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STRUCTURE OF ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE BASED ESSAY

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THIS IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON TYPE OF ESSAY IN IELTS WRITING MODULE AND EVEN CONSIDERED TO BE THE EASIEST ONE TO ATTEMPT. LET'S DISCUSS THE COMPOSITION OF THIS ESSAY: SAMPLE QUESTION:   Children have started using computers and laptops from a very early age and spending long hours on them. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this development. PARAGRAPHING OF SUCH QUESTIONS IS TO BE AS FOLLOWS: BP-1) Advantages (at least 2 points) BP-2) Disadvantages (at least 2 ideas) SAMPLE ANSWER WORTH BAND 7.5 In recent times, children are increasingly getting exposure of electronic devices like computers and laptops. While some child psychologists have suggested that this is a positive tendency for well being of children, others have been arguing that it could be considered detrimental for their growth and development at such a tender age. In this essay, I shall draw upon several studies in cognitive psychology that reveal the positive and negative aspects of this phenomenon. Ther...

DIFFERENT TYPES OF IELTS ESSAY

Majorly, there are six types of IELTS essay topics which can be enumerated as : AGREE OR DISAGREE BASED ESSAY DISCURSIVE ESSAY PROBLEMATIC ESSAY ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES BASED OPINION BASED MISCELLANEOUS Now, we will discuss the structure of each essay type one by one. Let's start with" AGREE OR DISAGREE TYPE". SAMPLE QUESTION CAN BE LIKE: In the modern world, the image( photograph or film) is becoming a powerful way of communicating than the written words. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? Herein, the response to this essay can be given as either way: Completely/fully/firmly/consummately/totally agree Totally disagree A candidate can opt for any of these two opinions as per the supporting points and composition of body paragraphs mandatorily needs to be as follows: If completely agree: BP-1) Supporting arguments(1-2) in the favor BP-2) Further ideas(3-4) advocating the same belief And vice versa in case if a student disagrees. SAMPLE ANSWER FOR AFOREMENT...

CONFUSED BETWEEN IELTS ACADEMIC AND GENERAL TRAINING?

A number of aspirants aren't sure about which type of IELTS they need to take, i.e. the never-ending confusion between Academic and General Training. Well, the simplistic answer behind this lies in the fact that for what purpose you are appearing for IELTS. If a candidate does IELTS for getting admission into certain courses in English speaking countries or for any professional registration, he/she needs to appear in IELTS ACADEMIC. On the other hand, if you are doing it for migration purposes or for permanently residing in any English speaking nation, you will appear for IELTS-GT. Basically, IELTS constitutes four modules: LISTENING READING WRITING SPEAKING LISTENING: In this module, you will hear audio recordings afterward, you have to answer 40 questions divided into 4 sections separately. This lasts between 30-40 minutes and you are provided with 10 minutes, in the end, to transfer the answers on the final answer booklet. SPEAKING: Here, you are interviewed by an examiner and t...

RECENT IELTS ACADEMIC TASK 1 SAMPLE ANSWERS

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IELTS TASK 1 ANSWERS WITH RELEVANT COMPARISON: BAND 7.5  MODEL ANSWER : The diagrams reveal Europe students' responses to the question of to what extent they describe themselves as financially organized. INTRODUCTION : The pie chart illustrates the ability of European students to manage their finances and the tabular chart exhibits the percentage of students considering themselves as fairly organized at managing finances. BP-1): It can be conspicuously observed from the pie chart, more than half of the students think they are fairly organized financially, while one in five say they are not very organized in this area. A percentage of 21 is shared by those who feel highly competent at managing funds; however, barely 4% of students rate themselves as not at all organized. BP-2) Moving to the table, it can be clearly seen that the ability to manage one's finances seem to develop with age as oldest students are twice likely to label themselves as fairly organized than students ag...

RECENT IELTS WRITING QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2020

IELTS ESSAY WRITING: Some people believe that entertainers are paid too much but their impact on society is negative, while others disagree and say that they deserve the money they make because of their positive effects on others. Discuss both the views and your opinion. BAND 7 SAMPLE ANSWER: The entertainment industry has grown in importance in recent times whereby the entertainers enjoy the privilege of earning high amounts though their societal influence is highly negative. Some sections are in discord with this view and reckon that their earnings are justifiable since they affect the public positively. This essay will elucidate both the facets of this argument and voice my opinion. Entertainment starts from pictures, music, modeling, sports, and even comedy is not an exception to this. The professionals working in these industries, at first, strive hard to become public figures sacrificing a lot to acquire the position they have in society today. On top of that, many professionals ...

CRITERIA FOR IELTS WRITING ASSESSMENT

IELTS WRITING MODULE COMPRISE TWO COMPULSORY TASKS. EACH OF THESE TASKS WILL BE SOCRED ON THE BASIS OF FOUR DIFFERENT PARAMETERS. Know the marking criteria at length: The examiner will evaluate your IELTS Academic and General training writing with respect to below-listed criteria wherein each parameter contributes 25% of your total score for both task 1 and task 2. TASK ACHIEVEMENT ( TASK 1) AND TASK RESPONSE (TASK 2) COHERENCE AND COHESION LEXICAL RESOURCE (VOCABULARY) GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY Below are the tables showing the requirement for IELTS band score 5 to 8 in writing module as per each assessment criterion. TASK ACHIEVEMENT (TASK 1) : This parameter will analyse a candidate's ability for interpretation of the data accurately whether you have comprehensively understood the exact demand of the task 1. The score can be boosted up ,if you: Observe the chart analytically and precisely identify all the mentioned key features. Highlight the introduced striking features in ...

EASIEST WAYS FOR DERIVING OUT AN OVERVIEW OF IELTS TASK 1

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  W HAT AN OVERVIEW IS ???? An overview is also referred to as an overall summary of report writing.  In this, a candidate needs to find out the most striking feature from the provided graph or the most noticeable change given in the graph. Hence, the approach for deciding what to write in overall demands the candidate to be highly analytical. What phrases can be used to start the overview: In an overview,  it becomes apparent from the graph that From the overall analysis, it can be inferred that Hence, it can be vividly seen from the rendered illustration that Thus, the graph makes it evidently conspicuous that The most remarkable change noticed from the chart is  The most striking feature illustrated by the graph lies in the fact that The most noticeable trend is Do's and don'ts to be taken care of: Do not mention any data or statistics in the overall, only the considerable change is required to be added. Avoid assumptions, even when the fact is universally true. T...