Here is Ebrahim's Response to our Speaking Question. I'll make my comments on this later 🌷
Pouya Abolqasemi's comments on this response:
-The speaker is not fluent enough for a band 7 but ok for 6
-Grammatical structures could be better and are at about 6.5
-there are some inaccuracies in word choice but vocabulary range is ok for 6.5 or maybe 7
-Pronunciation is ok for band 7
Overall I belive the speaker can achieve 6.5 and with a bit of luck 7 (especially when faced with more familiar questions in exam day)
-The speaker is not fluent enough for a band 7 but ok for 6
-Grammatical structures could be better and are at about 6.5
-there are some inaccuracies in word choice but vocabulary range is ok for 6.5 or maybe 7
-Pronunciation is ok for band 7
Overall I belive the speaker can achieve 6.5 and with a bit of luck 7 (especially when faced with more familiar questions in exam day)
Here is Pouya Abolqasemi's Response to Today's Speaking Question 🌷🌷🌷
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دانلود کتاب Barron’s Writing for TOEFL ibt ویرایش سوم
کتاب رایتینگ Barron’s یکی از کتاب های شناخته شده در زمینه آموزش رایتینگ در این آزمون است. این کتاب جامع در ۵ فصل به آموزش ۲ گونه اصلی پرسش های رایتینگ تافل پرداخته و دربرگیرنده ۴ تست آزمایشی در پایان کتاب است که هر یک هر دو گونه پرسش رایتینگ تافل(Integrated and Independent) را دربرمیگیرند.
دانلود مستقیم این کتاب ۳۷۹ صفحه ای با حجم ۲۸٫۸ مگابایت با کیفیت بالا:
http://ielts2.com/?p=7118
کتاب رایتینگ Barron’s یکی از کتاب های شناخته شده در زمینه آموزش رایتینگ در این آزمون است. این کتاب جامع در ۵ فصل به آموزش ۲ گونه اصلی پرسش های رایتینگ تافل پرداخته و دربرگیرنده ۴ تست آزمایشی در پایان کتاب است که هر یک هر دو گونه پرسش رایتینگ تافل(Integrated and Independent) را دربرمیگیرند.
دانلود مستقیم این کتاب ۳۷۹ صفحه ای با حجم ۲۸٫۸ مگابایت با کیفیت بالا:
http://ielts2.com/?p=7118
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IELTS-Blog::Maryna’s advice for IELTS test takers to follow her path to Band 9
Maryna’s advice for IELTS test takers to follow her path to Band 9
Posted: 15 Jun 2016 03:30 AM PDT
Band 9 in IELTS is not impossible – however, it’s quite rare. Even though thousands of IELTS candidates visit our website every month, we don’t get to see people who scored the perfect 9 in IELTS very often. Luckily, we met Maryna Teplova, an educator from Ukraine, through our monthly IELTS results competition, and in her winner’s interview she had some great tips for everyone:
Band 9 in IELTS“My basic recipe for success is if you want to master a subject, start teaching it! Of course, it takes a lot of time to achieve proficiency level, especially if you are a non-native speaker like me. Yet, for me, taking IELTS this year was a matter of professional necessity, as well as a proof of my proficiency. As an educator in ELT sphere, I’ve trained a lot of students who received high scores in IELTS Academic.
On a more practical note, my advice to the prospective candidates who are going to take IELTS is simple: surround yourself with as much academic level English as possible, on a regular basis, especially in the 2-3 months preceding the actual exam. For this, I always recommend my students (and do it myself, ‘walk the talk’, so to say) to watch 15-25-minute TED talks on the topics found in IELTS, for instance, Education, Environment, Technology, Health, etc. Then, during the class, I give students the opportunity to report on the talk of their choice, highlighting the academic-level vocabulary and identifying the key ideas. In this way, TED gives us a powerful foundation, and allows practicing reading (in the form of easily available transcripts), listening and speaking. Furthermore, you can also combine all these activities with an engaging follow-up writing task, choosing the essay which is aligned with the topic of the TED talk.
The reason I am such a strong adherent of TED is because I believe in the value of fundamental exploration of a topic, its key vocabulary, ideas before we start putting anything down on paper. Reading newspaper materials, watching TED talks, listening to podcasts on major media websites – all this should create the foundation (through passive language practice) for the productive stage, that is, speaking and writing on a given topic. Of course, all this should be done concurrently with doing practice tests (reading and listening, in particular) regularly as this is also a must on your way to success. In Russian, there is a good expression for that, which can roughly be translated as “hitting your hand” in an activity, it means to become so experienced and used to it that your hands do it almost automatically. So, you should ‘hit’ a lot of practice tests to acquire that inner feeling of confidence and composure that will serve you well during the exam. Just don’t forget to keep track of your progress, marking the scores every time you do a test. Later, as you look back at your notes, you will see the increase in the number of the correct answers, as well as the impressive amount of testing completed, which will be an additional boost and motivator before the exam.
I hope each aspiring learner visiting www.IELTS-Blog.com will find my advice helpful and will benefit from it!”
Maryna Teplova,
Assistant Professor at the English Department, Dnipropetrovsk National University.
IELTS-Blog::Maryna’s advice for IELTS test takers to follow her path to Band 9
Maryna’s advice for IELTS test takers to follow her path to Band 9
Posted: 15 Jun 2016 03:30 AM PDT
Band 9 in IELTS is not impossible – however, it’s quite rare. Even though thousands of IELTS candidates visit our website every month, we don’t get to see people who scored the perfect 9 in IELTS very often. Luckily, we met Maryna Teplova, an educator from Ukraine, through our monthly IELTS results competition, and in her winner’s interview she had some great tips for everyone:
Band 9 in IELTS“My basic recipe for success is if you want to master a subject, start teaching it! Of course, it takes a lot of time to achieve proficiency level, especially if you are a non-native speaker like me. Yet, for me, taking IELTS this year was a matter of professional necessity, as well as a proof of my proficiency. As an educator in ELT sphere, I’ve trained a lot of students who received high scores in IELTS Academic.
On a more practical note, my advice to the prospective candidates who are going to take IELTS is simple: surround yourself with as much academic level English as possible, on a regular basis, especially in the 2-3 months preceding the actual exam. For this, I always recommend my students (and do it myself, ‘walk the talk’, so to say) to watch 15-25-minute TED talks on the topics found in IELTS, for instance, Education, Environment, Technology, Health, etc. Then, during the class, I give students the opportunity to report on the talk of their choice, highlighting the academic-level vocabulary and identifying the key ideas. In this way, TED gives us a powerful foundation, and allows practicing reading (in the form of easily available transcripts), listening and speaking. Furthermore, you can also combine all these activities with an engaging follow-up writing task, choosing the essay which is aligned with the topic of the TED talk.
The reason I am such a strong adherent of TED is because I believe in the value of fundamental exploration of a topic, its key vocabulary, ideas before we start putting anything down on paper. Reading newspaper materials, watching TED talks, listening to podcasts on major media websites – all this should create the foundation (through passive language practice) for the productive stage, that is, speaking and writing on a given topic. Of course, all this should be done concurrently with doing practice tests (reading and listening, in particular) regularly as this is also a must on your way to success. In Russian, there is a good expression for that, which can roughly be translated as “hitting your hand” in an activity, it means to become so experienced and used to it that your hands do it almost automatically. So, you should ‘hit’ a lot of practice tests to acquire that inner feeling of confidence and composure that will serve you well during the exam. Just don’t forget to keep track of your progress, marking the scores every time you do a test. Later, as you look back at your notes, you will see the increase in the number of the correct answers, as well as the impressive amount of testing completed, which will be an additional boost and motivator before the exam.
I hope each aspiring learner visiting www.IELTS-Blog.com will find my advice helpful and will benefit from it!”
Maryna Teplova,
Assistant Professor at the English Department, Dnipropetrovsk National University.
Today's Speaking Question 🎤
-What do you think makes a good parent?
We will send some recorded answers for this question later today 🌷🌷🌷
-What do you think makes a good parent?
We will send some recorded answers for this question later today 🌷🌷🌷
دشوارترین واژگان پرکاربرد آیلتس و تافل
lim‧ber 1 / ˈlɪmbə $ -ər / verb
limber up phrasal verb
to do gentle exercises in order to prepare your muscles for a race, competition etc
limber 2 adjective
able to move and bend easily
-he shaped the basket out of limber branches that could bend easily around a frame
-My Example: Be careful while choosing the timber. If they are not limber enough to bend, they will sure break under the pressure we will are going to apply.
lim‧ber 1 / ˈlɪmbə $ -ər / verb
limber up phrasal verb
to do gentle exercises in order to prepare your muscles for a race, competition etc
limber 2 adjective
able to move and bend easily
-he shaped the basket out of limber branches that could bend easily around a frame
-My Example: Be careful while choosing the timber. If they are not limber enough to bend, they will sure break under the pressure we will are going to apply.
نمونه صدای یکی از زبان آموزان کلاس های خصوصی که پیشتر در زمستان 94 نمره 5 اسپیکینگ را دریافت کرده اند و در آغاز راه برای رسیدن به نمره 7 هستند.
در این فایل صوتی تمرینی به یکی از سوالات بخش اول Speaking آیلتس پاسخ میدهند.
در این فایل صوتی تمرینی به یکی از سوالات بخش اول Speaking آیلتس پاسخ میدهند.
با شناساندن ما به دوستان و دشمنان خود در پراکندن دانش همگام شوید ; )
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Play a part in propagation of knowledge by introducing us to your friends and foes ;)
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And our last post tonight is Pouya Abolqasemi's Response to Today's Speaking Question: