IELTS Grammar Tip (3): CollocationIELTS Grammar Tip (3): Collocation
The public version of the IELTS Writing Band Descriptors mention that an IELTS 7 writer shows an ‘awareness of style and collocation’. Collocation is the act of putting the right words together. For example, in Chinese, you can say …
Bad Teaching Trends in Taiwan (1): 2nd and final partBad Trend (1) // About Pairwork: 2nd and final part
Continuing my response to the claim of many school and teachers here: ‘you don't talk to fellow students; you just talk to the teacher’, I can first say what I said in the 1st part – that it is a bad trend which will severely 'crash' your learning. All the evidence and research argues against this trend.
Bad Teaching Trends in Taiwan (1) // Answers to IELTS Grammar Tip (2) IELTS Grammar Tip (2): 'ing' nouns are not people A little about me, Teacher Andrew // Answers to 'such as' (1) Going to the Philippines to study IELTS? // Be careful!Hi all.
I have student who has come back from the Philippines after 3 month there studying IELTS. This student mentioned that she got IELTS 5.5 for writing before she left. She handed me a homework essay a few days back, and I corrected it carefully - at least, I tried my best. The topic wasn't clear; no key words from it were used, and the entire essay gave no coherent message. I would judge it to be an IELTS 4 (and I have a lot of experience in this - over 20 years).
Concision Rides Again (10 of 12)
Concision Rides Again (10 of 12)
