Publicaciones de Telegram de IELTS with tutor AF

Describe a situation when a vehicle broke down during your travel.

You should say:

• where you were going
• who you were with at that time
• how long it took to fix the vehicle
• and explain how you felt about it.

#speaking

In some countries, the number of children aged 15 and younger is increasing.

What are the current and future effects of the ever-increasing population? (примерно такое эссе, оно уже попадалось моим студентам)

отвечаем про текущие и будущие эффекты, вроде элементарно, но там на экзамене не так мозг работает, можно из-за усталости/паники пропустить и не написать про будущее

А вот speaking карточка

🌸 НОВАЯ 🪻

Describe something you bought in a store but had to return it in the end

You should say: What it was
When you bought it
Why you returned it
And explain how you felt about it

*раньше были похожие, но именно про возврат я еще не видела 🙄

#сегодня_на_ielts

Такс, сейчас студент прислал задания с экзамена, наконец-то новая карточка в speaking 😡

#сегодня_на_ielts

The bar chart below shows the results of a survey conducted over a three-year period to discover what people who live in London think of the city. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Nowadays, weddings are getting bigger and expensive.

What are the reasons for this?
Is it positive or negative development?

Speaking: borrowing/lending things
mirrors

Part 2: про работу бабушки/дедушки и дальше про роботов, заменят ли они людей

В нашем чате обсуждали с коллегой студентов-экспериментаторов с лексикой в таск 1

студент написал metrics, я пояснила, почему это слово не подходит по контексту, читать тут

От себя хочу добавить, что на уровнях В1 и В2 студенты уже многому научились, им хочется попробовать «написать красиво», НО

Таск 1 в экзамене проверяет другие навыки, представьте, что это задание - клубок ниток, вам нужно его распутать и связать носок за 20 минут

От вас не требуется носок из золота или шёлка (задания составляют специально с ловушками - оценки ставят выше тем, кто не попался в эти ловушки и выполнил задание)

Любые эксперименты с лексикой будут держать вас на 6ке:

If the writer is a risk-taker, there will be a wider range of vocabulary used but higher degrees of inaccuracy or inappropriacy (IELTS band descriptors)

Пример эссе «с 2-мя элементами»

Источник:

https://www.ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2020/01/ielts-writing-task-2-music-essay.html

Some people say that music is a good way of bringing people of different cultures and ages together.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

It is often said that music has the power to unite and connect people, regardless of their cultural backgrounds or ages. I completely agree with this view, and will give my reasons below.

Music can certainly reach across cultural and national boundaries and bring people together. Perhaps the best example of this would be the Live Aid concerts that took place back in the 1980s, and which were broadcast to a global audience. Two live events were held simultaneously in the UK and the US, and the objective was to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. The concerts were a huge success, both in terms of the number of people around the world who watched them and their impact on international public awareness of the famine. They demonstrated, I believe, that music truly is the planet’s global language.

Just as it transcends cultures, music also has the ability to connect people from different generations. Regardless of age, we can all enjoy a memorable melody, a strong rhythm or a beautiful singing voice, and the best songs seem to have the same magical effect on all of us. This would explain why televised music competitions, such as ‘The X Factor’ or ‘The Voice’, are such popular prime-time shows. These programmes attract incredibly broad audiences because singing and popular songs appeal to children, parents and grandparents alike. I would argue that no other form of entertainment can bring families together in this way.

In conclusion, I believe that music is unique in its capacity to create shared experiences between people, irrespective of culture and age.

В теме указано cultures AND ages - не надо ничего выбирать, надо писать про ВСЁ, тк экзаменатор оценивает ответ на ВСЮ тему, а если у вас только культура или только возраст - это 5 за первый критерий

TR 5: The main parts of the prompt are incompletely addressed.

Разберем эссе с двумя элементами? Накидайте реакций!

*если этого не знать, даже С2 может написать на 5ку по первому критерию

UPD 💖 спасибо за реакции! В голосовом ниже рассказываю:

#сегодня_на_ielts на бумаге во многих странах

💖 спасибо, что поделились в чате

The table and charts give information about doctors in Australia between 1986 and 2006.


Children learn more from playing freely after school  than doing more organised after school activities.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

🌸 IELTS part 1 #speaking questions 🌸
Hats/caps

Borrowing/lending

Colours

Hobbies

Swimming

Advertisement

Feeling bored

Friends

Books and reading habits

Evening time/daily routine

Sitting down

Computers

Old buildings

Collecting things

Talents

Watches

Cars

Lost and found

Websites

Street markets

Mobile phones

Time management

Sports programs

Art/drawing

Taking photos

Emails

Dreams

Mirrors

Meeting new friends/people

Good views

Laughing

Teamwork

Fishing

Perfume

Roads and streets

Coins

Teachers

Bikes

Challenges

Childhood memories

Staying at home

Exciting activities

E-books and paper books

News

The Internet

Breakfast

Music/Musical instruments

Films/cinemas

Languages

Happiness

T-shirts

Weekends

Doing sports

Science

Holidays

Relaxation

Numbers

Pens & Pencils

Sharing

Morning routine

Plants

Social media

Как практиковать? См комментарии:

Многие спрашивают про принцип idea-explain-example:

Арина, а как приводить примеры? Когда? Можно писать про себя? Придумывать статистику?

Мой ответ такой: зависит от вашего уровня и нужного балла по writing, никаких можно/нельзя нет 😅 в критериях на 7 и выше нам нужно показать навык развития идеи от общего к частному 😉

Проанализируйте каждый абзац в тексте из New Scientist: есть краткое topic sentence + детали + детали

DOCTORS, as a whole, are a pretty clever bunch, but they can be resistant to change. (Не заваливаем читателя огромным сложным первым предложением- всё кратко, главная идея понятна)

The most famous example is probably the 19th-century surgeons who refused to wash their hands when moving from mortuary to labour ward, spreading as- yet-undiscovered microbes and leading to infant deaths. (Ушли в детали, показали topic vocabulary)

Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who collected statistics to make the case that soap andwater could save lives, was ridiculed and ostracised. (Дали еще более детальный пример)