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A challenging IELTS topic

Friday, May 28th, 2010

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How easily do you think you could answer the following questions if you were asked them in your IELTS speaking test?

  • Where can people in your country get information about genetic research?
  • How do people in your country feel about genetic research?
  • Should this research be funded by governments or private companies?

If you’d find these questions difficult to answer because you’re not familiar with the topic of genetic research, then check out the article at the link below to get some ideas on this challenging topic. Read the full post »

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Oh my gosh I was so shocked because Task 1 wasn’t a graph!

Friday, May 21st, 2010

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The title of this post was what an IELTS candidate said to me in an email about her IELTS Academic writing test last Saturday.

To avoid being shocked in your IELTS test, remember that in writing task 1 you may have to summarise the information in a graph, chart, table or diagram (or more than one of these). Read the full post »

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Two more great online dictionaries

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

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In a recent post, I talked about how useful the Macmillan dictionary could be for your IELTS preparation. Today, I’d like to tell you about another two online dictionaries that have recently added some great new features.

The first is the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s dictionary, which now includes… Read the full post »

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How to make fewer mistakes in your writing

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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The key to making fewer mistakes in your IELTS writing is to know what mistakes you make, what kind of mistakes they are, and how to correct them.

One way to do this is to make an error correction log, a list of your common mistakes and their corrections.

Have a look at these corrected sentences from an IELTS candidate’s essay on the importance of maintaining old buildings, and then check out the error correction log below.

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A tip for IELTS listening section 4

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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As you probably know (and may have experienced), the most difficult part of the IELTS listening test is section 4: a four to five minute talk on an academic topic.

What I want to point out is that there’s a feature of this section that can help you follow what the speaker is talking about.

This feature is called ‘signposting‘ and this is how it works. Read the full post »

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