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October 2008

Update from General IELTS exam, Australia

Let’s thanks S. from Australia for sharing his IELTS experience – S. just sat for a General Training exam.

Writing

Task 1 (Letter)

You were studying in an English speaking country and suddenly needed to go back to your home country leaving your course incomplete. Write a letter to your teacher to

  • Thank him
  • Explain the reason you left without completing your course
  • Say during your course study what did you like most about this course
  • Task 2 (Essay)

    Nowadays transportation services are transferred from rail services to road services in the world To what extent do you agree with this and what is your opinion about your country in this situation.

    Speaking

    Card
    Describe an unusual animal, you should say:

  • Where you saw this animal
  • What was this animal
  • How did you get away with it
  • IELTS Essay, topic: Education as a critical factor

    “Some people say that the education system is the only critical factor to development of a country. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?”

    Education plays a vital role in the development of a country. Therefore, some people think that the education system is the only important factor to the development of a country and they may be right.

    Education is the foundation of developed society. It is rightly said, ‘education is a ladder success’. If all the people of any country are educated then they becomes broadminded, civilized and progressive. An educated society improves the standard of life as well.

    , education also creates a good employment opportunity and therefore country does not have to suffer from big problems like unemployment. Educated peoples are more aware of such as pollution and many more. A country becomes technologically advanced because of educated people.

    Not only this, but also by giving importance to education, the nations can get rid of problems like , poverty, unemployment and population growth that delay the progress of a nation. The crime rate can also be kept under . The standard of living of the people will go up. If the nations to be progressive it is very important that the people are more educated and progressive. Any country can become more technologically advanced and developed because of education.

    However, there are other factors that also play an important role in the development of a country. Such as governments have to encouraged people to do so

    In conclusion, I would like to say that a good education system will lead to a developed country.

    This essay needs some work. It has a good structure and the sentences show enough fluency, but the last body paragraph needs to be corrected by adding another 2-3 sentences to it. In total, the number of words here is 235 which is under the required 250, that fact may cost you some marks. Also there are some repetition of words and grammatical errors. Overall, this looks like a Band 6 essay.

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    a well
    to
    Besides
    the word ‘problems’ repeats too many times
    illiteracy
    control
    want
    This paragraph is too small, continue it by adding another 2-3 sentences