IELTS Essays Band 9 | IELTS Writing 9.0

2023-09-06 17:15:13 Hi everyone

Let's talk about formality and complexity of language in IELTS essays.

Many students have the wrong approach and mindset toward the style they choose to use in their writing. I think I know why this might be the case.

In university, particularly the education and humanities fields, people have to read a lot of peer-reviewed articles and complex textbooks on subjects like psychology and general theory. The students then take the language they read from these places and consider it a model of appropriate language for their IELTS essays.
However, the fact is that the language in these articles is not normal. It is a kind of academic jargon that is designed to show off to other intellectuals. I want to give you an example of this kind of writing. Below is a quote from the opening chapter of a textbook I had to read when I did my masters degree. See if you can understand it.

"In view of the omnipresence and indispensability of the pragmatic perspective in linguistic analysis, the purpose of the present chapter, consonant with the overall goal of this book, is to argue for the necessity of complementing the semantic reading of the analyzed language material with a context-dependent pragmatic interpretation, or Gricean meaning."

My question to you is, would this kind of language be impressive for IELTS and lead to you getting a 7.
The answer is most definitely no. This is the language of academia, not the language of normal humans. Your job is to be a normal human and write in a way that a middle school student could fully understand.

I want you to think about language on a scale.
1. Informal language
- Examples: (raining cats and dogs, stuff, things, get, you, your)
2. Normal language
- Examples: (be associated with, green energy, nuclear power, language learning – natural collocations)
3. Rare language
- Examples: (ubiquitous, pragmatic, recidivism, incapacitation - words not many non-native speakers know)
4. Academia language
- Examples: To recapitulate, Ergo, consonant with - other words that many native speakers may not know)

What kind of language should you use in your essays?

The answer is 98% normal language and 2% rare. This is not an exaggeration. To get a 9, nobody would expect more than 4 or 5 rarely used words to be used naturally.
To get 7, it's absolutely fine to use only normal language. Normal language naturally includes some less common stuff because you will need topic-specifically vocabulary for the topic of your question.
If your English is very advanced, it is nice to drop in a couple of expressions that most other students don't know. These have to be used in the perfect context though, so don't take risks with this vocabulary unless you are sure of what you are doing.

Lastly, avoid all 'academia language'. It basically shows that you are trying to show off without any awareness of what standard English is.

My fear is that many students think they should be writing 'rare' level language for about 30% of their essay if they want a good score. They also think 'academia' language will impress. If this is you, please change your thinking to the formula I described.

P.s: Remember... 98% normal, 2% rare (for 8 plus).
or... 100% normal (for 7).

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2023-09-04 10:09:50 ​​#Essays266 #Writing #Task1

Table

Q: The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

Answer:

The table gives information about poverty rates among six types of household in Australia in the year 1999.

It is noticeable that levels of poverty were higher for single people than for couples, and people with children were more likely to be poor than those without. Poverty rates were considerably lower among elderly people.

Overall, 11% of Australians, or 1,837,000 people, were living in poverty in 1999. Aged people were the least likely to be poor, with poverty levels of 6% and 4% for single aged people and aged couples respectively.

Just over one fifth of single parents were living in poverty, whereas only 12% of parents living with a partner were classed as poor. The same pattern can be seen for people with no children: while 19% of single people in this group were living below the poverty line, the figure for couples was much lower, at only 7%.

Total words: 150

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2023-09-01 15:00:26 ​​#RecentWriting #Task1 #Task2

​ Writing Task 1, 2 Topics in Uzbekistan — 31.08.2023

TASK 1: line graph percentage of unemployed people from 1993 to 2005 In UK, Japan and the rest of Europe.

TASK 2: Nowadays some parents put a lot of pressure on children to succeed. What's reason for this? Is this development positive or negative?

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Reminder: There is no guarantee that you would have these topics present on your test.

Anyone else who took IELTS in 2023, add up yours and welcome to send us

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2023-08-30 15:05:34 ​​ IELTS Writing: 10 common myths about scoring well in IELTS exam

Our mission here at Essays Band9 is to help all get the score they need on their IELTS exam.

Students intending to score high in IELTS develop several myths about it. Many students are found having misconceptions of getting Band 7 and above in IELTS. Let us find out what these myths are: IELTS scoring myths!

3. Using More Connectives Ensure Band 7 in IELTS Writing

Students being trained in IELTS training institutes are taught to use sentence connectors while writing essays, letters or reports. They start developing a wrong notion that if they write connectives, they can ensure Band 7 in IELTS writing exam but this is not true since in reality, connectives should be used naturally and their usage should not look mechanical.

4. Keep on Speaking and you Get Band 7 in IELTS Speaking
 
A very common belief among students who are trying to score Band 7 in IELTS speaking is that they keep on speaking with the thinking that they would be able to get Band 7 and above for being fluent. However, fluency is not the only criterion for scoring high as grammar, pronunciation and others constitute the other criteria as well where they need to score well.

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2023-08-24 21:06:51 Vocabulary of #Essay265

growing concerns - increasing worries
storage - keeping of
private data - personal information
major - main
trend - pattern
conveniences - makes life easier
intentions - what you want to do
primarily - mainly
provide better services - give better products
relates first of all - has to do with firstly
tracks user behaviour - follows what people are doing
target audience segments - pinpoint certain groups of people
relevant advertising - ads related to what you like
secondly - second of all
helpful - good for them
entirely free platform - costs nothing
without any obvious drawbacks - no clear downsides
pernicious intent - bad intentions
misuse - not used the right way
harmless - doesn’t hurt anyone
presidential election - voting for a new president
foreign governments - other countries
sought out - looked for
vulnerable groups - people who are at risk
fed them false information - gave them lies
influence voting behaviour - change how people vote
unethical - immoral
advanced targeting tools - sophisticated advertising mechanisms
locating vulnerable individuals - finding people at risk
encouraging their worst impulses - making them do bad things
indulging coping mechanisms - encourage bad behaviour that makes you feel good about yourself
barely legal pharmaceuticals - drugs
comprehensive - all-encompassing
legitimate concerns - real worries
authoritarian regimes totalitarian governments
in tandem with - combined with
all-knowing police states - authoritarian regimes
human rights abuses - abusing people
 norm - standard
marginal benefits - small advantages
access - be able to get
negatives - downsides
regulate restrict
attempt - try
take back a degree of control - try to manage

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2023-08-19 19:02:09 ​​ IELTS Writing: 10 common myths about scoring well in IELTS exam

Our mission here at Essays Band9 is to help all get the score they need on their IELTS exam.

Students intending to score high in IELTS develop several myths about it. Many students are found having misconceptions of getting Band 7 and above in IELTS. Let us find out what these myths are: IELTS scoring myths!

1. The More you Write, the More you Score in IELTS Writing

Students struggle a lot to score at least Band 7 in IELTS writing. They often try out to write more and more in order to score better but actually, writing lengthy essays does not make any difference and rather, it may reduce your band score since you are likely to make more mistakes by writing more. However, writing less than the word limit gets penalized and hence should be strictly avoided.

2. You Need to Write a Lot of Ideas/Points in IELTS Writing

In IELTS writing essays, you are required to explain your viewpoint with the help of relevant ideas along with proper explanation and example. But students often take this concept in a wrong way and start believing that they have to list out a lot of ideas for explaining the reasons, which is untrue.

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2023-08-16 17:05:17 #Essay265 #Writing #Task2

Discuss both views

Q: The personal information of many individuals is held by large internet companies and organisations.
Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Answer:

There are growing concerns today about the storage of private data by major internet companies like Facebook and Google. In my opinion, the disadvantages of this trend outweigh its conveniences.

These companies themselves would argue their intentions are primarily to provide better services. This relates first of all to advertising. Facebook, for example, tracks user behaviour and then allows advertisers to target audience segments in order to show them relevant advertising. An individual might therefore see ads related to the kinds of restaurants and music they enjoy most. Secondly, the information is used to create helpful services for consumers. Google maps is a good example of an entirely free platform used by millions that follows individuals, sells information to businesses, and makes life more convenient without any obvious drawbacks or pernicious intent.

However, the misuse of big data has begun already and will only become worse in the future. The advertisements targeted at individuals are not always harmless. During the last presidential election in the United States, foreign governments sought out vulnerable groups and fed them false information to influence voting behaviour. Unethical companies use the advanced targeting tools in the same way, often locating vulnerable individuals and encouraging their worst impulses by indulging coping mechanisms ranging from fast food to barely legal pharmaceuticals. This is only the beginning as this information becomes more comprehensive there are legitimate concerns that authoritarian regimes working in tandem with companies will be able to create all-knowing police states and human rights abuses will become the norm.

In conclusion, the marginal benefits of access to personal information by private companies do not outweigh both current and future negatives. It is therefore important that governments regulate companies and individuals attempt to take back a degree of control.

Total words: 293

Band: 7.0+

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2023-08-11 19:31:06 Vocabulary of #Essay264

are of the belief - believe
contacting possible alien life - talking to aliens
desirable goal - worthy pursuit
wary - worried about
potential dangers - possible risks
satisfies - fulfills
basic human curiosity - fundamental desire to know
risk - danger
relative to - compared to
extraterrestrials - aliens
claim - think
insight - important information
share - give to use
justify the effort - are the reason to do it
instead - however
alike - the same
decades - 20+ years
attempt - try
realise - now know
warranted - justified
discovered - found
satisfy this desire - fulfill the want
origins - where something comes from
answer fundamental existential questions - learn about life, the universe, god, etc.
curiosity alone - interest on its own
condone - sanction
smallest chance - almost impossible
danger inherent - risk included
likelihood - possibility
turning against humanity - fight with humans
scene from a science fiction film - from a movie
infinitesimally small - very, very unlikely
consequences - results
ignore - not pay attention to
in the event that - if it happens that
hostile - mean
pose a serious problem - make trouble
worst case scenario threaten - most extreme situation could
survival - continued living
far-fetched - very unlikely
disastrous downside - negative side
logically dictates - follows reason that
more sensible approach - more reasonable method
distant future - far in the future
venture - try
self-interested pursuit - trying to satisfy one’s desires
species-threatening danger - could kill all humans
advisable - good idea
instead - however
maximising resources - using money, time, people, etc. well

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