IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Review time
I often get asked advice that I’ve given before, so let’s look again at the past 10 posts in this series before moving on:
1️⃣ Exam culture
2️⃣ Speaking: Self-introduction
3️⃣ Academic topics
4️⃣ Reading
5️⃣ Last minute preparation
6️⃣ Preparation for Speaking
7️⃣ General English
8️⃣ Listening
9️⃣ Notes for essays
🔟 Career advice
❗️ Recent test takers – your suggestions for future posts are welcomed!
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
I often get asked advice that I’ve given before, so let’s look again at the past 10 posts in this series before moving on:
1️⃣ Exam culture
2️⃣ Speaking: Self-introduction
3️⃣ Academic topics
4️⃣ Reading
5️⃣ Last minute preparation
6️⃣ Preparation for Speaking
7️⃣ General English
8️⃣ Listening
9️⃣ Notes for essays
🔟 Career advice
❗️ Recent test takers – your suggestions for future posts are welcomed!
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
#11 IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Writing
▶️ In Task 1 you will be given a graph that you should describe. It usually contains a lot of numbers.
❌ DON’T describe numbers aimlessly while using big words. Not all numbers are significant and readers cannot digest more than a few numbers.
✅ DO look at the graph carefully and decide which of the numbers are important. Replace numbers by chunks like “more than half” or “only very few”, etc. In this way you can demonstrate your understanding much better.
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
▶️ In Task 1 you will be given a graph that you should describe. It usually contains a lot of numbers.
❌ DON’T describe numbers aimlessly while using big words. Not all numbers are significant and readers cannot digest more than a few numbers.
✅ DO look at the graph carefully and decide which of the numbers are important. Replace numbers by chunks like “more than half” or “only very few”, etc. In this way you can demonstrate your understanding much better.
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
#12 IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Speaking
▶️ The Speaking part is a mixture of dialogues and monologues.
❌ DON’T develop a habit of speaking in uninterrupted monologues. Yes you need to speak uninterruptedly for 1-2 minutes in Part 2 but compared to the rest of the exam this is a smaller part.
✅ DO make speaking communicative. It’s not that different from your mother tongue actually. When you talk to other people you don’t just keep talking about yourself for several minutes. You take turns naturally. Got no environment? Find crazy friends to practice with you!
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
▶️ The Speaking part is a mixture of dialogues and monologues.
❌ DON’T develop a habit of speaking in uninterrupted monologues. Yes you need to speak uninterruptedly for 1-2 minutes in Part 2 but compared to the rest of the exam this is a smaller part.
✅ DO make speaking communicative. It’s not that different from your mother tongue actually. When you talk to other people you don’t just keep talking about yourself for several minutes. You take turns naturally. Got no environment? Find crazy friends to practice with you!
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
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#correct
Check if you can spot some common mistakes.
#grammar
Brush up your grammar.
#ielts
Get the DOs and DON’Ts of preparing for IELTS.
#learn2learn
Take advice on how to learn a foreign language.
#mistakes
The biggest collection of Uzbek learners’ typical mistakes in English – at your fingertips.
#oddmanout
See if you can find the mistake.
#pronunciation
Fix your pronunciation problems, one at a time.
#self_study
Sit down and help yourself. Interesting videos plus script plus activities.
#tongue_twisters
Work on your pronunciation and fluency in one go.
#uni_vocab
Understand university-related vocabulary.
#vocabulary
Learn about lexical problems and pick the right words next time.
#world_englishes
Realise that English is a world language and prepare for the worst. Or the best?
#writing
Say goodbye to your most common and unnecessary writing mistakes.