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Handout with sample essays for casual and informal letters in GT Task 1
http://ieltsexchange.freeforums.net/thr ... al-letters

We have collected over 300 Task 2 essay prompts from 2015 exams reported by students and put them into categories such as 'communication' and 'society'.
Free to download on the resources page:http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!resources/d1wm2

Dear Students
When you post that you need a speaking partner, could you indicate if you are male or female ? I have students who need to practice with same-gender students.
Kind regards
Teacher Jill

Hi Gelever
Unfortunately, yes, but still good to keep challenging them!
Teacher Jill

Hi Sarakhan
Writing is the most difficult task. See http://ieltsexchange.freeforums.net/thr ... ielts-task
Are you taking GT or AT?
Teacher Jill

Dear All, After much chasing, I have finally had a (very unsatisfactory) response from Cambridge: Some believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programmes (for example, working for a charity, improving a neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children). T...

Visit http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!resources/d1wm2 to download your free copy of our new IELTS Guide, which contains answers to frequently asked questions, tips on the Academic exam and advice on resources for practice. http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/theieltsexchange/ieltsguidecover_zps...

We have a new free guide to Academic IELTS including answers to frequently asked questions, tips on each part of the exam and resources for practice. Download from http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!resources/d1wm2 http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/theieltsexchange/ieltsguidecover_zps8xywsm8c.jpg

Dear Students IELTS is difficult, but please don't be tempted to buy fake certificates. I have heard of one student being deported, and another being refused admission at at any UK institution - for life. Anyone claiming that they can get you into the IELTS database is deceiving you. One girl paid $...

The only REAL documents are those from the institutions who set them. An IELTS certificate is only verifiable by IELTS and institutions/immigration departments DO check. Students who try to pass of fake documents can face being refused admission for life at ANY institution in the host country and if...

Dear Rahimzde Uğurlar! Kind regards Teacher Jill Letter of Motivation for Study Scholarships for Graduates of All Disciplines, 2016/2017 Dear DAAD Selection Committee, I have always been very responsible about planning my educational and professional life. Obtaining a high-quality education is the m...

Topic: Famous people. http://media.wix.com/ugd/fb5de0_1e7b379 ... 03202e.pdf
Also see http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!part-2/cn1m

Nice!

Dear Doni You need to simplify your writing and improve clarity. http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/theieltsexchange/privatecars_zpseyhhmylv.jpg Introduction: paraphrase the question and state your position. (In IELTS, every essay type requires you to give a position, whether it says to give ...

Dear Faruk Neesh is right about practising as much as you can to increase fluency. For Part 2, topics are frequently repeated, or one 'story' can be used for several questions. See http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!part-2/cn1m Successful Part 2 candidates are usually extremely fluent in English, or abl...

Dear Faruk Practice listening to English to help with pronunciation and intonation; review all the common questions that come up on IELTS Speaking tests so you can prepare good answers with interesting vocabulary and good grammar; record your answers and play them back so you can see how you sound a...

New model essays: http://ieltsexchange.freeforums.net/boa ... del-essays http://ieltsexchange.freeforums.net/boa ... del-essays and two reading exercises
http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!reading/c1ps

Dear Owlcrack You need to focus on the main part of the question: Such a development would be a major breakthrough for humanity and would solve many present-day problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? In other words, do you think genetic manipulation would solve many present-day problems ...

Dear Prinks I'm thinking of the marking criteria for TA. For 6 presents relevant main ideas but some may be inadequately developed , 7 presents, extends and supports main ideas, but there may be a tendency to over-generalise 8 presents a well-developed response to the question with relevant, extende...

Well done!

Hi Prinks
6.5 - you need to have 'frequent error free sentences' and use 'less common lexical items' (vocabulary) well to get 7 in LR and GRA.
Keep at it!
Kind regards
Teacher Jill

Hi Prinks http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/theieltsexchange/gendersubjects_zpsmnf99qli.jpg Well done. (6.5) I think your essay would benefit from more examples, but you have good vocabulary and a range of grammatical structures. Those articles are still proving tricky – this time you need t...

Dear Prinks http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/theieltsexchange/Populationcharts_zpsuh9ozdnw.jpg The charts are comparing two countries by population in three age groups. In Yemen in 2000, half the population was under 15; while in Italy it was less than 15%. Those between 15 and 59 years of ...

Dear Satish

We have recently posted a list of 76 academic Task 2 topics which have appeared in IELTS exams over the past year.
http://ieltsexchange.freeforums.net/thr ... -past-year
Try some with your students.
Kind regards

Teacher Jill

Dear Prinks056 TR 7 CC 5 LR 6 GRA 7 Overall 6.0 The descriptor for coherence and cohesion for band 7 is "logically organises information and ideas; there is clear progression throughout". Progression means starting at the beginning and moving through to the end. In a story, for example, th...