Endings)
Labelling
Maps/Diagrams
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FALSE
The passage and
statement have different
information. The passage
shows that the statement
is wrong - it contains a
mistake which you know
because the passage
shows us what it should
be.
TRUE
NOT GIVEN
You can find this
information in the passage
and it agrees with the
statement
This means you can’t find
all the information in the
passage or that the
passage does not contain
enough information to
know if it is true or false.
TRUE/FALSE/NOT
GIVEN HIGHLIGHTS
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1) UNDERLINE KEY WORDS IN THE QUESTION
2) LOOK FOR THESE WORDS OR THEIR SYNONYMS IN THE TEXT
3) COMPARE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU READ WITH THE ANSWER CHOICES
4) CORRECT OPTION HAS THE SAME INFORMATION BUT IT IS EXPRESSED WITH SYNONYMS
5) CORRECT ANSWERS SELDOM HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS AS THE PASSAGE USES.
THEY OFTEN CONTAIN SYNONYMS AND/OR HAVE DIFFERENT GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES
6) OPTIONS THAT EXACTLY REPEAT THE TEXT ARE OFTEN INCORRECT
DETAIL QUESTIONS
(T/F OR MULTIPLE CHOICE)
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PRACTICE #1
DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TRUE,
FALSE OR NOT GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE
Passage: By the second half of the 17th century, coffee
had found its way to Europe.
Statement: Coffee arrived in Europe after the 17th
century.
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PRACTICE #2
DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TRUE,
FALSE OR NOT GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE
Passage: The Thames Tunnel was used by people from all
classes. The working class used it for its functional use
of crossing from one side of the river to another, while
for the middle classes and upper classes, it was a tourist
experience.
Statement: The tunnel was used more by the middle and
upper classes.
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1 comparisons
too specific / missing ideas
3‘extreme’ words
opinions vs. facts
4 wrong numbers
2
3
Typical
Not Given
Options
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PRACTICE #3
DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TRUE,
FALSE OR NOT GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE
Passage: In a world where international careers are
becoming commonplace, the phenomenon of third
culture kids (TCK) - children who spend a significant
portion of their developmental years in a culture outside
their parents’ passport culture(s) - is increasing
exponentially. Not only is their number increasing, but
the cultural complexity and relevance of their
experience and the adult TCKs they become, is also
growing.
Statement: An increasing number of people describe
themselves as TCKs.
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PRACTICE #4
DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TRUE,
FALSE OR NOT GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE
Passage: Chinese mobile users get more spam taxt
messages than their counterparts anywhere in the
world. They received more than 300 billion of them in
2013, or close to one a day for each person using a
mobile phone.
Statement: In 2013, the number of SPAM texts increased
considerably to reach 300 billion.
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READING
Paraphrasing (be prepared for the words
in the statement to be paraphrased in the
passege)
1.
You are looking for meaning (the same
words are used but the meaning is not
the same)
2.
Difficulties w/ T, F, NG
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READING
3. NG and F
NG means the entire passage is not given in the
passage. Maybe part of the statement is given but
not the whole statement. WATCH OUT for that!
F means the passage contradicts the statement.
Don’t forget you’re not just looking for an opposite
meaning, you are also looking for contradicting
information
Difficulties w/ T, F, NG
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PRACTICE #5
YES / NO / NOT GIVEN
Passage: White’s death, at 86, was cause for sadness in
millions of homes.
Statement: Does the author believe that White was
famous?
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YES / NO / NOT GIVEN
ask about opinions and claims
test takers should read
between the lines and make
logical conclusions
correct answer is not given
directly
it is closely connected to the
text
exact repetitions are rarely
correct answers (synonyms!)
be careful with extreme
words
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PRACTICE #6
YES / NO / NOT GIVEN
Passage: Each day, more and more communities discover
that they have been living near dumps or on top of
ground that has been contaminated by toxic chemicals.
Statement: Communities aren’t always told when and
where toxic wastes are being disposed.
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TEXT COMPLETION AND SUMMARY
COMPLETION
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MATCHING INFORMATION
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DIAGRAM LABELLING
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THANK
YOU!
1. 60 min, not less than 20 min. 1st easy, 2nd medium, 3rd difficult
2. IELTS Magoosh Flashcards
3. Scanning - finding info. Skimming - read thru
4. Types pof tasks
— Labeling maps/diagrams
— True/False/Not given → can be hard
5. Authors opinion and purpose vs. many people in the text mentioned, understand who? have info? said this
6. look for synonyms don’t look for exact words. Evil → angry
(question) (text)
find exact meaning
7. Find specific info of it is asked, if it’s date, place opf birth → dlo not spend time on unspecified info
8. Main ideas vs. supporting details → As on the main the idea of the text? → you won’t for the idea but make an assumption
9. Following key arguments → key words that support or not support the statement
10. Highlighter computer-based // key sentences in the questions and in the texts
11. Correct option is expressed in the synonyms different grammatical structure
12. options that repeat the text ev.? exact words
13. More than ← comparisons not given cause it’s not more
14. too specific/missing idea ← we do not
15. considerably/extremely in the question → but in the text there is no such information
16. opinions/facts → author believes? many said? in the text we have ppl believe → not given!
17. wrong numbers → qs about how many ppl are there 40 mln ppl live in Italy → in the text 70 mln ppl live in Brasil/Israel?
18. NG is the whole statement NG, not the part!
19. False contradicts information from the statement/text
Summary
Reading Exercise Difficulties:
- Challenges with completion questions.
- Difficulty finding correct words and collocations.
- Time management for different sections of a slide.
- Intention to practice listening.
- Plan to send questions for upcoming session.
- Expression of gratitude at the end.
Reading Comprehension Test Strategies:
- Focus on true, false, not given, and yes, not given questions.
- Importance of paraphrasing and looking for meaning.
- Need to identify key arguments.
- Warning against common mistakes and traps.
- Provision of examples and tips.
- Assignment of practice tasks.
IELTS Writing Section Tips:
- Word counter available for computer-based tests.
- Challenge of word counting in paper-based tests.
- Recommendation to practice with official IELTS exam paper.
- Importance of using consistent tenses for process description.
- Advice on improving structure and language.
- Necessity to mention all important information from pictures.
General IELTS Exam Advice:
- Importance of accurate picture description.
- Structure of reading section: three texts with 40 questions.
- Time allocation advice, especially for the last section.
- Importance of reading instructions carefully.
- Suggestion to not dwell on difficult questions.
- Learning common vocabulary and handling unfamiliar words.
- Use of context for understanding words.
- Practice of reading skills: skimming and scanning.
- Difficulty with true, false, not given questions and labeling tasks.
- Need to identify writer's opinion and purpose.
- Looking for synonyms in the text.
Hello. Hello.
Mm-hmm. Hi. How are you today?
I'm good. Yes.
Let me give you host rights. Okay
Okay. Okay.Enter and it said 135 okay, maybe I Send you the not revised version, okay Yeah, so I have One tip what to do if you so are you going to take a paper based or a computer delivered test?
I'm still do Deciding but I think computer based Probably most probably. Mm-hmm.
It should give me the number, right? So it has so yeah in a computer based test in a computer delivered test You don't need to count words because there will be a word counter But if you are going to take a paper based test, it would be more difficult to count the words But there is one recommendation if you take a paper based test You can download an official IELTS exam paper like a form for writing test and You can write 155 160 words with your usual, you know handwriting and See how much space it takes on an answer sheet Mm-hmm.
Yeah, this is One tip that I can share with you. Yeah, but if you're going to take a computer based test, that would be even better I think yeah Okay, so So when it comes to mistakes So the structure is correct.
You started with overview Then you gave an overall overview Information about how many steps there are in the process What is the first? second and the last phase and then you start describing In a more detailed way, so everything's correct so but my recommendation is to so from what I see I think that you could Describe like as you can see your overall paragraph is big And it is bigger than your third and fourth paragraph So yeah, logically The first paragraph is only one sentence the second paragraph usually contains maybe One two sentences three sentences maximum and these paragraphs are usually bigger They are the biggerSo yeah, and here we have like two sentences and here also two sentences.
So kind of illogical structure, I would say. Yeah, so yeah, maybe more detailed.
You could write in a more detailed way. Yeah, in the next slide, I will give you the sample example and we will have a look at it.
What we could do better. Okay.
Okay, yeah, so there were just some, you know, small mistakes like valid, a typo here, sipping, yeah? Sip is to drink, like S-I-P is drink.
And here I think you meant sip, right? Yes.
Yeah, sip. Then if you write, so the fact that you used present tenses is correct because it's a process.
It's not past, of course, but one important thing. If you use present, then you should use present everywhere.
Like you say, it is a complicated process that required, so it requires some level of manual labor preparation. So it is called a sequence of tenses.
So in one sentence, we cannot combine past and present. We can combine present simple with present perfect, for example, and we can combine past simple with past perfect, for example.
But here you used it is a process, present tense, present tense, and here that required some level, so past. Yeah, so here we should use present.
And the same thing in the last sentence. Finally, the smoke seeps through the bricks, and you say reached, and reaches the end goal, which is smoked meat and fish.
Also present. Heat and smoke produced by the fire go through, right?
Because heat and smoke together, plural. Yeah.
Yeah, I think concerningThe mistakes, that is all. Like, the first one is the sequence of tenses.
Like, when you describe a map or a process diagram, something that is very abstract. It's not connected with any exact dates.
Like, it's not, it wasn't in 1990s. It's just a process.
We can use, we should use present tenses, as you did here, but do not mix tenses like past with present. So basically, I just need to use more elaborated language, longer structures.
But like, in terms of content, I think it is, like, I tried to understand how to describe it in more details, but like, I think there wasn't so much more details in terms of content from the diagram itself. So I just need to use more, like, complex, elaborative language, basically, right?
It's not about the content itself. Yeah, let's have a look at a sample answer.
What we could write here, so yeah, so we could, yeah, sorry, I didn't attach a picture. Yeah, we can look at it maybe on a phone.
Yeah, so you could add the information about underground. And yeah, the ground, above the ground level.
So this is some specific information that you could extract from the picture. Then we can name also this construction.
It's called chamber. Like, there are three chambers overall, three chambers.
They are connected by special air pipes and a smoking box. So you also mentioned that the process requires some manual work, something like that.
That is correct. So here is also in terms of equipment.
So usually, in an overview, we put equipment in the last sentence. It is usually.
So initially, the lid is open to let the air flow.here it falls to the bottom and then goes to the second slightly smaller underground section through a pipe so underground section so we what we did so as we mentioned that there are underground and above the ground level we can use this definitions in our body paragraphs so we presented it here underground and we repeat it here like so it's more understandable for a reader but we divided the construction into two types like underground and above the ground level and we can use it in our body paragraphs underground section through a pipe in the second chamber we describe what what is actually there there is a fire with burning blocks and then we describe a process as the lid is closed the burning of the wood causes the smoke to go into the third section through a narrow pipe so we can also use adjectives not just a pipe but a narrow or a broad pipe so of course you can elicit your thoughts like if you see that in the picture this pipe is narrow of course you can use this adjective so that you can add more words so that you reach these 150 words minimum then having reached this chamber so this is the example of what tenses we can use so having reached it's like this present perfect this is past participle like present perfect past participle like having reached having reached the hot smoke hits the bricks so we can combine perfect present perfect with present simple the hot smoke hits the bricks so you said smoke is sipping somewhere so we can just use heat it hits the bricks which are laid on the floor so of course we use passive voice passive voice is everywhere subsequently the smoke goes up and fills a spacious smoking box which is aboveabove ground again so we mentioned this uh location of the uh yeah construction it had the ground level it it had uh it had the ground level mentioned so all the mentioned uh things should be mentioned basically so if there is some kind of word or tag it should be mentioned okay i see yeah so yeah one of the tips is to mention uh if everything that we have in the picture um because so because you lower the risk of not uh you lower the risk of omitting some important information but i cannot understand how i would have like guessed from the picture that uh the smoke produced when the lid is closed the first lid i was like when i was looking on the picture i've i've understood the basic process that air um we need to open the lid first so the lid will uh the air will go uh for the fire we need air for the fire right so the fire will start uh the second lid will be closed it is it will remain closed anyway so we will not open it but then how um it is just deduction basically you need to deduce because there is no any arrows that shows that the lid should open and then close it's just the one arrow it's one direction ah no so it's it's shows like open and then there is an arrow that shows that it should be closed basically okay it is hard yeah yeah it's yeah it's uh this task this type of task is um more complicated than usual graphs of course yeah so we cannot guess what kind of process we will get in the exam but you just need to um you know examine the picture examine the process carefully yeah very little so that you don't omit anything yeah you don't anything um yeah and i would say that um um yeah so of course you don't also if you are not sure of course you don't need to make up uh something you know that you are not sure like uh if there's some process um you are unfamiliar with even in russian languagewhich you don't understand it, but you just describe everything that you can see from the picture. You don't need to make up something and deduce, I don't know, but usually, you know, so this exact process was difficult, yeah, to be honest.
So in the exam there can be different, like, as I told you before, I had a process, plastic, recycling process of plastics. I think it's not very difficult, yeah, so there can be various types.
Okay, so then we are going to discuss a reading section. So usually, so first of all, have you already practiced a reading section?
Yeah. Okay, so usually they have, so there are three texts, 40 questions, and you have 60 minutes for them, and you, it's up to you how much time you want to spend on the first, the second, and the third section, but it's not stated in the, on the paper, but usually people say, and examiners say that the first section is easier, is the easiest, the second one is more difficult, and the third one is the most difficult.
So I think that it's better to spend maybe, so less, to spend less time on the first section and most of the time to spend on the last section. Yeah.
Is it, like, possible to go through this, the questions in the computer base? Can you kind of select the third text, for example, first?
Yeah, so there will be, like, you know, number of questions, number of questions, yeah, and you can just click on the section that you want to start with, and yeah, so, and you can also return to the questions that, yeah, and it's very important not to concentrate on the questions that you don't know what, how to do, like, if you understand that, well, I don't know what to answer here, you just proceed to another question, of course, and then if you have time in the end, then you can return, so it's better to do all the tasks that you know exactly what to answer, and then maybe in the end you can return to them.Yeah, so general tips is that, so timing, we have already discussed this topic, yeah, so timing is a key. So the second one, read instructions carefully.
Sometimes and even always I would say that there is always an answer in the instructions. So if you, so there are different, first of all, types of tasks like true, false, not given.
Sometimes you have to put the words, like fill in the gaps and it's very important that you read them carefully, like not more than two words. So if you put one word or if you put three words, that would be, of course, not correct.
So yeah, don't get stuck on hard questions, I already told this. Learn vocabulary, I recommend you also brush up on some vocabulary that is usually, you know, there is some vocabulary that is common for IELTS.
There is an IELTS Magoosh flashcards, this is a website that I highly recommend to you. Yeah, I will send you a link or you can just google it, yeah.
So there are some words that are common for IELTS, academic words. Then don't try to understand every word, of course, as it is academic and there can be some, you know, engineering texts.
So one of the times that I had IELTS, I had a text about engineering construction of something, of some construction, I don't know. So I didn't know, I would say that I didn't know the third of the words, like, oh my god, I didn't know anything about this construction.
But, you know, you need to do logical assumptions and, yeah, understand. Of course, you won't understand every single word in text, so don't panic if you don't understand some words.
Use context, so sometimes there are words, of course, that have different meanings. For example, one word has different meanings.
For example, date, right? So, for example, in the statement, in the task, you have the word date and, for example, date as a person a person, a date.And in the text, there could be a word, a date, as, you know, the 1st January of 1999.
So you don't rush, because many students, they just, you know, well, I have this word in the statement, in the task, I need to look for it in the text, in the paragraph, and they make mistakes. So you need a meaning of the word, not just a word.
Like, for example, scores, do you know that there are two meanings, or even more meanings, of the word scores? Maybe.
Yeah, so scores, like, I would spend score, the 1st one, and the 2nd one, for example, scores, is the, like, music, in music, this is a sheet with music notes. Yeah, just one of the examples.
And you need to practice reading skills, usually there are two techniques that are very popular, scanning and, yeah, scanning and skimming. Do you know the difference and when we use these techniques in which types of tasks?
Skimming and scanning. I think usually scanning means that you are, like, scanning the paragraphs, like, to have, like, a general idea of the text, for example, then what I did, for example, on a trial, on a test tasks, I just scanned the text real quickly, all the paragraphs, even if there were very long paragraphs, I just scanned them all, like, to give understanding of general idea what each paragraph is about, and then read the task very carefully, what kind of information they asked me to do, to find, for example, if there is a few words or something, and basically, skimming, it is the finding information in the paragraph.
So you have a multiple choice question or true, false, not given, or whatever, and you try to, like, read a question, then, like, find exact, so that's my general understanding of these two skills. Yeah, absolutely correct, but vice versa.
So, skimming is what you did, like, quickly reading the text between the lines, just very quickly, so that you get the gist of the paragraph or of the text.a whole, skimming. And scanning is looking for exact answers, exact words or synonyms.
Yeah, this is our two main techniques. Okay, so we have different question types.
Yeah, different question types. And these are, I would say that the most difficult one is true, false, not given, because many students, you know, they get frustrated when they need to find the difference between false and not given.
It's a very common mistake. And also, I would say, so from my perspective, what I see, labelling maps, diagrams, is when you, for example, get a picture of something, it can be a physical object like, I don't know, a building construction, or it can be an animal, an unusual animal or an insect, and you need to put the names of its parts.
Yeah, if you're unfamiliar with this object in your native language, of course, that will be also difficult, because these are some, you know, are scientific definitions from biology, for example. And yeah, that's the case.
So also, it's very important to identify, yeah, one of the tips, the writer's opinion and purpose. Like, if you are asked to answer the question, for example, um, do many people, for example, do many people believe in this, in the prejudice that, and then in the text, you see that the author believes, like, the author believes that.
So, you need to check if it is the author's opinion, or it's the opinion of many people. Yeah, this is also one of the main, like, mistakes.
So, people see, like, many people believe in, and then the author believes in. So, it's very important to understand who said this, who gave this information.
And also, look for synonyms, um, synonyms. Um, many people look for exact words.
For example, in the staining, you have, um,For example, for example, evil, adjective, evil, something is evil, and then in the text you're trying to find this word, where is evil, I will find the answer, but in the text you will have angry. Yeah, and so you have to look also for synonyms, and there might be an answer.
And a typical mistake is when this exact word, for example, evil, is used in the text, but it's not connected with what we have in the statement. For example, in the statement, in the task, we had the word evil in one context, and then we have this word in the text in another context.
So you don't just look for words, exact words, but you look for meaning, the whole meaning of the sentence, of the whole phrase. So what are true, false, not given?
Sorry, can we skip back? Yeah, okay.
Did you give me, did you explain the tonal difference between main and decent support details, and follow key arguments? Yeah, I just didn't, yeah.
I was just, yeah, summarizing everything. Okay, so find specific information is what I told you when I spoke about, like, if we have some, you know, exact question, like, for example, if you don't need to waste your time for unspecific information, for example, if you have a question about some, I don't know, date, for example, in, for example, when was the author, or I know this, when was the author born, for example, you don't need to read the whole biography.
So if the first paragraph is about his biography, where he was born, and how many years he spent in Italy, of course, you don't need to waste your time. So this is about find specific information.
If it's the date, you need to look for a date. Then, yeah, it's very similar to the second point, total difference between main ideas and supporting details.So main ideas are main ideas like, yeah, of course, there are different questions.
Like some questions can cover main ideas. For example, what is the purpose?
For example, in the text, we have some description of a construction, something of an object. Sometimes there might be questions about main idea.
For example, what is the purpose of the construction that is described by an author? Yeah, so of course, you won't find exact answer.
Sometimes you need to make logical assumptions, logical conclusions. So you need to read the whole paragraph to extract the purpose of this construction.
Yeah, and yeah, following key argument, yeah, identifying the writer's opinion, I told it. And following key arguments is the same what I told you about, like it's very similar to finding specific information, like key information, key arguments.
Like if we have just, yeah, I will give you exact example and I will highlight this point, okay, in an example. Okay, so talking about true, false, not given.
So you told me that you already tried practicing. So what about this type of reading?
How was it? Like what was your score?
Something like that. I didn't the whole, I didn't like made exact, like whole section, right?
I Googled IELTS org and IELTS org had a test tasks for computer-based test tasks. So they have like a bunch of different types of tasks.
True, false, not given, table, filling table, multiple choice, something, et cetera. And yeah, there were texts and then your, as in real computer-based, you need to type in something or maybe drag and drop or something like that.
So yeah, the main problem that I had iswith the task that I need to type in something I for example didn't understand is it like this that text completion sample yeah yeah basically text completion was harder for me or summary completion because if it's very unique text for example I had a task or text about beetles and different types of beetles like there is South African beetle tropical South African beetle from shore and I didn't understand that this another side type of beetles actually from tropical area from South Africa I saw a word it's it's it's a lot it's leaves in shore where it's a windy and chill and it's like this type of weather and the question was what type of climate it prefers basically and it's it's different so I wrote chill and breathy and the answer was tropical or subtropical something like that and chill and breezy does not mean cold because South Africa is still a tropical country and beetle is living in South Africa is not in I don't know it doesn't move and migrate to some other continent it's still the same continent still the same country it's just prefers to live on the shore it's not like prefers to live in the jungle so that's my mistake so true false not given I don't think that I have had with those tasks with those type of tasks from the side like a lot of the problems maybe some one or two mistakes maybe but not much because generally I can understand pretty I can understand and understand the context like all the text that I'm reading even if it's hard I had all I had only some issues with very long I think tact the text was eight or seven paragraphs it was kind of hard to scheme it and we didn't do it and I didn't do it by the time so maybe it will be harder if there will be a time limit so I don't know I make I made for example I don't know maybe seven different types of tasks so it was seven different texts so I did it in an in one hour so basically I did all of them in one hour butI made a lot of the mistakes, like, I don't know, not like half of mistakes, but maybe maybe 20% of mistakes from all of these seven texts, but it was um Like very I think yeah, it was really hard because it's not three texts. It's seven texts.
So it was hard Yeah, so um And I did the trial one and it was six Zero, I think A year ago. I did a trial test and it was 6.0 And I also most probably was just hurry and I didn't read all the text The sentence the the statements the task statements didn't read it correctly So 6.0 is something that I can do without a lot of preparation.
I think that's pretty sure but I need to score 8.5 I want I want a higher uh scores on listening and reading in order to feel for writing or speaking if There will be some issues So my strategy is to prepare heavily for readings and and listening And listening actually I did a listening and I did 7.5 I did it. I did it today earlier today and it was uh, 33 out of 14.
So I had seven mistakes Yeah, so usually yeah, so listening and reading these are passive, uh Like passive english passive skills and usually people, uh perform better in listening and reading Sections, of course. Yeah, and so reading is the section where you can perform the best and uh Like increase the overall band score, of course Uh, yeah, so you understand the uh Difference right between not given and false Uh, yeah when there is like, uh in this text there is a clear or not so clear mentioning that The statement is actually opposite basically And not given is just there is no information at all It's not given at all.
It's no any other like for example in the test task that I did there were answer they were asking whether husband of Marie Curie had two Was a call, uh, like get the um Uh noble prize two times was the herwith her, with the wife basically, with Marie Curie and it was false but if there wasn't such information written exactly, like about husband at all, there was no mention of husband, it would be not given, basically Yeah, mhm Okay, so so these are some tips or the overall strategy, how to do the tasks true, false, not given, or when you have multiple choice So, first of all, you can underline keywords in the question It's very important, so when I took a computer-based test I used, you know, that instrument, you can underline or you can highlight with yellow marker, like a highlighter mhm keywords, key sentences, that what I did, for example, in the exam so that's why I really liked computer-delivered test mhm Yeah, so you underline keywords in the question so that you can quickly, you know, move your eyes between the question and the text question and the text and you can highlight also some key things in the text as well so highlight words, oh wow Yeah, so you underline keywords in the question for example, what is the, okay, what is the purpose of something, you highlight purpose so I need to find the purpose mhm then you look for these words or their synonyms yeah, it's very important, not just words, but their synonyms so for example, purpose is objective, goal for example and you keep the synonyms in your head and you look for them and also highlight and try to and then you read the sentence or, and also not just one sentence but the sentence before it and after it so that you can understand the whole idea yeah, so you compare the information that you read in the paragraph with the answer choices so what, so if it's multiple choice, if it's multiple choice you need to read all the options, all the options that you have and to compare and correct option has the same information and it can be expressed with synonyms as we already discussed not exact word, but synonyms um, correct answers seldom, like rarely have exactly the same words usually they have synonyms and have different grammatical structures for example, in the question you can have possibleSomething is done somewhere, and in the text someone did something. So this is, like, it is done on purpose so that they trick you and you make a mistake.
That's not their goal, but yeah, it happens. Options that exactly repeat the text are often incorrect, so, for example, three words in the question and three exact words in the text.
It's a tricky situation. They want to trick you, yeah, so be careful.
Okay, then, let's try to practice. These are just short extractions from the passages.
Try to guess. True, false, not given.
False. Yeah, so it's about the date, right, the period, time period?
So it says that the coffee arrived in 18th century, but it actually arrived in 17th century, so after the 17th, 18th century, so it's not correct. Yeah, so 17th, and we look at the context, mm-hmm, okay, the next.
Not given, I think. Mm-hmm, why?
Because there is no, like, mentioning of the frequency of the, basically, how many trips each class did. The middle and, like, higher class, upper class used it as a tourist experience, but they might probably use it maybe even frequently or less than the working class, so we do not know.
There is no such information. Yeah, absolutely correct.
Yeah, so typical not given options that they want to, you know, catch you in a trap, examiners, so comparisons, for example, for example, more difficult than, for example, in the statementhave, it was more difficult than something. And in the test, we have just difficult.
It's not more difficult. It's just difficult, for example.
So comparisons, they give a comparison in the question, and we don't have this comparison in the text. Two specific missing ideas.
This is what we had just right now. Missing idea.
Or the question was too specific about the frequency of using this tunnel. And we it's too specific, we don't have the specific information in the text, then extreme words.
For example, if in the question you have considerably, extremely, super, I don't know. And in the text, we don't have like it was, for example, in the 19th century, the number of the residents, la la la, extremely, rose extremely, for example.
And in the text, we just have the number of residents rose. So not given it's not stated that it's extremely, for example, rose.
Then opinions, facts. So yeah, I already mentioned it, like the author believes that.
And in the text, we have, it's not the author believes, but it's a fact like something is done somehow. Basically, it's not even false, it is not given because I'm sorry, so the statement, the question, what should be, for example, after expressed opinion, blah, true false, not given.
And then in the article, or in the text, it was presented as a fact. And that's, and that's not given.
It is not false. Yeah.
For example, yeah. For example, in the question, we have a question about certain specific person, for example, Mary said that it was something.
And in the text, we have, for example, people believe that it is just right like this, for example. So not given it's, it's like, it's not given that Mary gave this information.
Okay. So it can be true or false, but we do not know because it was, it's like, Mary said it, but people might like said it again, also, but we do not know because it was not given.
Okay, I see. Yes.Yeah, these are tricky questions.
And wrong numbers. Yeah, like, I don't know.
So it would be false if we have exact sentence, like, there were 70% of something and in the text they had 20% of something. And in the exact, of course, that would be false.
But, for example, you have a question about how many, how many people, how many people live in Italy. And in the text, I know, in the, not a question, but in the question we have, there are, so in Italy, 40 million of people live in Italy, for example.
And in the text, you have 70 million people live in Brazil. Yeah, also not stated.
We have information about Brazil, but it's, there is no information about Italy, for example. It could be exact numbers, for example, but different countries or vice versa.
So they just, so they just, like, think that you will not notice that you will hurry and you will make a mistake, okay? Yeah.
Let's have a look at another exercise. Mm-hmm.
So this is about opinion and facts. Facts, opinions.
Ah, and the... Okay, I think it's not given exactly because there is no such information that the person or, like, people describe themselves as third-culture kids.
But yeah, the last sentence is really hard to understand. Not only is their number crazy, but the cultural complexity and relevance of their experience and the adult third-culture kids they become is also growing.
Yeah.Correct. Yeah, so in the statement we have Opinion like they describe themselves.
They think that they are Yeah More people think and describe themselves as third culture kids, but we don't have such information So there is much information in the passage about who they are How much? How many people there are like these So-called third culture kids and that their experience complexities Everything is growing growing growing, but they don't There's no information about the description like they think about themselves So yeah Mm-hmm the next There's a type of text messages False Mm-hmm, they receive why they receive more than 300 billion in 2013 and The statement says they reached exactly 300 million and it's not correct Yeah, so more than 300 billion and here we have increased considerably to reach 300 billion.
Yeah, so there are even two Mistakes like first of all It was more than 300 billion and the second of all is that Considerably, we don't know. Yeah increased.
Yeah, we don't know Yeah, even two mistakes and of course it fall it's it's false Mm-hmm. So what can what difficulties there can be in true false on given?
Yeah, so paraphrasing be prepared for the words in the statements to be paraphrased in the passage it's about synonyms It's about paraphrased grammatical structures also And of course you should look for meaning Yeah, the same words can be used but the meaning is not the same like scores dates I don't know different words has different have different meanings Uh-huh Not given yeah, not given as we already discussed means the entire passage is not given in the passage Maybe part of the statement is given but not the whole statement, right? So don't rush soIf you see some part of the statement occurs in the text, read it till the end.
Read the sentence till the end. If there's the whole message in this exact sentence, yeah, and false means that the passage contradicts the statement.
So you're not just looking for an opposite meaning, you're also looking for contradicting information. For example, if we have angry in the question and we have kind, I don't know, kind-hearted in the in the text, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's like these are opposite words, that they contradict.
Maybe it's not kind, so angry in the question and not kind, not warm-hearted, not with not. So it's the same, just an example.
Mm-hmm, and one more. Ooh, that's hard.
Yes, after believes that the wife was famous. Correct.
Why? It caused sadness in millions of homes, basically.
So we are saddened because of his death and death. Yeah, for popular people such thing.
Yeah, so you see, we don't have exact words. We have, we can say that millions of homes, millions of people is about fame, popularity.
So he was loved by millions of people. So we can paraphrase it.
Yeah, it's the paraphrase. Like famous, so we don't have the word famous, but we have that he had caused, so we have paraphrased with the whole sentence, was caused for sadness in millions of homes.
Everything means that he was famous, like every single word. Is there any difference between true, false, not given, and yes, not given?
Or is this basically the same? Basically the same, yeah, but there can be like the difference in when you do the task, there's no difference.
Yeah, it's like the same. Yeah, and we have one minute left.
Yeah, I recommend you, yeah, it's the last one.Yes, why? Because they discover.
Yeah, discover. Yeah, that's the key words.
That's the key. This is what this point about key...
Just a moment. Key arguments.
Like, yeah, it's the key argument. Like, communities aren't always told.
That means that... So, they discover.
They didn't know this information. This information was hidden from them.
It's a discovery for them. Yeah, so that's the key information.
So, it's not about exact... Finding exact words, exact phrases.
Sometimes it's about the whole sense. The whole meaning of the sentence or the whole even passage.
Yeah. So, here are some tasks.
For your home task, you need to do slide 20. 21 and 22.
Within one hour? No. It's just, you know, different...
These are extracts. Oh, okay.
It's extracts. It's not the whole task.
Not the whole section. Yeah.
If you... So, we...
Today, we discussed true, false, not given, and yes, not given. And overall, you know, key strategies.
I will... I want to look, like, examine what will...
If you have any difficulties with these types. If you have any difficulties, any questions, we can discuss them later.
Like, yeah, maybe something... If something is missing, if you don't understand how to, you know, do these types of reading, we can discuss them, yeah.
But when it comes to yes, not given, true, false, not given, I think... Is everything clear?
Yeah. Yeah?
Okay. Yeah, it's pretty much clear.
As I said, it's... I have issues with completion.
Yeah, completion is more about finding exact... Words.
Words. Yeah.
And the collocations, basically. Not the only one, but the collocation.10 minutes on it, well, kind of like that, is it better to notice yourself?
Better to do it. Okay, I see.
Yes. So, if it's 5, let's probably, well, listen, this slide is 4 minutes.
Oh, okay. This slide, two sections, is 3 minutes.
This slide is already 7 minutes. Okay.
Because it's not a full section. Oh, I see.
Okay. It's just an extract to understand the types of tasks.
Types of different tasks, yeah. I see, thank you.
Okay, then see you on Saturday. I will try to make a listening, yeah, I already did a listening today, and I will send you questions maybe, so you will have questions to prepare maybe.
Okay, I will be waiting for your message, and see you on Saturday. Bye-bye.
Bye. Thank you.
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IELTS PREP
Lesson 4
April 7, 2024
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LESSON PLAN
Writing Task 1 Pie Charts Revision
1.
Writing Task 1 Process Diagram
Study
2.
Speaking Assessment Criteria
3.
Speaking Task 2 (a shop)
4.
Speaking Task 3 (shopping)
5.
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WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHART REVISION
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Introduction:
The two pie charts illustrate energy sources
for the United States of America over two
separate years: 1980 and 1990. The energy
was made up derived from oil, natural gas,
coal, hydroelectric and nuclear power.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHART REVISION
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Overview:
Overall, the biggest fraction of energy came
from oil, natural gas and coal in both years,
together making up the majority of all
energy sources. While the nuclear and
hydroelectric power were only a minor part
of it. Nuclear and hydroelectric power, on
the other hand, represented only a small
portion of the total energy supply.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHART REVISION
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Detailed paragraph 1:
We can see that oil, represented by the first biggest
largest pie chart slice, contributed to 42% of all energy in
1980, but decreased to the third (33%) of all energy in
1990. The second biggest largest was natural gas that
changed only slightly over the years and allocated
accounted for around a quarter of all energy in both
years (26-25%). However, the contribution of the third
energy source, coal, increased in 1990 to by 5%, making
up to 27% compared to 22% in 1980 and replacing natural
gas as the second biggest largest.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHART REVISION
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Detailed paragraph 2:
By contrast, the proportion of nuclear power grew by 5%
from 1980 to 1990 and contributed to minor 10%. Lastly,
the smallest contribution came from hydroelectric power
than remained unchanged accounting to mere 5% of all
energy. / Hydroelectric power remained stable at 5% of
all energy in both years, making it the smallest
contributor among the energy sources shown in the
chart.
WRITING TASK 1
PROCESS DIAGRAM
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The diagrams below show the stages and
equipment used in the cement-making process,
and how cement is used to produce concrete for
building purposes.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
The first diagram illustrates the process of cement manufacture,
and the second diagram shows the materials that go into the
production of concrete.
Overall, it is clear that there are five stages in the production of
cement, beginning with the input of raw materials and ending
with bags of the finished product. However, to produce concrete,
four different materials are mixed together which makes it a less
complicated process.
WRITING TASK 1
PROCESS DIAGRAM
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The diagrams below show the stages and
equipment used in the cement-making process,
and how cement is used to produce concrete for
building purposes.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
At the first stage in the production of cement, limestone and clay
are crushed to form a powder. This powder is then mixed before
it passes into a rotating heater. After heating, the resulting
mixture is ground, and cement is produced. Finally, the cement is
packaged in large bags.
Cement is one of the four raw materials that are used in the
production of concrete, along with gravel, sand and water. To be
exact, concrete consists of 50% gravel, 25% sand, 15% cement and
10% water. All four materials are blended together in a rotating
machine called a concrete mixer.
WRITING TASK 1
PROCESS DIAGRAM
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The diagrams below show the stages and
equipment used in the cement-making process,
and how cement is used to produce concrete for
building purposes.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Пишем про ВСЕ стадии. ВСЁ, что на рисунке должно
быть в ответе (пример был на предыдущих 2-х
слайдах)
Структура такая же, как и в графиках:
1§ Introduction: Paraphrase the Task (1 sentence)
The diagram illustrates how ... is produced.
The diagram highlights the process by which ... is produced.
The diagram illustrates the steps involved in
producing/manufacturing ...
WRITING TASK 1
PROCESS DIAGRAM
@lingvo.mira
The diagrams below show the stages and
equipment used in the cement-making process,
and how cement is used to produce concrete for
building purposes.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
2§ Overview: (2-3 предложения)
Пишем сколько стадий в процессе и называем первую и
последнюю. Можно также написать общие слова,
описывающие процесс (complex, complicated, time-consuming
если дано время):
Overall, there are eight stages in the process starting from ... and
ending with ...
It is a complicated process involving manual labour and machinery.
Overall, there are eight stages in the process, beginning with the
digging up of clay and ending with delivery.
WRITING TASK 1
PROCESS DIAGRAM
@lingvo.mira
The diagrams below show the stages and
equipment used in the cement-making process,
and how cement is used to produce concrete for
building purposes.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
2§ Overview: (2-3 предложения)
Изучаете процесс и отвечаете на эти вопросы:
1) Сколько всего стадий? Дано ли время? Дни или часы?
2) Какое сырьё (raw materials)?
3) Какое оборудование (specialized equipment/machinery)?
4) Включены ли люди в процесс (manual labour)?
Обычно процесс покажет 2-3 ответа на некоторые из этих
вопросов. Вы пишите ответы в overview в 2-3 предложения.
Если у вас 2 картинки как в cement/concrete production, то
лучше сравнить эти 2 процесса: какой легче/сложнее?
WRITING TASK 1
PROCESS DIAGRAM
@lingvo.mira
The diagrams below show the stages and
equipment used in the cement-making process,
and how cement is used to produce concrete for
building purposes.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
3§ Main Steps (3-5 предложений)
Пишем про стадии процесса (3-4 стадии),
используем страдательный залог (water is
evaporated) и соединяем словами связками:
The first step is that ...
Initially, ...
Subsequently, ...
After the
___
stage, ...
The following step is that ... After that, ...
Next, ...
4§ Main Steps (3-5 предложений)
Тут остальные стадии/ступени процесса +
страдательный залог и соединяем словами
связками:
Subsequently, ...
... and then ... Following this, ... Finally, ...
СЛОВА ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССОВ
Introduction:
The diagram highlights the process by which
... is/are produced.
The diagram illustrates how ... is/are
produced.
The diagram illustrates the steps involved in
producing / manufacturing / making ...
Overview:
Overall, there are eight stages in the process
starting from ... and ending with... It is a
complicated process involving manual
labour and machinery.
@lingvo.mira
СЛОВА ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССОВ
Body Paragraphs:
Regarding the first diagram, ... (if there are
two diagrams in the task)
The first step is that ... Subsequently, ...
The following step is that ...
At this point, ...
At the fifth stage in the process ... ... and then
...
Initially, ...
Initially, ...
After that, ...
Next, ...
Subsequently, ...
is afterwards put into ...
Following this, ...
Finally, ...
@lingvo.mira
СЛОВА ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССОВ
Как перефразировать слово “stage”?
- The phase
- The step
ГЛАГОЛЫ для любого процесса:
- undergo (the material undergoes
refinement in a smelting cabin)
- go thorough
- pass through (clay passes through four
stages ...)
- go into ...
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https://wordwall.net/resource/26224839
ГРАММАТИКА ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССА
the Passive
... is used to make the bricks
This clay is then placed onto a ...
... sand and water are added to the clay ...
... could be added ...
... have been placed ...
Use these structures with Passive Voice to
make your answer more advanced:
Once the ... has/have been ... (verb 3), they
are then ...
Например:
Once the tea leaves have been packed into
boxes, they are then delivered to a factory to
be processed.
@lingvo.mira
ГРАММАТИКА ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССА
Use these structures with Passive Voice to
make your answer more advanced:
After being ... verb 3), the ... are then ...
Например:
After being taken to supermarkets, the boxes
of tea are then sold to customers.
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ГРАММАТИКА ДЛЯ ПРОЦЕССА
• Add extra details:
The tea leaves are put in the sun, so that they
can be dried
The sun shines which help the plants to grow.
Salt and sugar are added to the tomatoes,
which gives them extra flavour.
The sugar cane is delivered to factories in
order to be made into sugar for cooking.
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Home task
Process Diagram
You have 20 minutes to complete this task.
Speaking Assessment Criteria
Fluency and coherence (беглость и связность)
1.
Lexical resource (лексика, использование идиом)
2.
Grammatical range and accuracy (грамматическая корректность)
3.
Pronunciation (произношение)
4.
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ielts-web-static/production/Guides/ielts-
speaking-key-assessment-criteria.pdf
Speaking Task 2
Speaking Task 3
process diagram
all is important, all stages
grinder - дробилка
into
count the mechanisms
do not use synonyms → you can easily mistaken
→ verbs
the logical description
→ produce cement → concreate
passive voice exercises
write down example from the ppt!
YouTube videos band 9 writing task 1 pie chart diagram → search and look
“As for the second diagram”
go into → попасть в какой-то процесс
у меня ассоциативная память → майндмапы, связи → погрузить себя в среду
!!collocations learning words!!
it rose by reaching
мало сталкивалась с предложениями
however, contribution increased in 1990 by 5%, making up 27% compared to 22% in 1980
phrasal verb
1) make up to → comaprison/promise
2) make up → invent a story, compose or constitute
Read essays band 9/8/7 (3-4 task 1) essays → write down → extract derive specific language and phrases get from it
→ biggest doesn’t used
Be mindful of subject/object
sayings/proverbs/idioms/collocations
Деконструкция предложений эссе 9
Summary
Learning English Method Preference:
- Importance of associative connections.
- Creation of mind maps.
- Difficulty with traditional learning methods.
- Need for structure and collocations.
- Benefits of immersion and watching videos.
- Emphasis on visual memory.
Online Shopping & Food Delivery Preferences:
- Convenience of online shopping.
- Speed of food delivery services.
English Language Exam Strategy:
- Understanding task instructions correctly.
- Avoiding misunderstandings.
- Starting answers to demonstrate task comprehension.
- Example: Discussing favorite shop vs. online shopping.
IELTS Diagram Introduction:
- Two diagrams: cement manufacture and concrete production.
- Number of stages: cement (5 stages), concrete (6 stages).
- Counting mechanisms: crusher, mixer, heater, grinder.
- Comparison of processes.
Cement Manufacture Process:
- Crushing raw materials into powder.
- Mixing powder.
- Heating in rotating heater.
- Grinding processed material.
- Packing into bags.
- Cement used for concrete production.
Concrete Production Process:
- Six-stage process.
- Use of cement from manufacture process.
IELTS Process Diagram Description Tips:
- Use of passive voice.
- Utilization of linking words.
- Importance of paraphrasing key terms.
- Practice with examples and YouTube videos.
- Improvement of vocabulary and grammar structures.
In the introduction, we have two diagrams. The first one is about cement manufacture, the second one is about production of concrete.
In the overall paragraph, we mention how many stages of production we have, what is the beginning and what is the end of the process, and a small comparison. For the first process, we need five stages, and as for the second process, we need, for example, eight stages, and what makes it more complicated, so a small analysis.
How did you derive the stages? For example, in cement, we have limestone clay, and then we have the mechanism crusher, so you counted the mechanisms, right?
Okay, so five stages and four, sorry, I was just, you know, it was flow speaking, if I said eight, I am mistaken. No, you said five, but I want to understand how you got it from the visuals, so you counted the mechanism, for example, crusher, mixer, rotating header, heat grinder, right?
And bags, so it's six stages, basically, right? Yeah, let's have a look at the description and, yeah, talk about it a little bit in a more detailed way.
So, first stage in the production is crushing to form powder. Here is a crusher, so we use a crusher to make powder.
Here is powder. This is the first process, the first stage.
The second, we mix powder with a rotating heater. No, we mix it, yeah, we mix it, and then it is put into a rotating heater.
This is the third process, the third process rotating heater, and the fourth process packing. Grinder is, what does it mean, grinder?
It's like grinder.Type, in the dust, grind to the dust, something like that. Grind.
In general, green... In general, cement is produced.
You know, there is also one thing. Yes, a grinder.
Okay, a grinder. So, there is one thing that is very difficult in this task.
What can happen? Sometimes the process might be just unfamiliar to us, of course.
And sometimes we even cannot be aware of the meaning of some words. Yes.
And that's why it's very important to write, you know... If you don't know the meaning, you should just write, you know...
Don't use synonyms here. You just use the same word as it is written in the task.
For example, rotating heater. Just put it like this.
Then this material is then processed in the rotating heater. Then in the grinder.
Yeah. So, it's not the case as it was in the writing task with bar charts and pie charts.
Here we don't use synonyms. If we cannot replace...
Like, rotating heater is a rotating heater. And grinder is also the same thing.
And bags. I wouldn't replace bags with another...
Packages. Yeah, you can use...
Verbs. It's more about verbs.
What verbs you will use. Okay.
So, not the synonyms, but the verbs? Okay, like...
It was mixed instead of mixer. The powder mix was mixed.
It is... Okay.
It is not a synonym, but it is like the exact same part of the word. Mix.
But it's not the noun, it's verb. Yeah.
Okay. Yeah, so here we had a cement production process.
And then we use cement to produce concrete. Like, yeah, it's like the next stage.
So, it's logical that we describe the first diagram and then the second diagram. Like, we produced cement and now cement is produced like...
Cement is used to produce concrete. And then we describe concrete production.
So...All in all, we need to describe all the stages that we have. We cannot omit anything, like it was in bar charts, for example.
Here are some phrases that we can use in introduction. The diagram illustrates how something is produced.
Here is passive voice. I think passive voice is the top grammar structure to be used in process diagrams.
That is why I recommended you to revise this topic. Just brush up on passive voice and maybe do some exercises.
You know, there is also some grammar book. I will send it to you.
Just a moment. I am just writing down the notes.
Grammar structure for IELTS passive voice. Okay, I will share it with you.
The diagram highlights the process by which something is produced. The diagram illustrates the steps involved in producing.
Everywhere is passive voice. It sounds natural.
Then overview. We write how many stages there are.
We name the first and the last stage, of course. Also, we can describe it like this process.
Complicated, time-consuming, for example. Here, we don't have any time periods.
How much time is consumed at every stage. Sometimes, it might be in the diagram.
You can also say it is a time-consuming process. It involves something and something.
I recommend you to write down all these examples. What examples, what phrases you can use.
In order to write an overview, you need to answer the following questions. How many stages?
How much time we need? How many days or hours?
What are the raw materials that I have used? Equipment?
Is there manual labor included or not? After you answer these questions, these questions are important not only for writing an overview, but for overall understanding the process before you start writing.So main steps.
Here are also some useful vocabulary to use. The first step, initially, subsequently, after the stage.
So it's very important to use linking words. Like the first stage, the following step is that something is produced or is processed.
Yeah. So as always, we have two paragraphs with detailed description of the process.
And everywhere we use passive voice. Wow.
So linking words and passive voice, these are key, two key, two key strategic features of process diagrams. So these are also, there are also some important phrases, useful vocabulary that you can use.
The diagram highlights the process, the diagram illustrates. For introduction, I recommend you to write them all down.
You know, can say what I, what I just see from my perspective, from my experience, process diagrams are very like common to occur in the exam. Like I'm not an examiner, but I just noticed that, like I passed IELTS three times.
I had process diagrams two times. Yeah.
So process diagrams are common to be present in IELTS exam. They are more interesting to describe, you know, it's not about figures.
It's about processes, passive voice. Yeah.
But it's, but I wouldn't say that they are easier because if you encounter some unfamiliar words, then sometimes it might make you stressed. If you see uncommon words.
Yeah. But you know, practice makes perfect.
Just try to, yeah. So your home task, every time, so it's just goes without saying that you need to read.
For example, if we learn some type of diagram, for example, process diagram, you can also look for some examples, not only on websites like, you know, IELTS Lewis and stuff.But also on YouTube Like the Have you ever tried YouTube videos that like perfect essay review spend nine for diagram writing Yeah You can you know before you go to sleep or just when you are in in bed You are lying on the bed. You can just google on YouTube It's just you know Of course, you won't I understand you don't have time to write every single it makes it's time-consuming it's of course, but just Write it on YouTube like Google it on YouTube like I was writing Bar chart then nine Line graph Ben nine and just listen to Vocabulary, you know, so there are some examples like Like native speakers They shot videos They give you a task a picture and they just explain So here is a graph what we see and what we need to write it will Definitely help you to understand Overall, like what vocabulary they usually like if you watch three four five examples of these videos You will get the hang of it.
Like what vocabulary what a grammar structure they use because you know practice makes perfect because we have time to Discuss one two examples, but you also need to watch some Videos additional material additional sources just try to you know Every time like every day maybe 15 20 minutes for YouTube video Yeah, so watching YouTube videos is very very helpful Yeah, I assure you Okay okay, so Then In body paragraphs, also all the linking all the Linking that's in use Recalling the diagram For example s4 we can say s4 the second diagram Yeah, so you need to know so that you don't lose the points for Grammar yeah and cohesion. Yeah Stage phase step the same so we canParaphrase this word.
Verbs undergo. Undergo.
Подвергаться. Так.
Go through. Сейчас попробую исправить.
Мне это подрезка. Так, сейчас.
Yeah. Let's skip.
Проводить. Pass through.
The same. Go through.
Попасть. Попадать в машину.
Clay passes through four stages. Глина проходит через четыре процесса.
Четыре этапа. Так.
And, so, why we need to learn this vocabulary? Нельзя использовать рандомные слова.
То есть, что я говорю, постоянно читай, смотри, читай, впитывай просто вот все варианты. Да, вот прорешивай.
Это как ЕГЭ. Нужно прям вычитывать, выписывать готовые какие-то фразы.
Извини, что на русском. Просто хочу, чтобы ты точно поняла.
Фразы, слова, готовые, прям выписывай себе. То есть, я говорю, когда я, например, сдавала первый раз, это был восемнадцатый год, и у меня просто были исписаны листы просто с готовой лексикой.
То есть, например, я прям вот брала, например, line graph, и просто 10 line graphs ты просто читаешь. Просто читаешь.
И, понимаешь, мозг, у него такая память, в том числе, я не знаю, какая у тебя память, у меня, например, визуальная. Визуальная.
Ты увидела, например, какое-то слово, оно постоянно встречается в каждом втором сочинении, и ты понимаешь, что это то, что надо использовать. И ты еще видишь, как оно сочетается с другими словами.
Почему, например, derive from, а не made up from, например. Ты это постоянно видишь, и у тебя мозг уже естественным образом это запоминает.
У меня так не работает. Это даже не зубрежка.
Просто, чем чаще ты встречаешь какие-то фразы в тексте, или ты слышала несколько раз, ты уже потом, естественно, это выдаешь из своей памяти. Вообще не работает так.
Я попробую этот метод, но у меня так не работает.Any phrase related to Zubryoshka makes me feel like I'm revolting. Because it never worked with me, as far as I remember.
As far as I remember, it always worked when I made associative connections. These huge mindmaps.
I learn phrases most often, I understand phrases. It's easier for me to divide them into components.
Like, for example, Latin, part of the world, suffix, for example. Some specific suffix always, in every case, means something.
Like, able means that it will help you to make some ability, something to happen. That's what helps me.
And the fact that I need to Zubrit makes me feel... No, it's not Zubrit.
It's not Zubrit, I'm just telling you. Okay, good.
I'm just telling you to immerse yourself more. Immerse yourself in this environment.
When you just turn on the video every day and just listen, even if it's in the background, it still helps. Well, not directly in the background, so that you don't listen at all, right?
And you hear what words are used, what collocations. This is very important.
Because when you learn a word in a paragraph, then you know how to use it. Yes, you need collocations, yes.
Because, for example, you learned a word, I don't know, let's say... Well, any word, right?
Let's say... Let it be machinery, right?
A person learned machinery. And how to use it?
That is, manual labor and machinery. A whole phrase.
And so it will go better. Or, for example, in the same...
In the description of the charts, for example, you say... It rose...
You can remember, right? Let's say...
It rose from 5% to 10%. It rose by 7%, reaching 27% in 2007.
In the form of video, in the form of ready-made texts. The more your brain gets used to such a speech.
To such a style of writing, including. Okay.
I just...I understand, I realize, thank you for telling me about it, but I have to do it for myself. For now, I believe in it.
I have difficulties with the standard way of learning, they don't work. In 32 years, I understood this.
I'm a neuro-athletic person, it doesn't work for me, as you say. I need to make connections first in my head, like a huge mind map.
A huge mind map where it will be written how to write in Writing Task 1. And in Writing Task 1 it means that we have a structure, blah-blah-blah, like this.
So, in this structure we have ideas, like, the main idea and the main goal of this structure is like this. Introduction is for rephrasing the task.
Overview is to give a general idea of the given diagram, chart, whatever. Body paragraph 2, N.
And then I link to it collocations, phrases collocations, because otherwise it won't work for me. If I don't see the connections, immersion helps, but I'm slow with immersion, I'm slow with learning anyways.
Like, traditional learning does not help me at all. If I don't have a linkage with the already known, or some general idea.
All my learning stories are when I made a huge mind map. I have a visual memory, but it's not visual like you have, like, it's not photo...
So, I understand what you're talking about, look. But what I'm talking about, like, turn on YouTube video, for example, Band 9, Lion's Grave, it's not just immersion, it's...
Well, look, it tells you there, let's look at one example. And there again, this is our typical structure, it starts again.
Introduction, overview, paragraph 1, paragraph 2, it's all the same. N.
Can I... I heard you, I heard you.
I'm sorry, I'm interrupting. I heard you, I understood, we have 7 minutes left.
It's all that you're saying, it's all true, I'm just making a mental note for myself, that it only works when I have an associative connection. Well, I'm just explaining it to you so that you understand what to expect from me.
Well, like, I can't put information into myself if I don't have a structure. Sometimes I'm slow because I need to make a structure first, then repeat it.
Repeats work, but a little later. Just so you understand, I'm ready to go on, sorry.
Yeah, okay. Okay, so all the phrases that we have here...
I will just...leave it for you like we have already discussed them and you can just revise them at home and if you have time and desire you can write them down in the like proper appropriate sections like for introduction we use this and these phrases for overview we use this and these phrases and stuff like that yeah yeah i was doing that yeah yeah yeah okay so for uh as a home task you will have a process diagram it will be just one not two but one process diagram uh it's about home smokery not very easy but uh try just as an experience try to do it and uh yeah if you have some you know difficulties we can discuss it so just try uh send me your home task and we will discuss it uh in the next lesson okay okay so as for speaking assessment criteria uh i think that it's uh i don't know maybe i would uh i would spend this five minutes for speaking and for the criteria i am attaching a link to criteria you can you know uh get acquainted with them uh and here we have just some you know key features like fluency coherence lexical resource grammatical range and accuracy and pronunciation these criteria these uh criteria are very similar to what we have in writing like lexical resource and grammatical range is the same as in writing for example as for pronunciation many people ask me like uh is it uh is it a big deal if i don't have you know british accent or american accent it's it's not important the the one like the only important thing is to is to make your speech like it should be understandable like accent is no problem so uh yeah you have one minute to prepare your speech and two minutes to talk so youso yeah I just want to share with you why I like online shopping so particularly I like the food delivery services like like apps where you can buy food items hygiene products ready-made food something like that one of the favorites that I have is summer cut in Russian it's like very fast delivery food delivery service like products delivery service it's delivers food within like 30 minutes 20 minutes it's very fast so you can order it and the food will get by the courier to your door within like 20 minutes in general like an average and I like them for their ability for their speed basically yes and yes sometimes it is they have products that you want have you won't find it anywhere basically they sell some foods that they import from like other countries like Serbia Georgia Armenia some items that are made there and they're not like available in a more massive or like popular supermarkets and online shops as well that's it yeah okay two minutes exactly two minutes okay so you know everything was perfect but you know you started the phrase like now I'm going to share with you some information why I like online shopping you said like you started with reasonThis is why I like online shopping. So you started as if I asked you, why do you like online?
What is your favorite shopping? Do you like shopping online?
Or do you like going to shops physically? But in this task, we have described your favorite shop.
So the best way to start the answer to say, now I'm going to talk about my, for example, I'm going to talk about one shop that I especially like, that I like the most, for example. And you start with a shop, and then you can say, like, it's online, blah, and stuff like that.
Because you started with the reasons why you like online shopping. It was kind of logical.
Because the examiner could think that you misunderstood the task. Yeah, just, you know, it's not a big mistake, but be sure.
Like, you need to follow the task, where it is. So it is better to start with where it is, how often you go there.
So like, the way that the task presented, OK? Yes, make sure that you understand the task correctly, and the examiner understands that you understood it.
Because there can be a misunderstanding. Like, if you start with, why do I like online shopping?
And the examiner would think, do we have the task about online shopping? It's not about online shopping, it's about favorite shop.
Yeah. Yeah, there is no problem with online shopping.
It's just how you start shopping in this task. OK.
OK? Everything's there.
The rest was OK. OK, then we can finish now.
We can finish here. We covered everything that we wanted.
And in this presentation, you already have your home task. And as for a perfect sample, you can write down this example, and all the phrases.
Please write down all the phrases. As you said, you can use your mind map, and put all these useful phrases into three sections.
Introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
OK, then, thank you, and see you next time. Bye-bye.
IELTS prep урок 3.pdf
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IELTS PREP
Lesson 3
April 4, 2024
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LESSON PLAN
Study: Writing Task 1 Pie Charts
1.
Speaking Task 2 (6-10 minutes)
2.
Speaking Task 3 (10-16 minutes)
3.
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WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHARTS
@lingvo.mira
The pie charts below show units of electricity production by
fuel source Australia and France in 1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the
main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
В задании может быть 2, 3, 4 или даже 6 pie
charts. Структура для них одна и та же, неважно
сколько их.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHARTS
@lingvo.mira
The pie charts below show units of electricity
production by fuel source Australia and France in
1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
1§ Introduction: Paraphrase the Task (1 sentence)
- The given pie charts provide data on ...
Лучше написать то, что сравнивается, если этих
пунктов 3-5. Например, в этом графике у нас 5
fuel sources, и мы их пишем:
The pie charts compare the amount of electricity
produced using coal, oil, natural gas, hydro and
nuclear power in Australia and France over two
separate years: 1980 and 2000.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHARTS
@lingvo.mira
The pie charts below show units of electricity
production by fuel source Australia and France in
1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
2§ Overview (2-3 предложения)
Overall, ...
Пишем, что самое большое и что самое маленькое. Пишем
individual items. В этом графике – fuel sources, и нам нужно
написать какие были самыми значительными: Australia relied
on coal and France on nuclear power.
Overall, electricity production almost doubled between the given
years (общий тренд, объединяющий всю информацию на
графике). It is also notable that while these two countries
generated electricity from a mix of sources in 1980 (контраст),
they relied on one principal fuel source by 2000: Australia relied
on coal and France on nuclear power (пишем про 2 основных
источника и 2 страны из графика).
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHARTS
@lingvo.mira
The pie charts below show units of electricity
production by fuel source Australia and France in
1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
3§ Main features with Comparisons (3-5 предложений)
It is clear that ... / It can be seen that ...
Пишем про самую большую секцию + когда и цифры.
Сравниваем это со второй самой большой секцией +
когда и цифры.
Coal was used to produce 50 of the total 100 units of
electricity in Australia in 1980, rising to 130 out of 170
units in 2000. By contrast, nuclear power became the
most important fuel source in France in 2000, producing
almost 75% of the country’s electricity.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHARTS
@lingvo.mira
The pie charts below show units of electricity
production by fuel source Australia and France in
1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
4§ Main features with Comparisons (3-5 предложений)
According to the data ... / It is noticeable that ...
Пишем про самые маленькие секции + когда и цифры.
It can be seen that Australia depended on hydro power
for just under 25% of its electricity in both years, but the
amount of electricity produced using this type of power
fell from 5 to a mere 2 units in France. Oil, on the other
hand, remained a relatively important fuel source in
France, but its use declined in Australia. Both countries
relied on natural gas for electricity production significantly
more in 1980 than in 2000.
WRITING TASK 1
PIE CHARTS PRACTICE
@lingvo.mira
You have 5 minutes to prepare
introduction and overview
paragraphs
СЛОВА ДЛЯ IELTS PIE CHARTS
НА БАЛЛ 7.0+
55% - more than half
50% - half
35% - more than a third
25% - a quarter
20% - a fifth
77% - just over three quarters
77% - approximately three quarters
49% - just under a half
49% - nearly a half
32% - almost a third
75%-85% - a very large majority
65%-75% - a significant proportion
10%-15% - a minority
5% - a very small number
@lingvo.mira
КАК ПЕРЕФРАЗИРОВАТЬ «%»?
- per cent/percent (used after a number)
About seventy per cent of the population of
Singapore is of Chinese ancestry.
- percentage (used without numbers)
A large percentage of Canada
'
s electricity is
generated by hydroelectric power.
- proportion
A larger proportion of the national budget is
spent on the military than on anything else.
- segment
Only a small segment of the population
agrees with this idea.
@lingvo.mira
КАК ПЕРЕФРАЗИРОВАТЬ «%»?
- fraction
A tiny fraction of the total number of
applicants to this university are accepted.
- a significant majority
A significant majority of the roads in this
district are unpaved. a large percentage
- a small percentage
Only a small percentage of earthquakes
cause major damage.
@lingvo.mira
VERBS FOR PIE CHARTS
Agriculture accounts for the vast majority of
water used worldwide.
In San Diego County and California State,
residential water consumption represents
60% and 39% of total water usage. By
contrast, a mere 8% of the water used
globally goes to homes.
Water consumption for agriculture makes up
a massive 69% of global water use, but only
17% and 28% of water usage in San Diego and
California respectively.
... the figure for California is 10% higher, at
33%.
@lingvo.mira
https://wordwall.net/resource/16566978
Speaking Task 2
You have 1 minute to prepare your talk.
You need to speak for 1-2 minutes.
Speaking Task 2
You have 1 minute to prepare your talk.
You need to speak for 1-2 minutes.
Speaking Task 3
A discussion with the examiner (4-5 minutes)
pie charts
over separate years: 1980 and 2000
1) the total units of energy production doubled
2) while variety of energy → 3) nuclear power & coal leaders/countries
pie chart — Can I say diagram? yes!
The biggest/The smallest → overview (least popular)
If you omit several categories in the middle proportions that’s okay
3-5 предложений Body paragraphs
majority/minority
Summary
School Budget Expenditure Comparison:
- Years Analyzed: 1981, 1991, 2001.
- Main Categories: Salaries, Supplies, Facilities.
- Teachers' Salaries: Remained stable across years.
- Books: Decrease in expenditure over time.
- Furniture & Equipment: Increase in expenses.
- Insurance: Slight increase in expenses.
- Other Workers' Salaries: Consistent proportion of spending.
- Largest Expenditure: Teachers' salaries.
- Smallest Expenditure: Insurance.
Winter Sports in Russia:
- Popularity: High due to long winters.
- Region Highlighted: Yakutia.
- Temperature: Can reach-50 degrees Celsius.
- Unique Sport: Mass wrestling.
- Benefits of Sports: Health improvement, relaxation, resilience, endurance.
- Unifying Aspect: Events like the Olympic Games.
- Evolution of Sports: Constantly evolving with new additions to events.
- Speaker's Physical Activity: Limited engagement but recognizes sports evolution.
Speaking Task Recommendations:
- Task Duration: Two-minute task with five points.
- Time Allocation: Approximately 20-25 seconds per point.
- Discussion Time: 4-5 minutes.
- Question Range: Minimum of three, maximum of five.
Travel and Experiences:
- Preference: Traveling abroad for new experiences.
- Impact on Children: Expands worldview.
- Holiday Changes: Influenced by political and societal shifts.
- Safety: Improved, allowing more freedom.
Kendama- Japanese Skill Toy:
- Components: Wooden sword and ball.
- Skill Development: Hand-eye coordination.
- Learning Resources: Online tutorials.
data that we have. For example, at this pie chart, we have four pie charts, two countries.
It's about units of electricity by fuel source and different types of fuel sources in France and Australia. So, yeah, the structure is the same.
Then, so in the first paragraph, as always, we paraphrase the task. So we had the pie charts below show units of electricity production.
We say the given pie charts provide data on the same. And then we compare what we have at this graph.
For example, the pie charts compare the amount of electricity produced using coal, oil, natural gas, hydro and nuclear power in Australia and France over two separate years. So, you know, you had a question in the previous class.
You asked me if you can write, like, for the period from, for the given period from 1980 to 2000. So if you have only two years, it's not from 1980 to 2000, but two years, separate years, you can use this phrase.
Over two separate years. So the word separate will give the information that it's separate years, not the period of time.
Okay, that's great. Yeah.
So, uh-huh. Then an overview.
So yeah, as always, we write the main features, like we choose what is the biggest and what is the smallest. For example, here we can see that, for example, can you tell me what is the biggest part here and what is the least?
So coal, I think it's biggest in Australia. 1980s is half.
And then 2000 is 130 units out of 170. So it's like 75%.
So the largest proportion, coal, yeah, coal accounts for the largest proportion of electricity. Okay.
And in France? In France is nuclear power in 2000.
And I think it's equal between coal and natural gas in 1980s.So, we can say that not only about countries, but the overall electricity production, right? For example, first of all, we can compare the years.
So, we can start from the years 1980. So, we compare both France and Australia in 1980 and 2000.
So, overall electricity production doubled between the given years. So, between 1980 and 2000, electricity production almost doubled.
So, it was 190 in both countries and then it equals 350, something like that. So, this is the information on two periods, like between two years.
And then we can say that it is also notable that while these two countries generated electricity from a mix of sources in 1980, they relied on Australia, coal and France on nuclear power. So, the first feature is about years and the second feature about countries.
What was special for Australia and what was special for France? So, you mean that in case of a lot of the pie charts, we need to find more general trends and key features, not like describing all of them, but trying to find something that unites several trends in one trend, for example.
Yeah. So, describe, not like, yeah, we can start describing that there was several energies, blah, but then we can just think, okay, there is a variety of energy and then there is more energy reliance on one or two sources, basically.
Okay, I see. Yeah, because in this graph, we have four pie charts or diagrams, but sometimes there can be even six, eight or ten.
Okay, not ten, but maybe six. And of course, it would be very difficult to draw all the information from all these pie charts, so it's better to talk about some general features.
Yeah, so maybe you can, so first of all, as I already said, you need to analyze the overall trend for all pie charts. So, we can see, for example, so here we summarize the number of total production in one year and then…compare it with this.
So, if we had, for example, three separate years, for example, 1980, 2000 and 2010, then we would compare three years with each other, for example. So, I'm sure that energy production in 2020 was higher than in 2000.
So, we could say that this trend was stable and energy production rose, there was a stable growth throughout the period given, for example. And then you can mention some countries.
So, we could have not only two, but five countries. So, we could mention only leaders, for example.
So, it's only overall information. Then we start describing some particular features, not features, but data that we have here.
So, coal, for example, was used to produce. So, for example, we can start with describing special fuel sources, exact fuel sources.
For example, here you said that coal was leading in Australia. So, that is where we describe it.
So, you don't need to describe it in the overall paragraph, but you describe it in the main feature paragraph, like the first paragraph. For example, coal was used to produce 50 of the top 100 units of electricity in Australia in 1980, rising to 130 out of 170 units in 2000.
It's the same information that you mentioned earlier. The only thing that you need to remember that it's not for overview, but for the describing paragraph.
And then you say that by contrast, nuclear power became the most important fuel source in France, producing 75% of the country's electricity. So, what about 75%?
So, here we have units of production. So, of course, if you have time, you can calculate the percentage.
So, here we have units. It's not percentage, but as you can see, we can write percentage producing almost 75%.
So, that will show the examiner that you know how to calculate percentages. So, for example, for Australia.You wrote units, and for friends, you used percentage.
That's also like an additional point for writing in percentage, okay. Yeah, uh-huh, yeah.
Okay, so in the first describing paragraph, we wrote about the biggest sections, the biggest, and in the last paragraph, we write about the smallest sections, the smallest percentages. Let's have a look at it.
So we say that... So let's describe.
So first of all, so what about Australia? What was the smallest proportion in Australia?
Oil. Uh-huh.
And then... I mean 80, yeah, both, yeah.
Yeah. And?
Hydro power in 80s, and then... Hydro power again?
And natural gas, right? Uh-huh.
Hydro power, natural gas in the... And then in Australia, I think it was oil and natural gas.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah. So we can say that...
For example, so Australia depended on hydro power for just under 25%, but the amount of electricity fell from 5 to a mere 2 units. So we can say this, and also we can also...
So it's just one of the options. I already say that it's just one of the options.
It doesn't mean that if you write in another way, that it would be a mistake. Of course not.
So, for example, you could write that... Regarding the other sources, the other fuel sources that were...
That were... Just a moment.
Regarding the other types of fuel source in Australia, the country depended on primarily hydro power, natural gas, but, for example, the least... So, and the smallest proportion was produced by oil.
Yeah, so that would be also correct. So in the first paragraph, you described only the biggest proportion.portions, and then in the last paragraph you describe the other or the least popular portions.
But there is also one more thing. If you omit one or two sections, for example, you describe this and this, but you forgot to mention natural gas.
It's somewhere in the middle. It's also okay.
So you don't need to mention all the sources. So many people make this mistake.
They think, well, if I have coal, oil, natural gas, hydropower, all these types, I need to mention all of them. Otherwise, that would be a mistake.
It's not true. You don't have much time to cover all the types.
So that's why it's important to choose. Just choose what you think is important in this graph.
So for some people, maybe mentioning oil would be more important. So oil was not super popular, so that's why I want to mention it.
But for other people, maybe mentioning natural gas and hydropower would be more useful. And it's up to you to decide.
So I think that the most important thing is to keep a correct structure and to mention only key features. Try not to focus on detailing all the things that you have, because you will waste your time.
Okay, so let's practice a little bit. You have five minutes.
I decided to give you five minutes just in our lesson, during our lesson. You have a pie chart here, three pie charts.
You need to prepare introduction and overview paragraphs. Overview paragraph.
I'll try to make it just a moment. So we also have three, not two, but three years.
Okay, I see. The following, can I say diagrams or pie charts?
It's pie charts, it's not diagrams. You can say diagram.
The following diagrams shows the expenditure of,school budgets across three separate years, 1981, 1991, and 2001, and highlights the spending categories, which are insurance, other workers' salaries, resources, books, furniture and equipment, teachers' salaries. So this is introduction.
Yeah, two sentences. The key features, the overview.
Basically, one of the stable categories that, yeah, I forgot how to start overview. Basically, the chart shows that over three years, the main category of expenditure was teachers' salaries.
It was pretty stable across all three years, something like that. And then the main differences or the main fluctuations of, how to say it?
You know, fluctuations, it's more about line graphs. OK, I just want to explain that, like the resources for books, spending, the amount of or percentage of the money spent on resources in books decreased over the years.
But it's already some peculiar.Priorities and it's not a key feature. So about teacher salaries I agree with you because as we can see it's the biggest Proportion, right?
So teacher salaries Remained stable remained the biggest proportion of total school expenditure Yes, so this is the first trend and it's correct so Look at the pie chart, what is what is the main trend? One more trend Basically the the amount of money spent on any on other categories even doubt a little bit like it's So Before Some money were spent like for other workers salaries more but then it's like over the years it decreased and then the resources for books decreased Furniture equipment rose and then insurance increased.
So basically they kind of I just say they even doubt they like Like resources other workers salaries insurance. It's almost like the same just several percent Percentage, it's not like big difference between them.
I don't know how to explain that It's only one more general thing that I can say. I don't know Okay, so I think I think Yeah, I got your idea.
I see what you what you mean what you want what you are trying to say Okay, so that I see two ways of describing So the first the first way of describing overview is to talk about the biggest and the smallest proportion for example, you can say that the biggest Proportion so teacher salaries accounted for the biggest proportion of total school expenditure and the smallest on Insurance, right? So it was stable insurance 2% 3% and 8% so it was always So most the least money was always spent on insurance So this is one the first way of saying that and the second way that you were trying to say I So I got your idea.
You can also say that You can also describe trends. For example, you can and you enumerate categories that rose throughout three years andCategories that fell and fluctuated.
But I think this way is much more difficult. Like, the first one was easier.
So yeah, you could say that when it comes to teachers' salaries, it fluctuated, okay. Insurance, it rose.
Other workers' salaries decreased. Resources fluctuated.
And furniture fluctuated. So yeah, you could describe one category decreased, one category increased, and the third category fluctuated.
But I wouldn't say that it gives us some information, like, okay, fluctuated, and how it fluctuated. Like, it rose and fell, or it fell and rose.
So if I read this information, so categories like this and this fluctuated. And what?
So yeah, so I think that the first option was better. Like, you were correct when you said that teachers' salaries accounted for the biggest proportion of spending of expenditure throughout three separate years.
But then you started analyzing too much about fluctuations and stuff like that. So it's not line chart, it's not line graph.
It's just pie chart. You need to see, you know, percentages, proportions.
So pay more attention to categories. Okay.
Yeah. Okay.
So, and what phrases, what words you need to use? So of course, you can use numbers, like five, zero, or two, zero, and stuff like that.
What would increase your score? That is using words, phrases, like a fifth, a quarter, a half, and stuff like that, a minority, a majority.
So try to replace numbers with words. And what is also good about it, what is special, is that that will help you to achieve the minimum word count, like 150, because, yeah, you can compare, for example, 77% or just over three quarters.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. Uh-huh.So, also, so percentage, in order not to use this word repeatedly, you can also use percentage, proportion, segment, fraction, yeah, so some synonyms.
Or if you, if you see, if you can clearly see that it's majority or minority, you can also say that, majority of that and that, instead of, instead of saying the biggest proportion, you just say majority, yeah, okay, so when it comes to verbs, so we can say account for, something accounts for something, for example, if we have a look at this pie charts, we can see that agriculture accounts for the vast majority of water used worldwide. As you can see, passive voice is super useful.
The next verb, represent, we can also say represent, meaning account for percentage. In San Diego county and California state, residential water consumption represents 60% and 39%.
And make up also, so make up, sometimes it sounds like it's a spoken verb, but not, it's okay to use it in academic writing, so water consumption for agriculture, for example, makes up a massive 69%. Don't be afraid to use adjectives, like it's okay to say a massive 69%.
Okay, so as for vocabulary, you will have the opportunity to look through the slides and try some useful words and phrases at home, and now let's, if you have any questions, let's discuss them now. As for writing, okay, if you don't have any questions, let's skip it and turn to speaking task two.
So in speaking task two, you have a chance to have a look at the sheet of paper with the task and you will have it all the time, like while you talk. So this task is easier than task three.
So you have one minute, so the examiner gives you.this card with a task and you have only one minute to read through the card and try to think about what you are going to talk about. So I'll give you one minute.
Okay, just a moment. I will set a timer for two minutes.
Okay, you can start now. Okay, I want to tell you a story when I, with my mother and like my aunties, we went for a family trip to China.
And one day we were like coming back to our hotel from excursion taxi. And I forgot a camera, a photo camera in the taxi.
So it was basically it fell under the crack between two seats. So I didn't see it and I like forgot it basically.
So that was like something unpleasant because next day we were leaving Beijing and we are going, we went to the seashore, right? But I was like this evening when we returned, I understood that I forgot a camera and I was trying to recollect where I forgot it.
And then I remembered that it was most probably happened in taxi, right? So I, we tried to ask our reception to call to a taxi company.
Luckily, we had like a check, a receipt from taxi driver. And then I lost hope.
So next morning we were already late.leaving, we were like going in a tour bus and then the receptionist called us and actually, yes, they found a camera. It was like hidden between the seats and they found it and it was like the receptionist already got the camera and were giving it to us.
So it was a very funny and challenging and stressful moment for me. And I was in high school at this moment.
I was like 14 years old and camera at that time was very expensive and my parents were not happy with me. But what I would do differently, of course, I will probably, if I were a parent of a 14-year-old, I will not allow myself or allow a kid to carry a camera.
So definitely, I would basically give a camera to my mother maybe next time. So it would be like something that I would respect the item more.
Okay, thank you. Do you like taking pictures now?
Yes, of course. Do you like taking pictures?
Yeah, of course, I like to take pictures, but it is not easy to lose a photo camera because it is a phone basically right now. And phone is almost everyone's life.
It's all a center of life for everyone, I think, right now in the modern age. That's why it's easier to take pictures and not lose a photo camera.
Yeah, I agree with you. Okay, so it was super nice.
You were speaking very fast and fluently. What about time management?
So before you started talking about high school, like I was in high school or something like that. So before that moment, you already reached two minutes.
Okay, I see. Yeah, so I think you can maybe, yeah, so this is time limit.
So examiners can stop you. So I didn't stop you, but the examiner can stop you with some random question, like you were talking.
So when I was in high school, an examiner could say, and what about now? Do you like taking pictures?
And that's all. Yeah, so that's how it goes in the exam.
So and all in all, you talked foralmost three minutes Yeah, two minutes and 47 seconds. Yeah, so keep it shorter.
I mean, yeah, it's important to Tell and cover all the points in the two minutes timeframe, right Yeah, it's highly recommended to cover all the points. So if we have two minutes just Let's try to you know, I I understand that sometimes it's difficult to structure everything but you know, there is some recommendation to So we have three four five.
We have five points and We have two minutes. So Five may be about 25 30 seconds or one Point 20 25 seconds for one point.
This would be perfect Yes, so, of course, it's it would be perfect to cover all the all the points, of course so For example the first two points you mentioned in one sentence Like you said that my family and I my mom and my aunt and I went to China Lalala, so you already covered the first two points in one sentence Mm-hmm. Yeah, I know who you were with the first and the third point.
Yeah Okay, so So the problem is that you mentioned the last point After you reached the limit the time limit. Yeah, that was the only problem okay, and now task 3 The same topic traveling, okay Okay, so There's only there's also a time limit, right?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, so I will tell you Okay, so in speaking task 3 Overall Overall the discussion lasts for four five minutes And in task 3 we have about four five Questions So it depends.
For example, if you answer The first question or a long time like three minutes, it takes you three minutes to answer the first question Then the examiner will ask you only three questions If you answer very shortly like do you like traveling and you say yeah, I do Then of course the examiner will start Askingyou other questions. I see, so minimum three questions and then up to five if I'm not speaking long enough.
Yeah, so if you keep silence then the examiner will ask you other questions. I see.
Yeah, okay. So, okay, why do some people prefer to travel abroad rather than in their own country?
It's an interesting question. I think it depends, but overall I can guess or make an attempt for a guess that some of the people wants to be like, you know, feel something new, like new experiences, something very different and strange and like diverse from something they already knew in their own country, like new language, new cuisine, new sights, new climate.
Yeah, that's okay. Okay, do you think traveling to another country can change the way people think?
I think all the experiences in life can change the way people think and the way they kind of view on the world and their values and their perceptions. So, it's new experiences.
It gives you new, maybe, acquaintances. You meet new people with new, like, different world views that drastically differs from yours.
And, of course, that can help to bend your point of view, at least not change dramatically, but like expand it in a way. Mm-hmm.
And do you think it's good for children to experience life in a foreign country? I would definitely give my children, like, some possibilities to travel and see the world, because it is just gives you a perspective on things.
For example, when I was younger, I haven't much opportunities to travel abroad, only like on very short trips. And then my first like experience traveling abroad on my own duringMy studies at university really changed the way I perceive my own country.
The given utilities, the given opportunities and all the conditions that my country has helped me understand that I'm very privileged, actually, that not in the whole world such goods are valuable to people, you know, so that's helped me to like expand my worldview and perspectives. Yes.
Yeah. And how have holidays changed over the past few decades?
Very intriguing question, holidays. Few decades.
I'm only living for three decades, so I'm 31 years old, and I was born after the U.S.S.R. collapsed, so I haven't, like, remember, like, I do not remember a lot about the Soviet era, but during that time, of course, there was a different political regime and different, like, capitalism system, economical system, sorry, there was not, like, capitalistic, but more societal, and of course, holidays, they were different, I mean, the life itself was different, people were trying to find goods, they were, like, staying in line to buy their food and clothes, and holidays is a part of life as well, and a big part of the holidays is food, is the way people dress, is the way people, like, what they listen, what they talk about, so of course, it's changed, but it can be very drastic change, but I, like, yeah. Do you think it's safer to travel now than in the past?
Most definitely it's safer to travel at this point of time. For example, me as a female, I can travel alone during, like, 17th century or 18th century, I think a lot of the women were not allowed traveling alone, that you need to have, like, a fellow traveler, a fellow lady traveler, or a man, or even a huge, like, group of people that you travel with, because it's not, it was not considered, like, safe.as well as not consider it to be a good manner of speech, you know, like a good etiquette to travel alone during that time Okay, thank you.
So, yeah, we spoke for about five and a half minutes, so it's okay. Five questions, five minutes each question, so it took you one minute to answer one question.
It was perfect. Okay, yeah, so if I'm already speaking for four minutes, will the examiner stop at four minutes or she can ask like up to five minutes, basically?
Up to five minutes, up to five minutes, yeah. So, as I see, you have some sense of this one minute in your head, like you were talking for one minute, maybe one minute and 15 seconds, answering one question, so it was just fine, perfect.
Because I don't like the theme. If I don't like theme, I can speak measuredly.
If I like theme, if I remember some story, I can talk actually more time. That's what's happened, I think, in the previous task.
I just remembered that time and I was just talking. Okay, I will write you some moments that occurred in your speaking.
Try to correct them. Just a moment.
For example, you said... Yeah, so you wanted to say something like much opportunity or, yeah, many opportunities.
Then try to correct this. Economy system.
It's not economical system, it's economy system, no? Economic.
Ah, economic system. Yeah, so there is a difference between economic and economical.
So, economical is something that is not expensive and like budget and economic science. I see.The next, something like that, okay, can you see my message?
Yeah, it's a mix of sentences, tenses, sorry, time, like the... Not time, it's about using gerund and infinitive after the verb allow.
Okay. So you should say, it weren't allowed to go, yeah.
Allowed to do something. Then, something like...
Diverse from... Differ from?
Not diverse, it's a wrong word or wrong preposition. Diverse in?
I don't know. No, different from, or no, sorry, differ from, it differs from something.
So diverse, it's just an adjective, right? Adjective like, for example, all countries are very diverse or people are diverse.
And here we can say, differ from something, for example, this country differs from another. Okay, then, yeah, and something like, I and my mom.
Me, my mom and my aunties, something like that, or I, my mom and my aunties. Ah, okay, my mom, my aunties and I.
Yeah, so you should put yourself, like I, at the end of this, not the sentence, but at the end of the list. I can say like, no, I cannot say me, right?
Me, my mom and my aunties. My mom, my aunties and I.
Yeah.And I, mm-hmm. Okay, so the next The next, the next topic Okay, so another topic, speaking task two.
You have one minute Okay Yeah, time is up, okay, now you can start speaking I would like to learn about Kendama. Kendama is a skills toy It was originated in Japan a very long time ago.
I think in like Middle-aged like first toys that kids play But now it's more like modernized version of it Basically, it means Ken. Ken is a word, a Japanese word for Sword and Dama is a ball so it's a Wooden toy.
Usually it's made from wooden, but it can be different materials It's like a wooden sword that you need to Kind of spear the ball and ball have a hole in it So you need to kind of catch a ball With the Ken, with the sword by like trying to throw the ball in the air and then Pierce the ball with the Ken, with the sword it's a very interesting way to Practice proper reception, basically understanding the precision of the swordlike the eye, and then train your movements with the hands and the body to play that. And I would learn it with the online tutorials, there is a lot of them right now.
Super! Super! One minute and 45 seconds. Perfect timing.
Perfect, so that is how you should speak. So just memorize this tempo, this, you know.
Okay, and now a little discussion, part three. So we are talking about sport.
Okay, what types of sports are popular in your country? In Russia there is a lot of sports that people love to watch, and winter sports, like most of the sports that people like love to watch, there is winter sports because of the nine months of the winter.
So I, particularly from a region called Yakutia, so we have our own sport, but because it's very cold there, like minus 50 during the winter time, we usually have a lot of the sports that play during the summer time. So, for example, one of the sports is mass wrestling.
Mass is a Yakut word, Sakha word for wood, and it's usually like a wooden stick, and a platform put like in a standing position, and people, to contestants, they press their legs to the wooden platform, and then they have a wooden stick that they need to compete. They need to kind of pull it.
One person will pull it one way, and another person will pull it another way. So they try to win it over, like they need to pull it like so hard that the person will let it go, the other one.
So this is one of the very attractive, very like emotional sports, type of sports that in my country are very, like in my region particularly, very popular. Okay, and what are the benefits of playing a sport?There's a lot of benefits.
I was myself, like, I was going on an extracurricular activity. I was a group of a swimming team in my high school.
So it helped me with my health. It helped me to relax.
It helped me to train my resilience, endurance. And like, overall, on a global level, sports help to unite people, I think.
Like Olympic Games, it's a very beautiful concept where countries put their best sportsmen and sportswomen and they compete instead of doing worse, for example. So it's very cool.
Do you often play sports? Why and why not?
At this point of time, I do not play sports a lot. And actually, like any physical activity at this point of time, it's non-existent in my life, pretty much.
So I'm just like, maybe using online sports a little bit, like games, online games and etc. But not like in a physical, active way.
So yeah, at this point, no. Do you think the types of sports that are popular will change in the future?
It's changing right now. Like there's more and more types of sports that like included in Olympic Games each year.
Like snowboarding wasn't a part of Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games. Just recently it was added, I think, like maybe 10 years ago, 15 years ago.
So each year, a new sport is added. So I think it's definitely over the years, someone will come up with a new sport and people will play it.
And I think it's just the nature of humankind to try new things, to develop, to think of new innovative ways to do old stuff. So of course, there will be developed new versions of football, chess and other things.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
Thank you very much for this discussion. So we had five minutes of discussion, so everything's right.
We've covered not five but four.questions because you spent more time to describe the first question, the first answer when you describe the types of sports popular in your country. So it's okay.
I think that the examiner wouldn't stop you because you were describing the topic. So the examiner can stop you if you, for example, change the topic.
For example, he asked you about sports and you start talking about something different. Yeah.
Just one moment. Can you please try to correct this thing?
You said there is a lot of benefits. There are many benefits.
So there is a rule. So you can say there is a lot of, if the noun then is, for example, water, uncountable, water, something, sugar, there is a lot of sugar.
But if it's countable, like benefits, we can say there are a lot of benefits. And because instead of saying because, you should say as, because you said, because it's very cold, we don't play this and this.
You should say as it is cold. Okay.
Is it like, right now I think my speaking level is like 7, a solid 7, but I'm not sure about the scoring system. I didn't check it yet.
Will the grammar mistakes significantly lower my score or not? That's my question, just quick question.
If it's too long. Yeah, of course it lowers the score, the range of vocabulary, grammar structures, the complexity of grammar.
If you only use present simple, present perfect, then it's not enough. You need to use passive voice, like this.
Let's discuss this topic in the next class, like criteria of speaking more carefully and if you have more questions we will discuss them. Okay.
Thank you. So, okay, I will send you your homework and see you next time.
Bye-bye. Thank you.
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IELTS 3/2
Date: 03.05.2024 19:45:40
Keywords: Writing, Writing, Writing task one
Speakers: Speaker A, Speaker B
Summary
The main focus is on improving writing skills, including revising articles, using appropriate vocabulary, and avoiding logical errors. The speaker provides guidance on using past tenses, passive voice, and academic vocabulary. Additionally, the speaker emphasizes the importance of finding patterns in graphs and using synonyms appropriately.
The discussion focused on improving writing skills for task one and task two. Specific feedback was given on using correct grammar, avoiding logical errors, and using appropriate vocabulary. Strategies for paraphrasing the introduction and analyzing tables were also discussed.
The discussion focused on the writing task one and assessment criteria. It was emphasized that the first body paragraph should include information about three countries, while the last body paragraph should cover the remaining countries. The overall trend of the table was highlighted, with specific attention to the rise in family expenditures and the decrease in spending on clothing and transport. Recommendations were given for using commas and improving vocabulary for writing task one.
1. Reviewing writing mistakes and providing guidance
Chapter summary:
The main focus is on improving writing skills, including revising articles, using appropriate vocabulary, and avoiding logical errors. The speaker provides guidance on using past tenses, passive voice, and academic vocabulary. Additionally, the speaker emphasizes the importance of finding patterns in graphs and using synonyms appropriately.
Chapter transcript:
0:00:00 Speaker A: So, all in all, your writing was pretty good. But there were a few mistakes, and let’s have a look at them. So, I recommend you to revise articles. Do you remember the book that I recommended to you, right? Yeah, but I didn’t do it yet. Yeah, you have enough time, maybe more than one month, maybe… you know, step by step, try to maybe, yeah, different, different, say, cases, different cases of the usage of article there. So there are different cases. And for example, the provided line graph gives information on the usage. So it’s usage of three kinds of what? Of spreads, the usage. Okay, contractions like this. It’s not okay to use them in writing because it’s like an official, not an official document, but it’s like a scientific article. So it’s better to write and.
0:01:11 Speaker B: Even if it’s the graph itself used the contraction because on the graph there’s low fat and like the symbol, it’s not the end.
0:01:22 Speaker A: You know, it’s better to write and in letters. Okay. And, you know, it’s also a plus because it will help you reach these 150 words.
0:01:35 Speaker B: Okay.
0:01:37 Speaker A: Yeah, because sometimes, you know, when you, so you have only one hour for task one plus task two. And, you know, it’s better to spend maybe 15 hours. 17 minutes on task one because task two is always more difficult you sometimes get a topic so we will of course discuss task two later in our later lessons but you know from my experience you need more than 40 minutes for task two so it’s better to do it quicker so Kinds of spreads. Not three spreads, but kinds of spreads. Yeah, so different kinds of.
0:02:27 Speaker B: Because it’s a substance. It’s not like a solid thing, right? That’s why we use kinds of.
0:02:34 Speaker A: Yes. So it’s not three countries, right? It’s kinds of spreads. So we could say three countries, three boys, three girls, but not spreads. Or water. We cannot say water. Like three types of water, maybe, um, still water. Okay. Um, diminished considerably, um, diminished considerably. Uh, yeah. So, um, yeah. Why I made it, uh, in a red color. Uh, there’s the reason.
0:03:17 Speaker B: Ah, the logic, well, the logic behind diminished is less, like, it’s not as, the change is not as drastic, while considerably meaning big.
0:03:31 Speaker A: No, no, no, it’s not, it’s a logical mistake, right? But it’s not about the vocabulary. Vocabulary is okay, but you see that when it comes to low-fat foods, and reduced spreads, it didn’t diminish. It rose. Ah, okay, I see. Yeah, so when we look at the graphs, we need to compare the first and the last points. Yes. Initial and the last point, like, so butter and margarine is right, they diminished, but low-fat… It rose. Yeah. So that would be a logical error. Yeah. So, um, um, okay. Although bar was most heavily used in the beginning of the first place instead. Um, so this is the sentence, how I would paraphrase it. So although at the beginning, so although bar was most heavily used in the beginning, So at the beginning is when we say at the beginning of something, at the beginning of the story, at the beginning of the period, his life. Yeah. But in the beginning, it’s on the whole. Low fat and reduced press upsurge or surge and took the first place instead. Yeah. And we shouldn’t use present perfect because it’s all about the past. 2007, it’s past. Have taken, like present perfect. It’s connected with present, right? And here we don’t have present.
0:05:31 Speaker A: So in task one, we always use only past tenses. Past simple, past perfect, okay. But not present. I see. Yeah, so searched. Past simple and took the first place. Past simple in both cases. Yeah, and here is my remark, like be more attentive with trends. Overall, the consumption of margarine and butter decreased over the period given, while for low fat and reduced spreads, it rose. Here’s the correct trend. And although butter was the most popular spread in the beginning, it was replaced by low-fat and reduced fat in the end. So be more attentive. So that’s why I asked you to spend maybe one or two minutes, not, yeah, okay, one, two minutes to structure. First, you need to think, like, just look at the graph, compare the initial point, the last point, and try to structure it. and the logic, the overall logic of the graph. Because if you make a logical mistake, that would really lower your score. Okay. So body paragraphs. Turn to the details. We can see that. Don’t use personal constructions. Use impersonal, impersonalized. Like it can be seen. Because… So in IELTS Task 2, it’s okay to use personal constructions. Like, from my perspective, as far as I’m concerned, la la la.
0:07:23 Speaker A: But in Task 1, it’s better to use past… Sorry. Passive voice. Passive voice. The next mistake. Don’t use… spoken english vocabulary in task both in task one and task two so as writing it’s about academic vocabulary so something like pretty pretty good pretty bad it’s not good for ielts it’s better to use uh academic vocabulary like approximately roughly and yeah I also added the list how you can replace it approximately nearly roughly about around stuff like that but not something like pretty pretty pretty small pretty big that is you can use them in your speaking it’s okay yeah the next so 90 grams for margarine And for butter. It’s not a mistake, but it sounds better.
0:08:37 Speaker B: Okay, I see. So measurement should be for something. Yes.
0:08:46 Speaker A: And per year. It’s also not a mistake, but it’s better to put the brackets at the end of the sentence. Like grams per year. And then you describe the numbers. It just looks better. Um, then, yeah, and this one is about vocabulary. So it’s very good that you used a new word, like a more advanced, like not just declined, but collapsed. Collapsed is a very good word, but this word is already very strong, like collapse. So we understand that collapse it’s declined dramatically. so you shouldn’t use rapidly because it’s like um i don’t know over exaggeration so adding uh adverbs uh mindfully like yeah yeah so uh here i gave you two examples like you can say just collapsed or it rapidly declined or declined rapidly both are correct rapidly declined That means like dramatically. So there are two ways. You can use a strong verb or not very strong verb, like decline, rise, something like that, and plus adverb. Plus adverb, okay, I see. Yeah. Then reaching 70 grams. So it’s just more grammatically beautiful. Like, it collapsed, doing what? Reaching 70 grams. Eventually it collapsed, reaching 70 grams. Of course, you can say it collapsed and reached. But it collapsed, reaching what?
0:10:51 Speaker A: Reaching 70 grams. It sounds more natural.
0:10:56 Speaker B: What is the name for this sentence structure? It is like verb plus gerundi, right? Something like that?
0:11:03 Speaker A: Yeah, it’s gerund, reaching.
0:11:07 Speaker B: Verb plus gerund, okay.
0:11:09 Speaker A: Yeah, there were some cases when you used this gerund not correct, but I don’t remember where it was. Just a moment. Okay, if I see it, I will tell you. Okay. So, at the same time, also you can use meanwhile. Then expenditure. Can you tell me what is expenditure? What is the synonym of this word?
0:11:40 Speaker B: Spending, for example.
0:11:43 Speaker A: Yes, spending. But here, it’s not spending, it’s consumption or use, right? I see, yeah. Yeah, because if we had maybe amount of money, for example, this graph would illustrate the amount of money people spend on margarine, butter and stuff like that. But it’s not about money. It’s about grants. So we consume them.
0:12:14 Speaker B: So in some cases, there is no like a lot of the synonyms. So we can use… A couple of them, like consumption. If I use consumption everywhere, it would be maybe not as a vocabulary reach. But if I used use and consumption, that can be okay. So to interchange several words, not exactly like think about how I can use another synonym here. So if you have a choice,
0:12:52 Speaker A: To use a synonym word but you are not sure if it fits your writing, your topic, and to use the same words repeatedly, it’s better to opt for the second option. Just use the word that you really know. If you have doubts, if you’re not sure, that would be a logical mistake, and it will lower your score. So, yeah, because, you know, using the word repeatedly is not a mistake. It’s just about vocabulary range. But logical error is a bigger concern. Yeah, I would say that. Yeah, and this one, pretty, yeah, as I already said, that it’s not for spoken English, relatively stable. Mm-hmm. Uh, till 2001 fluctuating the same. Like you can say it, uh, was, uh, uh, the use remained stable, fluctuating within the range of like, it’s just more, it’s not a mistake, but it’s just more beautiful fluctuating within the range of not within 80, 100 grand, but within the range of.
0:14:16 Speaker B: It’s like the common expression. Yes.
0:14:23 Speaker A: So you put range at the end of the sentence, but it’s better to put it here. It would be more grammatically correct within the range of something. Okay. Uh, so you asked me about the strategies, how to, uh, write, uh, body paragraphs. And I wouldn’t say that there is just one single strategy because all graphs are very different. They differ from each other. And so one of the strategy is finding the patterns. So you already wrote me in a chat that, um, In the overall paragraph, you write some patterns, and then in the body paragraphs, you just describe them more detailed, like more detailed information from your overall paragraph. It’s also a good strategy. Like, for example, here we had some, so here we had two similar graphs, like two of three graphs had negative,
2. Discussing writing task strategies
Chapter summary:
The discussion focused on improving writing skills for task one and task two. Specific feedback was given on using correct grammar, avoiding logical errors, and using appropriate vocabulary. Strategies for paraphrasing the introduction and analyzing tables were also discussed.
Chapter transcript:
0:15:33 Speaker A: Trend and one positive so we could split two paragraphs the first two so the first body paragraph devoted to first the first two graphs and the last one to the third something so it’s just a possible strategy but It’s not a mistake to do it in another way.
0:15:57 Speaker B: So there is no strict criteria that the body paragraph should be placed in the order of mentioning in the overview.
0:16:07 Speaker A: Yes, of course, because you cannot read the examiner’s mind. Because every person can, for example, for me, maybe margarine is… more it is a more interesting trend than butter for example and i would start from margarine another person would start from butter i don’t know so of course it’s up to you but so the most important thing is to uh not to make a logical a logical mistake like you did it in the overall Like it declined, but in fact it didn’t decline, it rose. So that’s a serious mistake. Okay, so here we had some words to approximate the figures and the last paragraph, show up. It’s also more about spoken English, like showed up, showing up. Appeared. Appeared. And grammar also. Here, that was the mistake of using gerund. Low fat, showing up, blah, blah, blah. But where is the verb? Like, we have subject, low fat, and the new spreads. But where’s the, right, verb? Like, showed up, we could say, showed up, or appeared. appeared only in 1996 with a yearly consumption and experience and so you use gerund and then and then hat soaring growth so it’s about grammar so we can say for example so grammar structure structure on sentence we have an object right for example something
0:18:07 Speaker A: And then the verb, it did, or it has done, or it had done or something. And then of course we can use a gerund, but after we use the verb, like just writing low fat showing up, we could say low fat showing up only in 1996 had or witnessed a decline. So this structure would be correct. For example, just a moment. OK, so we can say spreads. OK, butter showing up in 1997. witnessed something that would be correct or butter witnessed something showing up so these two um structures they are awesome yeah but what what you did you wrote something like butter Showing up. And that’s it. So there should be a verb. Like did something. So that would be correct. The consumption. This category. You omitted the object. Again, the object. So sentence structure is important. So it’s not clear what you are talking about. Like since then, experienced what? So what object experienced soaring rope? This category, like this, because you know, this sentence is very long and like here showing up and then you don’t have an object and it makes very unclear.
0:20:28 Speaker B: Mm-hmm. So if I want the complex structure, I need to… I can mention again the subject, basically, by saying this category, that category, those things, something like that.
0:20:46 Speaker A: Yes, of course. And you said since then, and this is like… another part of this complex sentence. Like this one was the first part and this is the second part. So it’s okay to mention the object here. Reaching almost 90 grams. Okay. The consumption of all three types. It’s the same thing that we already discussed. Kinds of, types of, something. Spread condiments in question decrease gradually. Yeah. And once again, on the whole. Please memorize the preposition. It’s not in the whole, but on the whole. It was the same mistake in your first writing. And also we can say in total. Because on the whole, it’s something about in general. Like in general, but in total. When we talk about numbers… Yeah, you can say on the whole, but in total… Yeah, you can memorize both of them. On the whole and in total.
0:22:00 Speaker B: Okay? About the spreaded condiments. So, basically, it is the term. It’s spreaded condiments. It’s like not spread condiment or spreaded condiments. It is like something that I… understood like from Googling basically. So. Okay. So we found the definition. It is a term. It is a term. Yeah. Spreaded condiments is the notion. It’s not spread condiment. It’s spreaded condiments. It’s the term for this type of spreads basically. It’s a similar.
0:22:43 Speaker A: Okay. Yeah. Okay. Then I can make it.
0:22:53 Speaker B: Yeah, okay. Yeah, I got it. I mean, if that’s the case, I can use spreader condiments, like the word itself, the phrase itself.
0:23:07 Speaker A: Yes, of course. Yeah, of course, we understand that during the exam we don’t have, of course, any tools, any phones and stuff like that. We cannot Google the words, so… So you asked me about the synonyms. So of course, sometimes it’s difficult to find synonyms because some words can be difficult. It’s not about like, if it’s about students, it’s easy. Like girls and boys, students, school students, stuff like that, or teens. young people many synonyms but sometimes of course we have some difficult words so in this case I don’t know maybe it’s just better to use you know so the main rule if you know the word use it but if you’re not sure better not to use it yeah so it’s not a mistake like it’s a recommendation to get a higher score like eight nine to use the synonyms. It just shows the examiner that you have a good vocabulary. All in all, what was good and what was not very good and what to improve. Correct structure, good introduction, You used many linking words. It’s very good. You used brackets. You wasn’t afraid to use brackets. It’s okay. And you used new vocabulary like search, sort, diminish.
0:24:58 Speaker A: And you had detailed body paragraphs and there were no logical errors except for the overall paragraph. And what to improve. So I already mentioned some of them. Let’s just revise them. Be more attentive with overall trans description to avoid making logical errors. Don’t use spoken English, neither in task one or task two. Tenses, we use only past tenses. And if you use strong verbs, don’t use strong adjectives. Collapsed, just collapsed. and yeah revise the grammar topic articles also maybe passive voice to be more you know confident in using because from your writing I didn’t I didn’t notice that you use many you know passive voice constructions if there were any like I didn’t I didn’t notice did you use any passive voice no I didn’t actually Yeah. So you should use them. Yeah. So to be confident, try to, you know, revise because, yeah, we don’t have much time to, you know, brush up on your grammar and discuss all of the grammar topics, grammar rules. So it’s better to, yeah, do it as your home task and using personal constructions. Yeah. Okay, so talking about tables, it’s another type of writing task one.
0:26:43 Speaker A: So tables are a little bit similar to pie charts if we have some, you know, because we have some like different categories, also different countries, different categories. So the structure is the same as for all writing task types. So here we have just, we can have a look at the exact example. So, and discuss it. So for example, this table gives information on consumer spending or expenditure, his expenditure, different items in five different countries. So, As always, we paraphrase. Paraphrase the introduction. Here are examples. Yeah, different items. Three categories. Three types. Three kinds. Five countries. So I wrote here in five countries, but it’s better to just write in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey. Yeah, you remember that in introduction, we… just we mentioned all the information, all the basic information that is given. Then overall, so we give only, so maybe, you know, let’s do this. Maybe you can make a guess. What do you think is the most remarkable trend? So maybe one, two or three trends that you can see from this table.
0:28:33 Speaker B: Um, across all three, uh, five countries, uh, people spend more money at food, drinks, and tobacco compared to other two categories. Um, what else, um, Turkey and Ireland, um, like most. like the, the two most countries, like the two countries that spend most on food and drinks and tobacco tobacco. Um, yeah. And the least, um, categories, uh, or countries that spend money on these three categories is, I guess, uh, Spain. And probably Sweden, Ireland and Turkey and Italy and Sweden is last list.
0:29:39 Speaker A: So you did it absolutely correctly. Like, um, in the overall paragraph, we just, uh, make assumptions like, uh, overall, overall things that you see, like the most popular thing, the least popular thing. the country, the leader country and, you know, this, yeah, the country that spends most of the money on something, the country that spends least of the money. And yeah, we can just write two, maximum three sentences. Okay, so how we do overview in tables. Yeah, so we just analyze the table and have a look at what we can see as the most popular thing, or maybe, so I say popular, even it’s not just about popularity, but like one of the examples, we can see what is the most popular thing, what is the least popular thing, maybe the countries, but you know, what’s important, I think that It’s okay not to mention the names of the countries, but it’s important to mention all the categories that are given here. Because if you say Ireland, Italy, because if you only describe one or two categories, that would be already like a body paragraph. So it’s better to describe all the categories like you did it correctly. Yeah, absolutely. We can also say that
0:31:21 Speaker A: In terms of individual countries, so you already mentioned it, in terms of individual countries, while Italy, so one country, had the highest expenditure on this and this, Turkey spent the most on the other two categories. So we didn’t mention any numbers. Of course. Yeah, we keep the numbers for five paragraphs. Okay. So… here what is interesting yeah uh the prepositions when we describe the numbers um do you know all the prepositions like the rules when we use by i don’t think so to i mean i some of this i know but not like by heart you know so i need to revise yeah like if we um If we mention exact numbers, something was at exact point, we use at. Like, consumer spending was higher in Turkey at what number?
3. Discussing writing task one and assessment criteria
Chapter summary:
The discussion focused on the writing task one and assessment criteria. It was emphasized that the first body paragraph should include information about three countries, while the last body paragraph should cover the remaining countries. The overall trend of the table was highlighted, with specific attention to the rise in family expenditures and the decrease in spending on clothing and transport. Recommendations were given for using commas and improving vocabulary for writing task one.
Chapter transcript:
0:32:36 Speaker A: At 32.14%. Or, for example, it rose from mm-hmm-hmm to mm-hmm-hmm. or when we use the years, like something rose by 202 years. So if you have any questions concerning this, we can also discuss it maybe in other classes. Okay, I just wanted to make sure that you know how to use prepositions. The proportion of, like how we can replace percentage. Percentage, we can say proportion. So in the first body paragraph, we gave numbers for all the categories, but we mentioned only three countries. So we decided to give information about three countries in the first body paragraph and for Sweden and Spain. where the spending is not very high, like they are not leaders, we give information in the last body paragraph. So here we just had Turkey, Italy and Ireland. And in the last paragraph, we gave information about the two remaining countries, Sweden and So you can read them more carefully at home because we have just some minutes left. Body paragraphs in tables, some, you know, like it’s kind of one of the strategies how to write, how to describe information in tables. So we can choose the
0:34:37 Speaker A: The leaders the most significant numbers in the first body paragraph and then give information about the in the second body paragraph like small numbers even even if we required to have like a comparison like the task summarize and give comparison if if you want like But it’s already a comparison. It’s already a comparison, okay. Yeah, because you compare countries. Like Ireland, just a moment. Spain had higher figures. It’s comparison. The lowest figure, expenditure. Yeah, it’s already a comparison. So it’s not comparison. Make comparisons where relevant. It doesn’t… It doesn’t mean that you should say, like, Spain is more, in Spain there was more expenditure than in Sweden. Because if you compare all countries with each other, that would be five body paragraphs, I think. Yeah. So you can make comparisons where relevant. So, for example, in this body paragraph, you compared Sweden and Spain. So Spain had slightly higher figures in comparison with Sweden.
0:36:02 Speaker B: Mm-hmm.
0:36:04 Speaker A: Okay. Yeah. Okay. Try to make an overall paragraph for this table.
0:36:25 Speaker B: So the overall trend is that the families… families monthly expenditures or spending rose compared to in 2001 rose compared to 1991 slightly like overall expenditure. The highest rise was for electricity and water. And the transport actually dropped. So compared to 1991, family spent less on transport in 2001.
0:37:30 Speaker A: Mm-hmm. And clothing. Yeah, so two categories, clothing and transport. Oh, yeah. Slight decrease. Decrease, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, very, very good. Like, everything is super correct. Like, oral expenditure on food, electricity, housing, good services showed more or less increase, while clothing and transport decreased. Mm-hmm. Perfect. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and in body paragraphs, you just describe, you know, compare the categories with each other. And as you can see, this table is similar to… Bar chart? Graph. And bar charts and graphs, because we have two years, 1991 and 2001. So it’s like a trend. So when we describe a table, we can also use vocabulary, like dropped, increased, diminished, blah, blah, blah. But in this table that we had on previous slides, we didn’t have… any years like it’s just categories and countries so tables are different so i recommend you to write down this sample answer as your home task before you write the actual home task like your home table task uh-huh uh we have two minutes So I give you a choice. We can discuss speaking or talk about your, you know, questions. Question. Okay. So about the number of words.
0:39:24 Speaker A: So you should write a minimum of 150 words. And usually it’s not more than 200 words. So if it’s more than 200 words, then something is wrong.
0:39:38 Speaker B: Yeah.
0:39:40 Speaker A: Yeah, so 150 to 200, something like that. Then what about commas? So we have assessment criteria and one of them is the grammatical range and accuracy and punctuation is also included and it’s also assessed. by the examiners yeah so i recommend you uh grammarly they have a good you know guide how to use commas and you can quickly uh look through the guide and you know maybe i recommend you to write down the sentences example sentences like for example um The first case when we use commas, for example, when we enumerate nouns. They have dogs, cats. This is a very easy example. So, for example, the second case. So you should write down the cases and one, two examples of the sentences when we use commas. Okay, I see. Because I noticed that you omit commas in the sentences. um yeah so maybe it’s a good idea to brush up on the comments on the usage of comments okay thank you also i uh wrote here you know gave you some links to this is an exercise to do online it’s about vocabulary Uh, for IELTS writing task one, uh, assessment criteria can just, you know, uh, look through the assessment criteria for writing, only for writing because we discuss writing now. And what else?
0:41:40 Speaker A: Um, yeah, this one is a very good, um, guide with vocabulary, essential vocabulary, uh, because, you know, um, so we had a look at some words like, uh, skyrocket rocket diminish source search so all of these words are in this guide and not only them but also some more um useful vocabulary adjectives adverbs verbs everything so i think it’s better to have it always when you do your writing task one writing task one yeah okay thank you So, yeah, we’ve covered everything, almost everything. So we had only speaking tasks. So I will send you the presentation. I will send you the task to do the table, table task. And don’t forget to write down the sample, sample, sample, sample.
IELTS PREP
Lesson 2
March 31, 2024
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LESSON PLAN
Writing Task 1 Line Graph
(review)
1.
Writing Task 1 Tables
2.
Speaking Task 3
3.
Useful resources
4.
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WRITING TASK 1
LINE GRAPH REVIEW
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The provided line graph gives information on the usage of
three kinds of spreads (margarine, butter, low fat & and
reduced spreads) between 1981 and 2007, measured in
grams.
Overall, the most striking feature is that at the end of the
given period, the yearly amount of consumed pastes
diminished considerably, as opposed to to the initial
number. Although at the beginning the butter was most
heavily used, the low fat & reduced spreads upsurged and
have taken the first place instead. Better: Although butter
was most heavily used in the beginning, low fat and
reduced spreads upsurged/surged and took the first place
instead.
Be more attentive with trends:
Overall, the consumption of margarine and butter decreased over
the period given, while for low fat and reduced spreads, it rose.
Although butter was the most popular spread in the beginning, it
was replaced by low fat and reduced spreads in the end.
WRITING TASK 1
LINE GRAPH REVIEW
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Now, turning to the details, we can see that it can be seen
that initially, in 1981, the total usage of spreads was higher,
amounting to something like approximately/roughly 230
grams per year (margarine 90 grams for margarine and
butter 140 grams for butter) per year. So, although butter
consumption grew steadily and reached about 160 grams
in 1986, eventually it collapsed rapidly collapsed / rapidly
declined and reached reaching 70 grams in 2001. At the
same time (syn.: Meanwhile), the expenditure
use/consumption of margarine remained pretty relatively
stable throughout the 20-year period from 1981 till 2001 and
fluctuated fluctuating within the range of 80-100 grams
range.
The key to organizing your body paragraphs is to group
data together where there are patterns. To do this you
need to identify any similarities and differences. One
more possible strategy - to describe each graph one by one
(two graphs with a similar trend in the 1st paragraph and
one graph with another trend in the 2nd one)
APPROXIMATE THE FIGURES
» Approximately
» Nearly
» Roughly
» Almost
» About
» Around
» Just over
» Just under
» Just about
» A little more than
» A little less than
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Например:
В графике написано 58%, мы округляем и
пишем just under 60%:
Just under 60 percent of people in Canada
went to fast food outlets in 2009.
WRITING TASK 1
LINE GRAPH REVIEW
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On the other hand, low fat and reduced spreads
showing up appeared only in 1996 with a yearly
consumption of 10 grams, since then, this category
had experienced soaring growth until 2001 (reaching
almost 90 grams). However, since 2001, the
consumption of all three types of spreaded
condiments in question decreased gradually and
added up to around 160 grams in on the whole (better:
in total) (margarine 40 grams, butter 50 grams, and
low fat and reduced spreads 70 grams).
!!! ON THE WHOLE = in general
e.g. ... but on the whole, ...
e.g. On the whole, ...
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What was good?
correct structure
good introduction
use of linking words (overall, although, on the other hand, at the same time, however)
use of brackets
use of new C1 vocabulary (surge, soar, diminish)
detailed body paragraphs (no logical errors)
What to improve?
be more attentive with overall trends description - take your time to analyze the graph) because there was a
logical error
DON’T use spoken English neither in Task 1 nor in Task 2 (something like -> approximately, pretty -> relatively)
Tenses: better to use Past Tenses (Past Simple, Past Perfect)
if you use “strong” verbs, don’t use “strong” adjectives with them (collapsed rapidly)
revise the grammar topic “Articles” (especially “the”)
use impersonal constructions instead of personal (we can see that -> it can be seen that)
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The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table shows percentages of consumer expenditure for three
categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.
Перефразировали:
gives information on -> shows percentage of
spending on -> expenditure for
different items -> three categories of products and services
in five different countries - in five countries (Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey).
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The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Overall, it is clear that the largest proportion of consumer spending in each country went on
food, drinks and tobacco whereas the leisure/education category had the lowest percentages. In
terms of individual countries, while Italy had the highest expenditure on clothing and footwear,
Turkey spent the most on the other two categories.
В вводном абзаце даем очень общие мазки без цифр и стран. Упомянули две категории-лидера
(максимум трат и минимум трат). Упомянули две страны-лидеры (максимум трат). Одна из
стран - лидер сразу в двух категориях.
Уместилось все в двух предложениях.
OVERVIEW IN TABLES
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2§ Overview: (2- 3 предложения)
Тут суммируем: что самое большое или
популярное, а что не очень. Или что одинаково и
что разное. Или что было в начале периода, и что
стало в конце. Пишем страны (individual items). В
этой таблице: Italy и Turkey. Вспоминаем key
features, на которые обращаем внимание, когда
пишем overview:
всё выросло или упало?
самый большой и самый маленький?
больше изменений, где/у кого?
период времени с самыми драматичными
изменениями?
Overall, it is clear that the largest proportion of consumer
spending in each country went on food, drinks and tobacco
whereas the leisure/education category had the lowest
percentages (контраст самого большого и
маленького).
In terms of individual countries, while Italy had the
highest
expenditure on clothing and footwear, Turkey spent the
most on the other two categories.
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The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
According to the figures, out of the five countries, consumer spending on food,
drinks and tobacco was noticeably higher in Turkey, at 32.14%, and Ireland, at nearly
29%. The proportion of spending on leisure and education was also highest in Turkey,
at 4.35%, while expenditure on clothing and footwear was significantly higher in Italy,
at 9%, than in any of the other countries.
В первом body paragraph дали максимальные значения для всех трех видов трат (и упомянули три страны).
Выделили, что одна страна (Турция) лидирует сразу в двух категориях.
Швецию и Испанию приберегли для второго body paragraph.
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The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
It can be seen that Sweden had the lowest percentages of national consumer
expenditure for food/drinks/tobacco and for clothing/footwear, at nearly 16% and
just over 5% respectively. Spain had slightly higher figures for these categories, but
the lowest figure for leisure/education, at only 1.98%.
В последнем абзаце даем информацию о двух не упомянутых в предыдущем абзаце странах.
Итог: в первом body paragraph даем три страны, во втором - оставшиеся две (группировали по такой логике)
BODY PARAGRAPHS IN TABLES
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3§ Main features with Comparisons (3-5
предложений)
Тут основные цифры из таблицы и сравнения с
другими цифрами, начинаем с самого большого:
Самое большое число в колонке и/или строке
сравниваем со вторым самым большим числом/
числами в колонке и/или строке
4§ Main features with Comparisons (3-5
предложений)
Тут тоже основные цифры из таблицы и сравнения с
другими цифрами:
Самые маленькие числа в таблице
The table below shows the monthly expenditure of
an Australian family in 1991 and 2001.
The table shows changes in the spending patterns of an
average Australian household between 1999 and 2001. The
data is calibrated in Australian Dollars per month.
Overall, the expenditure on food, electricity, housing, and
goods/services showed more or less increase while clothing
and transport decreased.
To begin with, the amount of monthly spending on electricity
and water saw a dramatic increase over the ten-year period
from $75 to $120. In terms of the expenditure on non-
essential goods and services, the rising trend was less
obvious with a minor increase of $20. At the same time, only
a five percent rise was seen in food and housing.
However, there was a decrease in expenditure on the other
two items. Australians used to spend less than a third on
clothing, which fell from $30 to $20. Similarly, the
expenditure on transport dropped from $70 in 1991 to $45
in 2001.
The table below shows the monthly expenditure of
an Australian family in 1991 and 2001.
Sample answer
Speaking Task 3
NUMBER OF WORDS
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a minimum of 150 words
(you can write more but you only have
20 minutes to complete the task), not more
than 200 words
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
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Examiners use assessment criteria to award a score for each of the following
four criteria:
Task achievement (for task 1) and task response (for task 2)
Coherence and cohesion
Lexical resource
Grammatical range and accuracy
GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY (GRA)
This criterion refers to the range and accurate use of the candidate’s
grammatical resource via the candidate’s writing at sentence level.
The GRA criterion assesses:
▪ the range and appropriacy of structures used in a given response (e.g.
simple, compound and complex sentences).
▪ the accuracy of simple, compound and complex sentences.
▪ the density and communicative effect of grammatical errors.
▪ the accurate and appropriate use of punctuation.
USEFUL RESOURCES
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IELTS Task 1 Academic Writing: Language Use
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5911c58fdb29d6c0794cf408
/t/59cadec418b27d1a19558b85/1506467524518/IELTS+Academic
+Task+1+Writing+Vocabulary.pdf
IELTS Writing Key Assessment Criteria
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ielts-web-
static/production/Guides/ielts-writing-key-assessment-criteria.pdf
Match the opposites to memorize vocabulary
https://wordwall.net/resource/33091415/match-the-opposites
Punctuation rules (e.g. commas)
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma/
мысли по модал эссе the money spent on the five consumer goods — the goal of this data can be understanding which categories of goods people at 2 countries spent more money at
leading to decision what consumer goods to realize into market or other decisions alike
the main goal of this for chart ?cam be understanding of the market development of sustainable energy source
made by MyMeetai
The main focus is on improving writing skills, including revising articles, using appropriate vocabulary, and avoiding logical errors. The speaker provides guidance on using past tenses, passive voice, and academic vocabulary. Additionally, the speaker emphasizes the importance of finding patterns in graphs and using synonyms appropriately.
The discussion focused on improving writing skills for task one and task two. Specific feedback was given on using correct grammar, avoiding logical errors, and using appropriate vocabulary. Strategies for paraphrasing the introduction and analyzing tables were also discussed.
The discussion focused on the writing task one and assessment criteria. It was emphasized that the first body paragraph should include information about three countries, while the last body paragraph should cover the remaining countries. The overall trend of the table was highlighted, with specific attention to the rise in family expenditures and the decrease in spending on clothing and transport. Recommendations were given for using commas and improving vocabulary for writing task one.
[0:00] [object Object]: So, all in all, your writing was pretty good. But there were a few mistakes, and let's have a look at them. So, I recommend you to revise articles. Do you remember the book that I recommended to you, right? Yeah, but I didn't do it yet. Yeah, you have enough time, maybe more than one month, maybe... you know, step by step, try to maybe, yeah, different, different, say, cases, different cases of the usage of article there. So there are different cases. And for example, the provided line graph gives information on the usage. So it's usage of three kinds of what? Of spreads, the usage. Okay, contractions like this. It's not okay to use them in writing because it's like an official, not an official document, but it's like a scientific article. So it's better to write and.
[1:11] [object Object]: Even if it's the graph itself used the contraction because on the graph there's low fat and like the symbol, it's not the end.
[1:22] [object Object]: You know, it's better to write and in letters. Okay. And, you know, it's also a plus because it will help you reach these 150 words.
[1:35] [object Object]: Okay.
[1:37] [object Object]: Yeah, because sometimes, you know, when you, so you have only one hour for task one plus task two. And, you know, it's better to spend maybe 15 hours. 17 minutes on task one because task two is always more difficult you sometimes get a topic so we will of course discuss task two later in our later lessons but you know from my experience you need more than 40 minutes for task two so it's better to do it quicker so Kinds of spreads. Not three spreads, but kinds of spreads. Yeah, so different kinds of.
[2:27] [object Object]: Because it's a substance. It's not like a solid thing, right? That's why we use kinds of.
[2:34] [object Object]: Yes. So it's not three countries, right? It's kinds of spreads. So we could say three countries, three boys, three girls, but not spreads. Or water. We cannot say water. Like three types of water, maybe, um, still water. Okay. Um, diminished considerably, um, diminished considerably. Uh, yeah. So, um, yeah. Why I made it, uh, in a red color. Uh, there's the reason.
[3:17] [object Object]: Ah, the logic, well, the logic behind diminished is less, like, it's not as, the change is not as drastic, while considerably meaning big.
[3:31] [object Object]: No, no, no, it's not, it's a logical mistake, right? But it's not about the vocabulary. Vocabulary is okay, but you see that when it comes to low-fat foods, and reduced spreads, it didn't diminish. It rose. Ah, okay, I see. Yeah, so when we look at the graphs, we need to compare the first and the last points. Yes. Initial and the last point, like, so butter and margarine is right, they diminished, but low-fat... It rose. Yeah. So that would be a logical error. Yeah. So, um, um, okay. Although bar was most heavily used in the beginning of the first place instead. Um, so this is the sentence, how I would paraphrase it. So although at the beginning, so although bar was most heavily used in the beginning, So at the beginning is when we say at the beginning of something, at the beginning of the story, at the beginning of the period, his life. Yeah. But in the beginning, it's on the whole. Low fat and reduced press upsurge or surge and took the first place instead. Yeah. And we shouldn't use present perfect because it's all about the past. 2007, it's past. Have taken, like present perfect. It's connected with present, right? And here we don't have present.
[5:31] [object Object]: So in task one, we always use only past tenses. Past simple, past perfect, okay. But not present. I see. Yeah, so searched. Past simple and took the first place. Past simple in both cases. Yeah, and here is my remark, like be more attentive with trends. Overall, the consumption of margarine and butter decreased over the period given, while for low fat and reduced spreads, it rose. Here's the correct trend. And although butter was the most popular spread in the beginning, it was replaced by low-fat and reduced fat in the end. So be more attentive. So that's why I asked you to spend maybe one or two minutes, not, yeah, okay, one, two minutes to structure. First, you need to think, like, just look at the graph, compare the initial point, the last point, and try to structure it. and the logic, the overall logic of the graph. Because if you make a logical mistake, that would really lower your score. Okay. So body paragraphs. Turn to the details. We can see that. Don't use personal constructions. Use impersonal, impersonalized. Like it can be seen. Because... So in IELTS Task 2, it's okay to use personal constructions. Like, from my perspective, as far as I'm concerned, la la la.
[7:23] [object Object]: But in Task 1, it's better to use past... Sorry. Passive voice. Passive voice. The next mistake. Don't use... spoken english vocabulary in task both in task one and task two so as writing it's about academic vocabulary so something like pretty pretty good pretty bad it's not good for ielts it's better to use uh academic vocabulary like approximately roughly and yeah I also added the list how you can replace it approximately nearly roughly about around stuff like that but not something like pretty pretty pretty small pretty big that is you can use them in your speaking it's okay yeah the next so 90 grams for margarine And for butter. It's not a mistake, but it sounds better.
[8:37] [object Object]: Okay, I see. So measurement should be for something. Yes.
[8:46] [object Object]: And per year. It's also not a mistake, but it's better to put the brackets at the end of the sentence. Like grams per year. And then you describe the numbers. It just looks better. Um, then, yeah, and this one is about vocabulary. So it's very good that you used a new word, like a more advanced, like not just declined, but collapsed. Collapsed is a very good word, but this word is already very strong, like collapse. So we understand that collapse it's declined dramatically. so you shouldn't use rapidly because it's like um i don't know over exaggeration so adding uh adverbs uh mindfully like yeah yeah so uh here i gave you two examples like you can say just collapsed or it rapidly declined or declined rapidly both are correct rapidly declined That means like dramatically. So there are two ways. You can use a strong verb or not very strong verb, like decline, rise, something like that, and plus adverb. Plus adverb, okay, I see. Yeah. Then reaching 70 grams. So it's just more grammatically beautiful. Like, it collapsed, doing what? Reaching 70 grams. Eventually it collapsed, reaching 70 grams. Of course, you can say it collapsed and reached. But it collapsed, reaching what?
[10:51] [object Object]: Reaching 70 grams. It sounds more natural.
[10:56] [object Object]: What is the name for this sentence structure? It is like verb plus gerundi, right? Something like that?
[11:03] [object Object]: Yeah, it's gerund, reaching.
[11:07] [object Object]: Verb plus gerund, okay.
[11:09] [object Object]: Yeah, there were some cases when you used this gerund not correct, but I don't remember where it was. Just a moment. Okay, if I see it, I will tell you. Okay. So, at the same time, also you can use meanwhile. Then expenditure. Can you tell me what is expenditure? What is the synonym of this word?
[11:40] [object Object]: Spending, for example.
[11:43] [object Object]: Yes, spending. But here, it's not spending, it's consumption or use, right? I see, yeah. Yeah, because if we had maybe amount of money, for example, this graph would illustrate the amount of money people spend on margarine, butter and stuff like that. But it's not about money. It's about grants. So we consume them.
[12:14] [object Object]: So in some cases, there is no like a lot of the synonyms. So we can use... A couple of them, like consumption. If I use consumption everywhere, it would be maybe not as a vocabulary reach. But if I used use and consumption, that can be okay. So to interchange several words, not exactly like think about how I can use another synonym here. So if you have a choice,
[12:52] [object Object]: To use a synonym word but you are not sure if it fits your writing, your topic, and to use the same words repeatedly, it's better to opt for the second option. Just use the word that you really know. If you have doubts, if you're not sure, that would be a logical mistake, and it will lower your score. So, yeah, because, you know, using the word repeatedly is not a mistake. It's just about vocabulary range. But logical error is a bigger concern. Yeah, I would say that. Yeah, and this one, pretty, yeah, as I already said, that it's not for spoken English, relatively stable. Mm-hmm. Uh, till 2001 fluctuating the same. Like you can say it, uh, was, uh, uh, the use remained stable, fluctuating within the range of like, it's just more, it's not a mistake, but it's just more beautiful fluctuating within the range of not within 80, 100 grand, but within the range of.
[14:16] [object Object]: It's like the common expression. Yes.
[14:23] [object Object]: So you put range at the end of the sentence, but it's better to put it here. It would be more grammatically correct within the range of something. Okay. Uh, so you asked me about the strategies, how to, uh, write, uh, body paragraphs. And I wouldn't say that there is just one single strategy because all graphs are very different. They differ from each other. And so one of the strategy is finding the patterns. So you already wrote me in a chat that, um, In the overall paragraph, you write some patterns, and then in the body paragraphs, you just describe them more detailed, like more detailed information from your overall paragraph. It's also a good strategy. Like, for example, here we had some, so here we had two similar graphs, like two of three graphs had negative,
[15:33] [object Object]: Trend and one positive so we could split two paragraphs the first two so the first body paragraph devoted to first the first two graphs and the last one to the third something so it's just a possible strategy but It's not a mistake to do it in another way.
[15:57] [object Object]: So there is no strict criteria that the body paragraph should be placed in the order of mentioning in the overview.
[16:07] [object Object]: Yes, of course, because you cannot read the examiner's mind. Because every person can, for example, for me, maybe margarine is... more it is a more interesting trend than butter for example and i would start from margarine another person would start from butter i don't know so of course it's up to you but so the most important thing is to uh not to make a logical a logical mistake like you did it in the overall Like it declined, but in fact it didn't decline, it rose. So that's a serious mistake. Okay, so here we had some words to approximate the figures and the last paragraph, show up. It's also more about spoken English, like showed up, showing up. Appeared. Appeared. And grammar also. Here, that was the mistake of using gerund. Low fat, showing up, blah, blah, blah. But where is the verb? Like, we have subject, low fat, and the new spreads. But where's the, right, verb? Like, showed up, we could say, showed up, or appeared. appeared only in 1996 with a yearly consumption and experience and so you use gerund and then and then hat soaring growth so it's about grammar so we can say for example so grammar structure structure on sentence we have an object right for example something
[18:07] [object Object]: And then the verb, it did, or it has done, or it had done or something. And then of course we can use a gerund, but after we use the verb, like just writing low fat showing up, we could say low fat showing up only in 1996 had or witnessed a decline. So this structure would be correct. For example, just a moment. OK, so we can say spreads. OK, butter showing up in 1997. witnessed something that would be correct or butter witnessed something showing up so these two um structures they are awesome yeah but what what you did you wrote something like butter Showing up. And that's it. So there should be a verb. Like did something. So that would be correct. The consumption. This category. You omitted the object. Again, the object. So sentence structure is important. So it's not clear what you are talking about. Like since then, experienced what? So what object experienced soaring rope? This category, like this, because you know, this sentence is very long and like here showing up and then you don't have an object and it makes very unclear.
[20:28] [object Object]: Mm-hmm. So if I want the complex structure, I need to... I can mention again the subject, basically, by saying this category, that category, those things, something like that.
[20:46] [object Object]: Yes, of course. And you said since then, and this is like... another part of this complex sentence. Like this one was the first part and this is the second part. So it's okay to mention the object here. Reaching almost 90 grams. Okay. The consumption of all three types. It's the same thing that we already discussed. Kinds of, types of, something. Spread condiments in question decrease gradually. Yeah. And once again, on the whole. Please memorize the preposition. It's not in the whole, but on the whole. It was the same mistake in your first writing. And also we can say in total. Because on the whole, it's something about in general. Like in general, but in total. When we talk about numbers... Yeah, you can say on the whole, but in total... Yeah, you can memorize both of them. On the whole and in total.
[22:00] [object Object]: Okay? About the spreaded condiments. So, basically, it is the term. It's spreaded condiments. It's like not spread condiment or spreaded condiments. It is like something that I... understood like from Googling basically. So. Okay. So we found the definition. It is a term. It is a term. Yeah. Spreaded condiments is the notion. It's not spread condiment. It's spreaded condiments. It's the term for this type of spreads basically. It's a similar.
[22:43] [object Object]: Okay. Yeah. Okay. Then I can make it.
[22:53] [object Object]: Yeah, okay. Yeah, I got it. I mean, if that's the case, I can use spreader condiments, like the word itself, the phrase itself.
[23:07] [object Object]: Yes, of course. Yeah, of course, we understand that during the exam we don't have, of course, any tools, any phones and stuff like that. We cannot Google the words, so... So you asked me about the synonyms. So of course, sometimes it's difficult to find synonyms because some words can be difficult. It's not about like, if it's about students, it's easy. Like girls and boys, students, school students, stuff like that, or teens. young people many synonyms but sometimes of course we have some difficult words so in this case I don't know maybe it's just better to use you know so the main rule if you know the word use it but if you're not sure better not to use it yeah so it's not a mistake like it's a recommendation to get a higher score like eight nine to use the synonyms. It just shows the examiner that you have a good vocabulary. All in all, what was good and what was not very good and what to improve. Correct structure, good introduction, You used many linking words. It's very good. You used brackets. You wasn't afraid to use brackets. It's okay. And you used new vocabulary like search, sort, diminish.
[24:58] [object Object]: And you had detailed body paragraphs and there were no logical errors except for the overall paragraph. And what to improve. So I already mentioned some of them. Let's just revise them. Be more attentive with overall trans description to avoid making logical errors. Don't use spoken English, neither in task one or task two. Tenses, we use only past tenses. And if you use strong verbs, don't use strong adjectives. Collapsed, just collapsed. and yeah revise the grammar topic articles also maybe passive voice to be more you know confident in using because from your writing I didn't I didn't notice that you use many you know passive voice constructions if there were any like I didn't I didn't notice did you use any passive voice no I didn't actually Yeah. So you should use them. Yeah. So to be confident, try to, you know, revise because, yeah, we don't have much time to, you know, brush up on your grammar and discuss all of the grammar topics, grammar rules. So it's better to, yeah, do it as your home task and using personal constructions. Yeah. Okay, so talking about tables, it's another type of writing task one.
[26:43] [object Object]: So tables are a little bit similar to pie charts if we have some, you know, because we have some like different categories, also different countries, different categories. So the structure is the same as for all writing task types. So here we have just, we can have a look at the exact example. So, and discuss it. So for example, this table gives information on consumer spending or expenditure, his expenditure, different items in five different countries. So, As always, we paraphrase. Paraphrase the introduction. Here are examples. Yeah, different items. Three categories. Three types. Three kinds. Five countries. So I wrote here in five countries, but it's better to just write in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey. Yeah, you remember that in introduction, we... just we mentioned all the information, all the basic information that is given. Then overall, so we give only, so maybe, you know, let's do this. Maybe you can make a guess. What do you think is the most remarkable trend? So maybe one, two or three trends that you can see from this table.
[28:33] [object Object]: Um, across all three, uh, five countries, uh, people spend more money at food, drinks, and tobacco compared to other two categories. Um, what else, um, Turkey and Ireland, um, like most. like the, the two most countries, like the two countries that spend most on food and drinks and tobacco tobacco. Um, yeah. And the least, um, categories, uh, or countries that spend money on these three categories is, I guess, uh, Spain. And probably Sweden, Ireland and Turkey and Italy and Sweden is last list.
[29:39] [object Object]: So you did it absolutely correctly. Like, um, in the overall paragraph, we just, uh, make assumptions like, uh, overall, overall things that you see, like the most popular thing, the least popular thing. the country, the leader country and, you know, this, yeah, the country that spends most of the money on something, the country that spends least of the money. And yeah, we can just write two, maximum three sentences. Okay, so how we do overview in tables. Yeah, so we just analyze the table and have a look at what we can see as the most popular thing, or maybe, so I say popular, even it's not just about popularity, but like one of the examples, we can see what is the most popular thing, what is the least popular thing, maybe the countries, but you know, what's important, I think that It's okay not to mention the names of the countries, but it's important to mention all the categories that are given here. Because if you say Ireland, Italy, because if you only describe one or two categories, that would be already like a body paragraph. So it's better to describe all the categories like you did it correctly. Yeah, absolutely. We can also say that
[31:21] [object Object]: In terms of individual countries, so you already mentioned it, in terms of individual countries, while Italy, so one country, had the highest expenditure on this and this, Turkey spent the most on the other two categories. So we didn't mention any numbers. Of course. Yeah, we keep the numbers for five paragraphs. Okay. So... here what is interesting yeah uh the prepositions when we describe the numbers um do you know all the prepositions like the rules when we use by i don't think so to i mean i some of this i know but not like by heart you know so i need to revise yeah like if we um If we mention exact numbers, something was at exact point, we use at. Like, consumer spending was higher in Turkey at what number?
[32:36] [object Object]: At 32.14%. Or, for example, it rose from mm-hmm-hmm to mm-hmm-hmm. or when we use the years, like something rose by 202 years. So if you have any questions concerning this, we can also discuss it maybe in other classes. Okay, I just wanted to make sure that you know how to use prepositions. The proportion of, like how we can replace percentage. Percentage, we can say proportion. So in the first body paragraph, we gave numbers for all the categories, but we mentioned only three countries. So we decided to give information about three countries in the first body paragraph and for Sweden and Spain. where the spending is not very high, like they are not leaders, we give information in the last body paragraph. So here we just had Turkey, Italy and Ireland. And in the last paragraph, we gave information about the two remaining countries, Sweden and So you can read them more carefully at home because we have just some minutes left. Body paragraphs in tables, some, you know, like it's kind of one of the strategies how to write, how to describe information in tables. So we can choose the
[34:37] [object Object]: The leaders the most significant numbers in the first body paragraph and then give information about the in the second body paragraph like small numbers even even if we required to have like a comparison like the task summarize and give comparison if if you want like But it's already a comparison. It's already a comparison, okay. Yeah, because you compare countries. Like Ireland, just a moment. Spain had higher figures. It's comparison. The lowest figure, expenditure. Yeah, it's already a comparison. So it's not comparison. Make comparisons where relevant. It doesn't... It doesn't mean that you should say, like, Spain is more, in Spain there was more expenditure than in Sweden. Because if you compare all countries with each other, that would be five body paragraphs, I think. Yeah. So you can make comparisons where relevant. So, for example, in this body paragraph, you compared Sweden and Spain. So Spain had slightly higher figures in comparison with Sweden.
[36:02] [object Object]: Mm-hmm.
[36:04] [object Object]: Okay. Yeah. Okay. Try to make an overall paragraph for this table.
[36:25] [object Object]: So the overall trend is that the families... families monthly expenditures or spending rose compared to in 2001 rose compared to 1991 slightly like overall expenditure. The highest rise was for electricity and water. And the transport actually dropped. So compared to 1991, family spent less on transport in 2001.
[37:30] [object Object]: Mm-hmm. And clothing. Yeah, so two categories, clothing and transport. Oh, yeah. Slight decrease. Decrease, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, very, very good. Like, everything is super correct. Like, oral expenditure on food, electricity, housing, good services showed more or less increase, while clothing and transport decreased. Mm-hmm. Perfect. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and in body paragraphs, you just describe, you know, compare the categories with each other. And as you can see, this table is similar to... Bar chart? Graph. And bar charts and graphs, because we have two years, 1991 and 2001. So it's like a trend. So when we describe a table, we can also use vocabulary, like dropped, increased, diminished, blah, blah, blah. But in this table that we had on previous slides, we didn't have... any years like it's just categories and countries so tables are different so i recommend you to write down this sample answer as your home task before you write the actual home task like your home table task uh-huh uh we have two minutes So I give you a choice. We can discuss speaking or talk about your, you know, questions. Question. Okay. So about the number of words.
[39:24] [object Object]: So you should write a minimum of 150 words. And usually it's not more than 200 words. So if it's more than 200 words, then something is wrong.
[39:38] [object Object]: Yeah.
[39:40] [object Object]: Yeah, so 150 to 200, something like that. Then what about commas? So we have assessment criteria and one of them is the grammatical range and accuracy and punctuation is also included and it's also assessed. by the examiners yeah so i recommend you uh grammarly they have a good you know guide how to use commas and you can quickly uh look through the guide and you know maybe i recommend you to write down the sentences example sentences like for example um The first case when we use commas, for example, when we enumerate nouns. They have dogs, cats. This is a very easy example. So, for example, the second case. So you should write down the cases and one, two examples of the sentences when we use commas. Okay, I see. Because I noticed that you omit commas in the sentences. um yeah so maybe it's a good idea to brush up on the comments on the usage of comments okay thank you also i uh wrote here you know gave you some links to this is an exercise to do online it's about vocabulary Uh, for IELTS writing task one, uh, assessment criteria can just, you know, uh, look through the assessment criteria for writing, only for writing because we discuss writing now. And what else?
[41:40] [object Object]: Um, yeah, this one is a very good, um, guide with vocabulary, essential vocabulary, uh, because, you know, um, so we had a look at some words like, uh, skyrocket rocket diminish source search so all of these words are in this guide and not only them but also some more um useful vocabulary adjectives adverbs verbs everything so i think it's better to have it always when you do your writing task one writing task one yeah okay thank you So, yeah, we've covered everything, almost everything. So we had only speaking tasks. So I will send you the presentation. I will send you the task to do the table, table task. And don't forget to write down the sample, sample, sample, sample.
IELTS prep_Lesson 1.pdf
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IELTS PREP
Lesson 1
March 24, 2024
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LESSON PLAN
Writing Task 1 Bar Chart
(review)
1.
Writing Task 1 (Line Graph)
2.
Speaking Task 3 (topic:
festivals (review)
3.
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WRITING TASK 1
BAR CHART REVIEW
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The provided bar graph presents the data on megawatts of power produced by wind plants
in 4 countries India, Denmark, Germany and the United States grouped by production data
from 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 between 1985 and 2000 / from 1985 to 2000.
As an overall trend, the amount of energy generated by wind power stations grew across all
countries and years in more than 2 two times over the period in question. The turning point
happened in the last two periods given, when India and Denmark grew their wind energy
output most significantly. At the same time, power generation growth slowed down in
Germany and slightly decreased in the United States.
WRITING TASK 1
BAR CHART REVIEW
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Now, turning to the details, in 2000, all countries produced more than 900 megawatts of wind
energy each, contributing to around 5200 megawatts generated in total. Compared to 1985,
when in the whole the wind power output was only around 2000 megawatts. Better: By
contrast, in 1985, the wind power output was only around 2000 megawatts.
As shown in the chart, most energy output growth was propelled by wind energy production
rise in 2 two countries (India and Denmark). Their contribution grew almost 2 two times
between each given year given. While the rise of energy proportion generated by wind in
Germany was not as dramatic over the years, and the United States’ output slightly dropped,
they still input almost half of all produced wind energy in 2000 that helped to increase
provided the growth of the sector figure overall.
in on the whole
the United States
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Introduction
The graph gives information on ... between 1990 and
2010
The graph provides data on ... over a 10-year period
from ... to ...
The graph illustrates ...
Overview
Overall change: what changed?
Everything rose with the exception of ...
More change where? Fewer changes where?
Most or least change?
... rose slightly, but ... rose dramatically
... experienced the highest level of increase
Ваша задача: увидеть какие из key features
есть в графике, и написать 2-3 предложения
про них в Overview. НЕ нужно писать всё в 1
предложение, разделяйте на 2-3.
Обязательно пишите individual items. Они
разные в зависимости от графика: если график
про 5 стран, значит какие 2 страны самые
важные?
Пишите их названия. Если в графике 5
источников энергии, какие 2 выделяются? The
highest/lowest? Пишите их в overview.
The chart below shows the percentage of overweight people in four
countries in three periods of time.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.
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OVERVIEW 6.0-7.0
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Overall, the proportion of overweight
people grew in all four countries over the
period in question. While obesity levels in
America and Britain rose considerably,
those in Sweden and Japan increased
slightly.
OVERVIEW 9.0
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Overall, the proportion of obese people
grew in all four countries over the period
in question, although there was a higher
increase between 1990 and 2000 than in
the previous decade. However, while
obesity levels in America and Britain rose
considerably, those in Sweden and Japan
increased only slightly, with the USA
having the highest proportion and Japan
the lowest.
VOVABULARY FOR OVERVIEW
Overall, the proportion of ... increased in all ... over the given
period with the exception of ...
While ... rose sharply, ... increased slightly
... with the biggest drop seen in ... (+when?)
... experienced the highest level of increase while ... saw the
smallest rise.
Overall, the most striking feature is that ... decreased while
... rose sharply ...
In terms of individual items, ... showed the highest
rise/most significant change.
Чаще всего мы пишем 1 предложение с контрастом. Например,
сравниваем the highest and lowest ИЛИ the most and least
popular. Используйте эти слова для вашего предложения с
контрастом:
While ..., ...
Although ..., ...
... while ... @lingvo.mira
OVERVIEW SUMMARY
Overview – это отдельный параграф с основными
трендами БЕЗ цифр и БЕЗ детальных подробностей
2-3 предложения в идеале. Не в идеале – 1
Цифры из графика НЕ пишите. 1999, 2004 можно
писать.
Пишем предложение контраст
Пишем individual items
Есть 4 key features, которые обычно в графиках: всё
выросло или упало, самый большой и самый
маленький, больше изменений, где/у кого? И
период времени с самыми драматичными
изменениями. Вам нужно заметить 1-3 из этих
трендов и написать их.
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While Sweden had a lower figure for food, it had a higher
expenditure on education (3.22%) unlike Spain which spent 2%
on this category.
In 2007, Britain produced 16 million tonnes of steel, however, by
2012, this number had fallen sharply to about 10 million.
Boys and girls spend the majority of their time cooking food (17
minutes and about 37 respectively).
Boys and girls spend almost an equal amount of time on
garden care (15 minutes each).
Girls spend far more time on cleaning than boys (roughly 33
minutes as opposed to 11 minutes).
There was a dramatic increase in mobile calls from 2 billion
to 46 billion minutes. This rise was particularly noticeable
between 1999 and 2002, during which time the use of mobile
phones tripled.
SAMPLE SENTENCES
FOR BODY PARAGRAHPS
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WRITING TASK 1
LINE GRAPH
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The graph illustrates changes in the amounts of
beef, lamb, chicken and fish consumed in a particular
European country between 1979 and 2004.
Overall, it can be seen that the consumption of all
types of meat and fish decreased, with the
exception of chicken. Although beef was initially
most popular, chicken became the most highly
consumed meat in 1984.
In 1979, beef was by far the most popular of these
foods, with about 225 grams consumed per person
per week. Lamb and chicken were eaten in similar
quantities (about 150 grams), while much less fish
was consumed (just over 50 grams).
However, during this 25-year period, the
consumption of beef and lamb fell dramatically to
approximately 100 grams and 55 grams
respectively. The consumption of fish also declined,
but much less significantly to just below 50 grams.
So, although it remained the least popular food,
consumption levels were the most stable.
The consumption of chicken, on the other hand,
showed an upward trend, overtaking that of
lamb in 1980 and that of beef in 1989. By 2004, it
had soared to almost 250 grams per person per
week and became the most purchased meat.
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Try to make an overview for this task
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Overall, there were far more households with
electrical equipment at the end of the period in
question, so the time spent on household chores
had decreased dramatically by 2019. In terms of
individual appliances, despite being the most
popular of the three at the beginning of the period,
washing machines were the only one that was not
present in every home by the end.
Написали про 1-й и 2-й график. Тут важно
написать про связь этих графиков. Пишем
individual items: washing machines. Контраст
предложение тоже есть с despite.
Overview
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Upward trend
Climb / a climb
Grow / a growth
Go up
Increase / an increase
Uphill / an uphill
Rise / a rise
rise / increase / go up / uplift / rocket(ed)
/ climb / upsurge / soar/ shot up/
improve/ jump/ leap/ move upward/
skyrocket/ soar/ surge
VOCABULARY
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Downward trend
Fall / a fall
Decline / a decline
Drop / a drop
Downhill / a downhill
Decrease / a decrease
drop, decline, lessen, contract,
lower, ease, shrink, diminish, fall off
VOCABULARY
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Other vocabulary words
Dip / a dip (to go down to a lower level)
Remain steady
Remain unchanged
Remain fixed
Remain constant
Level off (to stop rising or falling and
remain level)
Plateau
Bottom out (hit the ground)
Hit a high of
Hit a low of
Peak at
Remain stable
Fluctuate / a fluctuation
VOCABULARY
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Other vocabulary words
Adverbs: steadily, gradually, considerably,
steeply (=sharply), slightly, significantly,
rapidly, dramatically, speedily, quickly,
exponentially, marginally
Adjectives: steady, gradual, considerable,
slight, significant, rapid, speed, quick,
dramatic, exponential, marginal
VOCABULARY
Examples:
The fuel prices have increased rapidly
from 80 to 100 in the last one year.
1.
There was a rapid increase in fuel prices
from 80 to 100 in the last one year.
2.
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Time Phrases/Time Expressions
Five years later
In the following five years
Over the next five years
At the end of the period
At the beginning of the period
From ….. to …… /between ……… and ………
The next five years show
VOCABULARY
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Dates
In January
1.
In 2022
2.
By the end of 1999
3.
Over a five year period
4.
Numbers
A decrease of 12%
1.
Increased by 50%
2.
Dipped from 34% to just over 13%
3.
VOCABULARY
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Comparison Words
To compare
As compared to
Only small majority
Greater than
Less than
The majority of
In comparison with
As opposed to
Likewise
Same as
Examples:
Overall, students prefer physical classes over
online classes.
1.
Cars were sold more than bikes.
2.
The least popular mode of transportation was
trains.
3.
VOCABULARY
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Line Graph
Summary
IELTS Exam Experience & Recommendations:
- Practice different Task 1 types: tables, pie charts, maps, process diagrams.
- Use introductory sentences and idioms.
- Employ linking words and phrases, and fillers to avoid pauses.
- Task two and task three are interconnected.
- Guidance on improving speaking section performance.
Student's Tutoring Needs:
- Aiming for a minimum score of 7 in each IELTS section.
- Struggles with time management in reading, listening, and writing.
- Confident in speaking but requires improvement.
- Seeks understanding of test format and tips for speed.
- Current scores: Speaking 6, Listening 6.5.
- Needs help with scoring theory.
- Available for two lessons per week from March 25th.
- Tutoring rate: $2,000 per hour.
- Decision confirmation by Monday.
Task One Essay Writing Tips:
- Start with an introduction that paraphrases the question.
- Write an overview paragraph describing main trends or features.
- Use linking words for clarity.
- Provide specific details and analysis with appropriate vocabulary.
- Pay attention to units of measurement.
- Use passive voice and structured sentences for higher scores.
- Plan and structure the essay with time allocation for each section.
IELTS Speaking Test Structure & Content:
- Task one: Personal experience questions.
- Task two: Discuss a favorite topic after two-minute preparation.
- Task three: Broader topics and opinions with immediate response.
- Use idioms and interesting vocabulary.
- Practice with a tutor for feedback.
- Record oneself for timing and fluency improvement.
Improving IELTS Writing Skills:
- Read examples of high-scoring IELTS essays (band 8 or 9).
- Note vocabulary and grammar used in high-scoring essays.
- Create a list of verbs and words for task one.
- Use synonyms to avoid repetition.
- Utilize passive voice and inversion in grammar.
- Focus on two or three verbs for each chart type.
- Split long sentences if unsure of grammar.
- Enhance writing with adverbs and adjectives.
- Structure essays with introduction, overview, and detailed description.
- Prioritize figures and numbers over writing a conclusion.
- Practice making introductions, overviews, and using linking words.
That will be the third paragraph, number three. Okay.
And first of all, you have to answer some questions, like, so you have a look at this bar chart, and you have to think about what type, what is the type of the diagram, is it a pie chart, is it a bar chart, is it a table, is it a map, then you have to analyze the horizontal and vertical axis, and what information is given there, what units, like, what units of measurement is given, like, for example, in your writing, you said the number of children, but if you have a look at the vertical axis, it is stated total number of trips, not children, but trips, yeah. So when you describe some trends at the diagram, you need to use, you know, even if you use synonyms, they should be, like, equivalent to that given in the diagram, not children, but trips, maybe your rights, maybe journeys, stuff like that.
And you should analyze, yeah, so what are the time periods, is it dynamic, is it static, and considering this, that will also have an impact on which vocabulary you will use in your writing. Like, if it's dynamic, then you need to memorize the verbs like plummet, surge, increase, and stuff like that.
Then, after you have answered all these questions that were given on this slide, like, you can do it just, you know, mentally, not right, just think about it. After that, you need to take into account the structure.
You know, that, yeah, maybe you have already read the rules of how to write in task one. There are some rules by IELTS examiners.
Like, first of all, you need to write an introduction. It's the first sentence.
You can just paraphrase the question that is given in the task. For example, in the task, it is written, here is the pie chart describing the number of passengers in 2010, and please write the description of this pie chart.
So, your first sentence in your writing should be the introduction. You need to write it in your own, with your own words.
Number two.The second paragraph is overview. You shouldn't just try it like There was an increase of 20% blah blah blah.
You need to make general statements about the main features For example, if we have a look at our diagram at our bar chart We can see that Okay, you can you can do it on your own What do you think? What is the main trend?
Not just you know, not exact percentages or exact numbers Just overall trends. What is similar?
What is different? The the means of transportation is different like in 90s there were more popular walking to school and now is more about Like being a passenger in the car Different the the the top three Ways of transportation changed basically Yeah, so this is the overall trend we can also say that all the types of transportations like Transportation like walking cycling walking in bus and bus all these types of transportation.
They experienced a fall and decrease And only the first type car cars like using cars increased Yeah, so this is I can say that this is the main trend and So yeah, so this is the the overview Then in the third paragraph and in the fourth paragraph You need to write specific sentences in detail specific information that you wrote in your essay in your writing So all so you started writing with body paragraph 1 and body paragraph 2 You didn't include neither you Included neither introduction nor overview So you need to add it to your writing because if you don't follow this Structure you won't get even six men score because you know, it's like How to say this like our state exam when we are in the 11th class and There are also like you need to just Do this, you know writing tasks every day just it should be automatically like I know that the first sentence is introduction The second one is overview and this is just the same for every type of task one. Yeah, so Let's get down to the business.
So the first part is introduction Here you have an example, so I wrote it on my own how I would write the introduction for this Bar chart. Can you please read it?I do not see actually your screen, it's not shared for some reason.
Can you just... yeah.
Yeah, okay, so this was the structure and this is introduction. Okay, can you please read the introduction?
The provided bar graph illustrates... should I read all the synonyms?
No, you can choose any. The provided bar graph illustrates the number of journeys in 90s and 2010s made by elementary and middle school students using different types of transportation.
Gotcha. Okay, so it's just describing the graph itself, the chart itself, what it is about.
What is the... Yes.
Okay, I got you. Yes, absolutely correct.
Then the next is overview. So this is also the example of an overview, how I would write it.
You can read this part. Okay, a 10-year period of time where the amount of car rides rocketed constituted for more than 11 million in 2010.
Okay. Yeah, so overview describes the main trend or the main trends.
It is usually only one trend or two trends and then in the body paragraph 2 and 3, in the body paragraph 1 and 2, you will have to develop this sentence. Like overview is just main trend and then more detailed information in body paragraphs.
Okay, yeah, and here we have, you know, just some introductory linking words, linking phrases, how to start the overview. Yeah, so the examiner will even search for this word, like overall.
You can just memorize one word and use it in every essay. Overall, blah.
And it will be very clear to the examiner that you understand the structure of your essay. Okay, and body paragraphs, body paragraph 1 and 2.
Here we also need to always use linking phrases, linking words, so that the examiner can clearly see that this is body paragraph 1, because you wrote, like, now turning to the details, it can be seen from the graph that, and then you write your numbers, percentages, yeah. Now turning to your writing and exact figures, numbers.
So here the first paragraph is what you wrote in your essay.And here, what I suggest, right? In terms of the beginning of the diagram, the number of car trips increased by around, it is like overview, right?
You've changed it to be overview. No, it's already body paragraph.
It's a body paragraph, I gotcha. Yes, body paragraph, yeah.
So this is your body paragraph. Yeah, so you didn't include introduction and overview.
You started with body paragraph. So this is how I suggest writing the body paragraph one.
Don't forget the linking words. Like, yeah, so you use according to recent study.
It's important that we don't say recent study because it's not study, it's the given diagram. We just described the diagram, the bar chart.
And you don't need to, you know, that writing task one is very formal. It's very, you know, analytical.
You don't need to draw any conclusions. You don't need to add some information from your personal experience.
For example, you also wrote something about, it's very important to understand, to mention that it's important to- The last paragraph. Our children are safe, our children are- Yeah, I was- Something like that, it's not, yeah.
I was struggling with time. I was struggling with time and the words.
So by the, like, 30 seconds left and I have only 130 words. And I was like adding this last sentence, last paragraph, just like very fast because I need something to have 150 words.
Yeah, so that was hard to manage the time basically. So yeah, we have only 20 minutes and I think that the best strategy here is to take three, four minutes to structure your writing in your head.
You need to analyze thoroughly what you're going to write. And only 15 minutes for actual writing because if you start just writing, then you will struggle with words, what I'm missing and you will have, yeah, you will be struggling with it.
It's better to strategize in advance before you start writing. Of course, yeah.
Yeah, okay, so according to the given diagram, well, also here, what was the, you know, like one grammar mistake, something like that. You say children increased.
Yeah, and we understand that it's not children increased but the number of children or the number of trips increased, right? Yeah.
Yeah, so you need to pay attention.Attention to the subject what subject you use and then what what is the verb? So this is the sequence sequence of the subject and the verb that you are using Okay, the next you wrote about another change or rather we can say drop Well, this sentence is okay, but what is missing So rather we can say it's okay, it's a very, you know complex structure, it's okay, but I think that it's better to Make your sentences Longer even longer and more structured so that you can get seven seven point five band score Like a significant also don't forget to use passive voice.
Passive voice is important Hmm Something a change can be seen can be observed in the total number of bicycle rides It's okay to use this sign that we thought you it plummeted from This number to this number which constituted This sentence is super like seven point five band score Yeah And So that I think that in order to be able to write this, you know long sentences it's important to read examples of perfect Essays, it's what I did when I was preparing for this exam You just you know, you can just Google IELTS writing test one eight or nine band score the best Examples and you can just read through the examples and even write down the verbs and the words overall that Students are using to get the score. Mm-hmm.
For example Yeah, for example not rise but skyrocket Yeah, like rise significantly and then skyrocket or not just this decrease significantly but collapse so Examiners pay attention to the vocabulary that you are using. So not only grammar but vocabulary and long sentences and Grammar structures like passive voice or inversion.
Inversion is super cool Yeah These are just some examples of the verb of the verbs I can also send you the list of vocabulary for IELTS writing task one Like there are these words and of course, you don't have to memorize all the vocabulary maybe just you know, two two verbs or three verbs for pie charttwo or three verbs for tables and it's okay to, you know, use them in your writing. The next paragraph, bus is now replaced by walking as, yeah, the second most popular way of commuting to school.
Commuting is a good verb, commute, go to school, commute to school. Yeah, I think you already know that you need to use synonyms.
It's a very bad tone to use the same verbs, the same words in your writing because it will lower your score. Yeah, of course, sometimes there can be some repetitions, for example, trips, but for example, you can replace trips with rides or journeys, it's okay to say that because that will show the examiner that you have a rich vocabulary.
Okay, here I suggest you two possible ways of transforming this sentence, this one and this one. Mm-hmm, and also it's a very good sign to use adverbs, comparatively, a comparatively slight decrease or significantly important, I don't know, some, you know, yeah, adverb, adjective, and then noun, long structures, you know, sometimes it's difficult to make up those sentences, but try to, I don't know, train, just practice, I think, it comes with practice.
Yeah, okay, the next amount, yeah, so this is your last two paragraphs that you wrote when you were, you didn't have enough time, you had only 30 seconds, you said, yeah, and in this case, if you understand that you have little time, it's better to write something about figures and numbers, for example, as for cycling or as for walking, the number of trips, la-la-la, increased or experienced slight decrease or skyrocketed or plummeted, la-la-la, you don't need to write any conclusion, you don't need to write, like, overall, this is my description, here you are, so you don't need to write it, so if you finish your essay withSomething like this like the number of bus rides experience decrease. That's all.
Okay. I see.
Yeah Yeah, so summary of writing task one that was your whole task so you need to add introduction overview Structure to your essay and then in body paragraph one and two you need to add more detail description And if you're not sure about grammar, it's better to make up simple sentences Then to make a mistake. So if you are sure Write a long sentence.
It's okay. But if you're not sure it's better to split your long Complex sentence into two sentences.
So if you ask me, is it better to write a long sentence with mistake with mistakes or Two short sentences, I'd better say that it's it's better to do the latter one like two short sentences two shorter sentences Yeah Okay, let's try to practice The first so as you didn't include introduction and overview, I suggest you practicing making an introduction so here you have a Bar chart And In the task we have this sentence like the bar chart below shows la la la try to Paraphrase this task and make an introduction How would you start Given chart shows the India's GDP By sector including agriculture industry services And The Chaka period the data Shows from 90s or how to say the data The data in the chart shows Information from 1960s to 2000 something like that So it's not yeah, you should not exactly say what You should not describe the or paraphrase the the task exactly basically you can just wiggly name Like the second half of 2020 20th century something like that, right? Yes, but it's It's also a good option to write in the brackets like 19602,000.
2,000. Okay.
Yes. It's okay to use brackets.
It's okay to use, you know, long sentences because it's analyzing information. It's not like academic writing, I don't know, essay about information technology.
It's just analytical article, short analytical article, and it can include brackets and, you know, long sentences. So the different chart shows the… Yes, you need to paraphrase almost everything, but it's okay to keep the numbers, maybe in brackets.
Okay. And, you know, what you did correctly is that you mentioned exact sectors.
You said agriculture, industry, services, it's a very good sign that you understand how to make an introduction. So the introduction that is given in the task is usually very short.
It's better to make it longer and more detailed, and let's have a look at how we can also make it. Like bar chart, we can say bar graph.
Okay. Shows, we can say illustrates.
The sector contributions to India's GDP, we can say the relative percentage contributions made by passive voice, made by agricultural, industrial, service sectors to the Indian economy. We can omit GDP.
We can say economy. Okay.
Yeah. Gotcha.
So this is not the best option. Like there can be various options.
Of course, you can write it in a different way, but it's just one of the examples. Okay.
Okay. Now let's try to make an overview.
I can give you a hint how to make an overview. Yeah, we have already discussed it, but I will, you know, repeat it once again.
You need to look at the diagram and try to find some, you know, special features, main features that can be spotted easily. Like your first glance, first look at the diagram and you can say this.
So overall number of contribution, percentage contribution of agriculture and industry sectors decreased while agriculture, while sectors, services sector increased. Something like that.
Yes. Yes.
Absolutely correct. Yes.
We need to give just, you know, an overall, like we can imagine that.the examiner cannot see your diagram. And you should write something that should be understandable for him or for her without even looking at the diagram.
Okay, so you gave me two main features. The first one is that services increased, agricultural dropped, and here we have the industry main static.
But you don't have to write everything, like every feature. You can just maybe add two features out of three, so maybe the third feature can be omitted, it's okay.
But the overview should be written in about 40 words, 40-45 words. It's almost one third of the essay.
So, let's have a look at how it can be written. So, over the whole time period, like the linking word over you, we can also say overall, the significance of agriculture declined or the number of the contribution of agriculture sector declined, decreased, I don't know, went down steadily while, or we can say whereas, services grew.
And yeah, another one, a different pattern emerged for industry. A different pattern can be seen, can be observed for industry, which showed a slowly increasing percentage.
So, yeah, it can, so the overview can be one sentence, two sentences, but only main features. Okay, yeah, so this is the end of Writing Task 1.
I think that we covered like main points of how to write a Writing Task 1. Do you have any questions concerning Writing Task 1?
I had a question about the abbreviation. So, for example, on this slide, I think the slide, no, about the agriculture, like the gross domestic product, and then I said GDP.
So, is it like, it's not enough, it's not paraphrased basically, right? And basically, abbreviation, should you describe it or you can use abbreviation, like common one, like GDP, for example, is it okay?
So, if you, so in your essay, you have to mention the full, like you need to write a full form of the essay.Abbreviation and only after that you can use the abbreviation itself. You cannot just start your essay with GDP Okay, so so you can say for example in the first sentence you say Indian economy then you say gross domestic product and then you can say GDP.
Okay, I see Yeah, something like this So Okay more questions No, I think that's a That's very detailed. And yeah, I just need to practice Yes Yes, so and I think one of the you know, one of the things that I would also recommend Yeah practicing and practicing and also As you already know, there are different types of writing task one.
So we today we just covered bar charts Right, and we have also pie charts and there can be Some different verbs that I used for pie charts. For example the verb Contributed like contributed la la la Amounted to la la la so this a verse for example pie charts Also, we have tables for example in my last IELTS exam that I passed in Almaty Mm-hmm.
I had a table and I didn't practice tables I I always thought I will get a map or maybe a pie chart or a bar chart But I I got a table a table. Yeah, and it's unusual for me.
It was unusual for me yeah, so you need to practice every type of Task one like you need to write two essays for tables two essays for pie chart two essays for maps I think that yeah, also we have only maps but Process diagrams. Have you ever encountered them?
process diagrams is it like Is it like I Don't know the word in English, but it is like a schema Scheme, you know like yeah. Yeah scheme like for example recycling process of plastic.
Yeah, something like that. Yeah Is it is it like It's what you meant, right?
Yes. Yes, so in my exam in 20 in 2020 I got a process diagram a process diagram.
I needed to describe the process of Producing I don't remember maybe Timber or Something yeah, it was it was not very easy because usually studentsStudents practice pie charts, bar charts, maybe, you know, yeah, trends, dynamics, and they forget about maps, process diagrams, and tables. So don't forget to practice them too.
Gotcha. Yeah.
Then, okay, we can now turn to speaking task two. I think that overall, the task, you succeeded with task two.
I don't, I don't, I cannot say exactly what band score you would achieve if you answered like this in your exam, but overall, I would say that you spoke very, you know, fluently, grammar, very few grammatical mistakes, fluently, grammar, very few grammatical errors, good vocabulary, but I have some, you know, recommendations, what can be improved? So here we have, so here is your, you know, the script of your speaking, and here I corrected some mistakes, there were very few of them.
You can just have a look at it, and some recommendations, how we would, how we can improve it. So usually, task two can be started with, you know, answer for speaking task two can be started, can be, can be started with introductory sentence.
Like, festivals and special events play a significant role in la la la, and now, I'm going to talk about one particular event that I remember, which is a culture festival, and then you will continue talking. Yeah, so you just started, one event that I remember, la la la.
So it's, you know, it's just a good impression on an examiner, if you start with introductory sentence, yes. Yeah, some people also start with, now, I'm going to talk about, but I think the best option is to start with an introductory sentence like, festivals play an important role in our life, something like this.
So it's like a paraphrase of the task, basically. Yes, absolutely.
Like, in a writing task that we discussed earlier, yeah. Okay, also, when it comes to vocabulary, it's perfect, it would be perfect to use idioms.Of course you don't have time to memorize all the idioms for exact topics like festivals this this is idiom of sport this is idiom but there are some idioms that can be used in almost every single speaking task yeah yeah so here are examples of idioms that can be used not only for festivals topics but maybe for other topics like when you speak about I don't know like we had a whale of time we had a whale of a time like we had we had a blast we had we had a fun we had fun we had I don't know and using experience something like this you can use this idiom we can say also we invited many students la la la you know the more the merrier so some idioms interesting phrases you know that can make a good impression on an examiner they are like good to know good to use yeah yeah and I even you know had such experience like so I passed out three times and in one year when I didn't use any idioms I was just talking like this like okay we had I had an internship I went to China or something like this and no idioms at all I had a lower band score and when I passed the exam in Almaty I used you know idioms even if you know I felt like hmm should I use this idiom it's not that appropriate or it's not that suitable to use this idiom but I added it like it was like it was easy as ABC or I was busy as a bee and the examiner he was like he smiled he was you know maybe he wasn't impressed but it was like pleasant for him maybe to hear such idioms maybe they were maybe old-fashioned or something but it makes a good impression it makes a good impression on examiner okay yeah it's better to use them yeah okay and also we can also add linking words and phrases as I already mentioned before when discussing writing task writing task one in speaking it's also important to use linking words like for example so at the beginning of your speaking you said now I'm going to talk about la la la then in body paragraphs you can add for example you say so so soYou see?
So. Instead of so, you can say, what is more, what is important to mention on top of that, actually, so you should use various words and phrases that would connect, interconnect the sentences between each other. I see.
Yeah. And at the end of your speaking, it's also okay to use, you know, so I liked very much, you can say, in a nutshell, or all in all, or overall, I liked very much.
Yeah, something like this. Yeah, it's all, it also makes a good impression.
And also, it's not, it's not only about impression, it's also about the criteria, the criteria that are given in the IELTS, like, how do you say, criteria, methodology criteria, because the examiners, they have, you know, this vocabulary, grammar, cohesion, structure, like this criteria. I can also send them to you.
And they will check if you, if you fulfilled all these criteria. Yeah.
So, we have 20 minutes left. So, when it comes to speaking test two, do we have any questions?
I think, is it, like, okay to think while you're speaking, like, stop and make a pause? Longer pauses, I think, like, make, decrease the score, right?
But if it's like, not a long pause, if it's like, you're, okay, maybe not in task two. Task two, you have time to prepare, but maybe, for example, in other tasks, in other time that you send me, I was maybe sometimes taking a pause, trying to understand what I wanted to talk about.
It's not that I trying to understand how to express it. I was not translating, but I was like, not sure exactly how to express it.
So, I was, like, thinking about the idea that I want to explain. It's not, yeah.
So, short pauses. Is it okay, short pauses?
So, short pauses are okay, but if you need more time to think through your answer, you need to, you know, use words, fillers. Fillers, like, I don't know.
Let me think about it. Yeah, let me think about it.
Good question.If you ask me, I must say that, la, or from my personal experience, um, yeah, you need to use the fillers because just pausing and keeping silence is, of course, it's not a good sign because, uh, they can, because you are running out of time and they can start asking other questions and, yeah, so you didn't answer one question, they can start asking another question because, you know, why, uh, have you ever passed IELTS? Nope.
Okay, so during the exam, they, you know, they have this time limit and if you, it'so it's about task three and if you don't answer the question and if you pause for a long time and keeping silence, then they can start asking another, they can, uh, they can turn to question two, question three, and then they, then you will lose points. Yeah, so it's better to use word fillers, words fillers, and, yeah, and try to speak faster and, yeah, not faster, but just, you know, naturally, naturally.
Yeah, and another question, though, like, uh, it's about the practice here is also, uh, about nailing this particular task is also about practice, so use as much idioms, linking words, and, like, some structure, you know, so it's, like, you just need to prepare, learn about, learn all the idioms, all the linking words, or, I mean, not all, but, like, some at least, in order to use them, and, um, the overall task themes can be different, it's, it can be not only about events, it can be what kind of themes can be there? So, usually, so what is the logic of task two and task three?
So, task two and task three are interconnected. The topic that you get in task two will repeat the main topic, will be repeated in task three.
For example, you have, you need to, uh, for example, in task two, you get a topic, uh, for example, your favorite sports, uh, describe me, uh, you know, sports event, or maybe some, yeah, okay, maybe a hobby that you, that you have, you need to say what is...hobby, I don't know, how you started to, how you took up this hobby, something like this. And in task three, there will be some questions connected with the hobbies.
For example, why people, why do people have hobbies? Why do you think hobbies are so important?
Something like this, yeah. And what about, yeah, when it comes to topics, what kind of topics can be also used?
Sports, maybe science, I don't know, robots, even robots, information technologies, environmental issues, our favorite environmental issues, climate change, not climate change, but overall, maybe environment, protecting the environment. What else?
You know, in Almaty, I got questions about friends, like, describe, do you have a friend? Describe me your best friend.
And then in task three, I had questions about relationships. Why is it important to have friends?
How to be friends, you know, with people you didn't meet, I don't know, in person, maybe online friends, you know, something like this. So the overall, the theme, the first task, speaking task, is very light about the person who is examining, like, tell me about where you grew up, for example, some simple questions about the person.
And the speaking task two and three is something in general in the world. Like, tell me about your favorite something, but then this something, it's usually like, outside of the, of the, your own particular experience, maybe.
Yes, exactly. So in task one, yeah, let's, again, I can share my experience.
So in task one, the examiner, for example, asked me, do you like chocolate? Yeah.
And here I use the idiom. Actually, to be honest, I don't have a sweet tooth.
And he smiled because I use an idiom. And, but, well, yeah, I'm fond of, you know, I like eating chocolates.
I prefer eating chocolates to, for example, eating cakes or something. I just, you know, some simple questions.
Yes. But even in task one, if you get these simple questions, you need to answer maybe.try to use idioms, some interesting words, vocabulary.
Don't think that if it's task one, it's easy and you can answer with easy questions, easy answers, easy sentences. Don't forget that it's an exam and the examiners will assess your level of vocabulary, grammar.
Don't forget it. Yeah, so in task one they can also ask for example, where do you live?
Do you live in an apartment or in a house? Do you live in a city or in a village?
Or do you like learning foreign languages? Do you like books?
Do you like chocolate? Do you like walking?
Do you like cycling? Easy questions.
In task two, your personal experience about something, like favorite sports, favorite hobby, favorite festival. For example, when I was attending IELTS exam in Ufa, I had a question in task two about tell me something about, tell me about your experience in a crowded place.
Yeah, and I was speaking about my experience in China, like I was at the market in China, it was so crowded, it was overcrowded there and then he also asked me some follow-up questions, like are you scared when you are in a crowded place? So in which occasions can such questions occur?
Like if you speak for only one minute, less than two minutes and you still have time to speak, the examiner will help you, he will ask you follow-up questions in task two. So it's a good option to always record yourself, like put a timer for two minutes and try to feel that, you know, feel that two minutes when you speak for two minutes, yeah, so that it comes out naturally.
Okay, and in task three, task three is more difficult than task two, because you don't have time to think through your answer, you don't have time to prepare, it's just question, answer, question, answer. And questions in task three are about something, I don't know, not your personal experience, but overall perspective, maybe international experience, philosophical, people in general.Task 3, you don't need to provide the examiner with your personal examples from your background.
It's better to talk about overall people in the world, people around the globe, people tend to make this and this, something like this. So, of course, it's all about practice.
Speaking, it's also about practice and writing, it's all about practice and, for example, I can also tell you from my personal experience, I think that how we can also practice it if we have lessons together, I can give you a topic, I give you 1-2 minutes to prepare for this task, then you speak and then I will write down maybe some, you know, mistakes if there are any mistakes and then I can suggest you how to improve this, you know, the speaking that you provided me, something like this. Okay, we can practice right now, you know, because, you know, my presentation is over because I thought that we would, that would take more time than 1 hour, so, yeah, we can start, yeah, we have 7 minutes left, I suggest you to practice task.
Can I ask one more question about the speaking task? Do they give a reading task or you are just hearing the answer, the task from the examiner?
Okay, task 1 and task 3 you don't see any questions. Okay.
Task 2 you get a card. Yeah, so he says something like here is your, here is the card with the speaking task 2, here is the, you know, the sheet of paper where you can write down your notes while preparing for this task and here is a pencil, you have 2 minutes, I don't know, yeah, 2 minutes to prepare for this task.
He is waiting for your answer, he is waiting for your preparation, you prepare, you can write down some notes but not full sentences, of course, and then you start speaking. He says now you can start speaking and then you say now I'm going to talk about la-la-la.
Okay. Yeah, and in task 3 you don't have any questions in front of you.
I see. Yeah, okay, we have 6 minutes left.
I suggest trying to practice one more task, speaking task.Just a moment, I will stop sharing my screen. Sorry.
Okay, let's try to maybe another topic. Okay, we discussed festivals.
You know, I think that for you it will be easy to do Task 2 because you have, you know, rich professional academic background. You always have what to say.
So if a person has interesting life, interesting background, something like this. For example, I traveled to China and very often I noticed that I keep speaking about China.
Yeah, I mean, it is, remember, like, you know, how to say, memorable events that happened with you. And when you had that, like, longer life, maybe you have a lot of memorable events that you can talk about.
I suggest maybe not do any prep tests or prep tasks at this moment, just to maybe discuss the overall work. So as far as I understood, you have this approach, like, if the student wants, he can approach you and ask you, I need one or two more, like, tasks to kind of practice Task 1, Task 2, Task 3, I don't know.
And you prepare and then we do it. So it's like, by request, it's not something that you have a particular program that, like, we need to check all the tasks types, what, like, what is the structure of them, what is the idea, how you prepare for them, and then maybe practice.
Or, like, you do have some kind of program, and then I can address by request if I need to practice the writing and speaking itself. Okay, so usually it depends on the student.
So most of students, they don't know the structure, they don't know how to write an essay, how to do speaking tasks, and usually I provide them with some, you know, theory, what is the main structure, how to, what kind of vocabulary you should use and stuff like that. And after that, we keep practicing, like, for example, we learn writing Task 1.for example, pie chart.
We discuss vocabulary, how to write a pie chart, grammar, structures, and stuff like that. We have a look at one example of how to ideally do it, and then I give a home task, like, do this pie chart on your own at home.
Then the student gives me the task, and I will check it, and then in the next lesson, if this home task was done correctly and everything's perfect, then we turn to, you know, another type of writing task, writing task one, for example, process diagram, for example. Yeah.
So, of course, it's ideal, like, to prepare for IELTS in advance, maybe three, four, three, four, or even five months ahead, because, you know, there are many different types of writing, because it's not just writing task two, only one essay, because there are also different types of writing task two, because there are advantages, disadvantages. Also, give your personal opinion or without your personal opinion, different types.
Yeah. So, also, I had one student who just wanted to practice, like, I know everything, but I want to improve my overall IELTS score, for example, in writing, and then we just, you know, had a look at his essay, and then I gave my feedback, what to improve, like it was today.
Yeah, gotcha. So, yeah, I had left only two months, so I'm planning to pass around 15 of May, so it's more or less than two months, and yeah, basically, I do not know much about reading, about speaking as well, or not speaking, but listening, because of the not, I mean, I can pass it.
I actually passed the mock test for six and five, but I need seven at least, and also, it's about time. I'm sometimes not good with time management for the task, so my ideal request for the tutoring will be understand the whole test, and how to improve the speed, maybe, as well as the understand the idea how to score higher than I do right now, for example, like the theory, the theory, etc.
So, I don't know if you have time. So, that's why I thought maybe two meetings per week to pass on quickly.
So, as far as I understand, you need to not just practice.but understand the theory of what like writing task 2 consists of, like how to fulfill the task, how to achieve a higher score. Yeah, and you said that you passed mock test.
Can you give me the results like what Ben's score was for writing, speaking? Only reading and listening, reading and listening mock test, it was 6 and a 5.
So writing as we, like you said maybe it's 5, right? Writing for task 1 and 2.
Overall maybe it's 5, maybe less, I don't know. And speaking, I think it's 6 for my point of view as I understood from the scoring.
I saw the scoring sheet, the IELTS official one, and 6 and a 5, 6 and a 6 and a half maybe. So I need 7 overall I think for each type of the task.
And writing is very bad at this point of time. Speaking is more or less okay.
Reading and listening, I'm just struggling with time. And writing, struggling with time.
So I need more tips how to make me faster. Because right now I have maybe a good idea, maybe I have, like I do know some grammar, but I need time for that in order to remember.
Maybe I'm not, I don't have it on my, you know, like on the goal. I can, I cannot do it.
Speaking is easier because I was like, I was at full-time, like I worked full-time as a salesperson to English customers, English-speaking customers. So it's easier for me to speak, but it's not good.
Like it's not good enough for 8, but I need 7 at least. So maybe that would be okay.
But writing, listening and reading is, yeah, it's something for speeding up. Idioms, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, I can do it on my own, but I need some theory how to, yeah, like you explained today, it was ideal.
Like you explained me the structure, what to use to improve and the examples. That was good.
Yeah. Okay.
So if you are ready, we can, we can continue our lessons. I think, like next week I can make it only once, not two times, but starting from the week, like starting from 25th March, I will manage to have two lessons perSo next week only once and starting from 25th March twice a week is okay Okay, it's 2,000 per one hour, right?
Yeah. Yeah Okay, let's let me think I have another Another Tutor tutor.
Yeah That I'm talking about talking with So I need to think until Monday and tomorrow
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Summary
Lesson Plan Overview:
- Writing Task One: Bar Chart
- Feedback on previous assignment
- Vocabulary review
- Grammar and lexical error correction
- Writing Task One: Line Graph
- Introduction and overview suggestions
- Body paragraph review
- Sentence restructuring for clarity
- Complete comparison sentence
- Rephrasing for better flow
- Speaking Task Three Practice
Teacher's Suggestions:
- Use brackets for country names
- Add articles where necessary
- Grammar resource for further study
- At least two body paragraphs for essays
- Use line breaks in computer-based IELTS for readability
- Past perfect tense for better grammar in summaries
- Vocabulary for trends (synonyms for increase and decrease)
Student Inquiries:
- Essay structure
- Understanding trends before writing body paragraphs
- Number of paragraphs required
- Use of line breaks in computer-based IELTS
Homework and Future Lessons:
- Assigning homework
- Discussing timing of questions in future lessons
Discussion Summary:
- Wind energy contribution to overall growth
- Correct subject-verb agreement
- Linking words and sentence structures
- Introduction and overview writing tips
- Overview paragraph examples for different band scores
Exam Process:
- Provision of paper for note-taking in computer-based exam
- No speaking during the exam
- Word counter available on the computer
- Writing thoughts on paper before structuring essay
Useful Writing Tips:
- Linking words and phrases: "in terms of," "overall," "while," "although," "however"
- Sentence structures for body paragraphs: "the number of something increased/decreased," "there was an increase/decrease in something"
- Focus on overall trends rather than every single point on graphs
Okay, so now you can see my screen, right? Okay, so today this is our lesson plan.
So first of all, we will discuss the writing task number one, bar chart. So at home you had to write this type of task.
I checked it and there were some, you know, a few mistakes and we're going to discuss them. And we will briefly review, I think that we will omit the structure because you are well aware of the structure now.
We will discuss some vocabulary that we can use, maybe some mistakes, yeah, so that you made in your home task. And then we will turn to the discussion of writing task one, line graph.
So line graph is the second type of the task. And after that, we can practice speaking task three.
So let's begin with writing task one, bar chart review. So this is the task that you did.
And I highlighted some points. So for example, I added some words that can be added so that the text sounds better.
And also I strike some, you know, mistakes. Some things, maybe grammar errors, some lexical errors also.
Okay, so if we say, so you started with the introduction. The provided bar graph presents megawatts.
It's better to say that the graph presents the data or the information or the figures or something like that, because it's like analytical text. The data on megawatts or kilograms, I don't know, energy production, stuff like that.
Then you say in four countries, India, Denmark, Germany. So you can say in four countries and then put the countries, the names of the countries in brackets.
And just omit four countries and say in India, Denmark, Germany, and the United States. United States, we always use with the article, the United States.
Grouped by production, grouped by production from. So grouped by data, between.
But it's not between, it's exactly four years. It's not, we do not see the data.data for 86, 87, 88, 89, we have only four years.
That's why I thought that it would be better to highlight that it's only four years, it's not the data between these periods of time. No, it'so if we have a look at, you know, ideal writing task one, like how people usually write it, so we usually see that we can say, from, to, or between, and so for bar graphs.
Of course, bar graphs, they don't provide information for each year, so we have, for example, 2000, 2010, 2020, and it's okay to write between, because, you know, it looks a little bit weird. 1985, 1990, 1995, so.
But can I express that this is not the period data, that this data is not provided for each year between 1985 and 2000? Can I express somehow, like maybe use some adverb, I don't know.
You can put it in brackets, so if you have some, you know, this boring information, with the many, I don't know, figures, it's okay to put them in brackets. For example, grouped by data for four periods of time, and in brackets, 1985, 1990, et cetera.
But, yeah, so this kind of information looks better in brackets. And the same for the beginning, like you wrote, by wind plants in four countries, India, Denmark, Germany, and the United States.
So you could put the names of the countries also in brackets, because it's very boring to read India, Denmark, and if there's a list of 10 countries, it would be very boring to read all the names of countries. So we can put them in brackets.
So if the reader of your text wants to know exactly what countries are included, so that person will read the brackets, and if not, then you won't read it. Okay, gotcha.
Okay, so next, as an overall trend, it's very good that you used this phrase, like overall, as an overall trend, very good. Then don't forget putting the articles, yeah, the amount of energy, because it's exact amount of energy.
It's the amount of energy generated by wind power stations, like the exact amount that is illustrated in the graph. So it's with the article there.
Then, grew across all countries.countries and years, so it's better to say grew across all countries more than two times over the period in question. Wow, okay, that's cool.
Yeah, so this phrase is very good and I think it's cool to use this phrase. One more thing, don't ever use numbers like one, two, three, like you have to write them.
Not just a figure, but writing. One, like two, three, because it would be a grammar mistake.
Two times over the period in question. The turning point, again the article, the turning point happened in the last two periods given.
Very good that you used significantly, like adverbs are very, how to say, they are very welcomed to be used in IELTS writing task. Then at the same time power, not power growth, but power generation growth.
So we should understand exactly what we're talking about. Is it power or is it power generation?
Yeah, because it's analytical text and we shouldn't make these mistakes slightly. Yeah, that was a spelling mistake and the United States again.
Then that was your introduction and overview. So overall, I would say that everything is done perfectly.
Like there were some mistakes, but when it comes to structure, everything is okay. Can I ask questions?
Do you have any good grammar, like suggestions where to seek grammar explanation? Because I'm very bad with articles.
That is not my, I can't understand them basically. I would recommend you Grammar Away.
Grammar Away, it's the series of books for different levels. So there are books for intermediate or elementary and for advanced learners, Grammar Away.
I think that I can send you the link to this book because, you know, it's like in this book, everything is explained, like for each case, when we use an article A, when we use an article B, when we use past perfect, passive voice and stuff like that. And there are also exercises and answers.
Okay, the next part, these are your body paragraphs. Okay, now turn to details, a very good phrase.
In total, so this sentence is perfect.Very good. Compared to, so when in the hole, first of all, we don't say in the hole, but we say on the hole, on the hole, like in general, on the hole.
So why is it not okay to put it like this? Compared to 1985, when on the hole, the wind power output was only around 2000 megawatts.
The remaining number, I know the number, la la la, so we need a continuation, like something, so something followed by this sentence, because I feel that this sentence is not finished. If I wanted this structure, I need this second sentence, I need it in the first place, for example, now I turn to details.
In 1985, the wind power output was only around 2000 megawatts, compared to 2000, like period, and then compared to 2000. 2000 was all countries produced, so I needed to make the restructure.
Yeah, the comparison should be included in one sentence, like compared to 1985, when this and this was this, the number of power plants installed in 2000 was even higher, was even, I don't know, was even higher, was even bigger, something like this. Yeah, I see.
So, yeah, if you want to say, if you are talking about only one period of time, for example, 1985, as you want to do it, you can say, by contrast, in 1985, the wind power output was only around 2000 megawatts. So, the main thing is that when you use compared to, and when, so when is, the word when, it implies that you will write two parts.
Yeah, okay. So, in the chart, most energy output was propelled by wind energy, so the same in two countries, and you should also put them in brackets, because you just wrote it like in two countries, India and Denmark, so brackets, or you can omit two countries and say in India and Denmark.
Okay, the same, the same mistake here, between each year given, that would be grammatically correct.year given. While the rise of energy, so this sentence I changed it, yeah, so the first thing, this sentence is very long, it's very good for IELTS, but let's somehow restructurize it a little bit.
While, so you wrote something like, while Germany's rise was not as dramatic. Yes, I was, the country name was first.
Yeah, so it's not like Germany as a country it rose, right? Here we are talking about energy production, energy proportion, something like this, so while the rise of energy proportion generated by wind in Germany was not as dramatic over the years, you can hear that it even sounds better.
Yeah, and so the next part, the United States output, it's okay to say this, like, no, it's not the rise, like output, contribution, so it's okay, but Germany's rise was, it sounded, yeah, awkward, slightly dropped, they still input almost half of all produced wind energy that we can say provided the growth, provided the growth of the figure overall, not the sector, but I think the figures, like the growth of numbers, figures, better to say. Okay, help to increase, it's also okay, but I think provided the growth, it sounds more formal and more, like, more academic.
Okay, so can we stop here as well? Okay.
So the issue with the second sentence, or the third one, while the rise of energy, it was the wrong subject, right? While Germany's rise, I need to pay attention what is the subject in the sentence and what is the verb and how it all correlates together, like, how it all syncs, if it's not conveying the idea that I want to, like, translate, that I need to restructure.
Okay. Yes, yeah, so it was, yeah, there was an issue with the subject, yeah, because Germany's rise, it sounds like the rise of Germany.
Yeah, and then the first paragraph.By contrast, yeah, I already said, I need, I think, more linking words like this, like by contrast, something like that. Is there any like collocation service or, I don't know, some servers that have like a list of all linking words, or will we like learn these linking words?
Like that I can kind of create a vocabulary for myself. I don't know.
Okay. Um, so today I prepared some phrases, but, uh, when it comes to linkings, um, well, maybe I can just, uh, give you the list of some useful, um, linking words and you can, you know, as we will practice different types of, uh, task one, you can, you know, uh, put this linking words in your essays, in your writings, and the more you practice, the more you will memorize them.
Yeah. So I can give you maybe the most useful ones because it's not, um, how to say, it's not possible to learn all the linking words.
So maybe some of them, I will give you a list. So some of them we will, we will learn them today, but some of them, I think it's like the more we learn, the more we, uh, memorize them.
Yeah. And then, uh, sorry, one more question.
And, um, so compared to, uh, it's, uh, I think it's a sentence structure, right? Compared to, um, and then there is some continuation to the, like, um, strict order, if you use compared to, you need to use something like that.
If you use, uh, this, you need to use that. Um, I think it's also a grammar way, right?
So in the, in the books about grammar, you can learn something like that. You need, I can find some sense of structures.
So, okay. Uh, we can say like this, so if you wanted to use compared to, so for example, compared to, uh, 1985, uh, the wind power output, um, was only, so it's okay to say that compared to nine and 85, the wind power was, uh, one megawatt.
Um, so you, so why is there a problem here? You said when, so compared, you say compared to 1985, when, uh,was mm-hmm, and here we need something to, so we need to provide information for another period, like compared to 1985 when mm-hmm was higher than expected, for example.
in 2010 it was even higher, or it was, or it was, it increased, or it increased even more significantly. Yeah, I mean, I got it, but I mean, I need to brush my grammar, I think, for that, because I forgot the sentence structure, the more grammatical, like, correct way how to say things, so that's, for this, I need to use grammar way and kind of learn from the books.
And you know, also reading perfect samples is also very useful, because the more you read, the more you read grammatically correct sentences, the more you memorize how to actually write. So, of course, grammar, reading grammar rules and make, doing exercises is also important, but don't forget about reading, because the more you read, the more, the more you memorize the correct way to use the language.
Okay, I got you. Okay, um, okay, so introduction and overview.
So, here I wrote some, also some tips. So, introduction, why I suggest you paying attention to this, to these phrases.
So, you wrote in 1985, 1999, so it's better to say between and, or we can say over a period from to, for example. So, these are different ways how to avoid using exact years, just an example.
Then, when it comes to overview, so, I liked your overview, everything is okay, like you chose some main trends, you chose main trends for countries, what increased and what decreased, and what decreased, and it was okay. So, these are the main, you know, main tips how to do it.
So, overview is not just, is not about one trend, as you noticed, right? So, you did it correctly, you, um,Recognize not just one but two or three trends.
It's an ideal situation when you give two or three trends Okay, so Let's briefly solve, okay, we are going to Okay, here we have one more bar chart. Just quickly try to Give me the overview Overview overall like overall for this graph Introduction or overview Overview because introduction is kind of paraphrasing, this is overview.
In 2000 the percentage of adult population that were overweight was like significantly higher than in 1980s, for example, so it's in four countries it's more than It's more than 60% of people who was overweight in 2000 compared to 1980 where and it was around It was around 30% so it's Yeah, the percentage of overweight people increased Almost in half or more than half compared to In 2000 compared to 1980 So this is one And this is another one So this is Basically, I can say that the highest amount of overweight people across all three periods of time is in 1980 So this is one trend and another is in Basically, I can say that the highest amount of overweight people across all three periods of time was in USA And it Like the The increaseThe most significant increase happened across four countries between 1990 and 2000. Like, the most significant growth of the percentage of overweight people in the adult population happened between 1990 and 2000.
So this is the second trend, basically. Okay, so I would say that the first trend that we can clearly see is that the number of, the percentage of overweight people in Japan, Sweden, Britain and the USA increased in all countries, right, throughout a 20-year period of time.
Okay, yeah. So that was number one, like the first and foremost trend.
Then you are correct that, like, yeah, of course we can also say that the, well, we can make a comparison between the first, like the first time span, 1980, and the last one, 2000, and also we can make a point here that the US is the most, like, the most, the leader, we can not say the leader, but the country with the highest percentage, or with the largest share of overweight people. Okay, here I am showing you two types, like, how to say, two samples of overview.
The first one will be for band score 6-7, and the next one will be 9. Okay, so here we see, and we will make a comparison, what makes writing get a 9 band score.
So what's the difference? Okay, so overall, it's correct, overall the proportion grew over the period in question.
So this was the first trend, the first, the most remarkable trend that we see. While obesity levels, yeah, don't forget about synonyms, yeah, obesity levels rose considerably, those in Sweden and Japan increased slightly.
We can also make comparisons concerning the level of change. Did it change considerably, or did it change just slightly?
So I don't need to give precise percentages just yet. So that's my example, where I said it's like 1980 was like around 30%.of population and NAYA 2000 is 60 something it's already like too much for overview it's yeah it's already um giving the details the detailed information okay uh here is an overview for NAYA band score so the first question the first sentence is very similar but you can see that the structure the sentence structure is longer like it's um it includes the word although um so we can give comparisons like uh giving contrasts maybe um so of course here we don't give details but giving long sentences doesn't mean giving the details it's just uh you know giving just the main trends overall the proportion um grew although there was a higher increase between than in the previous decade however while um this and this rose considerably those in these countries increased slightly with the usa having the highest proportion and japan the lowest so in this overview we gave the information on all countries but without giving any exact numbers figures percentages just some overall trends where was the increase where was the decrease and if it was slight or considerable and as you can see the sentence structure is different here we gave just overall and while while and that's it here we gave overall although however while with having here we have also the gerund with the usa having the highest proportion so here we have two sentences here we have two sentences and two sentences but they are very different the sentence structure is different um can i ask a question about the um the way the exam is uh going like um the process of it so i will have if it will be a computer-based i will have some paper right they will give a paper and a pen or i will take a pen will be there like enough papers to have excessive note-taking because i'm thinking while i'm writing or thinking out loud if i will bebe like with someone, I think I'm not allowed to speak.
So I need something, I need a lot of paper to write and think how to structure it. So to put a draft, because before in the previous lesson, you said that you need to have like three, four minutes to think about the draft of the essay.
And now I'm like, I cannot think like in just in thoughts, I need something to write on. So is it like enough paper?
Can I ask like, I don't know, 50 pieces of sheets of paper? I don't know.
Are you going to have a computer-based exam? I think yes.
Aha, yes, so I took both paper-based and computer-based and when you take a computer-based test, they will provide you with sheets of paper and they will provide you as much as you need. Oh, cool.
Like if you need one, then, yeah. I remember that they gave me just one sheet of paper, but it was enough for me.
But if you need more, you can, of course you can ask. When it comes to speaking, talking while preparing your answer, of course, yeah, you're not allowed to do that because there will be around 10 people in the class, so in the classroom.
So yeah, just writing. But you know, from my experience, I think that using, like typing your writing on the computer is easier somehow.
It's somehow easier because you don't need to count your words. I mean, so if it's computer-based, you already have a window where you can try to write.
So you can write there some thoughts, first of all, your idea, and then restructure it to an essay. So you don't need a paper for that, basically.
I can do, like, in the window, okay? Yeah, and there will be a word counter.
So when you write it on paper, you need to count your words. If you got 150 words minimum.
No, I need to think before because, for example, you gave some questions in the first lesson where that will help to analyze the graph or, like, the chart. So I find it very cool to think about these questions, basically.
Yeah, I think it's better to write them on paper when you analyze the graph. Write them on paper, and then when you structure.when you structured it in your head and wrote some notes, then you can start typing on the computer.
Okay, I see. Okay, so...
Okay, so there's a spelling mistake. Okay, so vocabulary for overview.
So you asked me about linking words, and here are some, you know, not only linking words, but some grammar-structured sentences with some complex structure, like how to give long sentences. So here are some drafts that you can use.
For example, in terms of, this figure showed the highest rise. Overall, something decreased, and this rose sharply.
Yeah, while, although, these two, while and although, are the most, I think, the most popular words to use. So these words, like while, although, however, they always help us to structure our sentences, and you know that the examiners, they will look for these words, and this will also help them see the structure of your writing.
Okay, then, okay, these are some tips. Yeah, I wrote them in Russian.
Yeah, overview summary. I think that, yeah, summary is, yeah, we are done with summary.
Okay, also some sample sentences for body paragraphs. So what are some useful examples, how to, for example, so the first one, for example, while, I think while is top example, how to make long sentences.
Of course, yeah, so I think that using brackets is also very useful, because sometimes you write a trend with beautiful words. There was an upward trend, there, this figure was, I don't know, this, the percentage, la la la, experienced a steady growth, and then you, and then you think, and where should I put the percentage, the numbers, and then you just put the brackets, and it won't be a mistake.
That was my question, one of my questions. I was done with body paragraph, and then I was thought the ideal example had numbers, and how I can put the numbers, and then I, like, stop thinking.
Yeah, for example, let's have a look at this sentence.Boys and girls spend the majority of their time cooking food, and in brackets, 17 minutes and about 37 respectively. Respectively is a top word also, because it's understandable, like 17 minutes for boys and 37 for girls.
I saw that you also use the word each. It's also correct.
Mm-hmm. 15 minutes each.
Also, we can say, as opposed to, in 33 minutes, as opposed to, very beautiful phrase, as opposed to. Also, so generally, we have two main grammar structures for body paragraph sentences.
For example, you can say, the number of something increased or deep, how to say, increased or experienced, yeah, experienced a steady growth or something. And the second type of sentence structure is there was a, for example, there was an increase, there was a decrease in something.
Yeah, it's a passive voice, basically. Yes.
Okay. I don't know.
No, this is not passive voice. Passive voice is, for example, a considerable increase was witnessed in 2000.
This is passive voice. Okay.
Object was, something was done to object. Yeah, something was done to object is passive voice.
Okay, so line graphs. Let's have a look at line graphs.
So this is the second type of task one. I suggest you to have a look at the perfect, first of all, perfect example, how to write.
So we can have two types of line graph task. There can be just one line graph and there can be two line graphs.
Sometimes, yeah, it's even harder. So the structure remains the same.
Introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. There can be two body paragraphs, sometimes three body paragraphs.
It depends on the number of analyzed information. For example, here we have chicken, beef, lamb, fish.
So yeah, of course, I think that only two variables, only two paragraphs for four variables.be not enough. Okay, so the graph illustrates changes.
Yeah, don't forget to use synonyms. Yeah, you remember it.
Like, here we have the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat. The consumption, we say changes in the amounts of consumed.
We paraphrase from now to passive voice consumed between the same, between 1979 and 2004. Overall, it can be seen that passive voice, again passive voice, so don't forget to use passive voice because it will also increase the band score because it's considered to be a advanced grammar with the exception of a good phrase.
Although, again although, initially most popular chicken became the most highly consumed. So here, so in line graphs, you should give in overall, in overview, you give the some main information on the overall trend, like what was the most popular, what was the least popular thing.
For example, maybe which graph, so you can see that chicken is the most popular, fish is the least popular, and maybe some trends. For example, we can see that fish is stable, beef is, so we can see beef and lamb, they are decreasing, chicken is increasing, fish is stable.
So three trends, we can talk about them. So this, so here we have an overview, it's just example.
Of course, you can do it in other way. There are different ways of putting the overview to all together.
So then, how is it, so how to easier make the body paragraphs when it comes to line graphs? Usually, it's the most, like it's the easiest way to start with the initial point, like 1979.
Because it's line graph, of course, we have this process of developing trend, and we can say in 1979, what happened, what was the most popular, what was the least popular at that time period. And then, we describe, so however, there were some changes, and then we describe how this initial...Point changed and we should choose the period.
If we describe a 5-time year period or a 10-time year period, you can choose it. So, because, you know, if we have a look at this exact graph, we can see that there was a, there was not just...
Not linear groove. Not linear, yes, it's not linear.
Like, it's going up and then going down, it's going down and up. And it's very important to give the trend, because it's not, it's not, how to say, how to put it in simple words.
So, it's not easy to describe all points. You cannot say that she can, at first it was this figure and then this figure and then this figure, it's very boring to write this.
Yeah, so it'so that's why it's very important to understand the trends before you start writing the body paragraphs. So, the consumption of beef and lamb fell dramatically, so we recognize some similar trends.
For example, we see that beef and lamb, they are similar. Kind of similar.
Then we see that fish declined less significantly and beef and lamb, beef declined significantly, fish not significantly. So, this is the main, yeah.
Okay, can I have a quick question? So, it's not required to have exactly four paragraphs, like introduction, overview, body paragraph one, body paragraph two.
I can have like three body paragraphs, basically. So, introduction, one paragraph overview, one paragraph, like the structure of the essay.
I mean, in the computer-based IELTS, can I have like, in the essay, can I make a paragraph from the text, like divided by the пропуск, I don't know how to say it in English. Uh-huh.
You know, as I remember, if I remember correctly, I omitted, how to say, yeah, omitted a line, like one paragraph, then omitted one line, then one paragraph and one paragraph. Yeah, so that for the examiner it will be easier to recognize the paragraphs.And read it with the line breaks, basically, because if this is a single text, it would be harder.
And it's not required to have only two body paragraphs. I can do three paragraphs with line breaks.
Well, you know, it's recommended to have at least two body paragraphs. Yeah, so overview, introduction overview, and then two body paragraphs, at least two body paragraphs.
Three, okay, four, okay, but not one body paragraph. One body paragraph, I think that it, you know, it won't be very logical.
Because, as a rule, in the first body paragraph, you give some trends, for example, for two variables, and in the second body paragraph, you give information for the latter trends, for the latter two variables, for example. It will be very difficult for the examiner to read a big, one big body paragraph.
So here, for example, we have three body paragraphs. It's okay, but one body paragraph would be, so the examiner will think that you don't understand the structure, or you cannot, so that it's just, you know, everything is together, and yeah, it will be not, it won't make a good impression, I would say so.
Yeah, sure. Yeah.
Okay, let's practice. Try to make an overview for this test.
Of course, here we have two graphs. It's a little bit more difficult, but, you know, I can give you just a tip that it's important to highlight both graphs in this overview.
Mm-hmm. So you can, of course, read the description of the task, and then, so, of course, making an introduction is easier, so we just turn to overview.
Ah, I see, so they compare the percentage of households with laboratory appliances with the number of housework per week per household, same household, and it's done by the period of time from 1920 to 2019. Basically, the main trend is that the number of households with electrical, or percentage of households with electrical appliances increase over the period of time.the over the period that given and the number of hours decreased, but not as like dramatic, or it's dramatic 40 hours per week.
So yeah. So the percentage of households with electrical appliances influence the the number of hours that household spends for the housework for the for the period of time, which is almost 100 years is 99 years.
So this is the first trend. The second, for example, is the increase for the number of appliances, for example, vacuum cleaner and refrigerator, number of refrigerators and vacuum cleaners increased more significantly compared to number of washing machines across the given period.
And another trend is, I don't know, for example, in 1960, we can see that the number of refrigerators increased, as well as the number of hours spent by the house for like spend on housework decreased. Like, between 1940 and 1960.
The level of the percentage of refrigerators increased, and it's correlates with the drop on housework per week. And also, we can see that the number of our hours of housework per week, it decreased dramatically from 1920 to this, and then there was a slight decrease.
So the decrease was dramatic in the first 40 years. Yeah, and then it was very slight.
Okay, so let's have a look at an example. Okay, so of course, it's very important to pay attention to the connection between these two graphs, and you did it.
Also, so overall, there were far more households with electrical equipment at the end of the period in question, the same, the period in question, very beautiful phrase. So the time spent on household chores had decreased by 2019.
Also, here we have one more grammar structure, past perfect.Also try to So I will give you the link to the grammar way and try to brush up on past perfect because using past perfect is also useful for Ben score in terms of individual appliances despite being the most popular of the three at the beginning of the period Washing machines were the only one that was not present in every home by the end. So it's just one example I think that so the first sentence is About the connection between two graphs.
So as you said that the percentage of households with electrical appliances We can say as the percentage of households with electrical appliances grew steadily or dramatically The number of hours decreased over the time period given for example Yeah, of course now I don't use synonyms. We don't forget to use synonyms But overall yes in the first sentence if we have two line graphs in the first sentence We give the connection We describe the connection between these two graphs and in the second sentence we can say some overall trend for example here we see The most popular of the three is Despite being the most popular washing machines were the only one that wasn't present in every home.
So All yeah, so it's an interesting trend. Oh, there were 100% of So I see Regulators as vacuum cleaners they were present in all Households in 2019 except for washing machines Also a very interesting trend.
Yeah, I see. Gotcha.
Mm-hmm. Okay So when it comes to vocabulary It's very useful to memorize some verbs for upward and downward trends We can not only use increase climb, grow, go up, but also For line graphs, we have some verbs for example soar soar is Yeah, soar is to Grow very Dramatically.
Oh or shut up improve is a little Improvement like from five to seven percent for example So all these verbs they have the same meaning like go up, but they have different level different levels of change For example skyrocket, of course skyrocket we understand that it'sa dramatical increase Will the soar mean that the groove was painful? Because of the other meaning of this word being like something is in pain or there is no such meaning?
Soar? Usually soar means to fly to go up and to synonym float I see because I was seeing this word for like I I sprang my ankle and now it soars something like that Ah soar but it's uh it's uh the spelling is different Soar c a s o r e Ah yes yeah and this one is s o r s o a r Yeah so you you say sore throat right sore throat yeah s o r e okay The same for that so I will give you this presentation you can write down all the verbs and try to try to use them in your own task that I will give you give so for downward trend we can not only say drop decline fall we all know these verbs but also we can impress the examiner and use for example shrink Less and of course it's very important to understand the meaning like if there was a how to say so shrink is usually like diminish so of course these verbs also have different levels of change and we should understand that and understand how to use these verbs Okay so diminish is just this is just normal normal decrease it's not significant it's not slight but normal diminish Okay also we have double check it I think it's very useful thank you I I hope I think I'm afraid the time is up so yeah I can look it up I think uh thank you very much for this vocabulary and all the sentences I can look it up so we can see and I will give you the home task and so you will uh you will um study all this so there were some three slides with only vocabulary so you can study at home and try to use them already in your home task not just increase decreasebut try to use various verbs.
Okay, I got it. Yeah, okay, then our lesson is finished.
Okay, thank you. And I will send you the grammar way and home task.
Sure. Should I, for the next time, should I save my questions at the end?
We will have time, because, for example, we didn't finish speaking. Yeah, maybe it's better to, yeah...
Write down and then ask you if we will have time, or in writing after the class, right? Yeah, okay, let's do this way, because, yeah, we had some...
Also, I wanted to practice also speaking with you, task three. So, okay, and also today I'm going to send you the lesson's plan, like what we're going to study, so, for each class.
Sure. Okay, bye-bye, see you soon.
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Lesson 1
March 17, 2024
LESSON PLAN
Writing Task 1
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Speaking Task 2
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WRITING TASK 1
Analyse the question and
identify main features before
actually writing the text
What information do the 2
axes give?
Is it dynamic or static?
What are the units of
measurements?
What are the time periods?
What can you learn from
the title and any labels?
What is the most obvious
trend?
Are there any notable
similarities?
Introduction (paraphrase the
question using synonyms)
1.
Overview (make general
statements about the main
features)
2.
Body Paragraph 1 (write specific
sentences in detail)
3.
Body Paragraph 2 (write specific
sentences in detail)
4.
WRITING TASK 1
STRUCTURE
The provided bar graph/chart
illustrates/depicts/presents/indicates the
number of journeys in 1990 and 2010
made by elementary and middle school
students using different types of
transportation.
INTRODUCTION
1.
In general / In common / Generally
speaking, / As it is observed / It can be
clearly seen that / Overall, ... / As an
overall trend ...
Overall, the number of trips carried out by
bus and bicycles as well as walking
decreased throughout a ten-year period
of time, whereas the amount of car rides
rocketed and constituted for more than 11
million in 2010.
2. OVERVIEW
Now, turning to the details...
It is explicitly observed that...
It can be clearly observed that...
It could be plainly viewed that...
As (it is) shown in the illustration...
3. BODY PARAGRAPH 1
BODY PARAGRAPH 2
According to recent study children
studying in elementary and middle
schools in 2010 get to school as a car
passenger more frequently, increased
by around 22%, compared to 1990'
s data
when they used to walk to school more.
[Better] According to the given
diagram, the number of car trips in
2010 increased by around 22%
compared to 1990 when they used to
walk to school.
Another change or rather we can say
drop, by roughly 30%, happened to
cycling as a mean of transportation to
and from school.
[Better] A significant change can be
seen/observed in the total number of
bicycle rides: it plummeted from over 6
million to exactly 2 million at the same
time period which constituted 30%. / A
30% drop can be witnessed in the
number of...
MEMORIZE USEFUL
VOCABULARY FOR
WRITING TASK 1
составлять
amount to
add up to
account for
make up
compose
constitute
увеличиться
rise
increase
upsurge
go up
skyrocket
soar
уменьшиться
fall
decrease
decline
plunge
drop
collapse
dive
Bus is now replaced by walking as a
second most popular way to school, still
remaining the third and having a slight
drop between two of them.
[Better] Bus is now replaced by walking
as the second most popular way of
commuting to school, amounting to
approximately 5 million trips in 2010. /
The number of bus rides experienced a
comparatively slight decrease of 30%
We can also see that the amount of
trips slightly less nowadays, which can
be correlated with understanding that
kids generation of that age is not as
vast as in 1990s.
We can remain sure that this
information can help us to keep our
children safe and help to make
decisions on whether the change in the
means of transportation have a
connection to the safety of kids.
[Better to replace these paragraphs
with detailed description of features]
Add introduction
1.
Add overview
2.
Add structure to your essay
3.
Add more detailed
description of trends
4.
If you are not sure about
grammar, it is better to
make up simple sentences
than to make a mistake
5.
SUMMARY
The bar chart below shows the sector contributions to India’s gross domestic product from 1960 to 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant.
Try to make an introduction
Paraphrase the question using synonyms and changing the sentence structure
The bar chart below shows the sector contributions to India’s gross domestic product from 1960 to 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant.
Introduction:
The bar graph illustrates the
relative percentage
contributions made by the
agricultural, industrial and
service sectors to the Indian
economy between 1960 and 2000.
Try to make an overview
Firstly, describe the main features - what can be spotted at first glance?
Main features
Main feature 1: The contribution of
the agricultural sector dropped
steadily.
Main feature 2: The contribution of
the service sector increased each
decade.
Main feature 3: Industry remained
static from 1980 to 2000.
Form these ideas into two or three sentences with a total of around 40 words
Overview
Overview (Paragraph 2):
Over the whole time period, the
significance of agriculture
declined steadily while services
grew in importance decade by
decade. A different pattern
emerged for industry, which
initially showed a slowly
increasing percentage but then
declined/plateaued from 1980.
SPEAKING
TASK 2
Describe a special event or festival that you liked.
Say:
• what the event was
• where it was
• what happened
and say why you liked it.
One particular event or festival that I remember is a culture festival. I was one of the organizers
and I represented my own culture there. So this event was organized by an international NGO,
AIESEC, which [is] trying to, like, prevent World War II and then promote international friendship,
cooperation and world peace, at [in] the end. So one of the like instruments that they do [apply]
and use for that is international internships. So at that point of time, it was 12 years ago, almost 12
years ago, we had around 20-25 students from different countries like Brazil, Egypt, [the] Czech
Republic, India, China, and we organized a huge culture festival in the mall, one of the malls in
Novosibirsk. [..., and we organized a huge culture festival in the mall, which is located in
Novosibirsk.] And then we also had not only tables from the students that represented their
culture with souvenirs, with games, but we also had representatives from different regions within
the Russia. So I was one of the representatives, I represented my own culture and region, which is
[the] Republic of Sakha/Yakutia. And I really like the cooperation, the feeling of cooperation and
the understanding that we’re all, at the end of the day, we
'
re all humans. So I liked it very much.
You can also add an introductory sentence, such as “Festivals and special
events play a significant role in cultural traditions and societal celebrations
around the world. Now I am going to talk about one particular event that I
remember which is a culture festival.
One particular event or festival that I remember is a culture festival. I was one of the organizers
and I represented my own culture there. So this event was organized by an international NGO,
AIESEC, which [is] trying to, like, prevent World War II and then promote international friendship,
cooperation and world peace, at [in] the end. So one of the like instruments that they do [apply]
and use for that is international internships. So at that point of time, it was 12 years ago, almost 12
years ago, we had around 20-25 students from different countries like Brazil, Egypt, [the] Czech
Republic, India, China, and we organized a huge culture festival in the mall, one of the malls in
Novosibirsk. [..., and we organized a huge culture festival in the mall, which is located in
Novosibirsk.] And then we also had not only tables from the students that represented their
culture with souvenirs, with games, but we also had representatives from different regions within
the Russia. So I was one of the representatives, I represented my own culture and region, which is
[the] Republic of Sakha/Yakutia. And I really like the cooperation, the feeling of cooperation and
the understanding that we’re all, at the end of the day, we
'
re all humans. So I liked it very much.
You can also add a pair of idioms to improve your band score, e.g.:
We had a whale of a time. = had an exceptionally fun, exciting, or amusing experience
We invited many students from various countries as, you know, the more the
merrier. = the more people or things there are, the better or more enjoyable a
situation will be
One particular event or festival that I remember is a culture festival. I was one of the organizers
and I represented my own culture there. So this event was organized by an international NGO,
AIESEC, which [is] trying to, like, prevent World War II and then promote international friendship,
cooperation and world peace, at [in] the end. So one of the like instruments that they do [apply]
and use for that is international internships. So at that point of time, it was 12 years ago, almost 12
years ago, we had around 20-25 students from different countries like Brazil, Egypt, [the] Czech
Republic, India, China, and we organized a huge culture festival in the mall, one of the malls in
Novosibirsk. [..., and we organized a huge culture festival in the mall, which is located in
Novosibirsk.] And then we also had not only tables from the students that represented their
culture with souvenirs, with games, but we also had representatives from different regions within
the Russia. So I was one of the representatives, I represented my own culture and region, which is
[the] Republic of Sakha/Yakutia. And I really like the cooperation, the feeling of cooperation and
the understanding that we’re all, at the end of the day, we
'
re all humans. So I liked it very much.
You can add different linking words and phrases:
Moreover / What is more / On top of that / Actually / In addition, etc.
Overall / In a nutshell / All in all, etc.
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В этом году у меня случилось несколько часов преподавания в неделю, и это стало важной отдушиной — эти часы давали мне энергии, когда в других местах она забиралась.
День 9 #адвент2023
Одной из учениц стала А., она начала готовиться к IELTS в начале года и закончила недавно, сдав на его на достаточные для университетов баллы и сейчас потихоньку подается в магистратуры.
Самым сложным моментом для нас в этом всём было письмо, и скорее даже не то, как его писать, а чтобы его в принципе написать. Как мы боролись с этим блоком, я писала здесь (). А потом как переписывать, здесь (). И, главным личным достижением для меня стало то, что А. стала писать, написала всё, что нужно на экзамене на время, и сейчас сама пишет motivation letters в универы. (Недавно у Юлии Кумичевой, Cup of ELT, увидела ещё вот такие приёмы (), и если увидела раньше, обязательно бы попробовала!)
Ещё именно А. вдохновила меня на пост про модальные глаголы (), про то, как мы вместе читаем словарь, () и на то, чтобы собрать наконец-то в кучу разные ресурсы () с аутентичным контентом, читать/слушать который может быть потенциально полезным для IELTS, и quizlet сеты ().
Я хоть и готовлю к IELTS, тему графиков не очень люблю, но только потому что они часто скучные. А вообще картинки, инфографики и подобное я прям готова бесконечно обсуждать.
Сегодня с А. взяли маленькую статью (), в основном с визуалом, Тима Урбана ещё 2013 года, где он визуально представляет время и исторические периоды в сравнении с друг другом, чтобы показать, что современность — это секундочка, если взять всю жизнь за 24 часа.
Чего обсудили?
Вместо запланированного часа потратили 2 часа, но просто потому что активно обсуждали и lost track of time, но у нас у обеих на это есть негласное согласие.
additional language // journal, [29/07/2023 00:16] Я делала для ученицы сеты в квизлете по Complete IELTS, Bands 6.5-7.5. Здесь вся папка () с 8 сетами, по одному на каждый юнит учебника. Если вдруг кому-то нужно, мне не жалко, копируйте себе :) Напомню, что здесь () ещё можно найти гугл табличку с аутентичными ресурсами для подготовки к IELTS.
additional language // journal, [29/07/2023 17:59] 'Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. That idea is hard to accept. We all have an emotional equity in our first draft; we can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.' (by William Zinsser)
Я как любой нормальный учитель хочу, чтобы ученики читали фидбек к письму и работу переделывали. Но, как следует из цитаты, они считают, что их работа уже идеальна, и максимум, что от них требуется — это посокрушаться над моими исправлениями в виде "блин, точно, мы же это проходили" или "а, ну да, согласна, всё понятно".
Здесь для меня как для учителя две сложности:
Я пока что справляюсь с ними так:
Я так не мучаю человека полным рерайтингом, но при это могу отследить, что запомнилось, а что прошло мимо. Между обсуждением ошибок и исправлением копии проходит 5-10 минут, но и за это незначительное время выветривается около половины. Speak of the devil forgetting curve!
(Этот пост был написан одним дублем и не был отредактирован или переписан, потому что I have an emotional equity in my first draft; I can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.)
Моя А. мучается с эссе для IELTS. Написать что-то занимает у неё от нескольких часов до нескольких дней, потому что хочет сразу идеально, прям с первого слова, и это приводит к такому уровню overthinking и прокрастинации, что даже я присвистнула. Это при разобранных семплах, знании структуры, и наличии майндмэпа с набрейншторменными аргументами. .....................................................................................................................
Давно-давно где-то прочитала про то, какую магию играет демонстрация процесса письма для тех, кто писать учится.
То есть когда преподаватель открывает документ и начинает писать, показывая все эти messy моменты редактуры, думания, стирания, добавления, пусть с одновременным комментированием, пусть с вовлечением в виде "какое слово можно здесь, поможешь?", но где видно весь процесс от и до, и где, самое важное, видно черновую часть.
Я тогда подумала, боже, как здорово, я бы хотела такое увидеть, но я никогда на таком уроке не была, а ведь всегда страдала, когда мне нужно было писать — "Как начать-то? Как это у других? Почему так тяжело?", так как не понимала, что между стартом и результатом есть промежуточный этап, где грязно и неаккуратно, но именно из него получается финальный чистый результат.
С другой стороны, сама я такие уроки тоже не решалась проводить. Во-первых, не у всех есть такие сложности, во-вторых, у меня особо нет учеников с запросом на письмо, а в-третьих, уровень моей собственной неуверенности и того, что для меня это тоже проблема и страдание, мешал такое устраивать даже с теми, у кого он был.
Уверенности у меня в последнее время побольше, отчасти потому что занятия импровизацией местами проявляются (нас там учат много концепции "плохо лучше, чем ничего"), а отчасти потому что на работе я за неделю пишу столько, сколько раньше за год не писала. Поэтому я подумала, что я готова советом той методистки воспользоваться, момент хорош.
Я отложила запланированное на урок в сторонку, взяла рандомную тему, включила демонстрацию экрана и сказала, что нам сейчас вместе нужно за полчаса накидать очень плохой драфт сочинения. Накидали структуру и сделали из неё очень черновой драфт, но перед нами был готовый текст, который уже не так сложно причесать и довести до ума.
Оно помогло, да. А. теперь чуть легче писать и она стала укладываться в 50 минут. Не 40 ещё, конечно, но всё лучше, чем несколько дней. По пути, правда, вскрыли ещё целый букет сложностей и отсутствующих микронавыков, которые бы я проглядела, если бы не.
IELTS
Ещё месяц назад у меня от мысли о том, что я пойду на уроки импровизации, потели ладошки — это само по себе страшно, а тут ещё и на английском. Первые 15 минут так и было, страшно, но нас поставили в круг и сказали: let's talk about boundaries. И оказалось, что можно сказать, что hey, guys, English is not my native tongue, so please do not be impatient with me if I ask you to repeat something or if I cannot come up with words as quickly as you. И всё вдруг стало легко и интересно и совсем не страшно. Импровизационный английский мне ещё улучшать и улучшать, но я каждую неделю оказываюсь в группе прикольных и умных людей, и чувствую, что меня принимают.
курсы
Моя ученица попросила меня накидать ей список посмотреть/почитать экстенсивного и аутентичного в рамках подготовки к IELTS, и я вдруг поняла, что за все эти года так и не сделала нормального базового списка таких ресурсов. А чужие мне не нравятся. Поэтому составила, сохранила, и чуть подоформила, чтоб ну совсем не было стыдно делиться.
Пара моментов:
Здесь ()
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10oL-k0iF3Oxg7Y0ixhh9OpVt8_eKOkchqzBD9M7oxes/edit?usp=sharing
Подборка хороших, проверенных ресурсов для подготовки к языковым экзаменам
Для всех моих клиентов это очень актуальная тема, поэтому хочу отдельно вынести на канал. Где и как готовиться самостоятельно?
Всем удачи 🐳
Длиннопост про советы для изучения английского. Или как я вырастила и поддерживала свой уровень с b1 до c1 за 3-4 года и до сих пор.
Дисклеймер: много ошибок и англицизмов не обессудьте. Плюс использую мужской род везде, потому что оригинально пост предназначен для знакомого мужского пола, лень исправлять на женский род и gender gap
Че кого, мой путь с английским:
Че кого я поняла в этом пути, ниже советы для самостоятельного обучения или поддержки:
1. Организация обучения
— Поставить себе среднесрочные цели, майлстоуны в виде каких-то челленджей. Это прямо важно сделать, чтобы не было демотивации. У меня было пройти собеседование и потом работать уверенно на английском.
Как сделать? Разделить язык на навыки и качать активнее один из навыков, что проще или нужнее, потом поставить себе челленджи от маленького до супер сложного по твоему мнению
Например, говорение:
— Найти себе бадди по обучению, одного или группу, желательно одного уровня или максимум уровнем ниже и выше, и помогать друг другу в обучении, например, вместе учить какие-то темы грамматики, объяснять их друг другу и так далее
— Учиться с репетитором или на курсе это хорошо, но важно прямо создать образовательную среду вокруг себя.
2. Для развития навыка слушания и понимания речи
— записывала на слух тексты песен любимых (важно), если не понимала чего за слово и как пишется, записывала, что смогла уловить (у меня тут уже был b1 если что + брала песни, которые я уже как бы понимала, оч простые попсовые такие), и потом пыталась из этого всего уловить, а о чем песня вообще. После проверяла себя по тексту реальному, гуглила новые слова, переводила текст на русский, учила текст, так чтобы со смыслом и чувствами была связь и пела (дальше продолжу в п. про произношение)
— либо можно отключать субтитры у фильмов/сериалов/видео на ютуб или слушать аудиоподкасты, пытаясь понять хоть чуток, что возможно о чем там говорят. А потом врубать субтитры, или читать транскрипт аудио подкаста
Главное здесь не париться, что ты что-то пропустил, и не пытаться каждый раз прокручивать назад, просто прослушать один или два раза так для общего понимания. И потом уже переслушать с субтитрами/транскрипт/книгу прочитать. А в идале еще пока переслушиваешь с блокнотиком/словариком сидеть, и вносить туда какие-то идиомы, новые слова, речевые консутркции прикольные и т.д. (про то как учить потом эти слова отдельно ниже)
— еще не знаю как у тебя есть ли желание разные акценты учить, но тут у меня тоже есть опыт, могу скинуть советики тоже, напиши если чо
3. Для развития говорения (+ основная фонетика, ударение, грамматика, думание на английском)
— Разговорные клубы, если ты в Москве или удаленно рекомендую
— Приложения для языкого обмена (ну тут ты и сам наверное знаешь всякие, но я юзала Tandem и Speaky)
— Много и часто записывать аудиосообщения в секретный чатик/группу в телеге и прямо описывать все что видишь, делаешь, описывать как у тебя дела, о чем думаешь, что чувствуешь, что поел, что тебе нужно по работе сделать, как будто закадровый голос и т.д.
— научиться читать фонетическое обозначение слов в словарях и хотя бы 70-80% звуков уметь правильно выговаривать и ударение в словах уметь правильное ставить, чтобы тебя могли понимать. Какие-то более сложные для русских звуки могут сложнее уходить типо сочетания звуков th, но это окей. Про акценты ниже написала подробнее
Главное тут перебороть страх говорения, и важно чтобы тебя пока не сильно дрючили за акцент, только за ошибки серьезные, которые мешают пониманию. Цель сделать так, чтобы ты говорил и одновременно думал на английском
4. Для работы над произношением и акцентом, но это вообще не оч важно, акцент это фишка сейчас, ты выделяешься сразу
— Брать Нейтива (из приложений выше или в Москве найти через группы экспатов в facebook, или через сайты с репетиторами и т.д.) и просить оценивать и фидбечить твое говорение и прочтение вслух какого-то текста на наличие траблов с акцентом и/или выговариванием звуков определенных (типо у всех русских есть траблы с th)
— повторение текста за говорящим, например в видео, или подкасте или песне, может тоже помочь с произношением. Аудиальный контент может помочь выстраивать звуки, произношение, рот
— книжка Mastering the American Accent оч крутые упражнения дают там, советую, книжка есть с аудиозаписями всеми с 3CD, если что пиши перешлю
5. Писанина
— , раньше были встречи, но сейчас уже нет, но собрались сильные ребятки, которые обсуждают всякие прикольные штуки на английском, русский язык запрещен
— , прекрасный тул печатаешь свой собственный текст на заданную тему и тебе оч быстро проверяет его машинка, есть бесплатный тариф, не помню что за ограничения там были, но и на платных тарифах есть бесплатный триал
— Grammarly, ну ты этот тул может тоже знаешь, классная штука везде тебе подсвечивает как ты пишешь и ошибки в орфографии и пунктуации. У меня была платная версия пока я работала продажником, несколько раз помогала упростить текст и сделать его проще для чтения. А так скорее больше поможет тем, у кого уровень писательства не такой высокий. Я платный юзала, когда у меня уже был уверенный b2
— Писать посты на английском, или просто для себя свои мысли облекать в тексты
6. Чтение
— Я брала художественную книжку интересную (для нейтивов) и просто зачитывала ее до дыр, уровень был уже b1, или можно взять что-то специализированное погуглить какую книгу художественную читать для уровня а2
— В учебниках к подготовке к TOEFL и IELTS всякие есть упражнения на проверку понимания после прочтения, тоже мне помогло лучше читать
— Скорость чтения тренить можно через прикольное упражнение/игру в приложухе Elevate (подробнее про нее в п.8 )
7. Лексика
— новые слова учить проще в контексте, который тебе нравиться, если смотришь например контент на любимые темы
— ещё чтобы выучить новые слова, можно их "абьюзить", т.е. как можно чаще использовать в речи, письме, это может помочь запоминать лучше
— ну и помимо этого можно использовать всякие приложения для запомнить с интервальным повторением (Anki, Quizlet и др.)
— , который содержит много разных значений, и особенно круто, что есть много из делового английского
— на сайтах словарей есть много прикольных игр или Times
— Elevate опять же очень круто помогает расширить словарный запас (ниже в п.8 подробнее)
8. Универсальное и поддержание языка
— Много крутых упражнений по прокачке языковых навыков я делала в Elevate, это приложение для нейтивов, там помогают узнавать разные новые слова, строение слов с латиницы, скорость чтения повышать, улучшать навыки математические, и т.д.
Можешь попробовать сейчас, зайдет тебе или нет какие-то упражнения? Но имхо лучше с ним заниматься с b2. Есть 3 бесплатных упражнения в день, либо не супер дорогая цена за год.
— Учебники, советы всяких полезностей я тырила еще когда в школе училась и он до сих пор жив и очень уютен, back to 2010s
— Выстроить учебу так, чтобы тебе было легко учиться, все материалы под рукой, приложения по рукой и чтобы минимальные действия нужно было сделать, чтобы начать учиться. Встроить учебу в рутины
— Выяснить свой стиль обучения по Колбу (есть тесты бесплатные, ) и посмотреть как интереснее для себя выстроить цикл обучения, и при этом облегчить сложные участки (стили, которые не даются легко). Я так поняла, например, что мне важно начинать с практики, понимать, что я чего-то не знаю, набивать шишки и потом уже уходить в рефлексию, создавать список вопросов на основе практического опыта и через вопросы изучать теорию.
— Вот тут разговора про изучение языков в канале у Жени Софронова, скопировала многое оттуда, но еще есть пару крутых штук, будет время почитай, он не такой длинный как этот пост
— Для поддержания языка:
9. Грамматика
Я ее в школе и после в языковой школе нарастила какой-то базовый пласт, и уже не особо хорошо помню, что там мне помогало, сейчас уже многое подзабыла, но и что-то уже само внедрилось в кровь. Поэтому, может посоветую не оч полезное, но что вспомнилось
— Помню, что у меня прогресс по грамматике пошел с учебником крутым, вот , но если погуглишь то найдешь более новое может оно лучше
— Запоминать времена всякие и другие правила помогут таблицы и схемы, есть такие книжки Английский язык в таблицах и схемах. Мне в свое время помогало)
— Grammarly тоже чуток тут помог, постоянно напоминает какие артикли, местоимения куда
— А еще на английском для копирайтеров нейтивов, что-то вроде пиши-сокрощай Ильяхова
— Больше всего мне после школы помогло чтение, слушание речи нейтивов, чтобы впитывать грамматику через них. Я прямо помню, как я увидела какой-то речевую конструкцию в книжке и ее использовала в письме потом.
Хей-хей, дочитавший_ая до конца, если есть что добавить, не стесняйся кидать свои советы и хаки в комментарии к страничке (нужно зайти в свой аккаунт на Notion) или к
Liliya Barladyan, [17/01/2023 05:16] Хочу поныть что все глаголы в иврите на одно лицо. И выучить положеную на уровень Алеф сотню никак не выходит.
То есть вот самые базовые 20 зашли, а дальше все, не лезет.
Взяла готовые анки-карточки с глаголами, но пока не помогает.
Видимо из надо как-то в контексте всё-таки учить
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:30] Предлагаю использовать Phrase Pump в LanguageReactor. Я сейчас проверила - иврит есть.
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:31] this
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:33] ...правда, сайт помечает, что этот язык в режиме Phrase Pump "needs improvement". Но я бы попробовала, тем более есть триал-период
Michael Fuks, [17/01/2023 05:38] Скорее всего какие-нибудь right to left заморочки. большая головная боль для программеров. помнится, лет 20 назад "учил" кассовый аппарат ивриту 🤦♂
Liliya Barladyan, [17/01/2023 05:38] Гм, все ещё не нашла достаточно простого видео-контента на иврите. Но нужен следующий заход
Я правильно поняла что аддон положит субтитры на 2 языках если аудио на иврите?
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:41] Я предлагаю использовать ТОЛЬКО phrase pump
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:41] Не аддон
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:43] Ты выбираешь, какие слова знаешь, Language Reactor предлагает тебе слова, которые стоит выучить следующими, а Phrase Pump подсовывает тебе фразы, в которых ты знаешь все слова, кроме тех, которые сейчас в статусе "учу"
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:45] Если выбрать все возможные этапы изучения, то сначала ты только слушаешь фразу и пытаешься её понять, затем по клику открывается текст, затем по клику открывается перевод
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:46] Это мой ответ на твою фразу про сотню глаголов "Видимо их надо как-то в контексте всё-таки учить"
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [17/01/2023 05:47] Вот способ учить конкретно их (если ты именно их пометишь как слова, которые ты сейчас учишь) в микроконтексте концентрированно
Но если ты хочешь использовать браузерное расширение, то оно работает только для видео с хоть какими-то имеющимися субтитрами на языке оригинала (пусть даже и автосгенерёнными).Бесплатно оно делает одновременное отображение двух треков субтитров, если в источнике (нетфликс / ютуб, другие источники не поддерживаются) уже эти треки есть.Если есть только сабы на языке оригинала, то за деньги расширение сделает тебе вторые сабы с помощью машинного перевода.чешет в затылке Но я могу ошибаться в чём-то, я тестировала только с нетфликсом один раз
А пока что делюсь с вами пошаговым гидом с описанием того, как именно разработать учебный опыт по английскому языку на основе коммуникативных задач. Гид будет полезен тем, кто преподает английский (особенно тем, кто работает со взрослыми), проектирует курсы и разрабатывает учебные материалы по иностранным языкам.
Скачивайте, пользуйтесь и делитесь с коллегами. Ну и комментируйте тоже, пожалуйста.
Дети учат языки не так, как взрослые. Дети ориентируются преимущественно на собственные аналитические способности, выводя правила языка интуитивно, тогда как взрослые могут задействовать ещё и логику. Профессор Универстета Британской Колумбии Джеймс Страттон решил проверить, какой из способов работает более эффективно. Он взял две группы изучающих немецкий язык англоязычных людей и заменил одной из групп часть занятий на уроки исторической лингвистики.
Английский и немецкий — близкородственные языки, в которых много когнатов, то есть, родственных слов, которые могут происходить из более раннего общего источника (как англ. brother и рус. брат) или быть заимствованниями (рус. жемчуг заимствовано из кит. 珍珠 чжэньчжу). Когнаты первого типа в английском и немецком встречаются повсеместно, некоторые из них легко опознать (Arm и arm, «рука»), другие сложнее: немецкое Zimmer «комната» родственно английскому timber «древесина», оно происходит от общегерманского timbra, но в немецком смысл слова изменился на часть здания. При этом плотника в немецком называют Zimmermann — это слово сохранило смысл «древесина».
Опознать в немецком «циммере» английский «тимбер» помогает знание истории обоих языков. За переход «т» в «ц» ответственно так называемое второе передвижение согласных в германских языках, разделившее северные (нижненемецкие) и южные (верхненемецкие) диалекты: английский происходит от нижненемецких диалектов, и там начальные «п», «т», «к» остались на своём месте, тогда как в литературном немецком, основанном на южных диалектах, они превратились в «пф», «ц» и «кх».
Английскому pound (паунд) соответствует немецкий Pfund (пфунт), «фунт».
Англ. pepper (пеппер) — нем. Pfeffer (пфеффер), «перец».
Англ. twelve (твелв) — нем. zwölf (цвёльф), «двенадцать».
Помимо второго передвижения согласных учащимся рассказывали и про другие фонологические процессы, например, произошедшее только в англо-фризских языках смягчение «к» перед передними гласными (и-е-образными).
Англ. cheese (чиз) — нем. Käse (кезе), «сыр».
Ну и про изменение смысла слов со временем: например, слово deer «олень» в английском родственно немецкому Tier «зверь» и раньше значило «зверь», но потом его смысл сузился, люди начали обозначать им только конкретных рогатых зверей. Помимо сужения и расширения семантического поля слова также могут получать положительное или отрицательное значение, а также меняться по ассоциации. Пример ухудшения значения: английское silly (силли), «глупый», родственно немецкому selig (зелиг), «священный». Похожее произошло с украинским «божевільний» (от «божья воля»), которое значит «умалишённый», «психически больной».
В эксперименте участвовало 35 человек, из которых 70 % называли себя
английского. Спустя 16 недель обучения группа, узнавшая про передвижения, смягчения и прочие изменения, смогла правильно перевести значительно больше когнатов, чем группа, остававшаяся в счастливом неведении. Причём этот эффект наблюдался и на встречавшихся ранее, и на совершенно новых немецких словах.
По всей видимости, самым эффективным способом изучения языков является комбинированный метод, сочетающий поглощение большого количества данных на языке, например, погружение в среду, и изучение лингвистики.
Идёшь сюдаhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/online/free--events/?page=1&lang=enИ выбираешь интересную тебе категорию и формат (party/game/networking, можно и class глянуть)или в категорию онлайн-ивентов на
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Лично я рекомендую бесплатные, donation-based или дешёвые импров-джемы, они гарантированно интерактивны
у agilefluent есть разговорный практикумы на бизнес инглише Тренировка прохождения интервью на английском- [] и [ [ []- [ — каждую неделю найдёт пару для практики собеседования на английском и пришлёт материалы для подготовки.
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подготовки к интервью
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Тут платное первое, остальное должно быть бесплатным
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Много ссылок по поиску работы за рубежом Мб тоже будет кому-то полезно. Могут быть не все актуальные, мы собирали почти год назад
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Там же есть writing guides по письму на английском И советы по прокачке английского
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:26] Смотрите как я себе ридеры клепаю
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:27] Prompt:
I'll give you a text in Swedish and you should create a language-learning exercise out of it.
To do that, divide the text into several parts. One part equals one sentence.
For each sentence, list the following things in the same order, using the same numbering:
Repeat this structure for every part of the original text. After each exercise block use asterisks as a divider.
In the end put the original text, unchanged.
The first text I want you to transform into a language learning exercise:
"Sverige befinner sig också i en ekonomisk situation som gör att vi kan ställa om på ett mycket mer effektivt och mycket större sätt än vad andra länder kan. Då måste vi gå före."
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:27] Дальше в диалоге в качестве инпута можно просто абзац на шведском дать, и он его нужным образом преобразует
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:29] Это 3.5, не 4. Думаю, четвёрка должна меньше косячить
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:32] БЛЯЯАААА, Notion AI гораздо лучше результат выдал!
На мои первые версии промта он херь выдавал и я перестала пробовать, а сейчас просто попруфридить попросила (пробел для вызова ИИ, ввела "proofread", enter), а он вместо этого выполнил инструкцию!
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:34] Смотрите, что ноушн выдал на этот промт
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:35] Ужасно трудно заставить чатгпт не пересказывать инструкцию в пункте 5, а сразу переходить к объяснениям
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:38] ...ладно, теперь я и косяки вижу - ноушн проигнорировал мою инструкцию положить в конец оригинальный текст полностью
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:48] А в сочетании с или , которые подбирают тебе контент строго в зону ближайшего развития на основе размеченного тобой вокабуляра (знаю / учу сейчас / не знаю и пока не хочу учить), получается мегаэффективно
Ну и спасибо Швеции за изи новости в формате аудио + транскрипт
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 03:57] Да блиииин, я не могу теперь купить про-версию чатгпт. Они приостановили продажи due to high demand.
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 17:01] О, получилось купить сегодня
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 19:42] GPT-4, в отличие от 3.5, не пересказывает инструкцию, а сразу делает, что я попросила!
То есть она не пишет фразу "The correct English translation is a more natural and concise version of the literal word-per-word translation". Сразу переходит к перечислению конкретных отличий в двух переводах.
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [23/03/2023 19:44] Получается такое:
Sweden finds itself also in an economic situation that makes that we can change around on a much more efficient and much larger way than what other countries can. Sweden is also in an economic position that enables us to make a much more efficient and significantly larger transition than other countries can.
I rephrased "finds itself" as "is" for more natural English. "Change around" was changed to "transition" to better convey the meaning. "On a much more efficient and much larger way" was modified to "make a much more efficient and significantly larger transition" to make it more fluent in English.
Ульпан Алеф кончился, Бет я пока не нашла, поэтому пробую собрать языковую рутину согласно идеям
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Пока тыкую рутинно в duolingvo и повторяю готовые наборы в Anki. Ну и ищу подходящие аудио для активного и пассивного слушанья/смотрения.
К сожалению мой активный запас все-таки не больше 1000 слов, поэтому очень сложно найти контент который одновременно интересный и в котором я понимаю достаточно много. Магазин/кафе это конечно хорошо, но как только надо что-то не совсем банальное - приходится переходить на английский.
Но зато сегодня я поняла где у меня идеальный источник аудирования! Это же речь на улице - подслушивать диалоги. Вот только обычно это как-то неловко делать, а поддержать диалог я пока не особенно могу.
Так вот, есть идеальный контекст подслушивания диалогов - общественный транспорт. Израиль тебе не Москва, метро нет, поэтому самый популярный транспорт - автобусы. Они едут долго, все ими пользуются, а еще - в них гораздо тише чем в метро, поэтому большинство разговоров отлично слышно. Ну и еще мне кажется что израилетяне больше любят поговорить.
Короче свои 2 часа на автобусах сегодня зачитываю как практикум пассивного слушанья.
Интересный лайфхак от Ламонта (один из моих любимых ютуберов)
Он посвятил целый день заучиванию испанских слов с помощью Анки (приложение для spaced repetition learning)
Some of you may know I'm not the biggest fan of Anki, but I do acknowledge its effectiveness.
<...>
it took me too long in life to learn that when there's something I don't like doing but that I should do more of, the key is not to
try to do more of it
(bleh).
For me, the key is to set aside a period of time in which I do
nothing but that thing
.
I've previously admitted to being scared of Anki, but since that day I'm pretty sure Anki's scared of me!
There's this concept that I've become really interested in and I've started looking for as many ways to apply it to my life as possible.
I call it
resetting your normal
.
To give a very basic example, let's say you're a person who's getting up at 11AM at the moment, and you asked me what the easiest way to start getting up at 7am was. I would tell you that the easiest way is to agree with a friend that you're going to text them at 5am every day for the next month.
Now, why 5am, when you said 7am?
It's because if you get up at 5am and text a friend to keep you accountable for a whole month, 7am will start feeling like a sleep-in.
Everyone has different norms that they just accept as being their norms.
At the moment I'm getting up at 5am, and most people consider that pretty early. But I've got a friend who's a high voltage train line maintenance worker guy, and he's clocked in like an hour before I'm even getting up. You can totally see why he doesn't consider 5am to be early!
A while ago I took a poll on how much time people spend on their language every day, and I was surprised to see that the most common answer was 30 minutes or less. Anywhere up to one hour made up for 2/3 of people.
If that's you and you'd like it to be more, try finding one day in the next month where you could spend
6 hours
in your target language.
It might sound impossible, but if you manage to do it just once, you'll start seeing two hours a day as very achievable!
«Изучение языка — марафон, а не спринт». Переводчица из России окончила Кембридж и составила тред из универсальных хитростей, которые помогут подтянуть любой иностранный язык с А1 до Б2 за полгода.
Внутри — про грабли всех начинающих и секреты формирования правильных привычек. Пригодится тем, кто хочет вступить в ряды диджитал-номадов в 2023 году (или просто подтянуть английский)
Обняла
Да, это не только интро для использования Анки (без которого может быть сложновато начать пользоваться программой), но и наработки комьюнити Refold по оптимальным настройкам для алгоритма spaced repetition. От того, насколько точно алгоритм подсунет вам карточку в тот-самый-нужный-момент "я почти забыл слово, но не совсем", зависит эффективность долгосрочного запоминания.
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Long story short (хех), на протяжении пары лет я загрузила в свой мозг семинары Брэндона Сандерсона по creative writing () (включающие в себя много обсуждений со студентами), почти весь подкаст Rationally Writing (), немного Writing Excuses (). Для меня было важно послушать много людей, увидеть тренды преломлёнными через разный опыт. Я не пыталась ничего писать активно, но когда какая-то идея, образ, намётка приходила мне в голову, я её фиксировала в заметках. И напряжение вокруг придумывания историй как-то постепенно рассосалось, а взамен появилось чувство, что есть росточек навыка, который я могу поливать и развивать. Если захочу.
Недавно я сфокусировалась на конкретном домене — эротике с фокусом на D/S. Загрузила в себя кучу короткой аудиоэротики с Dipsea (), несколько кинки и просто про секс подкастов (Kinky Introverts (), Pillow Talk with Emma Austin (), The Gentle Dommecast ()), пару книг. Продолжила фиксировать в заметках всё, что меня цепляло и само приходило в голову. Чтобы грокнуть, как работают BDSM scenes и больше извлекать из фикшна, прочитала The Heart of Dominance by Anton Fulmen () (и хочу прочитать его The Dominance Playbook, потому что она полностью посвящена построению сцен).
В общем, я очень довольна своим секстингом сейчас! Он стал менее дискретным, более нарративным, с внутренней логикой развития.
Или, как сказали бы участники комьюнити mass immersion language learning, когда получаешь достаточно инпута, аутпут сам начинает стремиться наружу.
Это я всё к тому, что недавно наткнулась на очень детальный, продуманный гайд по изучению языка с фокусом на иммерсивное погружение в native контент. И у меня кликнуло, что я с подкастами и скиллами делаю аналогичное. А значит, можно подсматривать в этом гайде всякие идеи и концепции и пытаться прикладывать их на другие домены.
The rest is left as an exercise to the reader! Обратите внимание на концепты active immersion, passive listening, active study; принцип "tolerate the ambiguity"; понятие "compelling content"; неортодоксальный подход к spaced repetition systems; лайфхаки типа "adopt a language parent"... короче, очень много всего интересного, а у меня тут место на полях кончается.
()Alternatively, вот ютуб-плейлист "An Introduction to Immersion Based Language Learning ()"
#innerwork #learning #writing #thinking #personalknowledgemanagement #communication #ideating
befriend your mind 🧠💆♀️Алиса Кузнецова, [06/11/2022 03:34] ✍️ Последние две недели я параллельно продумывала свою рутину и училась по ней; сейчас она устоялась и будет стабильной ещё по крайней мере месяц.
🧠 Примерная суть подхода в том, чтобы загрузить в себя как можно больше контента, в котором ты понимаешь часть, но не всё (). Это должен быть comprehensible () & compelling input (). И когда язык начнёт уже выливаться наружу из ушей (после нескольких сотен часов потребляемого по определённой системе тщательно подобранного инпута) (), ты можешь пробовать output () (говорить и писать) — и очень быстро в этом прогрессируешь за счёт полученного интуитивного чувства языка ().
Сейчас я нахожусь на стадии 1 из 4 по рефолду (). "The goal of Stage 1 is to prepare you to learn directly from your immersion. Before moving on to Stage 2A, you should feel comfortable enough with your target language writing system that you can do lookups when reading subtitles. You should be engaging with your target language every day and feel comfortable watching media that you don't understand. You should also be regularly studying vocabulary, though you don't need to finish learning all 1,500 [most frequent] words before moving on to Stage 2A."
🤓 Вот рутина, которую я составила на основе гайда с адаптацией под себя и то, какой контент мне нравится
👩🏫 Та часть рутины, которая active study ()На первом этапе и изучение грамматики, и зубрёжка слов с помощью какой-то из spaced repetition systems нужны исключительно для того, чтобы ускорить понимание контента. То есть с грамматикой нужно ознакомиться в общих чертах, без закрепления упражнениями. И карточки со словами нужны только на перевод с иностранного на ваш, но не наоборот: вспоминать, как что-то будет по-шведски, не нужно Сейчас я использую колоду для Anki с частотным топом-625. Viktoria the Swede () сделала очень качественную бесплатную колоду с аудио, картинками и примерами употребления ()По умолчанию у меня 3 новых карточки в день, чтобы не перегружаться (). Иногда больше по настроению 5-10 минут весёлого изучения слов через красивейшее приложение — визуальный словарь Drops () (тут уж карточки английский->шведский не отключишь, но это компенсируется приятностью юзер экспириенса) 30 минут пассивного изучения грамматики через подкаст Coffee Break Swedish ()
🕵️♀️ Та часть рутины, которая active immersion () (главная часть, study нужно только для поддержки immersion на этом этапе!)
🌫 Та часть рутины, которая passive immersion () (то, что слушаешь фоном)
🫶 Tack för att du läser min blogg!
#learning #structuring #communication #perception
befriend your mind 🧠💆♀️Алиса Кузнецова, [14/11/2022 22:32] Задизайнила структуру разговорного английского клуба, на который я бы сама ходила
Сам ивент будет в Тбилиси 14 ноября для тусовки @meetmeintbilisi, но я хочу как пример своей работы сюда положить расписание с пояснениями.
Как это часто бывает, вдохновение родилось из злости: сходила на разговорный клуб, где ведущий отказывался вести ("Ну вы поговорите про что вам интересно, или задайте мне вопросы про что угодно"), и тридцать человек просто сидели толпой и разговаривали (то есть в каждый конкретный момент мог говорить только один человек из тридцати), потом начали уходить. В конце концов кто-то предложил поиграть в крокодила и немного спас событие, а я провела активность с колодой вопросов, которую притащила на всякий случай.
А вот что я бы сделала вместо этого хаоса.
💂♀️Расписание с пояснением, за счёт чего вечер будет френдли для людей с любым уровнем языка
20:00 20:10 Собираемся, пишем свои имена на наклейках на одежду
20:10 - 20:40 Импровизационная игра "I am a tree" ()— Легко поучаствовать с начальным уровнем языка, но при этом есть пространство для выпендрёжа — Весёлая, ненапряжно творческая, групповая, динамичная — Легко включить в процесс опаздывающих — Стесняющиеся могут при желании отсидеться — Легко отойти и налить чаю, устроиться поудобнее
20:40 - 20:50 Официальный перерыв на отойти и налить чаю (чай - это важно)
20:50 - 21:00 Объяснение и демонстрация игры "Человек-Википедия ()" 21:00 - 21:30 "Человек-Википедия" в группе, человек 5 смогут побыть "википедией" (говорить 2 минуты без остановки), остальные включены во внимательное слушание и выцепление в речи слов, на которые можно "кликнуть" — Уровень языка регулирует как сам человек, так и остальная группа, предлагая более лёгкие или более сложные слова, от которых должен отталкиваться спикер — Говорить без остановки по таймеру — традиционная активность из театрального импрова, расшевеливающая вашу говорилку как непосредственно на ивенте, так и в целом по жизни — Для начинающих, не понимающих полностью речь опытных, эта игра будет упражнением на слушание-с-частичным-пониманием (см. понятие comprehensible input в immersion first подходе к изучению языка). Такая практика даёт настрой/состояние/майндсет, с которым погружение в язык происходит эффективнее. Очень полезно. :)
21:30 - 22:00 "Человек-Википедия" в тройках — Добавляем шеринг после спича: "Сильнее всего я почувствовал, что очень хорошо тебя понимаю, когда... Самое главное, что я о тебе понял... Моё представление о тебе поменялось вот как... Мне любопытно позже расспросить тебя подробнее о..." Делаем контакт чуть более личным. — Людей, которые очень не уверены в своём английском, я попрошу быть в тройках друг с другом и подбадривать друг друга. :)
22:00 - 23:00 Свободное ненапряжное общение в парах и тройках — По моему регулярному сигналу нужно найти человека, с которым ещё не общался (всех перезнакомим!). — К этому моменту предыдущие активности должны дать вам ворох возможных тем для расспросить и рассказать. :)
#learning #structuring #communication #perception
🇸🇪 Принципиально языки не учу, но внезапно угорела по шведскому И в конце этого поста я распишу свою текущую ежедневную учебную рутину, не переключайтесь.
Ещё недавно я не хотела учить шведский, пока в середине декабря физически не окажусь в Швеции. Не хотелось красть время у занятий, которые там будут невозможны (физические встречи с близкими людьми в Тбилиси). А сейчас я обнаружила, что меня совсем засосало в шведский, я азартно простраиваю траекторию обучения и трачу несколько часов в день на учебные активности. Я думаю, что меня прошибло восторгом от гайда Refold () (методология mass immersion approach), от статей ребят из комьюнити Refold () и видео ютубера Days of French and Swedish () (тоже из Refold-сообщества). Очарование продуманными алгоритмами и штуками про теорию обучения оказалось сильнее моего сопротивления.
Вообще-то неслабое достижение со стороны этих людей! Я monogamish в плане изучения иностранных языков. Обычный мой ход мыслей такой: есть английский, что ещё нужно-то и зачем? Я наслаждаюсь английским и эстетически, и как инструментом для своих целей. Всю жизнь он давал мне 98% желаемой пользы от изучения иностранного языка. И всегда можно дополнительно улучшить свой уровень в разных аспектах языка и для разных узких контекстов: и удовольствия, и возможностей это лично мне даст больше, чем база других языков. Я учила английский до школы, в школе, в институте (специальность "перевод и переводоведение"), всю дальнейшую жизнь, и мне вряд ли когда-то надоест.
Ладно, я осваиваю какие-то кусочки и клочки других языков, если Очень Нужно или Невероятно Интересно. Важнее других вещей и интереснее других вещей. — Немного латыни и греческого в институте — да, в целом это было стоящее вложение сил, потому что позволило получать больше удовольствия от узнавания штук про этимологию. — Несколько шведских слов и фраз во время полутора месяцев в Швеции в 2017 — чтобы порадовать тогдашнего партнёра и других знакомых шведов. — Несколько грузинских слов и фраз — чтобы ориентироваться в стране и, опять-таки, радовать грузин и жить с ними в мире. — Азы эстонского — потому что в течение нескольких месяцев я думала, что мы с мужем переезжаем в Эстонию навсегда, муж (полиглот и ярый фанат лингвистики) очень хотел заниматься вместе, плюс я зафанатела от дизайна учебного процесса в эстонском приложении для изучения эстонского () (+ русского/финского/испанского/французского/итальянского/немецкого) и от блога фаундеров (). И у меня была личная культурная цель - причаститься к книге Sacred and Terrible Air (), которая пока что существует только на эстонском (я забила, потому что в Эстонию не переезжаем).
А с шведским произошло вот что. У меня есть сложности с переключением между активностями как у СДВГшницы, поэтому я в целом предпочитаю организовывать свои проекты в длинные спринты и уходить в них с головой. Регулярно посвящать определённой области жизни день целиком, несколько дней, неделю - очень такое люблю. В том числе поэтому мы договорились с мужем, что первые два месяца в Стокгольме я буду интенсивно учить язык, плюнув на любые другие дела. Я надеялась так достигнуть какого-то осмысленного начального уровня, который можно будет поддерживать на постоянном уровне регулярной практикой, пока я не смогу организовать очередной спринт глубокого погружения.
😍 От восторга, что у меня будет целых два месяца структурированной активности, я начала заранее планировать, как будет организовано моё обучение. Стала гуглить лучшие практики и опыт. Совершенно не помню, откуда я перешла на канал Ламонта, но название "What I wish I knew BEFORE learning Swedish... ()" меня зацепило (это было 20 октября). Через пару суток я вынырнула из статей разных immersive learners, чтобы послать мужу пост с советом, как справиться с компульсивным изучением всех языков на свете (). Бруно перешёл из поста на гайд Refold и тоже зафанател. Мы это всё стали жарко обсуждать, придумали совместные учебные активности, подходящие для обоих наших уровней шведского (его уверенного понимания сабов к детским сериалам и моего околонулевого уровня). И меня было уже не спасти.
Это подход, оптимизированный под долгосрочное изучение с прицелом на fluency; одна из идей в том, что ты даже не пытаешься выдавать output, пока ты не загрузил в свою нейросетку достаточно инпута, чтобы мочь оценить, насколько твой output мэтчится с тем, что ты интуитивно чувствуешь про язык
Там очень много нюансов на самом деле, не любое потребление контента - эффективное изучение языка 22:04 Я проставила кучу ссылок на материалы про эти нюансы в посте
Йеп, это очень интенсивное расписаниеИ это одна из причин, по которым я не люблю учить языки: удовлетворяющий меня результат требует очень. много. времени.
22:04
Рефолд - это подход с прицелом на будущую fluency
22:04
Я заморачиваюсь, потому что мы с мужем решили в Швеции постараться остаться, уже покупку квартиры обсуждаем, вот это всё
Йеп, это очень интенсивное расписаниеИ это одна из причин, по которым я не люблю учить языки: удовлетворяющий меня результат требует очень. много. времени.
22:04
Рефолд - это подход с прицелом на будущую fluency
22:04
Я заморачиваюсь, потому что мы с мужем решили в Швеции постараться остаться, уже покупку квартиры обсуждаем, вот это всё
Я очень люблю на эту тему вот этот текст Марии Ковиной-Горелик, он про сериалы, но принцип тот же.
Очень помогло иначе отнестись к процессу и ускорило мне его)
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:38] Что еще важно: когда я перевожу карточки, я всегда четко проговариваю перевод на английский вслух, чтобы развить артикуляционный навык говорения на языке.
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [16/11/2022 20:38] А сколько ты обычно говоришь и пишешь на английском в своей жизни?
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [16/11/2022 20:38] Я имею в виду, с людьми
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [16/11/2022 20:39] Сколько времени ты проводишь в реальной коммуникации
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:39] Почти каждый день, но не много. Времени на разговоры не хватает. У меня есть друзья и знакомые из других стран, с которыми иногда говорим в видеочате, коворкаем или чилим, например.
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:41] Я думаю, что для беглового говорения, конечно, в первую очередь важно постоянно общаться.
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:42] Но основной целью работы карточек была: выучить редкие слова и конструкции, понять все нюансы грамматики. Ведь английский это язык на котором говорит огромное количество человек с точки зрения грамматики неправильно. Это, обычно, не сильно мешает коммуникации, но иногда может доставать.
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [16/11/2022 20:46] О, а как-то тестировал своё знание грамматики до и после?
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [16/11/2022 20:47] Вот это, кажется, довольно нетрудно измерить
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:48] Да, я проходил ЕГЭ год назад и набрал неплохие баллы. Плюс всякие разные тесты в интернете с десятками вопросов, везде был отличный результат, максимум 1 или 2 ошибки.
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:49] Когда готовился к ЕГЭ (около недели этим занимался), то на всякий случай нанимал преподавателей для выяснения некоторых сложных для меня моментов грамматики, потом оказывалось, что этот препод хуже меня понимал эти темы, хотя в описании у него было сказано, что он многие годы преподает английский да и по возрасту был солидным.
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:50] В итоге я в темах сам разобрался потом, с помощью грамматик, просто они были реально очень advanced.
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 20:51] Самооценка, конечно, подросла, когда я увидел, как несколько преподавателей реально не знают очевидных для меня вещей.
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 21:47] Еще пример, как я создаю карточки. Я отношусь к грамматическим конструкциях как к формочкам для выпекания - нужно усвоить паттерн-формочку. Поэтому для одной "формочки" я делаю несколько "начинок-лексик". Например, смотрел я когда-то сериал Better Call Saul, и там старушка говорит адвокату: "And here I thought all lawyers were idiots!", офевидно, такой английской "формочке" будет соответствовать русская "А я-то думал бла-бла-бла." Поэтому я сделал несколько карточек с разными начинками, чтоб усвоить паттерн:
А я-то думал, переезд не такая уж забавная вещь. - And here I thought moving wasn't fun. А я-то думал, тюрьма изменила тебя. - And here I thought prison had changed you. и т.д.
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [16/11/2022 21:48] Прям оооочень много проделал вдумчивой работы, ничего себе
Ruslan, [16/11/2022 21:51] Рад поделиться. Думаю, эти техники можно использовать при изучении разных языков. :)
Я учил английский около 10 лет, читая книжки и смотря сериалы. В итоге пришло запоздалое осознание, что практически не могу ничего сказать на нем, хотя многое понимаю, могу читать книжки (Всего Поттера проглотил, например). Где-то в феврале 2020 я вспомнил, как когда-то читал книжку "Думай как математик", где авторка предлагала кучу всяких техник для обучения, и среди них также упомянула понятие интервального повторения. Далее, я в мозгу соединил точки, и понял, что мне необходимо повторять информацию по этому методу. Я сразу понял, что это должны быть карточки, но я явно не физические. Далее по первому запросу в гугле я нашел официальный сайт приложения Anki, скачал и начал использовать.Изначально я делал много карточек на "узнавание". То есть на перевод с английского на родной, но вскоре понял, что это не самый эффективный способ в моем случае, ведь проблемы у меня были в том, что я не мог выражать свое РОДНОЕ средствами ЧУЖОГО языка. Поэтому я изменил подход на противоположный и стал делать все карточки на перевод с русского на английский, и это решило мою проблему. Пассивные знания превратились в активные. Сейчас я помню около 90% из всех 13 тысяч карточек, что подстегивает мою мотивацию не останавливаться.Создавая карточки, я перелопатил несколько грамматических справочников/учебников и на каждое правило добавил как минумум несколько примеров. Карточки делал из всего, что только попадало под руку.
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Чтобы при переводе некоторых карточек не использовать очевидные слова (lost) я добавлял подсказки как, например, в этой.
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Если кому интересно, стал добавлять свои мини-уроки по англу в этот уютный канал:
Ну, рефолдовцы, судя по всему, не парятся с формами вообще. Типа language intuition сама выработается за счёт иммерсии.Но нужно понимать, что иммерсии рефолдовцы делают до-хе-ра, а если тебе прямщас нужно писать и говорить для экзамена (упомянутого тобой выше), то эээ."To comfortably understand TV and casual conversation, you'll need to do a few things:Learn 5000 words (vocabulary study).Learn enough grammar to understand how those words fit together (grammar study).Practice reading and listening for 500 hours (immersion).Once you do those 3 things, the language becomes FUN, and once it's fun, you'll never want to stop."
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Но! У меня есть подозрение, что PhrasePump в LanguageReactor может тут помочь
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о боже там есть аватар на иврите на николодионе АААА
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [26/11/2022 21:04] Обожаю Ламонта просто потому что он смешной, но и очень relatable тирада про ненависть к spaced repetition. Думала, может, он посоветует использовать Drops, потому что оно красивенькое и вызывает привыкание, но нет, вывод другой.
Я сама ООООООЧЕНЬ осторожно увеличиваю количество новых карточек в день, потому что оно действительно накапливается как сволочь, а поначалу это незаметно!
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [26/11/2022 21:11] "You've probably heard some statistic like that, the first 600 words of a language make up 90% of the language or some crap like that 🤔 and whatever it actually is doesn't even matter 🙄 it's almost always touted as good news 😒 sure it's good news if you're trying to pretend that you speak languages that you don't or if you're okay with trying to find a simpler way of expressing almost every idea that you will ever have 🧐
...so assuming that you don't want to sound like a nine-year-old, it's not good news, it's bad news! 😱 it means that even if you're immersing in a language for four hours a day there are still many words that a native speaker will know but which is an adult learner it would be almost impossible to get the exposure necessary to acquire those words! 😦 in short, this requires direct intervention 😭
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [26/11/2022 21:13] "Вот говно, нельзя просто обложиться контентом и надеяться, что всё усвоится само. После определённого уровня вы просто будете сталкиваться с одними и теми же чортовыми частотными словами, а новые будут повторяться недостаточно часто, чтобы усвоиться естественным образом"
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [26/11/2022 21:13] Ай фил ёр пейн
Mariya, [26/11/2022 21:17] Карточки, которые увеличиваются как сволочь - это прям хорошооо))
Mariya, [26/11/2022 21:19] Я себя так в некоторых сериалах начинаю чувствовать. Одновременно чувствуя себя снобкой по поводу этого чувства:)))
Патамушта а) все равно куча процедурала и локальных шуток, которые я из сериалов не высосу, это уже другие стратегии нужны б) говорить, как эти герои, со всеми уже мне знакомыми словами, я всирамно не могу )) /б - это уже риторический вопиль, ага/
Mariya, [26/11/2022 21:20] В смысле я в курсе про разницу "скилл слушать/говорить/читать/писать", и курс про это брала намеренно. Просто внутреннему зануде повод-то только дай до себя докопаться😀
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [26/11/2022 21:29] У рефолдовцев есть полезные советы для павших жертвами карточного энтузиазма
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [26/11/2022 21:37] "Learning too many new cards per day is the most common mistake people make when getting started with an SRS. This leads to an unmanageable number of reviews which takes away time from immersion and leads to burnout (i.e. quitting the SRS).
This pitfall is so common because it takes about two weeks for the number of new cards to fully impact the number of reviews. This time lag causes people to underestimate review loads.
You can estimate the number of reviews per day by multiplying your new cards by seven. For example, if you are learning 10 new cards per day, you can expect 70 reviews per day in two weeks.
When getting started, it’s best to start small to ensure you don’t get overwhelmed while establishing the habit of using the SRS every day. Start with five new cards per day, and increase the amount slowly as you feel fit. Consistency is much more important than quantity. If you can consistently learn 10 new cards each day, you'll surpass 1000 cards in less than three months.
Remember, active study is less important than immersion. Spending too much time on the SRS means taking time away from immersion."
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Вот это мне будет полезно: для шведского есть мемрайз-курс с 8000 самыми частотными словами, но я не хочу учить его на мемрайзе, потому что тогда придётся заучивать, как сказать английское слово по-шведски. А мне нужно только шведский->английский. Ну и вообще Анки больше нравится
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extension allows to download the transcript of a YouTube video to a csv that can be imported into Anki or directly send the cards to Anki using AnkiConnect, allowing to use the original audio/video of the current sentence and without having to download the original media.
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**Ещё один возможный воркфлоу для создания карточек по ходу просмотра сериальчика:**1) Создаём в ноушн тоггл-списки
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Daily Study RoutineHere is the bare minimum we recommend for learning. You can definitely do more, but any less is going to be very slow.Vocabulary Study: 15 minutesGrammar Study: 15 minutesImmersion: 30 minuteshttps://refold.la/quickstart/build_your_daily_habits?targetLanguage=heb
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А вот док Refold для иврита, там есть контент для иммерсииhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJMdK70YXQ9cGzCFUU58Xm3wBaaQG5wRmF0iCJvN_lqymS-Ve_OlLgKNMcW7bJf0sW5aUSHxePNz08/pub
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Вот конкретные рекомендации Рефолда для стадии 1: **10 новых слов в день.**Дальше пояснения.The goal of Stage 1 is to prepare you to learn directly from your immersion.Before moving on to Stage 2A, you should feel comfortable enough with your TL's writing system that you can do lookups when reading subtitles.You should be engaging with your TL every day and feel comfortable watching media that you don't understand.You should also be regularly studying vocabulary, though you don't need to finish learning all 1,500 words before moving on to Stage 2A.**Spend 10 to 20 minutes each day studying basic grammatical concepts in your target language (TL).**Remember, the goal of grammar study is to help you comprehend your TL. DO NOT try to speak or write using grammar rules. You will develop both of those abilities through immersion.Learning to identify the past, present, and future tenses is key to comprehending stories.Don’t try to understand any of these things in detail through grammar study. The goal is to unlock the first level of comprehension.For example, it’s not important to understand the nuance of every past tense conjugation. It’s only important that when you see them in your immersion, you know they are past tense.**Use a spaced-repetition system (SRS) to learn the 1,500 most frequently occurring words in your TL.**Remember: learning words is study, not acquisition. You just want to build a base of words that will accelerate your comprehension of immersion content. You are not looking for perfection, you just want enough. Enough words that are common enough that you remember well enough.When grading cards in Anki, don’t be a perfectionist. Don’t try too hard to understand the exact meaning. A general understanding is good enough.If you think you will recognize and understand the word in context, then hit “good”. If not, select “again”, so you see the card again sooner.If you make a mistake but you actually do know the word, feel free to grade it “good”. If it turns out you actually forgot it, then it will be more obvious next time that you need to hit “again”.If you never forget any meanings, you’re probably seeing your cards too often. It feels counter-intuitive, but the overall process is more efficient if you’re failing a few cards each session.You should feel empowered to get rid of any cards for any reason. Don’t like it? Get rid of it. Feel like the concept is ambiguous? Get rid of it. Word just isn’t sticking? Get rid of it.Comprehension, Not ProductionThe goal of studying vocabulary is to recognize and understand those words in your immersion. To practice recognition, you only need to study cards with TL on the front. Cards with TL on the front are called "comprehension" or "recognition" traditional study, you are asked to remember TL words off the top of your head or as a translation from your NL. This type of card is called a "production" or "recall" card. You should not do this type of studying. If you find a flashcard deck with production or recall cards, feel free to delete the time you need to produce the language in Stage 3, the words will be embedded in your subconscious. You won't need to memorize them to produce them on command.**At our recommended rate of 10 cards per day, 1500 words will take five months. However, it likely won’t take this long because you’ll also be learning some of these words through immersion.If you are willing to invest heavily in active study, you can increase to an aggressive rate of 20 words per day. Be warned, after two weeks, this will yield about 140 reviews per day.**You DO NOT need to finish the most common 1,500 words before moving on to Stage 2.When you enter Stage 2, you will create a new deck and start sentence mining from your immersion content. You can study both decks side-by-side or you can drop this starter deck in favor of sentence mining.
То же самое!
Сейчас пишу на карточки muji, но говорят, что их много разных бывает.
Маленькие, как брелок, на кольце
Anfisa Popova, [20/02/2024 15:45] Ребят, а знаете ли вы приложение типа anki, но с возможностью либо написать ответ от руки, либо приложить в качестве ответа фото?
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:20] Расскажи больше про свой кейс
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:22] Нужен ли тебе алгоритм spaced repetition, например (то, что заставляет людей выбирать именно Anki, несмотря на убогий дизайн и всякие неудобства), или тебе достаточно разового тестирования по вопросам из списка
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:24] Короче, для эффективного выучивания материала долгосрочной памятью или для разового тестирования знаний
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:26] Будет ли на фото написанный от руки текст, который нужно распознать и проверить, соответствует ли он правильному ответу?
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:29] @ilovetea и другие пользователи Ридера, которые при этом преподы и студенты, вы же тоже платите 50% цену, надеюсь?
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:29] так-то
Vitaliy Roud, [21/02/2024 17:30] нет блин я плачу как сказали(
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:30] Пожалуйся им и попроси вернуть деняк
Vitaliy Roud, [21/02/2024 17:30] я вроде чекал когда продлевал, не было этой опции..
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:30] Или там продлить подписку на эту сумму
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:30] Надо писать напрямую и говорить, что, мол, дайте мне
🧠💆♀️ Alisa Kuznetsova (response time 2 months), [21/02/2024 17:31] Я просто погуглила readwise academia discount, нашла соотв страницу FAQ, и вот
Vitaliy Roud, [21/02/2024 17:32] это приятно.
Недавно предприняла очередную (и видимо, последнюю) попытку найти хоть сколько-нибудь адекватный тест на определение уровня. До этого все тесты выдавали мне дичь, но вот коллега посоветовала puzzle english, и я решила give it a try, так сказать. Хотите знать, какой у меня уровень?
Аудирование - Upper-Intermediate (B2) Грамматика - Intermediate (B1) Речь - Elementary (A1+,A2) Письмо - Intermediate (B1)
Смеялась минут пять 😂 Посмотрела ошибки: их 14 из 36. Реальных только 6: не знала или неправильно прочитала задание. Остальные либо некорректная формулировка, либо правильным помечен неверный ответ, либо баг подсчёта.
И вот что я вам в связи с этим скажу. Когда мы занимаемся языком, то порой спрашиваем себя или препода: «а у меня уже В2? … а сейчас? … а теперь?» И чаще всего в этих цифрах-буквах нет решающего смысла. Во-первых, потому что знание языка определяется не цифрами, а задачами, которые мы можем на нем решить. А во-вторых, потому что ни один тест не сможет оценить вас объективно (даже условный IELTS, потому что к нему тоже надо готовиться).
И тогда можем ли мы вообще опираться на эти цифры и буквы? Можем, но четко понимая, что:
Поэтому! Желаю вам не сильно париться про уровни, не верить языковым тестам и всегда мыслить категориями «хватает ли мне моего языка для моих целей, и если не хватает, то чего именно?».
Что до меня, я перепрошла тест через 5 минут, и получила свой блистательный В2/С1. Ха-ха, ну хоть могу спать спокойно 😁
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ЧЕК-ЛИСТ ИДЕАЛЬНОГО IELTS TASK 1 ACADEMIC
Other tips: — use more linking paragraphs — use the general Qs — longer more complex sentences: passive voice (smth changed), grammar structure inversion — read perfect examples of essays with band score 9/8 (google, and then write down words and verbs used) — complex vocabulary → several specific words for each diagram type → amounted, contributed — paraphrase → synonyms not repeating → showcase reach vocabulary — use more adverbs → adverb + adjective + noun — simple sentences is better rather than ling complex sentences with mistakes → divide to 2 short sentences — it's okay to use brackets (1960-2000)m it's okay to reuse numbers from the tasks — first time full form of abbreviation
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https://www.writinglab.io/resources/studying-for-your-ielts-with-a-learning-difficulty/
The Boxing Method
The Boxing Method is a note taking method carried out in a structured way that involves categorising and organising information into distinct boxes.
The boxes help to visually separate topics under different titles. Each box represents thoughts, concepts or ideas under a category.
The Boxing Method is good for:
visual learning
hierarchical information
categorised content
structured content
How can you apply this to your IELTS studies?
Let's say you are preparing for an essay in the Writing section. The concept or idea in the question isn't something you are too familiar with, or simply haven't given it much thought yet, or the topic is broad and you just aren't sure where to begin- the Boxing Method can be really useful to break this all down.
As well as being useful for the Writing section, the Boxing Method would also be useful for the Speaking and Listening test. The more you know, in this context, the more you can put down on paper (Writing) and the more you can add to a conversation (Speaking) and detect ideas being discussed (Listening).
Having said this, the IELTS exam is created to be 'user friendly', in that the topics are relatable and will not be abstract or unnecessarily challenging. The topics are chosen and questions curated, for you to access.
Let's try the Boxing Method with this essay question:
Society: Many people believe that the gap between rich and poor is widening. What problems can this create for society and what measures can be taken to tackle this issue?
You could get into more specifics with your boxes and categorise them further. This simple demonstration is just to show how you can create 'problem' and 'solution/action' boxes, with an IELTS essay question. Though the method itself lends itself to detail. Although you don't have the word count for a detailed essay, it is good practice to explore ideas and topics as part of your practice so that you are well-prepared.
If you did want to categorise your boxes further you could for example, have boxes such as :
outcomes of of wealth
outcomes of living in poor circumstances
what happens at governmental level
cultural comparisons
where the divide is commonly seen (i.e. access, schooling, healthcare), so this could be boxed into 'examples
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https://www.writinglab.io/resources/
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IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:32]
https://www.britishcouncil.uz/en/exam/ielts/test-day
IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:32]
https://www.britishcouncil.uz/en/exam/ielts/why-take
IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:34]
https://www.britishcouncil.uz/en/exam/ielts/faq
IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:34]
https://ielts.org/take-a-test/preparation-resources/understanding-your-score
IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:35]
https://www.britishcouncil.uz/en/exam/ielts/dates-fees-locations/computer-delivered
IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:35]
https://kazakhstan.britishcouncil.org/teach/online-resources
IELTS, [17/03/2024 23:35]
https://ielts.org/take-a-test/booking-your-test/access-arrangements#Learning_difficulties
IELTS, [30/03/2024 21:42]
So what exactly I need to put in the plan
- Understand what exact bands I want to target with each section and it's criterias
- Understand is it worth to get the IELTS specific arrangements connected to neurodivergency
- Buy prep tests, book exam date, buy tickets, ask friends to host
- Spread all the materials and themes below to remaining time
- How I practice Reading, plus find techniques that would help to complete tasks faster
- How I practice Listening, plus find techniques to comprehend and memorize better oral speech
- Writing learn all the theory behind the structure of the tasks, learn complex vocabulary and sentence structures. Remember grammar. Pracrice spelling. Remember punctuation.
- Speaking. Learn idioms and expressions. Practice pronunciation of some sounds. Practice spontaneous speaking. Also at the moment, I'm thinking how to put in active vocabulary words, idioms and expressions, that I know
IELTS, [30/03/2024 21:43]
Find programs more to try applying to in Germany, or Portugal maybe
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:38]
Your approach to improving your speaking skills for the IELTS exam, considering your current preparation time of one month, is practical and focused. Here are refined strategies based on your initial idea, aimed at enhancing your proficiency and confidence in oral English communication:
1. Targeted Grammar Review:
- Identify common grammatical errors in spoken English, especially those you frequently make. Focus on tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, and the correct use of articles and prepositions.
- Utilize resources like the "IELTS Band 9 Grammar Secrets" to study these areas. Practice forming sentences that correctly use these grammatical structures.
2. Practice with Exercises:
- Engage in speaking exercises that mimic the IELTS Speaking test format. This includes practicing speaking for 1-2 minutes on a variety of topics, as well as answering follow-up questions.
- Record yourself while speaking. This helps in self-evaluation and in recognizing areas that need improvement, such as pronunciation, fluency, and coherence.
3. Transcription and Self-Analysis:
- After recording, transcribe your spoken responses. This exercise will help you to visually identify and analyze your grammatical errors and areas of improvement.
- Pay attention to repetitive errors or patterns in your speech that could be corrected. For instance, if you notice frequent mistakes in tense usage, dedicate more time to practicing that specific aspect of grammar.
4. Feedback and Iterative Improvement:
- Seek feedback from native speakers or language tutors, if possible. Platforms such as language exchange websites can be useful for finding speaking partners.
- Use the feedback to focus on specific areas of improvement. Implement the suggestions in your practice sessions.
5. Immersive Learning:
- Engage with English content daily. Listen to podcasts, watch movies, or participate in discussions on topics of interest. This will improve your listening skills, expand your vocabulary, and expose you to various accents and pronunciations.
- Try to think in English rather than translating from your native language. This will enhance your ability to form responses more naturally and fluently.
6. Simulated Speaking Environment:
- Practice speaking under exam-like conditions. This includes timing your responses and speaking on topics even if they are unfamiliar.
- Utilize online resources or apps that provide IELTS Speaking practice questions. Practice articulating clear, structured responses within the allotted time.
7. Confidence Building:
- Build confidence by practicing speaking in front of a mirror or with friends. The more you speak, the more comfortable you will become with the language.
- Remember that making mistakes is a part of the learning process. Focus on progress rather than perfection.
This structured approach combines practical exercises, targeted grammar review, and self-analysis, all of which are designed to improve your speaking skills systematically within a month. Consistency and focused practice are key to making significant improvements in your IELTS Speaking score.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:38]
Your approach to addressing mistakes in oral speech for the IELTS is quite strategic and touches on several key areas of language learning. Here's a streamlined plan to refine your strategy and ensure you're making the most of your preparation time:
### 1. Identify Specific Areas of Weakness
- Before diving into general grammar study, pinpoint the exact grammatical areas where you make the most mistakes. This could be tense usage, article usage, prepositions, etc.
### 2. Focused Grammar Study
- Once you've identified your weak spots, concentrate your study on those areas. Use resources that are specifically aimed at English learners at your level, focusing on IELTS preparation if possible. Websites like the British Council, Cambridge, and IELTS Liz offer targeted exercises.
### 3. Practice with Purpose
- Beyond grammar exercises, apply what you've learned in speaking practice. This could be through conversation practice with a partner, tutor, or language exchange partner who can give you feedback.
### 4. Record and Review
- Your idea of recording yourself is excellent. It allows you to critically listen to your own use of language. Transcribe your speech to visually see your mistakes. Use tools like Otter.ai or Google's voice typing feature in Docs for easier transcription.
### 5. Learn from Mistakes
- Analyze the mistakes you find in your transcription. Understand why each mistake was made and how to correct it. This is crucial for internalizing the correct forms.
### 6. Incorporate Feedback Loops
- After correcting your mistakes, practice speaking again, using the corrected forms. This creates a feedback loop that reinforces learning. Consider working with an IELTS tutor who can provide immediate corrections and suggestions.
### 7. Simulate Test Conditions
- Practice speaking tasks under timed conditions similar to the test. This helps manage time pressure and nerves, which can significantly impact performance.
### 8. Engage in Active Listening
- Listen to native speakers through podcasts, TED Talks, and interviews. Pay attention to their grammar usage in context. This will help you internalize correct structures and usage.
### 9. Daily Speaking Practice
- Make speaking a daily habit. Even narrating your daily activities aloud in English can help make the language a part of your thinking process.
### 10. Seek Constructive Criticism
- Don't shy away from feedback. Whether from a tutor, a language exchange partner, or an online community, constructive criticism is invaluable for improvement.
### Additional Tips:
- Mindset: View mistakes as learning opportunities rather than failures.
- Consistency: Daily practice is key to improvement.
- Patience: Language learning is a gradual process. Acknowledge and celebrate small improvements.
Your proactive approach, centered around targeted practice and feedback, is on the right path. By focusing your efforts and consistently applying these strategies, you'll be well-prepared for your IELTS speaking tasks.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:39]
To address the feedback and improve your speaking for the IELTS exam, consider implementing the following strategies tailored to each identified issue:
### 1. Tense Usage:
- Practice Exercises: Regularly practice using different tenses in context. For example, describe your yesterday (past tense), your today (present tense), and your tomorrow (future tense).
- Reflection: Record yourself describing past and future events. Listen to the recordings to identify and correct inappropriate tense usage.
### 2. Minimizing Hesitation and Enhancing Coherence:
- Filler Word Exercise: Practice speaking for a minute on various topics without using filler words. This will improve fluency and thought organization.
- Structured Responses: Practice structuring your responses with a clear beginning, middle, and end. This helps in maintaining coherence and reducing pauses.
### 3. Incorporating a Variety of Sentence Structures:
- Sentence Structure Exercises: Write and practice speaking sentences that vary in structure (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex). This will make your speech more interesting and sophisticated.
- Reading and Imitation: Read passages from well-written English materials out loud, focusing on mimicking the sentence structures used.
### Specific Corrections and Improvements:
- Clarification and Precision: Work on expressing ideas more clearly and precisely. Practice explaining complex ideas in simple terms without losing the essence.
- Filler Word Replacement: Use pauses strategically instead of filler words. This gives you time to think without disrupting the flow of your speech.
- Grammar and Vocabulary Enhancement: Expand your vocabulary through reading and listening, and practice using new words in sentences. Focus on the accurate application of grammatical rules in your speech.
### General Tips for Practice:
- Daily Speaking Practice: Dedicate time each day to speak on a variety of topics. Use a timer to simulate exam conditions.
- Feedback: Seek feedback from native speakers or language tutors. Use language exchange apps or platforms to find practice partners.
- Listening Practice: Listen to podcasts, TED Talks, or IELTS Speaking samples. Analyze how speakers vary their sentence structures and manage to speak without hesitation.
- Relaxation Techniques: Sometimes, hesitation stems from anxiety. Practice deep breathing or mindfulness exercises before speaking to calm your nerves.
Incorporating these strategies into your preparation will help address the feedback areas effectively. Remember, consistency and focused practice are key to making improvements in your speaking skills for the IELTS exam.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:39]
To improve based on the feedback you've received, consider implementing the following strategies:
1. Mastering Tenses:
- Study Rule-specific Grammar: Focus on the nuances of past continuous vs. simple past tenses. Use resources like grammar books or online platforms specifically targeting these areas.
- Practice Sentences: Write and speak sentences that compare these tenses, explaining the actions in different contexts to internalize their proper use.
2. Reducing Hesitation and Enhancing Coherence:
- Think in English: This reduces the need to translate from your native language, minimizing hesitations.
- Practice Fluency Exercises: Engage in timed speaking activities where the goal is to speak without pauses. Topics can be simple at first, gradually increasing in complexity.
- Filler Words Practice: Practice replacing "uh" and "um" with silent pauses or breathing in. This makes the hesitation less noticeable and gives you a moment to think.
3. Incorporating Diverse Sentence Structures:
- Study and Practice: Look at examples of complex and compound-complex sentences. Practice writing your own, then incorporate them into your spoken English.
- Sentence Transformation Exercises: Take simple sentences and practice transforming them into more complex structures.
4. Specific Improvements on Mentioned Errors:
- For expressions like "I would really want," consciously practice the corrected version "I would really like" in sentences until it feels natural.
- Use precise terms and names where needed to avoid vagueness.
- Correct article usage ("the beginning of the 20th century") can be practiced by writing sentences focusing on historical events or periods to get used to the structure.
- To eliminate repetition and hesitation, record yourself speaking on a topic for a minute, identify filler words, and then try to reduce them in subsequent recordings.
- Enhance clarity by simplifying sentences and being direct about what you mean, avoiding unnecessary qualifiers unless they add to the meaning.
- Practice explaining concepts or viewpoints without hesitation, planning your sentences in advance if needed.
- For feedback like "beautiful and touching," practice specifying why something is impactful by describing emotions, reactions, or specific aspects that moved you.
Daily Practice Plan:
- Morning: Grammar exercises (30 minutes) focusing on tense usage and sentence structure.
- Afternoon: Fluency and coherence exercises (30 minutes), including speaking on random topics without preparation.
- Evening: Record and analyze your speaking (30 minutes), identifying areas of hesitation and working on sentence complexity.
Tools and Resources:
- Grammar reference books and websites for targeted practice.
- Language exchange platforms or speaking clubs to practice spontaneous speaking.
- Recording devices or software to analyze your speaking patterns.
In just one month, by focusing on these areas with dedicated daily practice, you can significantly improve your speaking skills for the IELTS exam.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:39]
Вот несколько методов, которые могут помочь вам лучше исправлять такие ошибки:
1. Изучение грамматики: Пересмотрите основные правила грамматики, на которых вы запнулись. Проведите упражнения для закрепления этих правил.
2. Практика говорения: Практикуйтесь в разговорной речи с партнером или записывайте свои ответы на задания IELTS. Это поможет вам освоить новые конструкции и улучшить свой навык говорения.
3. Транскрибирование: Записывайте свою речь и потом транскрибируйте ее, обращая внимание на грамматические ошибки. После этого проанализируйте свои ошибки и выработайте стратегии для их исправления.
4. Получение обратной связи: Попросите кого-то с опытом исправлять ваши тексты или прослушивать записи вашей речи и указывать на ошибки. Это поможет вам лучше понять свои слабые места и работать над ними.
5. Использование учебных ресурсов: Воспользуйтесь онлайн-учебниками, приложениями для изучения английского языка или курсами, чтобы получить дополнительные материалы и упражнения для изучения грамматики.
6. Регулярная практика и обзор ошибок: Повторяйте упражнения и регулярно проверяйте свой прогресс. Обращайте внимание на повторяющиеся ошибки и уделите особое внимание их исправлению.
Эти методы помогут вам улучшить свой навык говорения на английском языке и исправлять грамматические ошибки более эффективно.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:39]
Here are explanations for the errors identified by the human evaluator:
1. Tenses: The use of past continuous tense ("He was living") can be improved by using simple past tense ("He lived"). Similarly, the expression "the Expressionists point of view is" can be revised to "the Expressionist point of view on art and creative work in writing," maintaining consistency in tense and clarity in expression.
2. Hesitation/Losses of coherence: Instances of hesitation ("uh...um...") and breaks in coherence were noted. These pauses disrupt the flow of speech and coherence of the response. It's essential to minimize such hesitations to maintain fluency and coherence in communication.
3. More variety in sentence structures: The evaluator suggested incorporating more variety in sentence structures, as most of them were simple or compound sentences. Adding complex or compound-complex sentences can enhance the richness and sophistication of the response.
Now, addressing the specific errors pointed out:
- "I would really want" - This phrase can be improved by using "I would really like" for smoother expression.
- "Russian writer _" - This is likely indicating a missing name after "Russian writer." Ensure to include the name of the writer being discussed.
- "He was LIVING" - As mentioned earlier, "He lived" is more grammatically correct.
- "beginning of 20th century" - It should be "the beginning of the 20th century" for proper article usage.
- "foundation...uh...founder of the Expressionism movement" - The repetition and hesitation can be avoided for clarity and coherence.
- "specifically ..." - The hesitation here disrupts the flow of speech.
- "um...so..." - Another instance of hesitation that can be minimized for smoother communication.
- "The expressionists...um...point of view on art and creative work in writing" - Again, hesitation interrupts the flow of speech.
- "expressing the...emotional understanding...and meaning behind the reality" - Clarity can be improved by rephrasing as "expressing emotional understanding and the meaning behind reality."
- "Not the meaning but how...and uh" - This sentence fragment lacks clarity and coherence.
- "In forms of symbols and maybe some distorted analogies" - It can be revised to "in the form of symbols and perhaps some distorted analogies" for smoother expression.
- "photographers" - It's likely referring to the writer's photography work, so it should be "photography" instead of "photographers."
- "beautiful and touching" - This phrase is vague and could be clarified to specify what aspects of the photography were beautiful and touching.
- "that's why..." - This fragment suggests a continuation of thought, but it lacks completion. It could be followed by an explanation of the reason for wanting to meet the writer.
By addressing these errors and improvements, the overall clarity, coherence, and grammatical accuracy of the response can be enhanced.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:40]
To ensure clarity and coherence in communication during a speaking task in IELTS without relying heavily on L1 transference, consider these concrete examples:
1. Use English sentence structures: Instead of translating directly from your native language, construct sentences in English. For instance, say "I enjoy spending time with my friends" instead of translating "Me gusta pasar tiempo con mis amigos."
2. Expand vocabulary: Develop a broad English vocabulary to express various ideas and concepts accurately. Use specific English terms instead of relying on L1 equivalents. For example, say "I appreciate the cultural diversity in my community" rather than translating "Aprecio la diversidad cultural en mi comunidad."
3. Practice fluency: Work on speaking fluently in English by practicing speaking tasks regularly. Avoid pauses or hesitations caused by translating thoughts from your native language. Practice speaking at a natural pace with confidence.
4. Think in English: Train your mind to think directly in English during conversations. This reduces the need for constant translation and enhances spontaneity in speech. Try to immerse yourself in English-speaking environments to reinforce this habit.
5. Use English idiomatic expressions: Incorporate idiomatic expressions and phrases commonly used in English to convey ideas more naturally. For example, say "It's raining cats and dogs" instead of translating a literal equivalent from your native language.
6. Maintain coherence: Ensure that your ideas flow logically and coherently throughout your speech. Use transition words and phrases to connect sentences and paragraphs smoothly. This enhances comprehension and makes your speech more engaging.
7. Seek feedback: Practice speaking tasks with a tutor or language partner who can provide feedback on your English proficiency. Focus on areas where you may still be relying on L1 transference and work on improving those aspects.
By implementing these strategies, you can enhance your ability to communicate clearly and coherently in English during speaking tasks in the IELTS exam.
IELTS, [03/04/2024 21:46]
Попробую)
Это моя первая попытка сдачи IELTS, очень долго тянула.
Я ужасно боялась теста, от одной мысли, что его надо сдавать мне хотелось упасть в обморок 😀 среди знакомых куча тех, кто сдавал по несколько раз. Это нагоняло страху.
Надо, наверное, отметить, что когда-то давно, лет 5-6 назад, я проходила тест на уровень языка, у меня был intermediate. Ничего целенаправленно для его улучшения я не делала. Хотя, конечно, я с 2021 года живу в Торонто, мне повезло приехать по рабочей визе, но какой-то интенсивной практики языка у меня не было, в основном общалась с русскоязычными, даже на работе. Плюс уже почти 1,5 года я в декрете, и у меня не то, что Английский, и русский то ограничивался агу-бубу.
В общем, я начала подготовку в начале февраля этого года, сразу подписалась на хардкор, мне была важна обратная связь, да и сроки поджимали: в мае уже на работу, и я понимала, что если сейчас-то время тяжело найти, то потом уж точно его не будет.
Занималась по 2-3-4 часа в день, в основном, когда ребенок спал или гулял с мужем. Упор делала на письменную часть и устную, по остаточному принципу занималась чтением и слушанием.
Первая моя попытка написать эссе заняла неделю 🤦♀️ садилась, читала материал, статьи, но за 2-3 часа написать могла от силы пару предложений, я вообще не понимала, как строить логическую цепочку, смотрела вебинары Анастасии снова и снова, прописывала для себя структуру эссе каждый раз после прочтения задания, чтобы уложилось в голове.
Для ежедневной практики, где нужно было написать 1 параграф, я все равно старалась писать полноценное эссе. Очень помогала обратная связь от Анастасии, где она четко указывала на недочеты, а также как улучшить и на что сделать упор. Очень помог также расширить кругозор материал, выкладываемый Анастасией в качестве сопровождения к каждому заданию. В начале подготовке я и двух слов не могла связать почему, например, спорт важен в жизни. Даже на русском. Через 2 месяца у меня уже была приличная база познаний в разных сферах жизни: спорт, здоровье, загрязнение окружающей среды (что, как оказалось, не только пластик), работа, образование, технологии, реклама, глобализация, и это далеко не все.
Недели через 2 таких ежедневных практик на написание эссе уходило уже часа 3-4, потом стала укладываться в 50-60 минут. Ну и какой-то прорыв в понимании написания эссе уже случился, неверное, в последние пару недель до экзамена. Более менее стали ясны структура и последовательность раскрытия мысли. И чек-лист по эссе сыграл в этом тоже большую роль, спасибо за него🔥
Извините за длинный текст.
IELTS, [05/04/2024 16:16]
Your writing will be assessed based on 4 criteria. Follow the tips below to succeed in all.
Task achievement
cover all requirements of the task
present, highlight and illustrate key bullet points clearly and appropriately
present a clear purpose of your letter
keep the tone (formal/informal) consistent and appropriate
Coherence and cohesion
logically organise information and ideas
use a range of cohesive devices (linking words and phrases, e.g. “moreover, however, in contrast, for instance, etc.”)
use paragraphing appropriately
Lexical resource
use a wide range of vocabulary including topic-specific and advanced vocabulary, collocations, phrasal verbs, and idioms
don't make errors in spelling and/or word formation
Grammatical range and accuracy
use a wide range of structures including complex ones (different tenses, clauses, modal verbs, etc.)
pay attention to punctuation
proofread the letter to avoid grammatical mistakes
TRICK. Brainstorming
Brainstorm:
key-specific and advanced vocabulary
useful grammatical structures
suitable linkers
Make a list of relevant words and phrases, grammatical structures, and linkers and then prioritise them in order of importance. After that decide which to include and which not. Start writing only after you’ve brainstormed a sufficient list.
The informal style of writing is close to spoken English and it's OK to use:
informal words and expressions, such as stuff and blown away.
contractions, such as I’m, we’ve.
abbreviations, such as etc. and e.g.
informal phrasal verbs, such as turns out.
vague expressions, such as things and something.
emotional responses, such as I think it’s amazing.
TIPS on Linkers
Use at least 2-3 informal or neutral cohesive devices, for example: also; First / second / finally; One more thing, …; Just one final thing; Anyway, ... / actually, …; As for …; So, about …; while; however; for example / such as / including.
TIPS on Vocabulary
Use informal expressions throughout your letter.
Opening statements. I've been meaning to write for ages; Sorry for having been out of touch for a short while; I thought I'd drop you a line; I wanted to update you on my …; Sorry for not writing for so long; I was so pleased to hear that …; It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other; It was great to get your letter; It was great to hear from you.
Closing sentences. Please write and let me know what’s new with you; Please keep in touch and …; Please let me know how you are doing these days; Anyway, get in touch and let’s see if we can make a time; Looking forward to catching up; Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Closing phrases. Speak to you soon; Take care; Lots of love; All the best.
TIPS on topic-specific vocabulary for a letter of request:
Opening statements. I’m writing to ask you a favour; Can I ask a favour of you? I wanted to ask if you …; I thought I’d drop you a line to ask about…; I just wondered if ... Would you mind …
Closing sentences. Thank you for your help; Many thanks; Thanks for your help; You’re a lifesaver! I really owe you one! I owe you big time!
Other informal expressions. Can you help me out with ...? One more thing I was wondering about …; One more thing I wanted to ask you about …; Sorry to bombard you with so many questions; Don't forget to ... ; Please can you …; … needs to be (changed); I’m really stuck here.
IELTS, [05/04/2024 17:02]
In an opinion essay you should clearly express your view on the matter and support it by arguments and examples.
Use this structure to get a high score for task achievement:
Paragraph 1. Introduction. (≈35 words)
Give some background information about the topic
Paraphrase the task
Express your view on the matter
Paragraph 2. Body paragraph*. Argument 1. (≈90 words)
Present the first idea to support your view
Develop your idea and give relevant examples
Paragraph 3. Body paragraph*. Argument 2. (≈90 words)
Present the second idea to support your view
Develop your idea and give relevant examples
*It’s not a must to have an example in each paragraph, however, a typical structure of a strong paragraph is:
*a topic sentence (the main idea of that paragraph) + supporting ideas + relevant examples + a concluding sentence.
Paragraph 4. Conclusion (≈35 words)
Shortly paraphrase key ideas from the body paragraphs
Restate your position
Add a final suggestion
Express your opinion directly:
I believe/feel that ...
I am of the opinion that ...
From my point of view ...
In my opinion/view ...
To/in my mind …
You can use these phrases for an introduction:
This essay will explain why ...
This essay will explore the reasons for ...
This essay will examine ... and propose ...
… for a number of reasons.
In this essay, I will discuss ...
Link your ideas:
The first thing to consider is ...
A further reason is …
Another reason could be...
Another important point is that ...
One justification for …
Owing to …
IELTS, [05/04/2024 17:05]
Planting trees is undeniably vital for the environment as it helps to reduce carbon dioxide and provides oxygen. However, the issue arises when it comes to deciding whether to set up a park or a residential area on non-occupied lands in cities and towns. While some people believe that green squares should be organized, others argue for urban facilities.
Firstly, parks play a crucial role in providing a green space for the residents to relax and rejuvenate. It helps to reduce pollution and noise levels, which are common in urban areas. Besides, parks help to maintain the ecological balance by providing a habitat for various flora and fauna. This, in turn, helps to reduce global warming and improve air quality.
On the other hand, proponents of residential areas argue that there is a severe shortage of affordable housing, especially in urban areas. Developing housing facilities on vacant lands will provide shelter to the homeless and low-income families. Moreover, it will create job opportunities, boost the economy and improve the standard of living.
In my opinion, both options have their pros and cons, and a balance needs to be struck. It is possible to develop different types of accommodation by preserving the greenery and planting trees in the surroundings. This will ensure that the environment is not compromised while addressing the housing issue.
In conclusion, while planting trees is essential, it is equally important to address the accommodation shortage. Setting up parks and developing housing facilities are not mutually exclusive, and a balance needs to be maintained for sustainable development.
IELTS, [05/04/2024 17:45]
Before you start writing:
Pay attention to whether you have percentages (5%, 10%) or numbers (hundreds, thousands, etc.)
Look at the time period. It can refer to the present, past or future. Your choice of tenses should depend on that.
Select what you should highlight and compare and what you can skip.
Use this structure to get a high score for task achievement:
Paragraph 1. Introduction. (≈20 words)
Say what the diagram shows
Paraphrase the task
Don’t add any statistics
Paragraph 2. Body paragraph.* (≈110 words)
Analyse the information given
Highlight the main features/trends
Make comparisons where relevant
Add exact percentages/numbers/years. Be as precise as possible.
Add words such as “about/approximately” or “just over (under)/almost/nearly” before the numbers if you don’t give precise figures.
* Add more paragraphs in the main body if necessary.
Paragraph 3. Summary. (≈20 words)
Shortly paraphrase key ideas from the body paragraph(s)
Don’t add any statistics
TIPS on Linkers:
Use at least 3-5 linkers, for example:
Adding information: moreover, furthermore, in addition, finally
Showing cause and effect: therefore, consequently, as a result, in order to
Comparing & contrasting things: however, whereas, while, on the other hand, despite, in spite of, likewise, in contrast
Comparing time: while, meanwhile, at the same time, at this point, first, second, third, last
Summarizing: overall, on the whole, to sum up, in summary
Illustrating a point: for example, for instance, such as, including, namely
Use these phrases to introduce new paragraphs:
Turning to the …
Looking at the …
According to the ...
Regarding the ...
From the … it is clear that ...
It can be seen from … that …
TIPS on Vocabulary
Avoid repetition by using synonyms:
a share/ proportion/ percentage of …
data/statistics
numbers/figures
to show/illustrate
to provide/give information about
about/approximately
to account for/make up/comprise (5%)
a significant/considerable (number of...)
the main/top/dominant …
Replace some numbers by words:
98% -> almost all
90% -> a vast majority
75% -> three-quarters
50% -> a half
33% -> a third
25% -> a quarter
20% -> a fifth
10% -> a tenth
5% -> a small minority
* 9 in (out of) 10 = 90%, 8 in (out of) 10 = 80%, etc.
Use adjectives and adverbs to make your vocabulary range wider:
a large/small number/share of...
a major/minor/clear (difference between/in terms of...)
a much/slightly lower/higher (figure for...)
a vast majority of...
a small minority of...
significantly/considerably (smaller)
slightly (higher)
to differ greatly
Use vocabulary to compare & order:
with a …% difference between ...
similarity with regard to...
to contrast with...
… came in second place after …
equal/similar numbers …
… followed in second place by …
If there are changes over time, describe them using such phrases as “there was a dramatic growth, ...increased significantly”.
TIPS on Grammar:
Use ordinal numbers
Examples: the second/third most popular choice is …/every fifth person chose … (=20%)
Use comparative adjectives
Example: Reading paper books was less/more common than reading e-books.
Use superlative adjectives:
Examples: the highest/lowest proportion of … / the most/least desirable item was …
Use other grammatical structures to compare:
Examples: Twice this number.../ Twice as many people ... / … (not) as popular as ...
Use quantifiers correctly:
Countable nouns: many/a lot of, (a) few, a number of (people)
Uncountable nouns: much/a lot of, (a) little, an amount of (money)
Examples: only a few respondents... /very little money was spent on.../ a large number of students...
Check the approach below to describe a small pie chart.
IELTS, [05/04/2024 17:45]
Describe all shares and compare them, otherwise you won’t get 150 words.
Use enough adjectives and adverbs to add details.
Use longer phrases, linkers and grammatical structures to make sure you have at least 150 words, for example use “...provides information about...” instead of “...illustrates...”.
IELTS, [05/04/2024 17:45]
The presented pie chart provides an overview of the various reasons contributing to homelessness in the UK. The chart highlights five key factors: loss of accommodation with relatives or friends, relation breakdown, loss of tenancy, mortgage/rent arrears, and other reasons.
The largest proportion, representing 34% of the overall homeless population, can be attributed to the loss of accommodation with relatives or friends. Relation breakdown is the second most prevalent cause, accounting for 24% of homelessness cases. Contributing to 9% of the issue, mortgage/rent arrears highlight the struggles faced by individuals who are unable to meet their financial obligations, leading to eviction or foreclosure. Lastly, other reasons encompass 19% of the homeless population.
In conclusion, the pie chart provides insight into the multiple factors that contribute to homelessness in the UK. This data highlights the complex nature of homelessness and underscores the need for comprehensive support systems and initiatives to address the diverse underlying causes and provide assistance to those in need.
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:23]
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Переходим к самой сложной части — Writing. С ней у студентов обычно больше всего проблем.
Предлагаем вам дать письменный ответ в комментариях на Writing Task 1 из IELTS. В этом задании требуется описать график, диаграмму, карту или таблицу.
Наши преподаватели не будут давать индивидуальный фидбэк на ответы, однако изучат все присланные работы и на вебинаре дадут советы, как улучшить проблемные моменты, которые часто встречались.
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:23]
The pie-charts give information about the percentage of British students speaking foreign languages. The surveys were done in the same university in England in 2000 and 2010. (27)
According to the first chart, in 2000 the biggest part of the respondents (30%) spoke only Spanish in addition to their mother tongue. They were followed by those who opted for the French language and another language - both groups shared the proportion of 15%. Interestingly, the number of pollees who spoke German or two other languages was a bit smaller - at 10% each. However, the proportion of the interviewees speaking no other language except English was a significant 20%. (106)
Among those students interviewed in 2010, the number of Spanish learners slightly increased - from 30% to 35%, as well as the number of those who spoke two languages and another language - their percentage rose from 10% to 15% and from 15 to 20% respectively. Surprisingly, the French language became a bit less favoured - and lost 5% of its speakers, while the popularity of the German language remained unchanged - it continued to be chosen by 10% of the respondents. Noteworthingly, the number of students speaking no other language reduced dramatically from 20% in 2000 to 10% in 2019, which is an absolutely positive trend. (209)
In summary, there is an obvious growing tendency to speak foreign languages, assumingly, due to higher educational standards or to the demands of the multicultural environment - both within Britain and globally. (240)
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:23]
In these diagrams represented share of British students able to speak other languages than English in 2000-2010.
In the both diagrams observed significant share of British students able to speak Spanish, so in 2010 compared to 2000 this share increased from 30% to 35%.
Similarly, in 2010 there was rise of share of British students speaking another and two other languages than English accordingly by 5% in 2010 than in 2000.
At the same time the diagrams show that the share of British students who can speak Franch decreased by 5%.
Moreover, the share of British students able to speak German only was remained unchanged at 10%.
From the chart for the year 2000, it can be seen that the proportion of students who do not speak languages other than English was 1/5 of the total student population which has changed downward to 10% in the last 10 years, mainly due to an increase in the proportion of other languages.
Therefore, over the period 2000-2010, there has been a positive trend in British students' proficiency in languages other than English.
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:23]
The presented pie charts compare the percentage distribution of British students in one university who knew other foreign languages rather than English, over two separate years: 2000 and 2010. The language categories that make up the pie charts: Spanish only, French only, German only, another language, two other languages and no other languages.
Overall, the biggest fraction in both periods of time can be attributed to the students who knew Spanish. Also, more students learned additional languages or even a couple if we compare two dates. While the other language knowledge categories with the least amount of students changed over the given years, the German-speaking students steadily represented the minority.
We can see that Spanish speakers, represented by the first pie chart slice, had just less than third (30%) of all the students in 2000, but grew to 35% within 10 years. While the second most prevalent segment of students in 2000 were speakers who didn't know other languages other than English, accounting for 20% of all university students, in 2010 that percent decreased significantly, making up to only 10%. Moreover, the percentage of students who knew two more additional languages rose from 10% to 15%. As well as, the fraction of students who knew another languages grew from 15% to a fifth of all students in 2010.
On the other hand, the proportion of students who spoke French decreased from a minor 15% in 2000 to mere 10% in 2010. Lastly, the least popular language among British students was German, contributing to stable 10% from the all students in both years.
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:24]
Model Answer
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:24]
Home task for the next lesson
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:24]
The two pie charts illustrate energy sources for the United States of America over two separate years: 1980 and 1990. The energy was made up from oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric and nuclear power.
Overall, the biggest fraction of energy came up from oil, natural gas and coal in both years, together making up the majority of all energy sources. While the nuclear and hydroelectric power were only a minor part of it.
We can see that oil, represented by the first biggest pir chart slice, contributed to 42% of all energy in 1980, but decreased to the third (33%) of all energy in 1990. Second biggest was natural gas that changed only slightly over the years and allocated around quarter of all energy in both years (26-25%). However, the third energy source coal's contribution increased in 1990 to 5%, making up to 27% compared to 22% in 1980 and replaced natural gas as second biggest.
By contrast, the nuclear power grew by 5% from 1980 to 1990 and contributed to minor 10%. Lastly, the smallest contribution came from hydroelectric power than remained unchanged accounting to mere 5% of all energy.
IELTS, [06/04/2024 01:32]
IELTS, [07/04/2024 22:30]
Я добралась до всякой мета инфе по экзамену и хочу с тобой обсудить на уроке или асинхронно изменения в программе
1. Минут 15 созвон устроить перед сдачей устной части, чтобы warm up артикуляционный аппарат так сказать для английского
2. Всю теорию по письменной части пройти/просмотреть к середине апреля, чтобы пройти пробник, и оставшиеся время усиленно работать над проблемами, и тренироваться на время писать уже задания 1, 2 а на уроке разбирать, и может тренировать устное проговаривание всяких разных заданий, типо составь overview тут мне пожалуйста, вот тут составь мне боди параграфы и т.д.
3. Фокуситься после середины апреля на Спикинге, усиленно давать фидбек, делать расшифровку записи моей речи и разбирать мб на уроке прям, где какие ошибки и как бы ты улучшила ответ, если бы была на моем месте
Насколько такой вариант для тебя реален?
IELTS, [09/04/2024 23:28]
The first diagram illustrates the process of cement manufacture,
and the second diagram shows the materials that go into the
production of concrete.
Overall, it is clear that there are five stages in the production of
cement, beginning with the input of raw materials and ending
with bags of the finished product. However, to produce concrete,
four different materials are mixed together which makes it a less
complicated process.
At the first stage in the production of cement, limestone and clay
are crushed to form a powder. This powder is then mixed before
it passes into a rotating heater. After heating, the resulting
mixture is ground, and cement is produced. Finally, the cement is
packaged in large bags.
Cement is one of the four raw materials that are used in the
production of concrete, along with gravel, sand and water. To be
exact, concrete consists of 50% gravel, 25% sand, 15% cement and
10% water. All four materials are blended together in a rotating
machine called a concrete mixer.
IELTS, [12/04/2024 15:25]
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На сегодняшнем вебинаре будет 2 блока: теория и практика
Вы научитесь:
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⁃ Избегать обобщений и идей не по теме
⁃ Проверять свои идеи на экзамене
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Ayna (отвечу после 15.05) 18.04.2024 09:38:07
Кстати задания были легковатые в Cambridge IELTS 18 сложнее бывают, и показал он 7.5 overall (reading 9, listening 8.0, writing 6.5, speaking 6.5). Поэтому я считаю что у меня пока реально 6.5-7 и отмечу эту стартовую точку.
Сдавать настоящий экзамен через 25 дней, нужно 7.5 overall (т.е не меньше 8.5 Listening, 8.5 Reading, 6.5 writing — 8 task 1, 6.5 task 2, 7.0 speaking)
09:51
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Ayna (отвечу после 15.05) 18.04.2024 09:38:07
Да, задания были явно легковатые, в Cambridge IELTS 18 сложнее бывают, и получается показал он 7.5 overall (reading 9, listening 8.0, writing 6.5, speaking 6.5). Поэтому я считаю что у меня пока реально 6.5-7 overall ближе к 6.5 и отмечу эту mid-point точку.
Сдавать настоящий экзамен через 25 дней, нужно 7.5 overall (т.е не меньше 8.5 Listening, 8.5 Reading, 6.5 writing — 8 task 1, 6.5 task 2, 7.0 speaking)
Явно нужно пушить writing, ревайз грамматику уже наконец-то, speaking/listening конкретные скиллы прокачивать, а reading по остаточному признаку нарешивать мне самой может быть просто разные типы заданий, чтобы консистетно выдавать 8.5-9 на время
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Ayna (отвечу после 15.05) 18.04.2024 09:38:07
Да, задания были явно легковатые, в Cambridge IELTS 18 сложнее бывают, и получается показал он 7.5 overall (reading 9, listening 8.0, writing 6.5, speaking 6.5). Поэтому я считаю что у меня пока реально 6.5-7 overall ближе к 6.5 и отмечу эту mid-point точку.
Сдавать настоящий экзамен через 25 дней, нужно в идеале 7.5 overall (т.е не меньше 8.5 Listening, 8.5 Reading, 6.5 writing — 8 task 1, 6.5 task 2, 7.0 speaking)
Явно нужно пушить writing, ревайз грамматику уже наконец-то, speaking/listening конкретные скиллы прокачивать, а reading по остаточному признаку нарешивать мне самой может быть просто разные типы заданий, чтобы консистетно выдавать 8.5-9 на время
upd. последнее, прости за много букв
в общем мы научились (я научилась с твоей помощью) за это время показывать консистентно мой текущий базовый уровень английского 6.5-7 — это хорошо, знание форматов экзамена очень важно для этого
теперь можно заняться улучшением самого уровня, но хз, получится ли на полбалла/балл улучшить так быстро за 25 дней, но постараюсь
21 April 2024
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IELTS Academic 27.04.2024 03:52:00
Хочу с вами поделиться семинаром от эксперта Дона Оливера, записанным непосредственно IDP
Это подробные пояснения по reading
IELTS expert Don Oliver returns to explain each question type and task for IELTS Reading, including. multiple choice, identifying, matching, completion and short answer. He'll go into depth covering exactly what examiners are looking for when marking your test, and make recommendations on the best types of magazines and newspapers for you to skim and scan while learning to speed read.
30 April 2024
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Ayna (отвечу после 15.05) 30.04.2024 18:22:54
Ребятки, привет
Мне нужна помощь придумать мотивацию/цель/смысл зачем мне стоит готовиться к айлтс по определенным задачам. Кажется тут могут быть люди которые могли с чем-то подобным сталкиваться или в целом люди которые понимают процесс изучения языка и могут подсказать интересные коммуникативные или интеллектуальные задачки, которые могут мне помочь.
У меня там просто как я поняла паталогическое избегание требований врубается с РАС, т.к. я не понимаю смысла для себя и не могу просто начать готовиться к ним и в итоге ужасно прокрастинирую весь процесс подготовки
1. Задание 2 в письменной части просит написать эссе на абстрактные темы и порассуждать там по разным схемам (причины, последствия; проблемы, решения, мое мнение в виде аргументов и примеров; преимущества и недостатки и т.д.).
— Меня выворачивает писать тексты, которые не только не имеют конкретной практической цели. Но и при этом не позволяют использовать ту структуру и тот язык, которые бы мне хотелось и которые бы меня радовали. То есть сам процесс написания таких эссе у меня вызывает отторжение и неприязнь. И еще и темы, если не интересные, то очень сложно на них рассуждать и понятно излагать аргументы и примеры.
— Задание 1 я в итоге вытащила на цели научиться анализировать и описывать схемы, графики и таблицы максимально точно и понятным языком как будто бы я пишу заметку для коллег из компании, в которой работаю
— А весь спикинг перешел в челлендж не просто практиковаться спонтанно рассуждать на всякие темы, а поизучать как можно сконнектиться с человеком в онлайне (типо как сделать спонтанный искренний комплимент) и как вспомнить или придумать и рассказать истории
2. И есть проблемы с пониманием смысла фикса ошибок грамматических в письме
Как можно замотивироваться выучить наконец-то какие артикли ставить, всякие исключения по использованию предлогов, грамматические конструкции как верно использовать пассивный залог там, герундий, модальные всякие. У меня пока есть идея, что возможно я замотивируюсь тренировать точность передачи своих мыслей, но как будто пока это звучит как оверкилл, надо чуть попроще задачку, чтобы поправить точечено именно часто встречающие грамматические ошибки у меня, но при этом не изучать всю грамматику с нуля. А чтобы навык тренинровки точности как будто звучит слишком обширно и это мотивирует меня изучать грамматику с нуля, а не править конкретные проблемы.
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Ayna (отвечу после 15.05) 01.05.2024 03:41:49
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спасибо May за отклик, у меня есть репетитор, но чисто по письму, объяснить мне не может, увы
я в итоге порылась в гайде refold'e и чуток пообщалась на сервере english learners и в итоге я нашла свой смысл ака мотивацию
— грамматические ошибки буду мотивировать себя править через глубокое понимание структуры языка и почему исторически лингвистически так сложилось, что появилось такое правило
— а во втором задании, эссе будем тренироваться думать и писать как нейтив, мотивировать себя следовать структуре и грамматическим конструкциям, через тоже глубокое понимание хода мысли. Все же буду в себе растить отдельную личность англогодумающую + кажется мне все же весело придумывать или вспомнить аргументы и конкретные примеры, даже на самые скучные темы
+ я вспомнила про свою антропологическую личность, которая любит копаться и понимать образ мышления другой, а письмо очень хорошо отражает ход мыслей именно
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Writing 1
Learn to analyze graphs, diagrams and etc.
- books on data visualization
Learn how to describe them in a precise concise manner
- books on data visualization
- all the theory on different structures rules for different tasks
- collocations and coherence phrases
- ryba aka writing plans
- reading ideal or high mark essays + emulating them + reflecting on my essays and mistakes and rewriting them + translating them? + making a grammarical aka morphological review of sentences +???
Writing 2
Learn how native eglish-speakers think, develop my own personality for this, so I can learn how to structure sentences in a more native-like way and do not make grammar mistakes along the way
- read ideal essays, translate them?, made something like described above?
- poetry translation?
Ideas development aka learn how to formulate better arguments and structure writing to convey better meaning, clearer thinking
Read articles on required themes to remember certain examples?
Writing essays each day in boosty and writing in ai bots and for homework and monthly or weekly writing as well that gives a band estimation
Speaking
Theory or strategies and tips, format of the exam and tasks
Learn techniques to connect with person via zoom, as well as communication strategies for spontaneous speech and just better oral speech/monologues etc
Record and catch my mistakes and try to improve consciousnessly
Reading
Theory and strategies, tips, format of the exam and tasks
Read a lot, improve critical reading skills from the YouTube videos
Listening
Theory and strategies, tips, format of the exam and tasks
Listen a lot, make transcripts, listen those with different accents
Find dictations with hard words, street addresses, numbers, phones etc. and practice to write it down
How to concentrate? Some tips?
i have ielts academic in 12 days
for this 12 days I will strive to
THEORY 1. Finish creating ultimate cheat sheet with all the theory about the exam, including band descriptors, task types, how exam goes etc, and tips/strategies to use, in order to keep up with time and complete tasks with needed scores
→ 2 last days (13-14) travel, adapt and revise this cheat sheet and do not do anything else + maybe just do some fun stuff, that I enjoy doing reading fiction, music, tv shows, cinema etc.
OUTPUT 2. Practice each section daily, using trial Cambridge 18-16 tests, including each sub tasks types + revise my mistakes + track time and think how i can improve time management
— seek AI feedback for writing and speaking + native feedback for speaking + complete daily/weekly/monthly writing and speaking tasks from boosty subscription to get feedback
— Record oral speech samples and revise mistakes grammar with the help of AI
THEORY 3. Revise, learn and practice grammar on several topics to fix common mistakes + including deep linguistical historic research w. chatgpt to understand why this grammar exist, how native speakers perceive reality because of this grammar how it differs with my NL perception
OUTPUT 4. Book paid trial tests with feedback for writing & speaking only or full trial in progress check and complete it no later than 8th of May
INPUT 5. Learn (passive+active vocab)
— IELTS Academic specific vocabulary/collocations, including vocab/collocations for each task, including coherence phrases aka linking words and writing schemes/structure in Memrise/Magoosh/Quizlet use existing decks + do it daily + abuse daily heavily — monologues audiorecordings, writing texts, practical dialogues
— Speaking related vocab to replace ehmm - word fillers, vocab to explain why I can't answer question
— Memorise vocab/collocations and stories/agruments/facts from personal experience or just good stories from someone else (modal writing+fellow from boosty+news+media) for themes that now are used in Speaking 1,2,3 and Writing task 2
INPUT 6. Practice hearing and writing down difficult things for Listening
— Numbers — phone numbers, postal codes (numbers + letters)
— Addresses (street names, cities), names
— Alphabet + different accents
— how recognize intronation + stresses in oral speech
INPUT 7. Revise critical reading and texts analyzing, academic reading + how to improve comprehension
— practice read daily complex articles from scientific outlets + chatgpt tasks to practice those skills
FUN 8. Learn (theory+pracice) how to wrtite, develop arguments, how english speaker thinks and structures thoughts in written
— to learn articles modal texts/essays, articles from news/media → boosty and other sources on recent task themes and something that I like
FUN 9. Learn how to describe visaul data (graph, chart, table etc.) + how to visiualize data
FUN 10. How to speak impromptu spontaneously, how to improvise (imporov classes), storytelling, online zoom rapport establishment
FUN 11. Gather all info on english-speaking way of thinking, perceiving reality + and how to switch between language personalities in your head more smoothly
— use cultural info as well, book common mistakes of russian-speaking people in oral speech
OUTPUT 12. Switch off t9 + autocorrection/highliting everywhere (apps, web, desktop) and learn to catch and check spelling
OUTPUT 13. Just before exam practice full speaking test + last minute feedback with my tutor
Lifestyle choices:
— Sleep 7-8 hours every day! stick to bio rhythm schedule
— Buy food delivery service
— Stop wasting time on social media
— Stop going out + talking w. friends
— 2 time per week go to yoga, daily short brisk walks
— Limit any NL content
— Plan cleaning and care&home routines or delegate
— Pack things plan or delegate
— Exchange money plan or delegate
— Plan masters application or delegate
— Delegate reminding stuff (calendars and circle coach Alex)
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Speaking 6-7
Writing t1 6-8
Writing t2 5.5-6.5
Listening 8
Reading 8-9
Overall 7-7.5
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Daily time boxing:
— 1 hour per day for solving masters related tasks
— 2 hours of theory ielts + grammar → cheat sheet creation (including classes with tutor 2 times per week)
— 3 hours for ielts-related input (vocab, reading, listening) + reflection/analyzing it (including h/w for clases with tutor 2 times per week)
— 3-4 hours for output (practice+trial tests)
— 7-8 hours sleep
— 1-2 hours for food, care, house chores, packing, cleaning, travel preparation (infobez, host, buy host+lena present, get sleeping bag)
— 1-2 hour of yoga, pilates, walking
— 2 hours of fun/motivation related english tasks + reading fiction, watching english content etc. or reading ea-in depth materials plus weekly class
— 1-2 hours of needed relaxation (according to my inner energy batteries level)
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10-11 hours of english daily, 8-9 preparing + 2 having fun and preparing
Moon prism, give me powers!
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Berfore:
— Tell everyone that I'm busy for next 12 to 14 days
— finish with seeds address and money
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Аутична и любима 02.05.2024 11:08:58
Я бы хотел, чтобы кто-нибудь создал кулинарную книгу для нейроотличных, в которой были бы указаны причины, по которым мы делаем каждый шаг, а также были бы картинки. Почему на верхней полке? Почему на медленном огне? Почему то одно, то другое? Почему, почему, почему? И на что это вообще похоже?
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Очень подробный фидбек, классное, это эссе не оценивалось, но в целом оч гуд четко отметила мои ошибки основные
вот тут его фидбек и мое эссе с заданием
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Анастасия, здравствуйте!
Спасибо вам огромное! Получила результаты IELTS и могу сказать, что подготовка с вами - это самое лучшее решение и вложение!
Для меня самое сложное было начать систематически заниматься, я даже записывалась было для этого на онлайн курсы, но так как там был очень высокий темп, мало систематизации и все и сразу, то я не доходила даже до половины программы и бросала.
Поэтому, это просто счастливый случай, что я нашла вас!
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Сначала я просто на вас подписалась, потом пару раз в неделю начала писать daily practice и иногда читала статьи, потом уже стала стараться не пропускать абзацы и писать каждый день, подключаться к speaking club, dictations и вебинарам.
Все это время я смотрела:
1)фильмы и документалки с англ субтитрами на этом сайте. Здесь можно найти почти все и новое, и старое, особенно здорово смотреть любимые фильмы, которые уже видели в русской озвучке. Практически нет рекламы
(интересная документалка на актуальные темы)
2)стримы на Chatterbug
(очень рекомендую, там разные интересные темы, с интерактивом!
3)подкасты.
В таком темпе я занималась где-то с февраля по май.
Потом, когда в конце июня купила слот на экзамен начала больше думать над подготовкой и поняла, что speaking и writing как слабые части нужно держать на уровне, но в то же время, если я хочу нужный балл для поступления, то нужно тренировать reading и listening как «флагманские» части, который повысят overall. Кроме того, по вашему совету тренировала выносливость, в том смысле, что старалась сразу садиться за обе части (L&R) и привыкать к длительной языковой нагрузке.
Потом я поняла, что разница по времени с Казахстаном, куда я записалась на экзамен, 3 часа и решила привыкать, что экзамен начнётся в 6 утра по Мск. Сначала, когда я начала в 6 утра садиться за тесты у меня даже съехали баллы, поэтому возможно такие нюансы могут быть критичными. Обычно я делала тест L&R и писала daily practice с утра без передышек, чтобы привыкнуть.
Кроме того, моя подруга также решила сдавать ielts и так мы стали друг другу buddy по спикингу) за два месяца, созваниваясь по видео 3 раза в неделю, мы потренировали все темы из списка, это оказалось очень удобно, потому что можно придумывать в 2 раза меньше историй и так получилось даже, что на экзамене мы использовали истории друг друга во второй части) Это дополнительно дисциплинировало, кроме спикинга мы отмечались в общей гугл-таблице по сделанным тестам.
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На самом экзамене мне показалось, я уже писала выше, что listening был сложнее чем в Кембридж тестах 17-15. Там примерно однотипный шаблон заданий: в 1 и 4 частях gap fillings часто no more 1 word, где важен спеллинг. Во 2 и 3 - multiple choice и matching. А на экзамене gap fillings попались дополнительно и в 3 части+no more 2 words. Вроде бы где-то в 13-11 Camb books я видела такие варианты, где менялся формат и были усложнения. Лучше до экзамена прорешать такое, чтобы не растеряться, если последовательность заданий будет другая.
Reading был в целом такой же как в кембридж тестах.
Writing - повезло с темой (При переезде нужно следовать традициям новой страны. В какой степени согласны), но было сложно с таймингом. Я мало его тренировала, чтобы писать сразу W1+W2 за час, с кипящими мозгами после L&R.
В итоге, на W1 у меня ушло 30 мин и соответственно на эссе осталось меньше.
Также произошёл тотальный регресс не только в vocabulary , но и в spelling. Вроде бы в последнее время почти не было ошибок, когда печатала на ноутбуке, но возможно повлияла клавиатура и на экзамене я сделала много опечаток (whale вместо while итд). Поэтому, может стоит попробовать с компьютерной клавиатурой, если печатаете в основном на ноутбуке, чтобы пальцы привыкли.
Я не все успела исправить в части спеллинга, к проверке грамматики вообще почти не приступала. Попыталась исправить одно предложение, удалила центральную часть и ничего туда не успела вписать вместо этого. Поэтому очень переживала, что все эти критерии (grammar, spelling, coherence) полетели.
Зато, благодаря практике на бусти, практически на автомате придумала все аргументы, структуру, может быть это и вытянуло итоговый балл)
И да, учитывая проблемы с тайм-менеджментом, особенно старалась успеть написать заключение, так как видела в вебинаре, насколько важно это для баллов. Ещё в W1 было 3 pie charts и я прямо следила, чтобы по всем трём был разбор key features.
Speaking был в тот же день после основной части, но так как была расстроенная после writing не совсем смогла собраться. Хотя по идее, темы попались, которые тренировали (important item except phone/computer). В общем да, back to the moment надо бороться до конца за все части)
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Work using promodorro technique 32 min, 8 rest in Intend coworking, and do during brakes short exercises from pilates or walk or do some house chores.
Do each 3 promos NSDR from Huberman
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Я делала для ученицы сеты в квизлете по Complete IELTS, Bands 6.5-7.5. с 8 сетами, по одному на каждый юнит учебника. Если вдруг кому-то нужно, мне не жалко, копируйте себе :) Напомню, что ещё можно найти гугл табличку с аутентичными ресурсами для подготовки к IELTS.
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Hi there💤 | Образование за рубежом 26.12.2023 13:00:05
Итак, долгожданный пост про то, как я готовилась к части Reading
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Учебники Cambridge: за все время я решила несколько тестов. Летом 2022 года я набирала примерно 6.5-7.5 по этой части на тестах Cambridge, осенью 2023 уже 8.0-8.5 стабильно. Как так получилось?
У меня был план, и я ему следовала 😁
Мой балл за эту часть кроется исключительно в статьях BBC. После того, как я узнала о том, что читать можно не только художественную литературу на английском благодаря estation (привет Жанна, Аня и Бехруз), я открыла для себя мир коротких статей с разнообразной лексикой. Признаюсь честно, сначала для меня было сложно это читать. Но я начала с тех тем, которые были наиболее близки, а после переходила на другие и чередовала.
В заметках у меня для каждой статьи была своя страничка, туда я добавляла интересные фразы и слова, перевод которых мне незнаком. Иногда вставляла целые предложения, если грамматика мне казалась интересной с точки зрения применения ее в спикинге и письме.
Вторая очень полезная вещь – изучить все имеющиеся техники как для текста в целом, так и для отдельных типов вопросов. Я не читаю полностью текст уже давно, сразу перехожу к вопросам, что экономит мне кучу времени и не дает запутаться.
Вот тут можно послушать про то, какие есть фишки:
Наверное, ожидалось, что я поделюсь какими-то секретами, но моя подготовка была минимальной и при этом постоянной. Если вы выделите 20-30 минут своего времени каждый день на прочтения 1 статьи (например, по дороге в школу или университет), то сможете комфортно себя чувствовать на reading и набрать 9.0.
Всем удачи У вас точно получится!!!
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бесплатный курс по подготовке к IELTS
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Hi there💤 | Образование за рубежом 08.02.2024 14:15:04
Долгожданный пост!
Ресурсы, которые я использовала для подготовки к IELTS:
Во-первых, у меня были репетиторы по частям Writing и Speaking (). Считаю, что это очень важно, потому что это те части, которые сложно самостоятельно адекватно оценить, особенно письмо
Во-вторых, считаю своим спасением подписку на Boosty от . Там есть вся необходимая информация в вебинарах (это просто потрясающий пакет информации), а также Speaking Hub и проверки эссе. Я начинала с Super и последние два месяца перешла на Hardcore. Если у вас еще достаточно времени, советую первый месяц взять подписку за 2300 р, изучить всю теоретическую часть в вебинарах, попробовать написать эссе, попрактиковать другие части с помощью тестовых, в общем, освоиться на платформе, а далее уже переходить на более высокий уровень.
В третьих, Speaking Clubs – хорошее дополнение к вашей подготовке. Это помогает раскрепоститься и уверенно говорить, а также наработать необходимый темп и научиться интонировать. Вот, что я советую:
Бесплатные:
За донат:
С фиксированной платой:
Делать вторую часть?
С вас любой коммент, так я увижу, что вам интересно
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Curlybreaker про образование 07.08.2022 18:56:21
🎓Ресурсы для подготовки к IELTS
Вводная информация:
- статья с подробным описанием теста
Сайты для практики:
- сайт на котором ты найдешь короткие видео-уроки, практис тесты, статьи об экзамене мок тесты и многое другое
платформа с вопросами для speaking & writing, PDF файлами по ридинг и вопросами по лисенингу с аудио
- наиболее разрекламированная и прикольная, имитирует реальный экзамен по интерфейсу, единственное что-нужно оформить подписку, чтобы адекватно заниматься
youtube каналы:
- практис тесты и мок экзамены по спикингу
- спикинг mock экзамены с комментариями
- бомбические видосы по writing, очень хороши для тех, кто страдает и плачет по своему вокабуляру, также есть много видео про др. части
- от вводной инфы до полных практисов
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Ресурсы для подготовки к TOEFL.
(Да простят меня сдающие IELTS, но я всегда буду предпочитать этого красавца его британскому брату)
- краткий курс по экзамену, идеально подойдет для первого ознакомления со структурой
- видос который помог мне набрать 27 из 30, это просто золотой гайд по ридингу
Практика:
Каналы с полезностями и шаблонами для S&W:
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Классные ютуб каналы, подкасты на spotify и тв шоу для тренировки Аудирования и понимания разных акцентов.
Для B2-C1 level я думаю, это для нейтивов шоу, и может быть сложная лексика
— QI Series, British trivia show with comedians,
— , YouTube american channel, Middle Ground show or Spectrum episodes, debate shows where people from polarized viewpoints meet and discuss hot topics
— , australian podcast and humor, sometimes they have also
— Outlander, british show with people talking with scottish accent
— Derry Girls, show with people talking with irish accent
— , debate society, and they have speeches, interviews and Q&A with various interesting people, with various accents
— , debate society, and they also have interesting speeches and Q&A
Tip: После просмотра YouTube видео, можно скопировать транскрипт в ChatGPT и попросить сделать себе задания на Listening
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Опубликовала новое на YouTube о том, как готовилась к IELTS и как сдавала его в Тбилиси.
Мои лайфхаки, советы (и don’ts тоже) и даже промокод на бесплатное занятие с преподавателем по ссылке выше.
Делитесь видео с вашими знакомыми, которые планируют поступать в университет за рубежом!
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EduTraveler | Гранты и стипендии 05.03.2024 15:01:48
Супер ресурс по подготовке к IELTS 🇬🇧
Открыто 30 мест на бесплатные консультации по стратегии подготовки к IELTS и улучшению разговорного английского в международной онлайн школе PROGRESS.
🎯 Вы получите пошаговый план подготовки к IELTS с учетом Вашего уровня и поставленной цели.
Специально для подписчиков EduTtaveler, желающих сдать IELTS на высокий балл для обучения за границей, получения работы за рубежом и иммиграции, школа PROGRESS подготовила услугу, которая включает:
1️⃣ Полную информацию о структуре экзамена и требованиях.
2️⃣ Список всех грамматических тем, которыми необходимо владеть для получения желаемого балла на экзамене.
3️⃣ Список рекомендованных лексических тем, которые требуются для сдачи экзамена.
4️⃣ Персональное тестирование уровня по 4-м критериям экзамена.
5️⃣ Обратную связь. Вы узнаете на какой балл IELTS Вы можете претендовать. А также, Вы узнаете каким образом именно в Вашем случае необходимо проходить подготовку к экзамену, чтобы получить желаемый балл.
6️⃣ Персональный алгоритм подготовки к IELTS. Как прийти из «Точки А» в «Точку Б».
-Сколько нужно времени?
-Какой объем материалов необходимо освоить?
-На какой балл Вы можете претендовать?
На все эти вопросы Вы получите развернутые ответы.
7️⃣ Персональный файл со всеми советами, грамматическими и лексическими темами в течение 24 часов после посещения персональной встречи с методистом школы.
💰 Все это вы получите БЕСПЛАТНО.
Мест всего 30. Успейте записаться в форме
📲 В течение 2-х дней после того, как вы оставите заявку, с Вами свяжется методист для согласования даты и времени консультации.
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Dapostupish.site | Поступление за рубеж 🎓 14.03.2024 19:16:08
🪬 7 ресурсов, где пройти пробный IELTS, чтобы проверить себя
Сентябрь - самое время готовиться к сдаче экзамена IELTS, подтверждающего ваши знания английского, без которого поступление в зарубежные вузы практически невозможно. Представляем список лучших ресурсов, на которых вы найдете пробные варианты IELTS для самостоятельной подготовки.
Это один из лучших сайтов для практической подготовки к IELTS. Ресурсом пользуются миллионы людей из более чем 120 стран мира. На сайте можно пройти более 20 общих тестов IELTS и более 100 академических тестов, а также ознакомиться с 3,000,000 уже пройденных тестов.
После прохождения пробного теста на сайте вы сможете получить свои результаты с подробным разъяснением сделанных ошибок.
Среди большого количества полезных материалов по подготовке к IELTS на этом сайте вы найдете пробные тесты, охватывающие все части тестирования.
Этот сайт позволяет абсолютно бесплатно и без регистрации практиковаться в двух частях IELTS – аудировании и чтении. На сайте представлены многочисленные пробные тесты, которые полностью соответствуют реальным заданиям экзамена.
За 21 минуту на этом сайте вы сможете пройти часть IELTS, проверяющую навыки чтения.
Организация British Council помогла уже тысячам людей по всему миру подготовиться к успешной сдаче IELTS. На сайте компании вы также сможете найти лучшие образцы пробных тестов для самостоятельной подготовки.
Многочисленные пробные задания на этом ресурсе разделены на две части – задания для общего IELTS и задания для академического IELTS.
Это обширный интернет-ресурс с большим количеством учебных и подготовительных материалов, а также с совершенно бесплатными пробными онлайн-тестами для всех желающих.
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Если будете готовиться к TOEFL ibt home edition
Рекомендуем нашим студентам
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Написанный кем-то на коленке отличный сайт, с вариантами 15 года. Там не как в новом TOEFL, но неплохой вариант, чтобы тренироваться
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Тренировака для новго формата, отлично для чтения и аудирования, плюс интерфест близкий к реальному
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Интересно как они дают такое, на основании чего?
Буду допытываться и просить если что моего психиатра дать мне справку, ибо да почему мне приходится в трое больше усилий тратить, если можно блин не тратить
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Learning, communication or interaction difficulties include conditions such as:
dyslexia
dysorthographia
ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder)
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
AS (Asperger Syndrome).
If you have one of these conditions, a combination of some, or all of the below arrangements may be helpful for you:
25% extra time for Listening (Your test centre can request a modified CD from Cambridge Assessment English for the Listening test. This will repeat the Listening texts twice and include additional pauses for you to write your answers.)
enlarged print question papers (Your test centre can request modified papers from Cambridge Assessment English with a layout and font style which may help test takers with dyslexia.)
25% extra time for Reading and Writing
supervised breaks (which may help test takers with ADHD or anxiety)
separate invigilation
use of a PC or a laptop for typing answers.
Test takers with a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia are not permitted to use a Reader or Scribe. In this case you must read and write your own answers.
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Еще можно попросить separate room with noise free environment
- so person with learning struggles can read out loud, think out loud, and do not be overwhelmed by anu other noises
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Как и обещали, для тех, кто записался на марафон и подключил бот, у нас подарок -- это чек-лист по подготовке к IELTS. При подготовке легко что-то упустить – чек-лист поможет не сбиться с пути и определить первичный план действий. Скачивайте файл и изучайте.
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Some tips and behind the scenes thinking process why I chose Tashkent and British Council to pass my IELTS
• Exam cost is pretty low I spent around ~17,8-18k roubles. I had opened though Uzbek visa card earlier and paid with it, not sure how exchange rate would have been if I paid with USD card (British council's online payment method accepts only visa or master card by the way). I was able to transfer money from russian Gazprombank card to my uzbek card in Kapitalbank aka Uzum bank (Humo card) with quite good exchange rate, at least it was better compared to Tinkoff bank. If yo don't have international card, I think worth to check wether Union pay card would work or ask around, I heard that some test centers in Russia have partnered up with Uzbek and other foreign test centers/language schools to accept payment in roubles and they would transfer it to Uzbek British Council/IDP centers in some way.
• Airplane tickets for direct flights are relatively cheap too, for me at least, 22k roubles from S7, but I payed 20k, cause I used up my miles. Maybe you can ask around and use your friends', or relatives' miles.
• Tashkent has quite okay prices for food, very cheap public transport and taxi prices, but quite expensive hostel/hotels prices. I likely have friends in Tashkent that agreed to host me, so maybe this point also worth to check whether you have some friends or relatives in the countries with IELTS available.
• Uzbek British council have quite comfortable test centers, as far as I understood from the testimonials of people who passed exam there. E.g. they gave water bottles for test takers or let one person to keep the papers with written useful phrases from Listening/Reading parts throughout the rest of the exam (read these stories from Anastasia IELTS Boosty chat). Also from 2021, I think still quite useful, covers several aspects, that I had questions about. Please do google info about test takers experience before booking exam, you can try habr, tinkoff journall, and reddit for english-speaking testimonials.
• I've been in this country and in Tashkent, it adds up 30% to my ability to orient myself in the city and feel myself comfortable with the weather. It's only 2 hours difference to the west with my current local time. Which is quite convient, cause I chose time for passing my speaking and written tasks at the peak performance hours according to my bio rhythms. Please keep in mind this time difference thing, cause I know some cases when people from West went to Kazakhstan and it meant they had to prepare to write exam at quite early time for their bio rhythms
• At last, try to team up with someone and fly together to pass exam, that's way you could save some costs on the rent, in case you do not have some relatives or friends that would be willing to host you
And yes, forgive me my mistakes in this post, and better learn from them!
Cheers, Ayna
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gathered articles on the test experiences in Tashkent
— Also, for those of you who are in Saint-Pete, this girl says there is some language school that prepares in Saint-Pete but have a partnership of some sorts to pass exam in Tashkent. Maybe worth checking, and ask around. And they can accept payment in roubles
— one more testimonial and the name of the center with Tashkent office!
— oops, some negative experience on Tashkent's exam
— тут еще есть общее про Ташкент и Узбекистан как страну
— on the struggles of preparing for ielts
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#tashkent
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гайд ✈️ 25.04.2024 22:13:05
Как сдать IELTS для поступления в другую страну? Личный опыт
В еженедельной рубрике гайда Катя Евсеева рассказывает об образовании. Новый пост — о подготовке к Academic IELTS, который нужно сдавать всем абитуриентам иностранных университетов.
Проходные баллы
Для Канады — уровень B1/B2 (5.5-6.0).
Для США — B2/C1 (6-7 баллов или 7.5-8 для топовых ВУЗов).
Для Великобритании — B2/C1 (6-7 или 7.5-8 для топовых ВУЗов).
Лучше, чтобы ваш балл был как можно выше проходного, — это даст преимущество перед другими иностранными кандидатами.
Структура экзамена
Мой опыт показал, что IELTS — это не про то, насколько хорошо вы владеете языком, а про то, насколько хорошо вы умеете выполнять задания. Это тоже самое, что и на ЕГЭ.
Вот из чего состоит экзамен:
1. Speaking. Разговор с экзаменатором на заданную тему в течение определенного времени. Секрет сдачи: развернутые сложносочиненные и сложноподчиненные предложения с лексикой того уровня, к которому вы стремитесь. Можно найти себе speaking buddy (человека, с которым вы будете разговаривать) или записывать на диктофон свои ответы, внимательно слушать, анализировать и сравнивать. Обращайте внимание на то, как часто вы пользуетесь одними и теми же словами, и найдите им два-три синонима.
2. Listening. В этой части задания идут от сложного к простому. Как правило, нужно услышать и вписать имена, названия или цифры вариантов ответа. Секрет сдачи: знание большого количества синонимов разных слов. Для IELTS лучше всего смотреть документальные фильмы на английском. Обычные сериалы и фильмы не сильно помогут и даже запутают, потому что там много фразовых глаголов, про которые в IELTS лучше забыть.
3. Reading. Чтение текстов и выполнение заданий к ним. Секрет сдачи: практика в использовании техник выполнения заданий. Они есть в пособиях по подготовке. В первую очередь стоит выполнять Дополнительно читайте любые статьи на темы, которые есть в экзамене (например, на сайте New York Times) или научные журналы по разным темам (биология, история, космос).
4. Writing. Написание двух текстов. Я смогла хорошо подготовиться только с третьего раза благодаря каналу Секрет сдачи: выучить алгоритмы написания текстов. В первую очередь стоит выполнять Дополнительно читайте любые статьи на темы, которые есть в экзамене (например, на сайте New York Times) или научные журналы по разным темам (биология, история, космос).
Поняв свой уровень и структуру экзамена, нужно выбрать, на чем делать упор. У меня было слабое письмо, поэтому я вплотную занялась именно им. Разобрала и практиковала их каждый день: писала посты в соцсетях, делала пробные задания на протяжении месяца и начала вести личный дневник на английском.
Рассчитайте свои силы. Если вы хотите сдать IELTS в сентябре, чтобы поступать в декабре, то начните сейчас.
1. Пару раз пройдите пробный тест.
2. Определите, что дается вам сложное всего.
3. Выделите на самое трудное месяц.
4. Дальше добавляйте практику над остальными частями по мере их сложности.
5. Постоянно учите слова — например, через приложение Magoosh IELTS.
6. Если вы все еще не уверены в себе, возьмите несколько занятий с опытным репетитором, но поставе ему четкую задачу. Например, подтянуть письмо для IELTS.
7. Выделяйте на подготовку от одного до трех часов в день.
8. Делайте как минимум один полный пробный тест каждый месяц — так вы лучше будете себя чувствовать в формате экзамена.
9. За неделю до экзамена лучше всего оставить только полные тесты (сколько осилите, столько и делайте), повторение слов и просмотр видео.
И главное — не паникуйте, это всего лишь экзамен.
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Учусь как умею 17.05.2023 19:51:16
На прошлой неделе мы с репетиторкой по английскому Таней поставили цель и она мне показала таблицу достижений.
Это такая схема, которая разбивает на сегменты тест по англ. языку (любой другой тест если вы сдаёте подходит).
(держите копируйте себе если надо)
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Слева темы в столбик.
Сверху недели сколько есть до сдачи экзамена или просто недели учёбы.
И отмечаем как на этой неделе мы сдали именно этот пункт.
Это помогает не прогонять от начала и до конца весь тест, а работать только над теми пунктами, которые нужно дорабатывать. Замечать динамику.
Я вот думаю как это здорово, потому что с моим перфекционизмом сложно запоминать то, что у меня получается и я акцентирую внимание на провалах. А тут видно динамику моей учёбы и слона не просто поделили по частям, а ещё про каждую часть понятно на каком этапе понимания я сегодня.
Я расспросила Таню откуда табличка, оказалось обычное дело для учеников для ЕГЭ, а она сама учится в Polina Kordik School of English и пользуется этой табличкой для себя.
🤓Я спросила у Тани можно ли порекомендовать с ней учиться. англ, франц, рус. и лит. это телега и
Радуюсь, что много методических находок, которые можно применять для личной своей учёбы.
- по этому хэштегу можно найти ещё
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Учусь как умею 17.05.2023 19:54:06
вот так выглядят. Главное, что если вам нужно набрать определенное кол-во баллов, то вы сразу понимаете, что вам не все задания нужно сдать на высший балл, а где-то поднажать, где-то можно забить. Блин, я уж и забыла про такую тактику с времён этого самого ЕГЭ. Опять получается, что наш опыт может нам помочь не быть задротами 😅
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Let’s IELTS! 18.05.2023 21:33:07
ТЕМЫ IELTS SPEAKING (май – сентябрь)
ура, собрали для вас список тем, которые сейчас особенно в ходу на экзамене! like, share, repost!
внутри также есть видеолекция с курса Ready. Set. IELTS! про Speaking Part 2, она исчезнет 21 мая вместе с закрытием продаж. смотрите 🙂
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Главная ошибка при подготовке к поступлению
Я замечаю, что многие слишком переживают из-за баллов за языковой экзамен – находят где-то, что в среднем везде нужно ~ 6.5 за IELTS, и вот пока их не получат, ничем другим не занимаются. В итоге, люди приходят на сопровождение слишком поздно: когда я начинаю вникать в кейс, оказывается, что на программы, куда мой клиент идеально подходит, прием закрыт, а сертификат IELTS для заявки или был вообще не нужен/или его можно было легко можно заменить на Duolingo/или отправить уже летом/осенью, – такая система часто работает для Португалии, Венгрии и Великобритании. Причем престиж вуза это не отменяет, мой клиент поступил в University of Warwick и University of Westminster, еще не сдав IELTS.
✅ Чаще всего экзамены по языку не влияют напрямую на результат поступления (это не егэ, вам просто нужно перейти порог и комиссия продолжит рассматривать вашу заявку).
✅ Я прошу клиентов скидывать мне свои пробники (потому что сама довольно долго готовила учеников к IELTS), рассчитываю примерно, сколько времени будет нужно, чтобы поднять уровень и учитываю это время при составлении таймлайна.
✅ Ставить подготовку к экзаменам выше других пунктов – ошибка планирования. Поэтому если вы купите сопровождение, на первичной консультации я обязательно еще раз объясню этот момент и расскажу, куда лучше поставить подготовку/сдачу/пересдачу IELTS именно вам и как грамотно распределить свои силы.
Stay tuned 💙
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Подборка хороших, проверенных ресурсов для подготовки к языковым экзаменам
Для всех моих клиентов это очень актуальная тема, поэтому хочу отдельно вынести на канал. Где и как готовиться самостоятельно?
1) и - бесплатные сборники официальных вариантов тестирования. 1-ый – более интерактивный, сразу выполняет проверку, на 2-ом больше материала и более сложный спикинг. Как репетиторка по английскому в прошлом рекомендую не зацикливаться на одном ресурсе, а чередовать и пробовать новое и разное.
2) Платные варианты: и . Отлично, если есть возможность потратиться, они того стоят. magoosh подойдет не только для подготовки к языковым экзаменам, но и для SAT, GRE и GMAT. А на e2language есть материалы для PTE.
3) Чтобы быть в курсе – . Здесь следите за изменениями формата и прочими тонкостями.
4) А не забудьте прочитать про организацию экзамена. Недавно моя клиентка сдавала IELTS и, хотя готовилась с репетитором, упустила момент про временные рамки и просто не успела перенести половину ответов. Прежде, чем разбираться с заданиями содержательно, обязательно уделите внимание структуре работы!
Всем удачи 🐳
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Ayna (отвечу после 15.05) 26.05.2023 20:28:51
Советики по академическому письму на английском
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Привет! Я вроде репостила из каналов материалы, но дублирую
— здесь можно найти разборы разных заданий и примеры ответов
— вот отсюда можно скачать учебники
В основном я использовала то, что на диске + у меня был курс от Ани Пушковой, чей канал Let's IELTS я прикрепила. У них недавно была возможность купить курс в записи, мб через какое-то время они опять откроют возможность.
Дело в том, что курс они базировали на учебниках Pauline Cullen, поэтому если есть время, то лучше просто самостоятельно эти учебники и рабочие тетради штудировать. Авторка была создательницей IELTS в течение долгого времени, так что очень советую.
В курсе давали видео из канала Liz, тоже много полезного можно почерпнуть
И вот в этом
я тоже сидела
Дополнение: writing я дополнительно тренировала . К сожалению, AI только подсвечивает неудачные предложения, а вот в том, что именно не так, надо разбираться самой.16:52
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IELTS КУЗНИЦА 💪 03.05.2024 13:14:40
Убойный speaking МАЙ-СЕНТЯБРЬ 2024
Ребят, наконец стали известны актуальные топики для части speaking на ближайшие 4 месяца
Отобрала самых сложных из part 2 (они реально странненькие и какие-то уж больно специфические 😬), не забудьте прогнать эти карточки перед экзаменом:
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🌿Describe an important plant in your country/ a plant grown in your country
👩🎓Describe your first day at school
🔁 Describe smth you own that you want to replace
💸 Describe a time when you received money as a gift
⚡️Describe a risk you took
📄Describe a complaint you made and were satisfied with the result
Describe an advertisement you’ve seen, but didn’t like
🏛Describe a public facility (e.g., a museum, a library) that has been renovated and Improved
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У меня такое ощущение, что определенные темы были взяты из General letters и оформлены в виде speaking. Но в writing хотя бы есть 15-20 минут на подумать, а тут всего 1 минута на подготовку. Жесть 🫣
Дайте 🔥, если нужна лексика для каких-то из этих тем.
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IELTS Speaking Topics Part 1
May-September 2024
👕 T-shirts
🪐 Space and Stars
🍫 Chocolate
7️⃣ Numbers
🔑 Keys
💍 Jewellery
💰 Small Businesses
🫂 Sharing things
🏠 Staying at home
🎤 Singing
🍰 Cakes
🛏 Morning Routines
🤳 Mobile Phones
⭐️Celebrities
🎮 Video games
🧸 Collecting
🕶 Sunglasses
💸 Money
🏟 Crowded Places
💬 Social Media
🧠 Memory
🎨 Colours
🎶 Music
😴 Being Bored
📺 Advertising
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Вчера был экзамен у одной девушки в Ереване, что было:
Writing Task 2:
Art classes, such as painting and drawing, should be compulsory in high school for a better development of children. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Устная часть
Карточка — a place / town / city that is good to live in.
Part 3 — towns and cities, changes in the city, problems, people's attitude to changes in the city, should they be consulted before the city is changed
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вот ещё сайтик для спикинга
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там тоже AI
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🌲Мастермайнд поступающие Channel 20.01.2023 02:03:11
Выкладываю обещанные ресурсы по подготовке к IELTS
Сегодня пособия, завтра соберу тг-каналы и чаты, в которых сидела
#английский
#ietls
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🌲Мастермайнд поступающие Channel 21.01.2023 22:51:27
Вот тут собраны идеи как тренировать разные навыки английского самостоятельно:
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Приложение которое в игровой форме помогает изучать сложные английские слова
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Для андроид может тоже есть. Не знаю)
#английский
vocabulary.com
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🌲Мастермайнд поступающие Channel 25.01.2023 23:07:38
Знакомая сдала TOEFL онлайн и написала пост
#toefl
#английский
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additional language // journal 12.02.2023 20:36:19
Моя ученица попросила меня накидать ей список посмотреть/почитать экстенсивного и аутентичного в рамках подготовки к IELTS, и я вдруг поняла, что за все эти года так и не сделала нормального базового списка таких ресурсов. А чужие мне не нравятся. Поэтому составила, сохранила, и чуть подоформила, чтоб ну совсем не было стыдно делиться.
Пара моментов:
- Я не вставляла ссылки на подкасты, потому что все их слушают на разных платформах, нужно туда пойти, значит (на свою любимую подкаст платформу) и воспользоваться поиском по названию
- Некоторые пейволлы у крупных медиа типа the Economist обходятся тем, что нужно нажать на кнопку обновления страницы и быстро-быстро нажать на крестик, типа остановить загрузку, это позволит прогрузиться только тексту, что и достаточно. Это уже научился, например, правда The New York Times, но не во всех браузерах.
- Описания составлены gpt, поэтому, наверное, правильнее было бы написать "мы с gpt составили"!
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🌲Мастермайнд поступающие Channel 27.03.2023 21:10:14
Speaking english test evaluation
#ielts
#toefl
#english
#английский
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🌲Мастермайнд поступающие Channel 06.04.2023 19:40:02
Where_Russian_Go_Wrong_in_Spoken_English_Русские_проблемы_в_английской.pdf4.3 MB
разница культур, про США больше
#english
#английский
Learn, Volunteer, Empower 22.04.2023 20:43:05
🇬🇧IELTS Speaking: стратегии и особенности
Пришло время рассказать, как оценивается устная часть экзамена и что нужно использовать в речи, чтобы получить высокий балл. Если кто-то из вас, как и я, готовится сейчас к сдаче IELTS или планирует сдавать в будущем, you are very welcome to join my free of charge speaking club for IELTS preparation!
📖 Итак, как же нас будут оценивать?
Экзаменатор оценивает нас по 4 критериям: Fluency and Coherence, Lexical resource, Grammatical range and Accuracy, Pronunciation. Из чего выходит следующее — наш балл выше, когда мы:
*️⃣говорим бегло, связно и уверенно
*️⃣используем множество естественных для языка и конкретной темы выражений (key vocabulary, чанков, идиом)
*️⃣используем более сложные грамматические структуры и делаем это корректно
*️⃣играем с интонациями, паузами, ударениями и общим произношением как native english speaker
Чем лучше у вас прокачан каждый из этих пунктов, тем выше ваш балл. Чем выше выше вам нужен бал, тем более сложную грамматику и лексику вам нужно показать, не пренебрегая беглостью и произношением. Как мне недавно сказал специалист в области IELTS, "если вы метите в band 8+, ваша речь должна звучать на уровне TED Talks". Таблица с полным описанием критериев оценки —
Speaking состоит из 3 частей: в первой вас попросят рассказать о себе и ответить на простые вопросы, во второй — подробнее раскрыть определенную тему в форме монолога (тут особенно важно знание key vocabulary), в третьей — поддержать полноценную дискуссию (вопрос-ответ)
📈Каким же принципам стоит следовать, чтобы повысить свой балл?
🧿 Перефразируйте вопрос. Так вы покажете, что владеете разными грамматическими конструкциями
🧿 Начните ответ с opening phrase: Well, actually...; Of course, you know...
🧿 Используйте слова-связки, такие как however, so, unfornunately, as a result, consequently etc. Так вы покажете, что умеете логично и естесственно выстраивать речь
🧿 Определите тип вопроса, а вернее - что экзаменатор "предлагает" вам использовать в своем ответе и дайте ему это :) Например, спрашивая вас "Do you prefer tea or coffee?", экзаменатор открывает вам целый ряд возможных структур для ответа! I would rather go for coffee... или I would prefer coffee etc. А задавая вопрос "What types of things do people collect in your country?", экзаменатор приглашает вас блеснуть разнообразием выражений формата there's quite a wide range/a mixed variety of...
🧿 Используйте фразовые глаголы и идиомы! Только такие, смысл которых вы наверняка знаете :)
Недавно я нашла классное пособие с кучей лайфхаков, полезных выражений, примерами вопросов и ответов, и, в целом, детальным разборов всех частей speaking, поэтому с огромным удовольствием делюсь им с вами в комментариях!
А еще вот с, на мой взгляд, идеальным ответом на IELTS Speaking, который совершенно меня убил🥲
Как много среди нас тех, кто уже сдал IELTS или скоро собирается это сделать? Поделитесь вашим ценным опытом или идеями на эту тему!👇17:07
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Наш преподаватель оценил выполнение этого задания на Band 7 (7 баллов по IELTS)
Вот что он выделил как ваши сильные стороны:
Strengths: Very strong pronunciation, very little L1 transference, lexical chunks ("beginning of [the] 20th century", "found of the Expressionism movement", "point of view", "emotional understanding", "symbols...and distorted analogies", "beautiful and touching", "I really appreciate...")
Он советует обратить внимание и поработать над следующими аспектами:
Needs improvement: Tenses ("He was living", "the Expressionists point of view is"), hesitation/losses of coherence ("uh...um...), more variety in sentence structures (here most of them are simple/compound)
Также мы советуем сделать работу над ошибками. Они будут под скрытым текстом:
I would really want
Russian writer _
He was LIVING
beginning of 20th century
foundation...uh...founder of the Expressionism movement
specifically ...
um...so...
The expressionists...um...point of view on art and creative work in writing
expressing the...emotional understanding...and meaning behind the reality
Not the meaning but how...and uh
In forms of symbols and maybe some distorted analogies
photographers
beautiful and touching
that's why...
Спасибо за выполнения задания 💪
Спасибо за выполнения задания 💪
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lifehack: maybe some of you would benefit from it, it's a method to prepare in a low energy mode
I play games in app Elevate, it has 3 games per day on a free version, and it does not allow to choose the games on a free version, but if you practice every day it slowly opens up different games. Among which there are some cool games on Speaking!
Like training your pronunciation better, coming up with synonyms and etc.
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Also it trains Writing, Reading, Mathematical Reasoning and Listening
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I bought myself paid version for a year, 39 USD, but I have foreign play market and some money on a foreign card *she was privileged bitch*
and I might say it was worth it though, I can play 5 games per day in a regular work out, and then some extra workouts and just individual games, it helps to stay on track even on a low day, when I can not do anything else for my preparation
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if someone reading this, also didn't understand it as I am
ChatGPT explained it like this:
Very little L1 transference feedback on a speaking task in IELTS may indicate that the candidate is effectively utilizing English language skills without relying heavily on their native language (L1). This can be a positive sign, showing proficiency and comfort in expressing thoughts and ideas directly in English without constant translation or reliance on L1 structures. It suggests strong English language skills and adaptability to the task requirements. However, it's essential to ensure clarity and coherence in communication for better performance.
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To ensure clarity and coherence in communication during a speaking task in IELTS without relying heavily on L1 transference, consider these concrete examples:
1. Use English sentence structures: Instead of translating directly from your native language, construct sentences in English. For instance, say "I enjoy spending time with my friends" instead of translating "Me gusta pasar tiempo con mis amigos."
2. Expand vocabulary: Develop a broad English vocabulary to express various ideas and concepts accurately. Use specific English terms instead of relying on L1 equivalents. For example, say "I appreciate the cultural diversity in my community" rather than translating "Aprecio la diversidad cultural en mi comunidad."
3. Practice fluency: Work on speaking fluently in English by practicing speaking tasks regularly. Avoid pauses or hesitations caused by translating thoughts from your native language. Practice speaking at a natural pace with confidence.
4. Think in English: Train your mind to think directly in English during conversations. This reduces the need for constant translation and enhances spontaneity in speech. Try to immerse yourself in English-speaking environments to reinforce this habit.
5. Use English idiomatic expressions: Incorporate idiomatic expressions and phrases commonly used in English to convey ideas more naturally. For example, say "It's raining cats and dogs" instead of translating a literal equivalent from your native language.
6. Maintain coherence: Ensure that your ideas flow logically and coherently throughout your speech. Use transition words and phrases to connect sentences and paragraphs smoothly. This enhances comprehension and makes your speech more engaging.
7. Seek feedback: Practice speaking tasks with a tutor or language partner who can provide feedback on your English proficiency. Focus on areas where you may still be relying on L1 transference and work on improving those aspects.
By implementing these strategies, you can enhance your ability to communicate clearly and coherently in English during speaking tasks in the IELTS exam.
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chatGPT explained my errors:
1. Here's the revised transcription with grammar errors highlighted and explanations provided:
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Hi, thank you for your question. I would really want to meet Russian writer Leonid Andreev. He was living in the beginning of 20th century and was a foundation, like, founder of the Expressionism movement in Russia, and specifically in the literature, Russian literature. I really loved his novels "Red Love" and "Judas Iskariot". So the expressionist point of view on art and creative work and writing is mostly about expressing the emotional understanding and the meaning behind the reality. reality or not behind but like how they understand the reality and what's going on and in forms of symbols and maybe some distorted analogies and I really love this approach to write to do art and I would really love to meet him and ask him about his ideas, how he views the world. For example, he also was one of the first photographers in Russia and his artwork as a photographer was also very very beautiful and touching. So that's why I want to meet him. what I would want to know about him.
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1. "I would really want to meet" - Better: "I would really like to meet." (Using "like" instead of "want" is more appropriate in this context. "Would like" is a more polite and suitable expression.)
2. "He was living" - Better: "He lived." (Using the simple past tense "lived" is more grammatically correct here to describe a past action.)
3. "and was a foundation, like, founder" - Better: "and was a foundational figure, the founder" (Clarifying the sentence structure by replacing "a foundation, like, founder" with "a foundational figure, the founder.")
4. "in forms of symbols and maybe some distorted analogies" - Better: "in the form of symbols and perhaps some distorted analogies" (Using "in the form of" instead of "in forms of" and "perhaps" instead of "maybe" for smoother expression.)
5. "I would really love to meet him and ask him about his ideas, how he views the world." - Better: "I would really love to meet him and ask about his ideas, how he views the world." (Removing the redundant "him" improves the sentence flow.)
6. "So that's why I want to meet him. what I would want to know about him." - Better: "So that's why I want to meet him. What I would want to know about him." (Capitalizing "what" to start a new sentence and improving punctuation for clarity.)
These revisions address grammar errors and improve the clarity and coherence of the transcription.
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2. Here are explanations for the errors identified by the human evaluator:
1. Tenses: The use of past continuous tense ("He was living") can be improved by using simple past tense ("He lived"). Similarly, the expression "the Expressionists point of view is" can be revised to "the Expressionist point of view on art and creative work in writing," maintaining consistency in tense and clarity in expression.
2. Hesitation/Losses of coherence: Instances of hesitation ("uh...um...") and breaks in coherence were noted. These pauses disrupt the flow of speech and coherence of the response. It's essential to minimize such hesitations to maintain fluency and coherence in communication.
3. More variety in sentence structures: The evaluator suggested incorporating more variety in sentence structures, as most of them were simple or compound sentences. Adding complex or compound-complex sentences can enhance the richness and sophistication of the response.
Now, addressing the specific errors pointed out:
- "I would really want" - This phrase can be improved by using "I would really like" for smoother expression.
- "Russian writer _" - This is likely indicating a missing name after "Russian writer." Ensure to include the name of the writer being discussed.
- "He was LIVING" - As mentioned earlier, "He lived" is more grammatically correct.
- "beginning of 20th century" - It should be "the beginning of the 20th century" for proper article usage.
- "foundation...uh...founder of the Expressionism movement" - The repetition and hesitation can be avoided for clarity and coherence.
- "specifically ..." - The hesitation here disrupts the flow of speech.
- "um...so..." - Another instance of hesitation that can be minimized for smoother communication.
- "The expressionists...um...point of view on art and creative work in writing" - Again, hesitation interrupts the flow of speech.
- "expressing the...emotional understanding...and meaning behind the reality" - Clarity can be improved by rephrasing as "expressing emotional understanding and the meaning behind reality."
- "Not the meaning but how...and uh" - This sentence fragment lacks clarity and coherence.
- "In forms of symbols and maybe some distorted analogies" - It can be revised to "in the form of symbols and perhaps some distorted analogies" for smoother expression.
- "photographers" - It's likely referring to the writer's photography work, so it should be "photography" instead of "photographers."
- "beautiful and touching" - This phrase is vague and could be clarified to specify what aspects of the photography were beautiful and touching.
- "that's why..." - This fragment suggests a continuation of thought, but it lacks completion. It could be followed by an explanation of the reason for wanting to meet the writer.
By addressing these errors and improvements, the overall clarity, coherence, and grammatical accuracy of the response can be enhanced.
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helen_courage_IELTS Speaking topics 2024.pdf632.6 KB
Ловите IELTS Speaking 2024
✉️ Первая половина тем актуальна до конца апреля, вторая - до конца августа
А для практики вопросов IELTS Speaking жду вас в мой Camp - вас ждет ежедневная практика, рекомендации, отработка грамматики и балл за каждый ответ 🤩
Для записи - пишите в директ 📝
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They talk about Writing + Speaking
not Academic IELTS, but still helpful and In think ideas can be still helpful to TOEFL Writing + Speaking
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С чего начать подготовку к IELTS?
Я буду рассказывать о подготовке к сдаче IELTS academic, но если вы планируете сдавать IELTS general, эти советы также могут вам пригодиться.
Итак, о чем стоит подумать прежде, чем вы начнёте искать прошлые тесты, делать задания и отсчитывать дни до экзамена 🤗
1.❗️ Определите свой уровень языка.
Для этого можно пройти mock test, они есть в разных вариантах, но я рекомендую платную версию, где вы сможете определить свой уровень по всем 4 модулям IELTS и получите расчёт ориентировочного балла от экспертов.
Например, здесь:
2. Зная свой уровень и - еще лучше - примерно ожидаемый балл по mock test, можно переходить к следующему пункту:
❗️Какой балл вам желательно получить на реальном экзамене / какой балл вам необходим для поступления в выбранные вузы.
3.❗️Исходя из этих двух данных (предполагаемый балл/текущий уровень и желаемый балл), определитесь с тем, сколько времени у вас есть для подготовки.
Здесь важно трезво оценивать ситуацию. Например, если у вас overall band 5.5, а нужно набрать 7.0, то стоит понимать, что это большой разрыв по уровню языка, и сначала нужно поднять общий уровень, а потом уже (или параллельно) начинать подготовку к IELTS.
Имейте в виду, что 1 балл условно соответствует переходу на более высокий уровень языка, и это требует времени (обычно, от полугода до года). Хотя, конечно, вам может улыбнуться удача на экзамене, и даже с более низким уровнем есть шанс получить более высокий балл. Но рассчитывать на это не стоит 🤷🏼♀️
4. ❗️Кроме общего уровня языка или примерного общего балла, стоит обратить внимание на ваши личные сильные и слабые стороны.
Например, вам хорошо дается восприятие текста на слух или чтение. В таком случае, при подготовке вы можете меньше времени уделять аудированию и чтению, и больше сконцентрировать усилия на "прокачке" письма и устной речи.
5. ❗️ Определитесь с удобным для себя способом подготовки:
- индивидуально с преподавателем-экспертом
- с бадди
- в группе
- самостоятельно
- или вы будете сочетать разные способы, например, тренироваться в speaking с преподавателем, а остальные модули IELTS оставить на самостоятельную подготовку.
#IELTS_preparation
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it would soon be deprecated actually, last option to buy till june 10
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A video walkthrough and overview of this site and it's speech feedback, a decent level of feedback I think, not super good cause it's an AI evaluation
smalltalk2.me
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Reporting to you: IELTS writing sample tasks + evaluation from the AI in is okay, not wow, but okay
smalltalk2.me
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БАНК IELTS ESSAY.pdf1.2 MB
БАНК IELTS ESSAY.pdf
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Онлайн ресурс для тренировки понимания на слух с помощью диктантов
Есть секции для IELTS и TOEFL
#полезныересурсы
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Hey!
Found this AI-based test for checking American pronunciation. Idk how objective it is (I get 93/100), but it may be useful for you still.
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Фидбэк даже платный никакой, но ставит баллы плюс минус 0.5 верно, есть таймер, не подчеркивает опечатки как гугл, удобно тренироваться
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I can't recall, but I can recommend this one
if that's what you mean
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Привет еще раз! Вот сайты с которыми я готовилась: (тут очень интересные статьи с которыми можно подтянуть чтение и можно в целом по сайту полазить, может что-то еще полезное найдется) (вот тут можно потренироваться с эссе, выбрать свою тему или предложенную сайтом и он потом даст тебе оценку) UCL0ZOT3eKp4RvKcQyBZJ4bw ( вот этот канал на ютьюб это просто лучшее, что можно найти, он тут делится супер стратегиями и тренировочными заданиями, к части говорение готовилась чисто по его видео и набрала в итоге 27/30)
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книжка "Thinking with an accent"
Everyone speaks with an accent, but what is an accent? Thinking with an Accent introduces accent as a powerfully coded yet underexplored mode of perception that includes looking, listening, acting, reading, and thinking. This volume convenes scholars of media, literature, education, law, language, and sound to theorize accent as an object of inquiry, an interdisciplinary method, and an embodied practice. Accent does more than just denote identity: from algorithmic bias and corporate pedagogy to migratory poetics and the politics of comparison, accent mediates global economies of discrimination and desire. Accents happen between bodies and media. They negotiate power and invite attunement. These essays invite the reader to think with an accent—to practice a dialogical and multimodal inquiry that can yield transformative modalities of knowledge, action, and care.
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Thinking with an Accent (Pooja Rangan... (Z-Library).pdf8.9 MB
Thinking with an Accent
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gathering all the useful videos about IELTS Academic in this playlist
starting from strategy and then to vocabulary, writing, speaking, listening, reading in order of complexity
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последние ielts тесты 2023 года, как пробники прорешивать можно, и дальше ielts 17, ielts 16, ielts 15 и т.д.
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Если вы сдавали в одном из центром BKC (British Council), то для получения разбивки по баллам нужно написать письмо на .
Если вы сдавали в одном из центром IDP, то нужно написать письмо на
“Dear British Council,
My name is __.
I am writing to ask for a breakdown of my IELTS scores for the following exam: ( include details of your exam)
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Расклад по баллам
есть официальная страница где можно запросить расклад по каждому критерию:
Если вы сдавали в одном из центром BKC (British Council), то нужно написать письмо на
Если вы сдавали в одном из центром IDP, то нужно написать письмо на
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is ______.
I am writing to ask for a breakdown of my IELTS scores for the following exam:
Test Date: _____ Test Format: __ Test Centre Name and Number: ____
например данные центра BKC в Москве - BKC-IH Moscow IELTS Centre, RU087.
Номер центра написан на сертификате в левом верхнем углу (Centre Number)
Test Centre Address: _______
данные центра в Москве: Gazetny Lane, 3-5 building 1, Moscow, 125009
Areas of the test I would like all stored information about: Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening.
I have also attached a copy of my passport so that you can confirm my identification, but please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any other information to process my request.
Sincerely,
Your Full Name
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Our student Masha asked, 'Hey, can you share some YouTube channels that you like?'
We said, 'Say no more, we’ll make a huge list for you'
Aaand we’ve crafted for you!
Inside, you'll find an array of channels covering everything from Art & Design to Science & Technology and beyond, all organized by level and topic
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Как проверить, что вы готовы к сдаче экзамена?
Пройти пробный экзамен.
Пробный Listening и Reading вы можете организовать для себя самостоятельно. А вот Speaking и Writing нет. Ведь здесь требуется обратная связь от эксперта, который хорошо разбирается в критериях оценки.
Мы понимаем, как это важно, поэтому сделали специальный онлайн-формат Пробный IELTS — Writing and Speaking.
На таком trial exam вы:
🔥 пройдете полную часть Speaking с нашим IELTS экспертом и получите письменную обратную связь с разбивкой по критериям и рекомендациями, что делать, чтобы улучшить результат
🔥 напишете часть Writing (General или Academic на ваш выбор) в тайминге реального экзамена, а затем получите подробный разбор по каждому критерию с указанием баллов и советами преподавателя
Стоимость ниже обычного экзамена в 5-7 раз — 3500 рублей.
К тому же, для всех участников марафона действует промокод MARATHON на 500 рублей 🥳
После оплаты наши менеджеры свяжутся с вами и согласуют время. Да, и оплатить вы можете картой банка любой страны.
P.S. Если вы в Москве — зовем на очный пробный IELTS! Все четыре части экзамена с опытнейшим преподавателем и экс-экзаменатором Дереком всего за 4500 рублей (промокод тоже действует 😉).
Это суперпредложение, потому что обычно пробный экзамен, особенно с экс-экзаменаторами, стоит дороже. При этом это отличная возможность проверить, готовы ли вы к настоящему тесту.
Записаться и оплатить можно по ссылке:
Мы готовы вам помочь сдать IELTS на нужный балл с первого раза! 💪
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on the struggles of preparing for ielts
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Formal_Words_for_IELTS_Writing.PDF1.1 MB
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Конспект вебинаров от Windsor School.pdf604.2 KB
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The Floor is quite a useful American show for improving vocabulary
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Делюсь находками по ботам, которые можно использовать в процессе подготовки к IELTS.
Это будет актуально и для….всех!
бот может
разработать вопросы, похожие на формат IELTS speaking part 1,2,3
🔴проверит Ваш production
🔴исправит ошибки
но не даст оценки по критериям
Тема такого одностороннего общения, конечно, не заменит полноценной практики с преподавателем, но потренироваться поправить то, что ты наговорил боту-отличная возможность!
такое своеобразное общение с виртуальным другом может быть
бот может
🔴проверить письменное задание по IELTS writing part 1, 2
🔴его критерии оценки: task response evaluation: justification/ strengths/ areas for improvement/ word count adherence/ areas for improvement
🔴исправит ошибки
но не даст полноценной оценки по критериям IELTS
🔴отправит ссылку на сайт с Вашим детальным feedback
Давайте попробуем, что получится у Вас?
Отправляете в комментарии фотки с обратной связью от ботов, будем искать подводные камни, если они есть
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I've lost my fun and enjoyment in learning English
Determined to find it
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had wonderful class with my tutor
highly recommend to try flipped class structure, when you write essay with information that you found about this type of essay somewhere, and then discuss how it actually should work and review your essay, how did it work out in 1 class
for my brain this structure works way better, cause I try something, then receive not a plain theory, but theory based on my essay, what I did wrong, and all in one class
before we had, theory and then only after as home work I practiced on my own and next class we reviewed it. but this wasn't ideal for me :(
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it's almost sunday funday for me, so here's another meme for yall
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my vocabular size belongs to a teenager
according to this test I know around 14k words, but adult native speakers usually knows 20-30k words
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Yeah, Youglish is a cool instrument too! But Youglish is based on YouTube, while PlayPhrase mostly uses phrases from films, TV series, and TV show
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Additionaly, there is an video autoplayer in PlayPhrase
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Таск 1
Строго 20 минут макс.
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Таск 2
Строго 40 минут макс.
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Speaking test part 2: candidate task card
Describe a special event or festival that you liked.
Say:
• what the event was
• where it was
• what happened
and say why you liked it.
You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.
(наговори тут на аудио)
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Speaking test part 3
1 - Why do you think celebrations are important in society?
2 - Do you think celebrations are experienced differently by the different generations?
3 - Do you think international events help to promote cooperation and collaboration between countries?
4 - Do you think international sporting events are more popular with the older or younger generation?
5 - Do you think we will see changes in the future to international events? And if so, what sort of changes might we see?
(наговорить тут в аудио) - лучше каждый вопрос по отдельности, на каждый вопрос ответ не более 1 минуты!
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According to recent study children studying in elementary and middle schools in 2010 get to school as a car passenger more frequently, increased by around 22%, compared to 1990's data when they used to walk to school more.
Another change or rather we can say drop, by roughly 30%, happened to cycling as a mean of transportation to and from school.
Bus is now replaced by walking as a second most popular way to school, still remaining the third and having a slight drop between two of them.
We can also see that the amount of trips slightly less nowadays, which can be correlated with understanding that kids generation of that age is not as vast as in 1990s.
We can remain sure that this information can help us to keep our children safe and help to make decisions on whether the change in the means of transportation have a connection to the safety of kids.
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Global health standards and it measurements are discussed heavily especially in lane of arguing whether global economics should grow and how fast.
In a mostly capitalistic and neo-liberalistic world nowadays where economics' growth, people's health and longevity deeply intervened. We, as a humanity in the whole, need to stop and think what we need to focus on and choose for ourselves as a "northern star" for measurement of humanity's progress. World seem to have a deep crisis in values, and agreeing what we should focus on can be one of the most important tasks out there.
If we focus on global health and people's suffering as the most important factor which elevate humanity forward, we then need to agree on what indicators we can choose to measure it. It could be not only each individual's physical health metrics, decrease of unnecessary deaths, but longevity and QALYs of each desease, which measures the number of years lived well corresponded with each disease, life's quality. It also can be a global happiness index, that measures satisfaction of people's life and mental health.
Then we need to see what influence negatively and positively on people's health. Finally, see how global health connected to an ecosystem degradation, climate change and other global process that influencing people's lives. So we can do something about it, and therefore built predictions, causations and correlations for the future.
I do not agree that we need yet to discuss how levels of global health would decrease or increase in the future. Because, as of now, we do not agree on a common vision of what is important to focus.
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Да, давай первый тип как раз, который мы разбирали на первом уроке - это был Bar Chart
Вот тут идеальный вариант:
- еще раз просмотри презу с урока, структуру выучи
- выпиши себе в тетрадь идеальный вариант с сайта выше
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ielts-speaking-band-descriptors.pdf113.2 KB
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Writing-Band-descriptors Task 1.pdf138.5 KB
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Writing Band descriptors Task 2.pdf121.7 KB
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50 Sample Answers for IELTS Writing.pdf1.3 MB
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complete-guide-to-ielts-writing.pdf4.4 MB
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Привет, сорри я опоздала, с утра повестка меня чуток поглотила.
Не учитывала время, старалась писать больше на качество, чтобы максимально приблизить к band 9, насколько я поняла. Было полезно посмотреть и переписать идеальный вариант спасибо, логика структуры лучше начала пониматься.
тут можно отредактировать или откомментировать, если зайдешь под своим Notion:
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Grammarway 3
I think there should be more versions like pdf . This is to give you the name of the book. It's super understandable (tenses, articles, etc.)
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и вопросы может сразу задам мб если хватит времени их охватить в вс
1) в 150 слов надо стараться попасть ровно или больше норм?
2) как суметь написать без гуглинга синонимов, есть ли какая-то лексика более или менее универсальная
— вот я spreads пыталась другие слова подобрать, но сама никак бы не справилась, решила подсмотреть, а типо будет ли ошибкой в данном кейсе если бы использовала слово более общее product вместо spreads?
3) влияют ли на оценку запятые что они не правильно стоят?
4) я кажется не совсем логично расположила инфу в body paragraphs ты говорила надо начинать с того что было и потом дойти до того как в конце. Но я где-то читала что надо идти по тому порядку key features которые ты описал в Overview.
— получается надо было сначала описать что уменьшился объем намазок этих, сначала был такой, потом такой. А потом уже переходить к отдельным категориям намазок?
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The table below gives information about changes in modes of travel in England between 1985 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q9kZMjIyrdpTAY2dbqESb5hZGj8iVd6OkOGW2-__iV0/edit?usp=sharing
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H/w
The given diagram above highlights how the process of smoking fish and meat works.
Overall, there are three steps in the process, starting from openning lid to supply air for the fire, fire producing smoke that goes through the pipe, and
ending with smoke sipping through bricks to prepare fish and meat. It is a complicated process, that required some level of manual labour preparation.
Initially, the lid that covers deepest pit is opened, which helps to control the fire that was set in the next pit with closed lid, and which was positioned a little bit higer than the first pit. That unique construction helps the air flow into the fire without a lot of efforts.
After that, heat and smoke produced by the fire goes through the pipe towards the bricks. Finally, the smoke is sipped through the bricks and reached the end goal, which smoked meat and fish.
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questions about listening
1. tips on learning how to distinguish numbers better, it all jumble in my head sometimes, when they pronounced very fast
2. tips on hearing letters, like I mix G and J, E and A, maybe there is some audios where spell a lot of words, and I can train my ear to hear the slight differences between the letters?
3. How to train spelling, sometimes it's hard to remember some word and I keep mistaken, is there any techniques?
4. how to write a right collocation, e.g. I had a task to write homestay time I wrote 4 weeks, and the girl in audio said "about 4 weeks" apparently
— so there's also some ways they try to trick the test takers in listening as in reading? such this example above with the word "about"?
5. just to double check I can have only 1 piece of paper for each exam section, or I can ask for additional pieces, so can write down some sort of transcript during listening?
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Home task
» You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The two maps below show an island, before and after the construction of some tourist facilities.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
» Write at least 150 words.
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The two given diagrams illustrate changes that were made during island renovation to accomodate tourists better.
Overall, there were a lot of changes done, but the most significant is that major building infrastructure was monumented, including small houses to sleep, restaurant to eat and reception building. Another various improvements were done like construction of the footpaths, vehicle tracks and pier.
Now turning to the details, we can see that the length for the island is around 230 meters. The restaurant and reception buildings were built around 60-80 meter length of the island if we count from the western end. At the both sides from restaurant and reception buildings now are situated living sheds positioned in the circle, surrounding ring footpath roads. They were positioned at 30 to 60 meters and 100 to 130 meters markings of the island length.
The other changes like footpaths, can be located on the western part of the island tracing its' way from a beach to housing facilities, and it is around 30 meters long. As we mentioned earlier houses are encircling ring footpaths, at the same time, the western footpath connected to the vehicle track, which circles reception and building and leads to the pier and restaurant.
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I assumed that 100 meters scale means something, but I might be wrong
And I didn't know what proper vocabulary it's better to describe the positioning of the building using that scale
But anyways it is what it is
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Writing task 2
Write abot following topic:
Many of the products we buy nowadays break or wear out vey quickly. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this for manufacturers and the public?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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The extracted text from the image is as follows:
The products lifecycle currently became rather short, things get broken and worn out in a high speed. I strongly believe this leads to more disadvantages for both producers and consumers. Design cavities in the products, can cut costs, generate more sales, contribute higher taxes and bring joy to consumers. However, such designed flaws contribute to more waste, deplete resources driving the costs higher in the long run and cause frustration among consumers to be forced to spend more and more money, which at the same time, gives a very bad image for production companies.
Planned depreciation and breakings of various products drives economy to insane growth rates which finally would exhaust all natural resources, which in turn would mean even higher prices for supplies and materials. Moreover, it generates more waste, doubling down on even more anxiety that consumers have in the pursuit of happiness to possess more, and live better, but not actually. Producers then are viewed unethical and it damages their brand.
Such fast fashion and new iPhones do give more income to businesses, producers, it means, also, higher taxes for governments. And taxes can be used to support social spheres like medicine or education, but at the end of the day it creates more business, which creates even more business in an endless pursuit of money, growth, and seeming convenience.
In conclusion, I want to make a summarization, that indeed goods' short lifecycle becomes more and more prevalent at current times and this is dangerous practice, which I would argue at the end has more disadvantages for both producers and consumers. Even though increased business incomes from selling more goods can lead to more taxes and support medicine and education sectors, as well as newer brighter stuff can bring temporary enjoyment to the buyers, that still brings more long-term negative consequences.
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Please note, some words in the original text may have been misinterpreted by the OCR process; "depletes" was read as "deplicts," "As and" as "Asnd," and "medicine" as "medicie."
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2) mixed chart
The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999. The bar chart shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999.
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The line chart illustrates number of travels to and from the UK made during 1979-1999 years. The given bar chart showcase the list of popular contries that were visited the most in 1999.
Overall, the line graph reveals growth trend in both inbound and outbound travel. While the bar chart displays a clear preference for certain two European countries — Spain and France.
In terms of the line graph, there was a stedy increase in number of visits both to and from the UK. The majority of travel movement was outbound, in 1999 it accounted to almost 55 millions visits, while inbound traveling trips accumulated to around 28 million visits.
According to the bar chart, the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999 were France, which had the highest visitation of 11 millions visits, and Spain, which also showed 10 millions. Although Turkey and Greece recorded lower counts, around 2 and 3 millions accordingly.
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i'm sorry i've missed the ddl, got a bit under the weather and mixed the date and time, thought for some reason, it should be done by wednesday morning, and rechecked only now :(
so here is the task, but if you won't have time to check it, that's okay and it would be fair
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The given diagram illustrates the stages in the life development of a honey bee.
Overall, the life cycles contains 6 major stages and spans across 34 or 36 days, showing the process of honey bees' development from eggs to mature specimen.
At the first stage in the life cycle of honey bees' one or two eggs are laid every three days by mature adult females. After, at the second stage, it takes between 9 and 10 days for eggs to start hatch. Then, on third stage, it takes around 5 days for bees to finally brake that egg. And within next 7 days bees get free from eggs completely, at the fourth stage.
During the fifth stage, which takes around 9 days, nymph moults 3 times as it grow in size. By the end of the sixth stage, young adult specimen appears. Finally, at the seventh stage, it takes 4 days for young bees to transform into mature creatures, and the life cycle starts again.
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A range of cohesive devices including reference and substitution is used flexibly but with some inaccuracies or some over/under use.
- overuse → use the same linking words over and over again — for example, for instance, even same meaning. on the other hand or however, same meaning again. Logical errors
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Examiner's Comments
This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band
5.0 score.
The response looks at some advantages and disadvantages of the topic, but does not reach any conclusion. As a result, there is a lack of overall progression, although organisation is evident and cohesive devices are used (though rather mechanically)
[One of advantages | Por example | Also | Another disadvantage | Por instance].
The range of lexis is adequate for the task, however there are often spelling mistakes [contries | yonge | quilified] and errors in word choice or formation_[chancing to improve | unemployee problem].
There are attempts to produce complex sentence forms, but there is a lack of grammatical control which can cause some difficulty for the reader [ . due to some countries limit the population, if that have more young children it will over limit].
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4. Read this Adv/Disadv essay (the topic is presented in the PDF) and write to me what type of structure the author used (1/2/3?)
It is true that video surveillance has become commonplace in many cities in recent years. While I understand that this could be seen as an invasion of privacy, I believe that the benefits of this policy outweigh the drawbacks.
On the one hand, CCTV cameras in public places invade our privacy. This means that people are constantly being watched by the authorities or by private security firms. Today, there are cameras in the public transport, in shops and parking lots and it is hard to find a place where they are not installed. Many citizens find this intrusive and feel that the recording of their movements is a form of state control that curtails their individual freedom.
However, I tend to think that there are more positives to the proliferation of video cameras. Firstly, video surveillance helps to deter criminals and to prevent crime. For example, petty criminals like shoplifters and pickpockets are less likely to operate in parts of cities where they know that they are being watched. At the same time, when crimes are committed, the police can use video evidence to catch and prosecute offenders. Therefore, in my view, video cameras offer valuable support to police officers, and they make cities safer for inhabitants, workers and visitors alike.
To sum up, it seems to me that we gain more than we lose from the enhanced security that CCTV cameras bring to our cities. Not only do they help to prevent crimes, but they also make the environment safer to the citizens.
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IELTS Writing Task 2 Type 2 DISCUSSION ESSAY (Discuss both of these views and give your own opinion)
Your home task:
Some people believe that school children should not be given homework by their teachers, whereas others argue that homework plays an important role in the education of children.
Discuss both of these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
Write at least 250 words.
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🇬🇧 Подборка любимых каналов для интенсивной подготовки к IELTS
Здесь очень полезные советы по написанию Writing Task 2 всех видов
Советы по Writing и Speaking
А еще у автора канала приятный голос и британское произношение 🔥
Классная Advanced лексика, идиомы на все случаи жизни (мы знаем, как экзаменаторы любят идиомы, правда?)
Помогает разобраться, как писать Writing. Пусть видео пятилетней давности, но они не потеряли своей актуальности
Если у вас есть свои ресурсы, поделитесь ими в комментариях 😊
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🇬🇧 Польза для тех, кто собирается сдавать IELTS
Пробный IELTS тест
PDF-файл, который можно распечатать и вписывать свои ответы либо заполнять прямо в нем в электронном виде:
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🇬🇧 ЭКСКЛЮЗИВ
Мои записи со времён подготовки к IELTS (2017/18 г.)
Многие из вас знают, что я сдавала IELTS дважды (в 2018 г. в Москве, в 2020 г. в Уфе), общий балл 7.5
Я решила поделиться с вами своими заготовками по подготовке к экзамену (знаю, что сейчас его не проводят в России, но если вы находитесь в другой стране/в будущем будем надеяться, что экзамен вернётся в Россию), вам это точно пригодится.
Сборник самой нужной лексики для выполнения первого задания части Writing (описание графика/диаграммы/карты/процесса)
1. Graphs with a trend
2. Verbs
3. Adverbs
4. Model Answer 1
5. Graphs with a future trend
6. Comparative graphs
7. Describing numbers
8. Buildings
9. Changes
10. Sample Answer 2
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Друзья, совсем забыла вам рассказать, что сдала IELTS c overall score 8.0
Экзамен прошел 26 марта, ровно 2 месяца назад 🙂
Экзамен я сдавала в третий раз, первый раз я сдавала перед поступлением в магистратуру в 2018 г. в Москве (7.5 балла), второй раз - в 2020 году (тоже 7.5 балла) в Уфе.
Я сдала экзамен в Алматы, т.к. в России сейчас нет возможности сдать этот экзамен. Зарегистрировалась за 2 недели, оплатила с Kaspi Bank (77 000 тенге).
Я выбрала computer-based формат экзамена и мне он очень понравился (цена, кстати, одинаковая на оба формата). Кто не пробовал - рекомендую! И вот почему:
➡️ компьютерный формат более private, людей в аудитории мало (у нас было меньше 10). Вероятность того, что из-за чьего-то кашля вы не услышите "какой там номер в отеле выбрал Джон", сводится к минимуму (об этом говорит мой результат 8.5 за Listening)
➡️ выдают классные наушники, как мне показалось, со звукоизоляцией
➡️ часть Writing печатаешь сразу в бланк ответа на экране компьютера, не нужно считать количество слов (счетчик на экране) - но тут есть один минус: из-за спешки я опечатывалась и приходилось возвращаться и исправлять опечатки
➡️ счетчик времени тоже на экране
➡️ на части Reading можно мышкой выделять слова маркером (кстати, у меня 9.0 за Reading)
➡️ результат приходит быстрее (я получила смску с результатом на третий рабочий день)
Если вы еще не видели мой рилз про IELTS, смотрите в моем профиле и подпишитесь на страничку
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[ ] Writing plan - 27 minutes
[ ] Intro - 10 minutes
[ ] BP1 - 17 min
[ ] BP2 - 20 min
[ ] Conclusion - 5 minutes
[ ] Editing (task achievement and cohesion, didn't attempt vocabulary synonyms paraphrasing and grammar with punctuation) - 20 min
People nowadays argue whether home assignments take a major part in learning process of pupils or it shouldn’t be given at all. Even though homework regarded as unnecessary by some, I believe it still highly valuable part of learning process.
Some argue that doing homework there is no such immediate feedback as during class with teachers and classmates support. So for students it might be challenging to apply theory to practice, which in return can discourage students from studying and worsen learning outcomes. This can bring particularly negative outcomes for students with learning difficulties, even their parents might not be able to help or can even worsen pupils' belief in themselves. And as we know it’s highly important for students’ motivation to have a feeling that they can do well, have positive feedback loop. However, this doesn’t automatically mean that the homework itself should be banned, rather than the individual homework should be changed. For example, encourage students to make couple of tasks as an example during class, so pupils will practice and have more opportunities to succeed during independent home work.
Furthermore such independent work can help pupils to understand more about themselves, their own learning style and self-management approaches, which will give them a solid foundation for all future work as professionals and give meaning for their personal lives as well. Actually, one of the first cognition skills that humanity developed was an ability to throw rocks, or projectile weapon to hunt for wild animals, birds and fish. These cognition skills, some call them executive function skills (choosing goal, planning, estimating, solve issues, make decisions etc.), are vital for surviving, doing any task or solve any problem.
In conclusion, home assignments necessity and importance can be argued, however I strongly believe it brings more good, than bad. Some say during home tasks there is no feedback from teachers or classmates. But independent work teaches students important executive functioning skills that they would require there whole life to survive and thrive.
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Growth of urban areas to vast metropolias caused a lot of issues and made everyday life highly challenging for urban dwellers. Major issues that city dwellers encounter nowadays are lack of green spaces and loneliness epidemic. Which can be addressed by popularizing urban gardening and supporting local businesses focused in communities. Below I will present first problem and proposed possible solution, following with the next problem and its solution.
One of the main concerns arising due to urban lifestyle is that in many cases people are disconnected from the nature and green spaces, which leads to lack of places for relaxation and restoration, and decline of air quality. Many think that the most effective approach to tackle this problem would be to create urban gardens. It can be indoor gardens and outdoor ones that can be used to provide access for greens during both winter and summer. Doesn’t matter even if it would be a personal or public projects, will one choose to grow there vegetables and greens or flowers. In general experience of growing plants can significantly reduce stress for any human beings.
Another possible issue that affects more and more urban dwellers today is epidemic of loneliness. A lot of people do not know their neighbors, but having strong local ties is highly important to make local community more resilient and happy. One of possible solutions to tackle this isolation can be creating local business that foster senses of community and belonging. For example, SoulCycle founders that put heavy stress in his business model on creating community around their fitness centers, now have developed new add-on project that would create activities for bringing people together and connect them on a deeper level, both offline and online.
In conclusion, rapid urbanization and growth of the cities to even bigger vast metropolian areas causes many various problems to people who live there, and such issues will continue to become more and more important with the growth or urban areas in the future. One of the main problems with this is lack of green spaces and this can be solved through urban gardening. The other problem that brings major concern is loneliness epidemic, which can be solved as in a most effective way by creating a community focused local enterprises.
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