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Hey there, welcome back. In today's lesson we're

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going to be looking at what you need to know

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about IELTS essays

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and then we're also going to be answering some

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frequently asked questions that students have

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about Task 2

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so, writing their IELTS essays.

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First of all, let's have a look at a sample of a

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Task 2 question.

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So, here it is. This is from IELTS.org, which is

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the British Council website

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and this is exactly what it would look like in

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your exam.

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At the top you have the time. It says, "You

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should spend about 40 minutes on this task."

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Now, remember you have one hour in the IELTS

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writing test.

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So, the British Council and IDP recommend that

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you spend 20 minutes on Task 1 and 40 minutes on

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Task 2.

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However, some students say that they find it

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easier if they spend 25 minutes on Task 1

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and 35 minutes on Task 2.

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So, I suggest that you practice and work out

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what time allocation works best for you.

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Right, below the time we have the rubric.

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So, this basically gives the statement of the

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question

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and this is where you can find all of the

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information about what the topic is that you're

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writing about.

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A good idea is to read this carefully and under

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line keywords that help you understand the

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question you're being asked.

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Now, below the rubric we have the task.

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In this case, it says, "To what extent do you

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agree or disagree?"

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So, this lets us know that we're writing an

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agree/disagree essay.

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However, this might say something like, "Discuss

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both these views and give your own opinion."

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In which case, we know we're going to be writing

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a discussion question.

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Right, below that we have the instructions and

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these are always the same.

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They say, "Give reasons for your answer and

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include any relevant examples from your

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knowledge or experience."

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Remember, these will be the same for every

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question you get.

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This will also be the same. It's the word count.

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It says, "Write at least 250 words."

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Now, that's at least 250 words.

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Remember, you can write way beyond 250 words.

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The important thing is that your essay communic

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ates your ideas well.

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So, if you need to write 350 words, that's okay.

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As long as you don't go below 250 words.

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Okay, let's look at some frequently asked

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questions about task 2.

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And the first one is this.

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What are the different essay question types?

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So, in the sample before, we saw an agree/disag

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ree question.

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However, it could also be an advantage/disad

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vantage question, a discussion question, a double

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question, and a direct question.

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Now, a little bit later, we're going to be

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looking at all of these in detail.

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So, in a future lesson, that is.

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The next question.

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What are the most common task 2 questions?

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Okay, so these are the different question types,

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and this is how common they are.

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You can see that the most common questions are

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the agree/disagree questions.

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So, it's very important that you spend a large

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amount of time practicing agree/disagree essays.

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We also have advantage/disadvantage questions,

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and this appears 22% of the time.

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18% of the time, it's a discussion question. 21%

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of the time, it's a double question.

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And only 2% of the time, it's a direct question.

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Now, again, we'll be looking at all of these

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question types in a bit more detail in a future

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video.

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Okay, let's move on to the next question.

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What are the most common topics?

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Okay, there are certain topics that appear again

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and again in task 2.

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And those are geography and the environment.

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So, this is probably the most common topic to

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appear.

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As a result, it's a good idea to learn advanced

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vocabulary for describing geography,

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and especially describing the environment.

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So, you'll be able to do that in the vocabulary

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course.

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Next, we have economy and work.

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We also have technology, education, upbringing

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and parenting,

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and the role of the government, companies,

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celebrities, individuals.

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Now, there are still some questions that don't

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appear within these categories.

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However, these are the most common topics that

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appear in the writing test.

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So, getting some advanced vocabulary connected

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to these topics,

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and practicing essays connected to these topics

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will definitely help you in your preparation for

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the writing test.

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Next question.

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Which is more important, task 1 or task 2?

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Now, for your writing score, task 1 is one third

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of your score,

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and task 2 is worth two thirds of your writing

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score.

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So, task 2 is twice as important as task 1.

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Okay, that doesn't mean that you should focus

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exclusively on task 2.

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It's much easier to get band 7 in both task 1

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and task 2

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than getting band 6 in task 1 and band 8 in task

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2.

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So, definitely focus on both task 1 and task 2

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before you do your writing test.

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Next, how are my answers assessed?

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Okay, they're assessed on four criteria.

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The first is task achievement.

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Next, you have coherence and cohesion.

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We also have lexical results, which is

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vocabulary,

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and finally, grammatical range and accuracy,

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which is obviously grammar.

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Okay, the next question.

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Why can't I get band 7+?

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Okay, let's look at the different criteria, the

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different marking criteria,

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and work out what commonly stops students from

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getting band 7 or above.

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Well, for task achievement,

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students often make the mistake of

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misunderstanding the question.

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For example, if the question asks about young

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children

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and you write about teenagers,

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you're misunderstanding the question,

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and you will lose marks.

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You might not have well-developed ideas.

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Now, to get band 7 or above, you need to have

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well-developed ideas,

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which means you can't just write one idea in one

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sentence and then move on.

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You need to develop those ideas and ideally give

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examples.

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Now, don't worry.

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This is something that we're going to cover

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later on in this course.

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The next one is not having a clear position.

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Now, a position means your opinion.

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And if you remember the pie chart earlier

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that showed you the most common question types,

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you'll see that agree, disagree, advantage,

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disadvantage,

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and discussion questions are very common.

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Now, all of these questions ask for your opinion

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.

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Now, if you are asked your opinion,

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you need to give that in the introduction and

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the conclusion,

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and you need to make it very clear.

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If you don't make it clear, then you will lose

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marks.

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Okay, next we have coherence and cohesion.

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Now, this refers to the structure of your answer

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.

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So, one reason why you might not be getting band

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7

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for coherence and cohesion

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is that you have an incorrect use of paragraphs.

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Maybe your paragraphs aren't logical,

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or you might not even have paragraphs at all,

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in which case you're going to lose a lot of

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marks

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for coherence and cohesion.

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The next thing the examiner is looking at

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is your use of linking words.

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Now, these are words like although, for example,

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however, on the other hand,

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words that link our ideas in our essays.

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If we don't have linking words, or we use them

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incorrectly,

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or even if we use the same linking words over

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and over again,

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we're going to get a lower score for coherence

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and cohesion.

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Next, lexical resource.

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Now, this is vocabulary.

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Now, one of the main reasons

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why you won't be getting band 7 or above

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is that you make mistakes in your word choice

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or word formation.

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So, word choice is, for example,

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using the specific word that conveys the meaning

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in your idea.

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And then word formation is,

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are you using the right form of the word?

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For example, a noun, adjective, or verb.

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Okay, the next one is mistakes in spelling.

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Yes, spelling is very important.

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And if you make mistakes in spelling,

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then it will be more difficult to get band 7,

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band 8, or band 9.

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In fact, if you've got very bad spelling,

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it's more likely that you're going to be getting

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band 5.

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Okay, next we have grammatical range and

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accuracy.

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Now, the main reason why students don't get band

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7

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in their IELTS writing is because of grammatical

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range and accuracy

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from our understanding.

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Now, within grammatical range and accuracy,

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the most common mistake is with mistakes in

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grammar.

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Okay, so for example, maybe between subject-verb

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agreement,

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or you don't use a past tense correctly,

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or a conditional form correctly.

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These mistakes in grammar will lower your score.

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You might also make mistakes in punctuation.

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For example, forgetting to put a comma,

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or not putting it, or putting a comma too

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regularly,

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or in the wrong place.

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These things can also lower your score.

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There is another reason why students get a lower

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score

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for grammatical range and accuracy,

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and that is that they overuse simple structures.

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So in IELTS, the examiner likes to see a range

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of grammatical structures.

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If you're constantly using the same simple

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structures,

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you're going to get a lower score

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for grammatical range and accuracy.

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However, this isn't actually that common a

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reason

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why students don't get band 7.

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It's usually because they're making mistakes

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in their grammar.

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So don't worry about simplifying your language.

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Focus more on accuracy.

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Right, next question.

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Do I need to use advanced grammar and vocabulary

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in order to get a high score?

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So I would recommend that you focus

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on communicating your ideas,

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not trying to use advanced vocabulary or grammar

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.

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Yes, it's a good idea to use advanced vocabulary

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or grammar,

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but this is going to come up naturally

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when you're trying to communicate complex

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or ideas related to the question you're

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answering.

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So your goal should be focusing on accurately

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communicating your ideas and not focusing

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on trying to use advanced grammar or advanced

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vocabulary.

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Okay, next question.

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Can I have extra paper for planning and making

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notes?

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So yes, you can.

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You can just put up your hand

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and the supervisor will come over

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and they'll give you some extra paper

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for planning or making notes.

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Although remember, you can also write on the

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question paper

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and that's quite a good idea if you like to

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write a plan

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before you start writing your essay, for example

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,

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or maybe for taking notes

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on the part one graphic or letter that you have.

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Okay, should I do task one or task two first?

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All right, well, I recommend that you read task

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two first,

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but then you start doing task one first.

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And the reason for that is when you read task

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two first,

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subconsciously, you begin to think of ideas

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that you're going to write in your essay.

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So even though you're writing task one,

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subconsciously, your mind is already developing

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the ideas

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that you can write in task two.

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Next question.

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Can I write more than 250 words?

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Yes, you can.

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There's a bit of a myth in IELTS

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that you should only write between 250 and 270

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words

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in IELTS essays, but that is not true.

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In fact, a lot of band eight, band nine answers

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are closer to 350 words.

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So don't worry about writing too many words.

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Just make sure that you're writing more

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because you are explaining your ideas in more

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detail,

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not because you're trying to show off

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how many words you can write.

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Okay, next question.

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Should I leave a space between paragraphs?

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Okay, yes, you should.

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So remember I said for coherence and cohesion,

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the examiner is looking at whether you can use

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paragraphing accurately.

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If you don't have a space between your

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paragraphs,

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the examiner might not identify

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that these are separate paragraphs.

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And as a result, you're going to get a lower

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score.

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So make it clear to the examiner

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and just put a space between each paragraph.

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Okay, are general task two and academic task two

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essay titles the same?

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No, they're not the same, but they are similar.

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So you'll have all of the same question types,

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agree, disagree, advantage, disadvantage,

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discussion, double questions, direct questions.

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Although the topics might be slightly different.

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For example, in the general writing test,

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you might be given a question like,

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what are the advantages or disadvantages

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of living in a hot country?

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Okay, so that's for the general writing test.

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Whereas in the academic writing test,

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you might have a question like,

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what are the advantages and disadvantages

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of teachers doing homeschooling for their

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children

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rather than sending them to high school?

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Okay, so you'll see that academic task two

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questions

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are often slightly more challenging

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than general task two questions.

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Although when you're preparing,

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you should try both general task two questions

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and academic task two questions

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so that you have a range of topics

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that you can talk about and write about fluently

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.

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Right, best of luck with your studies

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and I'll see you in the next lesson.

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Bye then.

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