If this doesn't apply to you or you are not interested then feel free to ignore it. One of the main issues my students face is the lack of speaking practice as most of you don't live in an English environment. As you know, I have recommended to some of you, the italki community page [...]
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Rosemary McQueen: Corrected Letters for OET Write Now
Sorry for the delay, it's been a few weeks since my last OET video but here it is, number four in our series. What we do is this, we post a task in the Telegram group (link below), and invite you to write a letter for it. We choose all the letters whose authors have [...]
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 [...]
Student IELTS Two Part Question Essay Review with Band 9.0 Example.
This is an essay from another student in my Telegram group, IELTS9PRO; this time with a two-part essay question and as usual, a Band 9.0 example for you to study. For the following topic, In many education systems, more academic subjects are being introduced instead of sport and exercise. How will it impact the children? [...]
Student full IELTS Opinion Essay Review with Band 9.0 Example.
As you know, I comment on writings by my students in IELTS9PRO Telegram group, and here is the winner from the free essay review draw for intro no 72; complete with a band 9.0 sample for you to compare it to. For the following topic, Many people make friends through social media sites and chat [...]
Need help with your English?..Have an online lesson with me!..
Due to circumstances I am sure I don't have to elaborate on, many people find themselves stuck at home without access to their English courses or classes. Maybe you went to an institute or a school, or had some company courses at your office but now those have been cancelled. It's the same for me, [...]
Welcome to my blog….
Hello and welcome to my website. This is where I will be blogging about writing for the IELTS/OET/TOEFL/PTE etc exams, and anything else I feel like regarding academic writing and English in general. As you will see, several of the posts have a video embedded in them, you can find these on my YouTube channel [...]