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2022-03-07 10:12:40 #official
IELTS Writing Key Facts by the British Council

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IELTS Speaking advice by the British Council

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IELTS Speaking Key Facts by the British Council

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2022-03-03 19:14:29 #IELTSReading: how should you practise?
Here's a useful question that a student asked me:

Many students complain that they don’t get a high enough score in IELTS reading, and many teachers respond that you need more practice. Dear Simon, could you describe how to practise for reading correctly? I do practise with the Cambridge books and spend time reading newspapers, but with no results.

Here's my answer:

Good question. First, testing yourself is not the best form of practice. You should test yourself from time to time (e.g. once a week), but spend much more time studying rather than testing. 'Studying' means that your aim is to learn something from what you read. For example, when reading newspaper articles, you might learn a new word or phrase, or you might learn how to use a word correctly in a new context. Don't forget to check things in a dictionary or by searching online, and write new language in a notebook.

The Cambridge IELTS books are a great resource for studying (as well as testing). Try doing some reading tests without a time limit. Allow yourself to use a dictionary to check words, and aim to get all of the answers right. Analyse your mistakes carefully, and make
KEYWORD TABLES

Above all, remember that IELTS reading is a vocabulary test. Ask yourself what new vocabulary you have learnt this week. Can you point to a page of your notebook and say "I've learnt these 10 or 20 new words and phrases this week"? If you can, you are improving. SimonC

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2022-03-03 13:48:49 How is the writing test assessed?

The writing test consists of two separate tasks. Your writing task 2 answer is more important than your writing task 1 answer, in fact it is worth double the marks. To understand how this works, double your writing task 2 score, add it to your writing task 1 score and then divide the total by 3. So, if your task 1 answer is band 7.5 and your task 2 answer is band 6, your score would be 6.5 (7.5 + 6 + 6 = 19.5/3 = 6.5).

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2022-02-27 12:09:36 #sample_answer
IELTS Writing Task 1:

Cambridge IELTS 6, Test 2

The chart shows average distances that people in England travelled using different forms of transport in the years 1985 and 2000.

It is clear that the total number of miles travelled by English people using all modes of transport increased significantly between 1985 and 2000. The car was by far the most used form of transport in both years.

In 1985, the average person travelled 3,199 miles by car, and this rose to 4,806 miles in the year 2000. The figures for miles travelled by train, long distance bus, taxi and other modes also increased from 1985 to 2000. Travel by taxi saw the most significant change, with more than a threefold increase from 13 miles per person per year in 1985 to 42 miles in 2000.

There was a fall in the average distances for three forms of transport, namely walking, bicycle and local bus. In 1985, English people walked an average of 255 miles, but this figure fell by 18 miles in 2000. Bicycle use fell from 51 to 41 miles over the period shown, while the biggest downward change was in the use of local buses, with average miles per person falling from 429 to 274 over the 15-year period.

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2022-02-27 12:09:03 #writing_task_1
Cambridge IELTS 6, Test 2

The table below gives information about changes in modes of travel in England between 1985 and 2000.

Average distance in miles travelled per person per year, by mode of travel

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2022-02-22 18:42:04 My friend, Diyorbek Hayitmurodov, who scored 8.5 back in 2019 has been running this amazing channel for quite a few years now. He studies in the USA and is sharing interviews with people from there. However, there is more you can find on his channel.

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2022-02-22 10:20:01 How many hours do I need to prepare for my exam?

It takes approximately 200 guided learning hours for a language learner to progress from one level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) to the next.

For example, a candidate who has got a band score of 6.0 in IELTS, at level B2 on the CEFR, might need approximately 200 hours of lessons and supervised study in order to get a band score of 7.0 in IELTS, which is aligned to level C1 on the CEFR.

However, there are a number of factors that can affect how long it will take to increase your level of English, including:

your language learning background
the intensity of your study
your age
the amount of study/exposure outside of lesson times

The table above suggests how many guided learning hours you might need to reach each level of the CEFR. These figures are intended as a guideline only. You may require more or less time and support depending on your own needs

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2022-02-22 10:19:53 Introduction to the Cambridge English Scale

CEFR
Cambridge English First
Cambridge English Advanced
Cambridge English Proficiency
IELTS

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