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Comment on IELTS Essay, topic: Children and rules by admin

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:25:27 +0000

Mental illness is the correct term

Comment on IELTS Speaking test video by IELTS-Blog » IELTS Speaking test - the perfect example

IELTS-Blog » IELTS Speaking test - the perfect example — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:54:55 +0000

[...] I’ve received hundreds of emails after my previous post about the Interview part of IELTS Speaking test, all asking for more Speaking videos. So guess what - yesterday I spotted this one on Utube, I watched it 5 times and thought that it’s the perfect demonstration of what IELTS Speaking test is really like. It is as long as the real Speaking test and incudes all the parts: Introduction, Little speech and Discussion. [...]

Comment on IELTS Essay, topic: Children and rules by adavila

adavila — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:35:42 +0000

I would like to learn which is the difference of the following words: illness, disorden and diseases. I am not sure if mental diseases is correct.

Comment on IELTS Writing - how your band score is calculated by IELTS-Blog » IELTS Writing ? half-band scores

IELTS-Blog » IELTS Writing ? half-band scores — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:30:02 +0000

[...] According to IELTS examiners, it is the quality of your writing that makes that half band of difference. Let me explain. I have written a post explaining how your Writing task gets graded, what things are important and what you can get marks for. So let’s take for example one of categories there, “Selecting what information to present”. If the examiner sees that you attempted to do that, but didn’t do it quite right (for example threw too much information away) - that could mean that you get half of band for attempting but not the full band because you didn’t do a very good job selecting information. Usually messing up in just one category is not enough to cost you half band; it would take two or three mess-ups of that kind. [...]

Comment on IELTS Letter, topic: Personal, asking for forgotten file by micarinio

micarinio — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:18:06 +0000

The letter?s grammar and sequence are really well structured; it?s only more effective to use simpler vocabulary to avoid unnecessary spelling mistakes.
One more thing, the signature should read ?wishes? not ?whishes?

Comment on IELTS Writing 2 Task explained by admin

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:57:25 +0000

You are confused because you think that there are 2 different types of topic, comparison and argument, when they are the same type. So here you should discuss 2 points of view - why some people think that Internet is isolating people and why others think it connects people. I hope that makes it clearer.

Comment on IELTS Writing 2 Task explained by Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:37:09 +0000

I’m going to take the IELTS test in the near future. Here I have a question about “TASK RESPONSE.” I wonder how I would define which kind of title is a comparison one or an argument. As the example written in this article, “Internet:connecting or isolating people?”, if the title changes into “Internet:isolating people” and ask me if I agree or not. Should I then write an argument instead of writing the comparison? Hope that u could understand what I’m talking about, cuz I got confused my self. Thank u very much!:)

Comment on IELTS Report, topic: bar graph of water usage by IELTS-Blog » IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7

IELTS-Blog » IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:22:12 +0000

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Comment on IELTS Report, topic: line graph of wages growth by IELTS-Blog » IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7

IELTS-Blog » IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:00:32 +0000

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Comment on IELTS Report, topic: Table of home schooled students percentages by IELTS-Blog » IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7

IELTS-Blog » IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:39:44 +0000

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