I’d like you to know how we sould HIGHLIGHT THE KEY FEATURES in Academic Writing Task 1. Is the use of margin acceptable in IELTS task 1? I hope sales for your books grow by the day. In this paragraphed you have mentioned that as a result of this drop in birth rate goverments may have to increase the retirement age, so it is unlikely that the old generation then will enjoy the relaxed lifestyle that old people today can expect. Do they round it up or no? I was wondering if I can exceed the word requirement for Writing Task 2. I changed one of the ideas slightly to show a difference but I was hesitant over including the final sentence (it does seem a little unnecessary now). Special consideration on English language requirements may be given to the applicants sponsored through aid programs (such as Australia Awards, World Bank etc.). Hi Pauline, The average of this score will form your overall IELTS band score. 0000010158 00000 n
Successful completion of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program subjects English A: literature or English A: language and literature, where the Diploma Program was taught in a language other than English. But my question exactly is that “what score can the sample essays labeled” very good answer” get? Hi Pauline, INFORMAL: when you are dealing with something or talking about something” I really appreciate it if you can check with examiners because nobody can answer this question for me. Notably: I have a question about the sample essays written by the examiners and regarded as”very good answer”. ^!�������A{^:�[�w.�O$)�V����������˻�2!���{���-���rAI!Է�X��;w��[[F��`����÷6L����Hc�C�^�]!Vۄ��}�yb�'��[�
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Hi Reza If you can show me an answer that is band 9 and 8 for Task response and Coherence and Cohesion and yet is band 6 for grammar then I would be happy to offer an opinion on it. I’m prone to using these myself and only change them in my final edit because I get so many followers saying ‘You used a contraction!’ You’ll find them sometimes used in model answers and in reading test passages too, so it isn’t a ‘mistake’. Sorry for the long message and thank you so much for your support. Hi Pauline, Because task 2 has more weight so it only makes sense if the writing score is closer to 7. When it comes to explaining COMPLEX STRUCTURES almost everyone thinks they are complex sentences only . 0000000016 00000 n
this is something that I did habitually in the past. Thanks so much prof Pauline for your supporting. And if so, would you say that these samples are at band 9 despite the points I mentioned in my previous comment? Actually my concern is not grammar or vocabulary and all I intend to do is explain my ideas as clearly as possible, and I don’t mean to impress the examiner with my language, I just didn’t know how much I should explain, so you’re saying that there is no exact amount of explanation and I should explain until I see it is enough. A result of level 4 or above in the core subject English in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination. Hi Pauline. I used to get up at 6:00 every day and go for a run.). So my question is how much should we explain the main idea, and when should I know to stop explaining because my idea is clear to the examiner? and if they happen to have a teacher who prioritises this at the time (this has been my experience with my son and daughter). For that I am extremely grateful and I wish you all the best in life. Here is my planning : Shouldn’t it start with something like: ‘One of the problems this can cause is that fewer people will be working…’ because your introduction ended with ‘What effect will this have on our society?’ In other words, isn’t the first body paragraph a continuation of the introduction and the second body paragraph a continuation of the first and so on? Thank you so much. ”In my view, the loss of different species of plants and animals is the most pressing environmental concern that we face today. I can’t see present perfect in my copy. The Question clearly asks the plural forms of advantages and disadvantages. I have a question about some structures in academic task 1. Can you explain why and if there is a difference between the two. It doesn’t help anyone to invent scenarios like that. There is no total score issued for the paper test. I would say aim to stay under 350 if you can? If a candidate has answered everything in less than 2 minutes, this could be because of a lack of language, and so the examiner will move on rather than trying to stay on this task. Thank you for your help. Without assessing them individually, you can’t be more specific than that. There is no answer to that – (no such number or concept about vocabulary exists in IELTS). Paragraphing is inadequate quite simply means that the paragraphing is not adequate for the task – there can be any number of reasons why paragraphs present a problem to the reader, the difference depends on the level of the candidate (a band 3 candidate may produce one long paragraph for the entire essay) and the end result of the problem caused. Thanks, Hamed. Hi Samedi, I don’t disagree with any of those descriptions for coherence and cohesion. In this paragraph I need to get back to it throughout the paragraph. Hi dear Pauline. You should read my free book to see why you should not learn answers for questions like this. thanks. 0000011635 00000 n
Thanks in advance. Ok, in that case, I assume that this is your second or third paragraph, or even your conclusion, where you are ‘giving your own opinion.’ Your opinion agrees with the first view, so I would change your paragraph to show this: endstream
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Thank you so much Pauline, you’re the most caring teacher I’ve known. However, I was reading a book by Jeremy Harmer (if you know him), and it was written that coherence in writing is about the order in which we present our ideas, and that coherence is about how connected the passage is at idea level, and cohesion, on the other hand is about how connected the passage is at sentence level. Hi, 3) as the videos clearly show, they look at the question then begin writing. As always, my first question is, where did you see this question? 0000028726 00000 n
I wonder if the following outline helps to address all parts of the task : Introduction : paraphrase of the statement in the task Hi Pauline , 1. I did this quite quickly but this fixes the main problems: I feel frustrated because those saying this is true have a certificate from IDP! Click here to download the Writing Assessment Criteria for Task 2. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.’ Hi Hassan, I think I have answered this for you on Instagram but I will write a post about this and share it on my page soon. Is it 6 or 5 ?! For each section of the test (Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking) you will receive a band score from 1 – 9. Hi Pauline, I read the paragraph that you have rewritten for Mina. 0000001061 00000 n
Also in the second body paragraph you have written ‘In 2030 the younger generation will need to work much harder to support the large number of older people.’ But again there is no explanation about what you need by supporting older people. From the speaking test scores on page 155, we can see that, if Saida needs to score band 6 in speaking, she needs to work most on Fluency and coherence (where she is band 5), and has a little work to do on vocabulary and grammar (where she is between band 5 and band 6), but her pronunciation is fine. 1) by adding ‘rather than doing physical activities.’ If the position and argument being made is that there really is only one clear advantage, and the writer can see no other advantages, then that’s ok – unusual, but ok. ‘One of the ways to decrease obesity is to encourage people to eat a healthy diet.” (here the link is clear but we can still help the reader and show our thinking by adding ‘…is to encourage people to eat a healthy diet and avoid foods that are high in fat and sugar.”. I’m planning to buy your vocabulary book next month. Is it ok to use informal phrases/words in writing task2? How is your score for IELTS Task 1 & Task 2 calculated? Hi Reza, it’s not an easy thing to sum up neatly but I am trying to show how in my next books. As I said, I felt frustrated when I heard such answers. 0000010881 00000 n
Thank you for helping me. Hi Mina, why not send me your paragraph and I will see if I can give clearer advice and feedback. I would be grateful to help me with this issue. 218 0 obj<>
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How about this task from Cambridge 12: At the present , the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, comared with the number of older people. And isn’t this one of the ways we control and achieve cohesion between paragraphs? Hi dear pauline. and is it better to say,for example schools should emphasize core subjects or schools should place emphasis on core subjects? Hi Miad, that’s really great to hear that you find my books useful. No, it’s repetition here, though there is a link between writing in a circular way and repeating the same idea throughout. Good day Pauline. Thank you so much. Paragraph 2 : my 2/3 reasons( completely agree) I hope so, too. Is this true? I have some question again about vocabulary and lexical resource. Hello, dear Pauline i would like to know about writing task 2 more and if possible listening strategy could you please give me advice how can i work on my sections,thanks in advance. This shows that the existence of humans depends on the existence of other animals and that, if we do not protect them, their loss may, in turn, endanger us. I am often asked about scoring and whether the examiner will give half bands for each criteria in the writing and speaking test. So do you think my paragraph is written in a circular way or is it linear? Hi Pauline, I’d like to know if contractions such as “don’t, isn’t etc’ are allowed to be used in IELTS Academic writing task 2. It has the same criteria evaluation as IELTS) . With your question about ’emphasise’ V ‘place emphasis on’, neither is ‘better’ than the other. Hello, have you read my free book? Hi dear Pauline, See yourself as teaching – stop when you have explained / taught it enough. ” when it comes to something. It could be a band 6 (with some parts more fully covered than others) but it isn’t necessarily a band 5. I need to know what they mean by PARAGRAPHING MAY BE ” INADEQUATE”. I really appreciate that you take the time to help us. Can you give me an example? Aha Again, I really recommend you reread the vocabulary chapter of The Key to IELTS Success to understand this. The most depressing thing is that there are particular sample essays in the back of the official Cambridge books which are apparently of a similar level! First of all, it is your whole essay that should provide a linear argument – not a single paragraph. This is another phrase from the aforesaid model answer(vocab for ielts-task 2 for unit 17 in the answer key) that the dictionary (Longman) named it SPOKEN type: “be neither one thing nor the other SPOKEN” 1) Can you tell me which part of my book you believe ays that? Can you explain what you mean by ‘those saying this is true have a certificate from IDP’? The examiner will mark your writing on the 4 marking criteria below. 2) CEFR is not a complete / comprehensive system. Thanks. We humans are just one part of the food chain and so anything that upsets the balance of this system will ultimately affect us too. Thank you in advance. In general, your ideas here are good (although there are some language problems and one idea is a repeated) what is missing is better cohesion. Could you please give an example of Linear and Circular model? Can you explain what you mean by ‘the maximum number of true answers written in the middle section’? 0000010044 00000 n
How can I provide explanations? In part 2 of the speaking paper , according to the instructions, the candidate is asked to speak between one to two minutes. I’d suggest you read or re-read The Key to IELTS Success, especially the vocabulary chapter. Others say that there are more important environmental problems. Hi Pauline , Below you can find open access (free) research reports from the three publications produced by the IELTS partners – IELTS Research Reports, Studies in English Language Testing (SiLT) and Research Notes. This post explains why:https://ieltsweekly.com/do-the-advantages-outweigh-the-disadvantages/. © Pauline Cullen 2010 - 2020 | Privacy Policy, https://ieltsweekly.com/product/ielts-teacher-the-key-to-ielts-success/, https://ieltsweekly.com/do-the-advantages-outweigh-the-disadvantages/, http://ieltsweekly.com/product/ielts-teacher-the-key-to-ielts-success/, https://ieltsweekly.com/model-answers-and-the-invisible-ielts-band-10/, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/emission, https://ieltsweekly.com/are-5-scores-used-for-each-criteria-in-writing-and-speaking/. I was wondering if you found the time to check with an examiner, I really appreciate it. The main topic in this paragraph is that the loss of species of plants and animals is a big environmental concern. because they have taken some courses in Cambridge or IDP, they are famous. To produce the same result within a 40-minute test, I realised far more planning was needed at the start. I’d like to know whether the tense of an overview in writing task 1 has to correspond to that of the diagram. Hi Pauline, you have written fewer emissions, is emission countable? What is the difference between : An explanation for why you believe something to be true should not lead to repetition. A native speaker will produce band 5 CC for very different reasons to a non native speaker. I have seen many writing task2 sample answers in different IELTS books using phrases/ vocabulary that are considered as INFORMAL in dictionaries. Second, Is it better to use single words or collocations in essay or speaking? for example in cambridge ielts 13, test 3, the middle section of the table named ” if you score…” shows if i get 17-24 right answers in reading i might an acceptable score under examination conditions.i would like know if i answer right to 24 question out of 40 which score would i get? Or should I add more detail to help the examiner understand me? 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