In my post for today I want to go through some phrases which I keep seeing day after day in many of your essay introductions and which you really need to stop writing. These phrases and sentences are considered to be memorised and are not counted by the examiner, and will affect your task response [...]
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IELTS Live Class: Speaking Part 2, the Topic Card: Technique and Strategy.
This is a recording of the second free, live class I held a week ago for IELTS Speaking, part 2, the topic card. Some of my students from IELTS9PRO were invited to join in to discuss strategy and techniques for part 2 of the speaking test, and to get some practice and feedback. This is [...]
IELTS Live Class: Speaking Part 1: Technique and Strategy.
This is a recording of a free, live class I held a week or so back for IELTS Speaking, part 1. Some of my students from IELTS9PRO were invited to join in to discuss strategy and techniques for part 1 of the speaking test, and to get some practice and feedback. This is the first [...]
Mr Adam Knowles: Corrected letters for OET Write Now.
The third in our new video series of letter corrections. As you may hear, my voice still isn't so good and there is a little background noise but I have to make these videos when I have time, and not everyone has a nice studio to make videos in. I certainly don't. Anyway, I hope [...]
Ms Patricia Styles: Corrected Letters for OET Write Now.
Video number two of our new series, as you may have noticed in the group, we are alternating between Dr and Nursing letter tasks. You may have also noticed my rather husky voice in this video; this is because I am still a little ill from my last bout of flu. However, you can still [...]
Mr Barry Jones: Letter Correction for OET Write Now
This is the first of my new series of OET letter corrections for my students from OET Write Now Telegram group. (Link Below). I will post an official OET case note and invite members to write a letter for live correction; these sessions will have a live q and A in the future. Please note: [...]
IELTS Essay Review (Student Life): Advs and Disadvs Question with Band 9.0 Example.
The last IELTS review vid for a while as I will be concentrating on OET in the near future. So, this is one more student essay review, etc, as you have seen before, for the following topic, Many university students live with their families, while others live away from home because their universities are in [...]
IELTS Essay Review (solving poverty): Opinion Essay with Band 9.0 Sample.
Yet another student essay for review and comparison with a sample. This time it's an opinion question, for the following topic, The money given to help developing countries does not solve the problem of poverty, so rich countries should give other types of help instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree? And of [...]
IELTS Essay Review (Job Satisfaction): Two Part Question with Band 9.0 Sample.
In this video, I take another student essay, review it according to the criteria, and give a Band 9.0 sample essay to illustrate how it could have been written. For the following topic, As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element of individual well-being. [...]
IELTS Speaking: Part 1: Strategy to maximise your Score.
Just a short PP presentation, illustrating the strategy I spoke of in last week's (Fri, Sept 4th, 2020) live class for IELTS9PRO Telegram group. In this video, I go over the key points I made and give some examples and advice. See you this Friday for part 2, join me on Telegram for the link [...]
