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A tough call to say a 7 for this effort...maybe, but possibly NOT (sorry to say) as the number of technical errors below suggest; but...given a great topic, you have the ability to do well...one of the better youtube vids I have seen recently might be worth watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R...

Hi Gelever....hmmmnn, look, I'd say you were at least 'in for a shot' at a 7...you are at least in the zone my friend...what's perhaps most frustrating is that many of the 'problems' are simple ones that by now you should be keenly aware of: Undoubtedly, YAWN!!!! Sorry :roll: [T]eenagers and adults ...

Yes Terry, agree with Pram Also agree that it was a very good effort!

http://www.internationaleap.org/blog.php Sentence variation for your IELTS Task 2 Sometimes students focus TOO MUCH on learning a range of “killer” phrases and flowery words (writing to impress!). I think overly emphasizing weird and wonderful vocabulary is a little misplaced and it’s why we end up ...

A good effort and certainly in contention for a 7 (imo...): strong verb choices and mostly your sentence forms are accurate and well varied. Again, I would pay attention to how much of the text is framing/signposting...also, a native-speaker (well no one that I know anyway...) would ever use such ph...

Hi Pram, well, unless I need to change my reading glasses (!!!) apart from this

for the computer literates

and this

to get myself formally trained

I reckon you have written an excellent response to the topic

To, The Manager, XYZ Restaurant, I am writing this with regard to the team party, no need for a comma here we had yesterday at your venture "venue" . Regretfully, the services we received there were not at all professional. Our orders were served almost an hour [after] arriving. Surprising...

Hello Terry, as suggested, I would view your essay in that 'hot zone': 7.5-8...as you would realize by now, IELTS examiners are NOT in a hurry to award higher level band results, partly because if an examiner is seen to consistently award highly they are called to account; their work is scrutinized!...

well, I must be at a loose end...cos here's another 'bite at the cherry' :roll: One other 'issue' to keep in mind is just how many words have been spent on the signposting/discourse marking in the essay. According to me, in this case, it's 50/271: Both sides of this debate will be analyzed in this e...

Well, congratulations....a really good piece of writing imo. Possibly, the best Task 2 I have seen on the Forum in the last 2-3 weeks! I thought your sentence structures were mostly very sound and there is excellent variation in both the 'shapes' and the lengths. Also, very good fluency via a range ...

Dear Danibizz, here's a quick revision: The table below shows the percentage of adults aged 16 and over who participated in various activities in the four weeks prior to interview in the United kingdom in 2002 Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make compariso...

Hi Prams, I thought I'd responded last eve...my internet is playing up methinks :( Quick revise: issues that need attention in RED Essay: Indubitably, commercials are [a] salient aspect of marketing employed by every company. This phenomenon is quite apparent when we look at the amount of resources ...

Dear Gelever, mostly I work 1 to 1 so it's not so much of a problem. ALSO, the M.I.C.E (Melbourne International College of English!) Methods I suggest for both Listening and Writing (eg. the Copy Technique/Copy Cover Check) are almost ENTIRELY for self directed study....so, all this advice is for so...

Dear All, just uploaded what I think is a useful pronunciation exercise for your Speaking Test Preparation: The Rainbow Passage http://www.internationaleap.org/materials.php The Rainbow Passage contains ALL of the sounds English uses (consonants/vowels/dipthongs, blended consonants); you name it, ap...

Dear All, just uploaded what I think is a useful pronunciation exercise for your Speaking Test Preparation: The Rainbow Passage http://www.internationaleap.org/materials.php The Rainbow Passage contains ALL of the sounds English uses (consonants/vowels/dipthongs, blended consonants); you name it, ap...

Hi, a good effort with a relative absence of errors (pls check revision!). I think it could even be BETTER if you considered some of the stylistic affectations you employ: Indubitably, [M]ovies have become a billion dollar entertainment industry in today's world' sorry...I always shiver a little whe...

Dear Gelever, hi, imo, the "problem" might be to do with how you 'use' the Listening Test preparation. I train my students over a strict four week cycle! NO DEVIATIONS. Here's the Methodology, https://www.movenote.com/v/OntENSpLj4LCG also, visit: http://www.internationaleap.org/ielts.php a...

Yes, understood Fatima :) It is difficult to change a well rehearsed opening for any of the writing tasks, but I agree wholeheartedly with Flicks on this one....if you have access to good internet and the time suits then you'd be more than welcome to join our free webinar on Friday 15th at 12 p.m (G...

Yes, I also agree...pretty good...some of your word choices are a little "artificial" (as in "unnatural"), but in terms of task response + accuracy, it's a good effort. Fatima, this is the second letter of yours I have seen you start in this way: I, Fatima Hasan, currently and, i...

sorry all...Melbourne 11 am will be GMT +10 of Friday for the FREE WEBINARS on IELTS TEST PREP + TASK 1 Letters (General)

sorry all...Melbourne 11 am will be GMT +10 of Friday for the FREE WEBINARS on IELTS TEST PREP + TASK 1 Letters (General)

Dear All, just promoting the next series (yes a little late notice, sorry!) for this Friday GMT +8 (I think that's Melbourne's time zone?) at 11 a.m on THIS FRIDAY 15th May. To register, please send me an email to: info@internationaleap.org Friday's webinars should run for about an hour each and &qu...

Thanks MatrixNet, actually just saw this and should have sent in my appreciation earlier :) It was great to have you involved in the initial series of Webinars. I have just advertised the next series (yes a little late notice, sorry!) for this Friday GMT +8 (I think that's Melbourne?) at 11 a.m on T...

Dear Fatima. Close, but still probably not quite there....7.5? Why...well, imo, 8 is the new 9 :(. To achieve any grade 8+ the number of errors/awkward phrasing <3...I know that's a little harsh, but to achieve 8 (and in spite of what the descriptors indicate), your writing needs to be near-perfect....

Hahaha...sorry about the 'long winded' replies Prams :(. Anyway, one of the points I have been suggesting is that 'practice test fever' (simply taking one test/writing up one topic after another....) can be COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE. Sad to say, there is what I might term a very understandable anxiety diso...