I’d like to know whether the tense of an overview in writing task 1 has to correspond to that of the diagram. I assume you are talking about the use of vocabulary. Can you see how to improve your paragraph and understand the point I made about cohesion? Should we say less emissions or fewer emissions? I am often asked about scoring and whether the examiner will give half bands for each criteria in the writing and speaking test. It seems so so logical. Humans are part of the food chain and anything that can upset this balance may threaten us in the future as well. I suppose it is unnecessary because these two sentences can link without it, am I right? 2) CEFR is not a complete / comprehensive system. This post might help explain the problem:https://ieltsweekly.com/model-answers-and-the-invisible-ielts-band-10/. I am grateful to you for the help. Thanks, Hamed. I have read your free book (and am waiting eagerly for your writing book), and I am aware of the relationship between grammar and coherence in writing. Thank you Pauline for your great advice. Note: In some countries the Australian Embassy may have different English language requirements for those seeking a student visa. As numbers of candidates have increased, perhaps in some places examiners are now more likely to work on specific tasks rather both tasks. For any speaking test question, there is no such thing as a ‘model answer’. For instance in these examples: In other words, if these samples were not written at simple level, the candidates wouldn’t be able to learn from them. I’m planning to buy your vocabulary book next month. Conclusion : my opinion. Paragraph 2 : my 2/3 reasons( completely agree) So giving this sort of feedback is very useful for students. If a candidate has answered everything in less than 2 minutes, this could be because of a lack of language, and so the examiner will move on rather than trying to stay on this task. The linear way of writing I describe can be found in samples at band 8 and 9. IELTS (Academic): 7.5 overall, speaking 8.0, listening 8.0, reading 7.0, writing 7.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 102-109 overall, speaking 23-27, listening 23-27, reading 23-27, writing 24, PTE (Academic): 73-78 overall, speaking 79, listening 79, reading 65, writing 65, CAE: 191 – 199 overall, speaking and listening 200, reading and writing 185, IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall, writing 7.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 94-101 overall, writing 23, IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall, speaking 7.0, listening 7.0, reading 7.0, writing 7.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 94 total, speaking 23, listening 24, reading 24, writing 27, PTE (Academic): 65 overall, speaking 65, listening 65, reading 65, writing 65, OET: B score in listening, reading, writing and speaking, IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall, writing 6.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 79–93 overall, writing 21, TOEFL (Internet-based): 102-109 overall, speaking 23-27, listening 23-27, reading 23-27, writing 27, PTE (Academic): 73-78 overall, speaking 79, listening 79, reading 65, writing 65, CAE: 191-199 overall, speaking 200, listening 200, reading 185, writing 185, IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall with a writing score of 6.5, TOEFL (Internet-based): 94-101 overall with a writing score of 24, PTE (Academic): 65-72 overall with a writing score of 58, IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall, 7.0 in each subtest, TOEFL (Internet-based): 94 overall, reading 24, listening 24, speaking 23, writing 27, PTE (Academic): 65 overall, speaking 65, listening 65, reading 65, writing 65, IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall, writing 7.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 94-101 overall, writing 27, IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall, writing 6.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 79-93 overall, writing 21, IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall, writing 7.0, IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall, writing 6.0, TOEFL (Internet-based): 79-83 overall, writing 21, TOEFL (Paper-based): 550-583 overall, TWE 4.5, TOEFL iBT special home edition: 79–93 overall, writing 21, Linguaskill (using the Cambridge English Scale) : 176-184, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), IELTS: an overall score of 7 is achieved in each sitting and no score in any component of the test is below 6.5, TOELF iBT: a total score of 94 in each sitting is achieved and no score in any of the sections is below reading 19, listening 20, speaking 20, writing 24, Academic PTE: a minimum overall score of 65 in each sitting is achieved and no score in any of the four communicative skills is below 58, OET: tested in all 4 components in each sitting and no score in any component of the test is below C, Satisfactorily completed at least six years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed in English in one of the recognised countries, including at least two years between years 7 and 12 OR. Hi Pauline, I was wondering if you found the time to check with an examiner, I really appreciate it. In one of the paragraphs about the disadvantages of being famous, she had mentioned lack of privacy and you had written in that paragraph she had repeated the same idea, that’s why I thought maybe if we repeat the same idea in one paragraph, it becomes circular. From the speaking test scores on page 155, we can see that, if Saida needs to score band 6 in speaking, she needs to work most on Fluency and coherence (where she is band 5), and has a little work to do on vocabulary and grammar (where she is between band 5 and band 6), but her pronunciation is fine. And isn’t this one of the ways we control and achieve cohesion between paragraphs? Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): for courses requiring an IELTS academic overall score of 8.0 – Overall CPE score of 200 or above, for courses requiring an IELTS academic overall score of 7.5 – Overall CPE score of 191 - 199, for courses requiring an IELTS academic overall score of 7.0 - Overall CPE score of 185 – 190, for courses requiring an IELTS academic overall score of 6.5 – Overall CPE score of 176 – 184. I hope this helps and I do really appreciate that you got in touch. Hello, have you read my free book? Hi Pauline, 0000008749 00000 n
My aim is to produce new models for all of my books that will reflect the advice I give in The key to IELTS Success and in my next book, The Key to IELTS Writing. Is this true? Here is a link:https://ieltsweekly.com/product/ielts-teacher-the-key-to-ielts-success/. Add either the word or the phrase to it, and their score will still be band 5. thanks so much. Hi Jaber, Flexibility is something that you have or you don’t have, it allows you to speak or write on any subject. . 0000000016 00000 n
In your first body paragraph you have written ‘This means that fewer people will be working, and therefore fewer people will be paying income tax. My greatest fear is that people will not buy it and will instead look for illegal copies online. I don’t think so as the question is clearly asked about the advantages and disadvantages? I have got IELTS General band score 7 ( L 7.5 , R 6.5 , S 7 , W 6 ) 5 month ago. Australian TAFE (NSW) Certificate IV in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). I have gone to many writing workshops. Thanks Pauline. 1) by adding ‘rather than doing physical activities.’ Again you have changed the focus of the question – this is not about old people V young people, it is about what happens when there are more young people than old people. Hi Pauline, Aim for 2 minutes total. Thank you. This is something you can see when it is there and you notice it is missing when it is not – I think it’s interesting that ‘complexity’ is more of an issue at band 7 (and 6) than at band 8 because this is where people are trying to write in as complex a way as possible – by band 8, the language is more natural blend of complex and less complex. As I say in The Key to IELTS Success, writing is thinking we can see. 0000003748 00000 n
Hi Pauline, I read the paragraph that you have rewritten for Mina. Thanks so much prof Pauline for your supporting. Thank you in advance for your help. Some people say that explanations are the same as the main ideas but in other words, some people say that we should give comparison in our explanations, some people say we should use conditional sentences, so I’m actually confused and I don’t know how to give explanations, specially now that I read your comment about writing in a linear way. Returning to IELTS, Tony Green outlines a range of research projects into the extent and predictability of IELTS writing score gains. If this is what happens then I’m afraid it will be my last book for IELTS. Without clear thinking first, you won’t produce clear writing. I would say that a very good answer is anything from band 7 to band 9. I recommend you focus on each of your skills and use the ideas and tips at the end of each chapter in my free book, The Key to IELTS Success. But in your model essay on page 226 your body paragraph also repeats part of the introduction. Hi Reza, there is not simple answer – more importantly, there is no magic list of ‘complex’ structures to use or that is ticked off by the examiner. IELTS TASK 1 Writing band descriptors (public version) Page 1 of 2 Band Task Achievement Coherence and Cohesion Lexical Resource Grammatical Range and Accuracy 9 fully satisfies all the requirements of the task clearly presents a fully developed response uses cohesion in such a … Thank you Pauline for your feedback, the reason why I was confused about this point is that one of my friends sent you an essay one year ago and you were kind enough to give her feedback. Hi Samedi, I don’t disagree with any of those descriptions for coherence and cohesion. Paragraph 1 : introduction Is it true that I should only write adequately in 250-290 words instead of exceeding over 300 words for an essay? Thank you again. I really appreciate it if you can check with examiners because nobody can answer this question for me. If the writer has simply neglected to plan carefully and has only covered one advantage, then how this affects their score would also depend on the argument they have made. Hi Pauline, I wonder if the following outline helps to address all parts of the task : Introduction : paraphrase of the statement in the task Thanks in advance ! I’m surprised you still think that there are ways of boosting your score by focusing on vocabulary then. Here is a link:http://ieltsweekly.com/product/ielts-teacher-the-key-to-ielts-success/. The correct measurement of Writing … However, as this is a book aimed at teaching, not testing, there are times in the book (e.g. Can you explain what you mean by ‘those saying this is true have a certificate from IDP’? 1) the main problems with native speaker candidates can be seen in several videos on youtube, which is how these issues are then passed on to non-native speaker students Secondly, the main problem here is that you have chosen NOT to show how some of the sentences are connected – the first 3 sentences have no clear connectors to show the reader that they are linked or how they are linked – I think that if you added the link you will see that at least one sentence is a repetition of a previous one. And if so, would you say that these samples are at band 9 despite the points I mentioned in my previous comment? Thank you Pauline, this was great, honestly I didn’t expect to get such a detailed answer, and it’s amazing that there are still people like you who genuinely care about others and take time to help someone they don’t even know. I just mentioned some teachers in my country. Are there more advantages than disadvantages of living in a house compared with living in an apartment ?! When teaching, I find it helpful to use .5 scores for individual criteria because it shows students where they still need to improve and where they are already making progress. I had never seen a grammar book with so many listening, reading and writing activities, so I really enjoyed reading it and I told my IELTS students to buy it too. %%EOF
and is it better to say,for example schools should emphasize core subjects or schools should place emphasis on core subjects? I asked a current examiner this question to check and I believe the overall mark would be 7 in that case. This post explains why:https://ieltsweekly.com/do-the-advantages-outweigh-the-disadvantages/. 221 0 obj<>stream
So do I need to explain it so much detail or should I stop explaining when I feel my idea speaks for itself and is so universal that everybody can understand? Hi pauline , Hi Chris I have a question about such advantage and disadvantage questions in Task2. I heard one IELTS trainer say that we must give as much explanation as possible even for something that is clear to us, but doesn’t explaining too much lead to repetition and hurt progression in CC? Sorry for the long message and thank you so much for your support. I believe it would be band 6.5 but I will check with some current examiners. Ok, in that case, I assume that this is your second or third paragraph, or even your conclusion, where you are ‘giving your own opinion.’ Your opinion agrees with the first view, so I would change your paragraph to show this: The figure for Argentina was 20% while that of Brazil was marginally smaller. If you can show me an answer that is band 9 and 8 for Task response and Coherence and Cohesion and yet is band 6 for grammar then I would be happy to offer an opinion on it. and if they happen to have a teacher who prioritises this at the time (this has been my experience with my son and daughter). Thank you so much. Is it 6 or 5 ?! * The Speaking section is included in the TOEFL iBT ® test only. Thank you so much. See yourself as teaching – stop when you have explained / taught it enough. However, I would add that coherence can also be a problem within a single sentence – if the result is so long an complicated that the reader cannot follow the idea within it (a common problem when people aim to write ‘long complex sentences’. When explaining a main idea, all you need to think about is letting the examiner why you believe / think this (you do not need to think about grammar – the grammar follows the idea, not the other way round.) This seems an overly simplistic way of looking at the question – it doesn’t ask you whether the advantages ‘outnumber’ the disadvantages, there may be more advantages than disadvantages but if the advantages are relatively trivial and the disadvantages are serious then the disadvantages clearly ‘outweigh’ them. Hi dear Pauline, Download my e-book . Grammar (and high-level vocabulary) should not be your main concern. We try to make sure books will last well in to the future but sometimes something like this slips through. what mark would they get? But the last sentence is ‘Government will therefore need to make sure that this older generation is healthy and fit enough to continue working.’ It seems that this sentence hurts coherence & cohesion in this paragraph because this paragraph is about one of the effects of the decline in birth rate, which is that older people in the future may not have a relaxed lifestyle, unlike old people today. 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