Anaphora - a form of repetition which emphasizes a specific part of the concept - or a word.

Example: cybercrime rampant, cybercrime triumphant.

This could be used in the intro or bodies to strengthen the relevance of your ideas/problems mentioned.

P.S. I'm willing to become one of the very first instructors to introduce IELTS writers from Uzb to such instruments so that it gets us way above than we are now.

#tools

I was not born for a pitiful reason of chasing after money; rather, I stepped into this world and was bred to become so distinguished that money is only a ridiculous reward to me.

This quote is nothing when viewed with surprise or excitement, but someday...it might become your story and you make that day happen....

#morning_kick_off_with_a_quote

(2.02.2025, Real Exam topic)

Too much emphasis is placed on education. More government money should be spent on providing free-time activities.

To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

Education, nowadays, garners too much attention, so more government funds should be channeled to render pastimes more accessible. While this opinion can be rational for some reasons, I believe that education should remain one of the strongest threads in the socio-economic fabric of the nation.

Developing amenities for spare-time activities might prove beneficial. Firstly, they can serve as a means to relieve stress and anxiety, helping people to recover from mental breakdowns and improving, though in part, their mental health. For example, trips to local recreational resorts in free time facilitate visitors with expert-led talks, engaging workshops, and exhilarating safaris, enriching the lives of attendees with excitement and new experiences.

However, stressing the importance of education offers more tangible benefits. One of such is more knowledgeable workforce – whether it is in healthcare, agriculture, or construction – which contributes much to the economic well-being of the country, as is the case with the USA, the UK and Switzerland. Without it, a nation is bound to face setbacks, becoming heavily reliant on foreign experience exchange, with Uzbekistan being a primary example in point.

Another positive to consider is more promising career prospects. Once individuals feel compelled to focus more on education, in colleges or universities, they are more likely to climb the career ladder with less effort, since they are to accrue their knowledge of specialty in such institutions. Engineers, physicians, lawyers and scientists are, for instance, the professions that cannot be obtained without proper qualification.

To sum up, although government-funded investments in the development of infrastructure for downtime activities mitigate mental problems, emphasizing education can lead to more significant rewards – a more qualified pool of workers and better career opportunities. Therefore, I hold the stance that education is an economic necessity and a professional duty.

#novelty #essay

2 things important to know about this essay:

- the use of newly-learned vocab and anaphora
- the 3-part structure of bodies - topic sentence, explanation and example

The former sharpens authenticity of the writing, whereas the latter keeps your work concise and informative. Try it out 💥

#novelty

3 levels of development....

Sometimes the prompt is too specific, confining my development to a single idea as though otherwise I would be stranding off topic 🪔

When that happens, I use the only idea to develop it 3 times so that it stretches into a veeeery well developed notion 💡


Example:

The topic:

'Many young people smoke today, so what do you think are possible effects of it?'


- Health detrioration.

One of the detrimental ramifications of smoking to the young is health deterioration. Once they smoke often, smokers are to face a set of knock-on issues - undermined physical and mental well-being, addiction, excessive expenditure(1). When these sustain, in the long run, a necessity for appointments to doctors naturally rises, straining the family budget, as medical bills are nowadays exorbitant(2). This, in turn, deprives people of their savings which could be accumulated for education, travelling or purchasing a car or a house. (3)

Use it when needed 🖲

#writing_tips #novelty

Inversion....

Most would-be writers are aware of only 'Not only does it...., but it also...' sentence structure whenever you speak of inversion.

There is more to it. Meet another form of this grammar unit - Adverb + Verb + Subject

Thus began my serious studies.....
Therefore proved positive of...

You might need this to bring nuance and
emphasis.

#novelty #tools

Pin the development of topical lexis 🎯

#lexis

Comparative clause... (much as)

Synonyms - in the same way that

Again, for an 8.0 in G/A, you need to have a wide range, not least an accurate one

#novelty

1) The underlined portion is elliptical clause (not 'life could reside on Mars - human life or otherwise' but just ' human or otherwise) 🔥
2) 'otherwise' is used in its secondary meaning - other than that ⚡️

P.S. Guys, when the examiner sees these tiny chunks of grammar combined and scattered around the essay, it is inevitable to think of your grammar as a high level.

#novelty

Non-essential clause to retain the relevance of ideas - more than ever📌


#novelty

⚡️ Review of the week 1:

- topical vocab (touristic)
- topical vocab (landscape)
- topical vocab (socio-politics)
- grammar (anaphora)
- tip (task2)
- grammar (inversion)
- grammar (comparative clause)
- grammar (elliptical clause)
- grammar (non-essential clause of relevance)

#review

We can learn everything about the past from the drama in films and on television. Therefore, we no longer need to read historical books.

To what extend do you agree or disagree about this statement?

There is a notion that historical books are unnecessary due to the availability of drama movies. I, however, totally disagree with such view, since these films cannot not serve as a proper replacement for textbooks about history.

One of the major arguments against drama movies is a glamorous yet lacking scientific and historic back-up plot. In other words, the main objective of producing such movies is to garner attention of wider audiences as well as elevating viewership rates and therefore revenues, which are, more often than not, the fundamental pillar of streams of filmmakers’ incomes. So, driven by monetary interests, producers – more than ever – do not emphasize the historical consistency of the scenes and scripts but rather on sensationalized twists and turns, an aspect that goes to highlight, as a whole, the invalidity of drama movies in the educational realm, particularly historical disciplines.

Much as inconsistent facts, the scarcity of references to scientific evidence also invalidate drama films in educating history. Unlike textbooks with a list of references to studies, research and historic accounts, movies do not involve a detailed chain of evidence that could be traced back and verified for credibility and thus are not near a benign source. Naturally, the exposure to these movies can then misinform the public, leading viewers to misconstrue the historic events, which are a cornerstone of the national identity of the country. From an educational perspective, this could mark a poor educational system of the nation on the international stage, undermining its standing – or even international relations. Thus, the reliance on drama movies is proven to be an absolutely irrational approach to learn history.

In summary, while some say the accessibility of drama movies can lead to replacing textbooks , I believe that, to a firm extent, these films are the worst-placed to educate history learners as their reliability cannot be recognized due to a financially-driven objective, incongruous details in the scripts, and a lack of concrete scientific proof. This set of negative factors – at a global scale – is otherwise a catalyst of public misinformation and a poor reputation of the country.

39 mins, 344 words

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A veeery interesting participle clause 'the latter named...'

Example:

There are at least two valid reasons to support this claim: internal incentives and external forces, the latter named for their socio-political nature.

#grammar #novelty

A tough/hard nut to crack - a difficult task to deal with or to complete

#vocab

One more comparative tool to the arsenal - a tenth/a fourth/a third as many/much X as Y

#novelty

Another popular non-essential phrase that hits both T/R (not to overgeneralize) and G/A (a diverse range)

#novelty

The most optimal way of learning history has long been debated, with some regarding TV dramas as being an effective tool for this purpose and hence assuming we are no longer in need for historical textbooks. I completely disagree with this notion, as most of drama films, if not all, lack historical accuracy and are not designed to educate the public.

Inconsistency in historical events and timelines is one of main arguments against drama movies. Unlike historical atlases or hardbound textbooks, these films do not involve the use of concrete historical evidence to prove the plot and the scenes historically valid; nor do they provide references to reliable sources, thereby rendering their message nowhere near benign. Magnificent Century, a movie produced in Turkey depicting the life of the Turkish emperor Sultan Suleiman, is a perfect case in point, which shows incongruous details in some of the scenes that could possibly misinform the viewers about that period. Such examples abound, from The Revenant, portraying European occupation of Americas, to Jumong, illustrating medieval geopolitical affairs in the East Asian territory.

Another compelling counter-argument is the monetary objective. Naturally, having been released to expand the customer base and generate huge revenues, drama movies might be best-placed to garner attention of audiences to twists and turns of the content, intrigue of actor play and fascinating sound and music effects. However, these factors, more often than not, do not overlap with the educational objectives of historical books, encyclopaedias and atlases. It is these sources that shift focus of the reader towards envisioning historical battles, festivals and lifestyle, rather than showcasing acting prowess or state-of-the-art technology involved in movies. Therefore, it comes with no surprise – now more than ever – to see a common practice among film-makers to alter a historical chain of events to paint a more exaggerated picture that would draw in public attention – a factor that goes to highlight the invalidity of movies as a tool to grasp history.

In summary, although some may contend that the drama in films can act as body of historical knowledge to learn from, I am, to a firm degree, convinced it is a delusional idea in light of the flaws of it – historical inaccuracy and financially-driven aims.


P.S. Now, after having written enough on this topic, I can leave it with a blissful frame of mind and utter confidence in my familiarity with it. On the exam day, this essay might be a body longer than it is now, yet the overall outline would possibly look this way.

The ins and outs of writing....

Having read only a tiny fraction of reams of New Scientist articles, I've come to think there is no end in sight - and even with a grasp of a decent writer, you are to feel as if you are an octogenarian, blissfully ignorant of a menagerie of writing tools.

It is a hallmark of this dimension, stripped of aggression and cruelty so that you meddle in a pedigree of its nuances, seeking ways to keep your poor habits on a leash.

Though not a long ago, you might have a prescient view of writing journey nowhere near as rich and diverse, today you see this as-yet-under-discovered see of rules and clauses - all of which are to be your ever-hidden and unmatched arsenal, or regalia.

This message is not to herald a hint of vain but rather to steer you clear of ignorance.

#power_of_word

Ohhh...yeeeeaaap. I love this extract ⚡️

1) The use of semicolons.

An absolutely unmatched way of connecting independent - yet closely tied to each other by meaning - clauses is semicolons ♨️

Example: This tendency results in three knock-on effects. Of these, the first and foremost is social cohesion that is at risk, since the relationships within society are strained; the other is a lack of sufficient infrastructure for local business to market goods; lastly, the standing of the place is undermined, leading to a poor reputation on a more global scale 💡

2) Adverbial modifier that also deters repetition ☄️

Example: This brilliant idea has been immensely supported, often locally so, and its upbeat moment is anticipated this year 🎯

#novelty

The gore of teaching....

It is yet natural - now more than ever - to have sharpened a gross-out sales quotient.

Everybody trades something; their time, energy, effort - all they never refer to as luxuries until they grey much as greenery fades from Tashkent.

Alas, good teachers are good merchants - the madness of this world or trade.

You might feel the ubiquity of the line 'The lore is the core', often paradoxically so, but once you are in front of your audience - your very students - the picture grows blurred; your professional competence fades in the shadow of your eloquence; your unparalleled language proficiency is a cat story that no student needs, as such.

All you are craved for is to be the one that many yearn to stay with - whether you perform lezginka on the lessons, have the students in stitches or appear hearty as a babysitter not having other choice around but to cherish.

True teachers are foes of naivety and friends of neglect - they don't teach a trade or lesson, they teach a life; they appear rude but natural, impulsive yet benevolent, careless but considerate.

P.S. My pen narrates the word of my life. You don't have to share it, nor are you expected to see hidden stories of mine. Yet if you do so, you are a one-in-a-million listener to me, to whom I long to open my world.

#novelty

Schools should not force children to learn a foreign language. (15/01/2025)

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There is a view that students should not be compelled to learn a foreign language at school. From my own perspective, although this notion bears some weight, I firmly disagree with it.

However, it is prudent to acknowledge some drawbacks of the obligatory foreign language learning. Naturally, students, when forced to grasp an overseas language, are likely to develop resistance to it, which strips the joy away from the process of language acquisition, thereby rendering the learning unengaging and tedious. This, by extension, could possibly not appeal to young minds, ultimately reducing academic attainment and involvement.

This argument notwithstanding, the benefits of knowing more than one language are more considerable, often more so at school. First, understanding the nuance and intricacies of a language fosters cultural appreciation and tolerance, both of which are fundamental pillars of a cohesive society. In Uzbekistan, for instance, a cultural diversity also features mutual compassion between various nations and communities united both geographically and linguistically.

The other merit is the competitive advantage on the job market. When viewed from a career standpoint, cultural sensitivity leads to smoother work dynamics, since relationships between workers are very likely to be thriving. This aspect highlights a school student’s edge over others if they are to widen their linguistic skill set, given that current interconnectedness of the world is rising – more than ever – and therefore compelling one, whether a student or a job applicant, to expand their horizons to foreign languages.

In the long run, multilingualism can also boost tourism. With an entire generation having excelled in foreign languages from school years, the nation is bound to welcome a higher influx of tourists, as the learned lingua franca bridges cultural gaps, contributing to smooth communication between different nations. If this touristic activity is to persist, local businesses will thrive and so too will the economic well-being of the country.

In summary, while mandating learning a foreign language at school might reduce engagement of students in language classes, I contend that, to a large extent, this trend has several compelling knock-on effects: improved social cohesion, more promising career prospects and, in the long term, economic gains on a national level.

#essay