雅思考官simon给烤鸭的建议advice for ieltsWord格式.docx
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Saturday,October05,2013
IELTSAdvice:
wordsthatIwouldban
IbanmystudentsfromusingcertainwordsintheIELTStest.TheeasiestwayformetoexplainwhyIbanthesewordsisthatmostnativespeakerswouldn'
tusethemiftheyweredoingthetest.Hereareafewofmyleastfavourites:
1Moreover-Nativespeakershardlyeverusethisword,andstudentstendtouseitwrongly.Justuse'
furthermore'
or'
also'
.
2Demerits-It'
soktotalkaboutthe'
merits'
ofsomething,buttheword'
demerits'
seemsunnatural.Justuse'
disadvantages'
drawbacks'
3Hence/Thusly-Thesewordssoundtooformalandold-fashioned.Justuse'
therefore'
asaresult'
Rememberthattopicvocabularyisthekeytoahighscore,not'
words.
Sunday,September29,2013
don'
tworryabouttheexaminer'
sopinion
Somestudentsareworriedaboutexpressingtheirrealopinionsinthespeakingandwritingexams.Theythinkthattheexaminermightdisagreeandthereforegivealowerscore.
Don'
tworryaboutthis.Theexamineronlycaresaboutyourlanguage.Expressyouropinions,talkaboutyourinterests,andgiveexamplesfromyourownexperience.
Sunday,September15,2013
differentteachers,differentmethods
Differentteachers,booksandwebsiteswillgiveyoudifferentadvice,methodsandtechniques,andit'
simportanttorememberthatthereisn'
ta"
bestway"
toapproachthetest.Forexample,it'
spossibletoachieveaband9inwritingusingvariousdifferentessaywritingapproaches.
Itonlybecomesaproblemwhenyoustarttogetconfusedaboutwhichmethodis"
right"
orwhichpersonyoushouldbelieve.Ifyougetconfused,here'
sthesolution:
chooseonemethod,believeinit,andpersistwithit.
Saturday,September14,2013
noticingyourmistakes
LastweekIsuggestedthatmistakescanbesteppingstonesthathelpyoutoimproveyourEnglish.Butyouneedtonoticeyourmistakesbeforeyoucanlearnfromthem.
Herearesometipsaboutnoticingandlearningfrommistakes:
4Themostobviousstrategyistogetsomeone(e.g.ateacher)tocheckyourwrittenworkandcorrectyourmistakes.
5Beforeyourteacherchecksyourwork,didyoucheckitcarefullyyourself?
6Studyyourteacher'
scorrections,andmakesureyouunderstandwhatyoudidwrong.
7Payspecialattentiontoanyrepeatedmistakesthatyoumake.
8Ifyouhaveaone-to-oneteacher,youcouldalsoaskhimorhertolistenformistakesthatyoumakewhenspeaking.
9Tryrecordingyourself.Listentotherecording,andtranscribeit.Analysewhatyousaidcarefullyandasksomeonetocheckit.
Sunday,September08,2013
mistakesare'
steppingstones'
Everytimeyoumakeamistake,youhaveanopportunitytolearnsomething.Useyourmistakesassteppingstonestotakeyouclosertoyourgoal.
Students'
questions
1)Inthereadingtest,aretheanswersfor"
summarycompletion"
questionsinorderinthepassage?
Usually,yes.I'
veseenoneortwosummaryquestionswhereoneoftheanswersbreaksthisrule,butyoucanassumethatanswerswillalmostalwaysbeinorderinthepassage.
2)Isitoktowrite"
T,F,NG"
insteadof"
True,False,Notgiven"
?
Yes,I'
vebeentoldthat"
isfine(althoughIprefertowritethefullwords).
3)Myteachertoldmetoavoidusing"
Firstly,Secondly,Finally"
becausetoomanyotherstudentswillusethesamewords.Whatdoyouthink?
Idisagree.Examinersarenotcomparingyouwithotherstudents,andtheycaremuchmoreaboutthecontentbetweenthelinkingwordsthanthelinkingwordsthemselves.Readthislesson.
4)Isthereamaximumnumberofwordsinthewritingtest?
No,thereisnomaximum.
5)WhatlinkerscanIusetoimprovemy"
lexicalresource"
score?
Linkersdon'
thelpyourlexicalresource(vocabulary)score!
Theyonlyhelpyoutoorganiseyouressay.Ifyouwanttoimproveyourvocabularyscore,youneedtousegoodwordsandphrasesthatrelatetothequestiontopic(e.g.'
globalwarming'
isvocabularyfortheenvironmenttopic).
Sunday,August25,2013
what'
sthesecret?
Itrytopersuademystudentsthatthereisno"
secret"
tolanguagelearning.Ifthereisasecret,it'
sthatyouneedtoworkhard,practiseandtrytoenjoytheprocess.
Ioftencomparelearningalanguagetolearningthepiano.Nobodywouldexpecttofinda"
methodtotakethemfromintermediatetoadvancedonthepiano-whydoweexpectlanguagelearningtobedifferent?
Saturday,August24,2013
IELTSSpeakingAdvice:
gettothepoint
YesterdayIwrotethatyoushouldavoidusinglongphrasestobeginyouranswers.Sowhatshouldyouuseinstead?
Nativespeakerssaythingslike:
-Ithink...
-Iguess...
-Well,...
Thesewords/phrasesmightseemlessimpressive,butyouhavetorememberthatexaminersarenotimpressedbythelongphraseseither!
Theimportantthingistogettothepointofyouranswer.
Saturday,August17,2013
IELTSVocabularyAdvice
Thisisaquestionthatstudentsoftenask:
"
MillionsofstudentstaketheIELTSexaminmycountry,soshouldItrytowritedifferentlyanduseoriginalideas?
Here'
smyanswer:
No,don'
ttrytowritedifferently.Thiswillleadtomistakes.Remember,eachexamineronlyreads10to20students'
essays,soyouarenotcompetingwithmillionsofstudents.
ThekeyistowriteclearEnglish,answerthequestion,andtrytoincludesomegoodvocabularyrelatedtothetopic.Forgetcompletelyabouttheotherstudents,andforgetabouttryingtousestrangewordsorphrases.
Saturday,August10,2013
IELTSWritingAdvice:
keepcheckingthequestion
OnWednesdayIshowedyouatask2essaythatIwrotewithsomeofmystudents.Afterreadingtheessayagain,Inoticedthatwehadn'
tfullyansweredallpartsofthequestion.Paragraph3neededtosaymoreabout"
alternativesourcesoffundingforartists"
Onethingthatthisshowsyouisthatnobodyisperfect!
Amoreimportantlessontolearnisthatyoushouldkeepcheckingthequestionasyouwriteyouressay.Makesureyoucovereverythingthatthequestionasksyoutocover.
Saturday,July27,2013
whydomyscoresfluctuate?
Studentsoftenwonderwhytheirscoresfluctuate,especiallyinthewritingandspeakingtests.Onereasoncouldbethattheydon'
thaveamethod;
theyapproachtheexaminadifferentwayeverytime.
Youcanonlymeasureyourprogressifyouusethesamemethodeverytimeyoutakethetest.Ifyoualwaysapproachtheexaminthesameway,youwillknowwhenyouhavedonewellorbadly,andifyourscoresgoupordown,youwillprobablyknowwhy.
Sunday,July21,2013
understandingisonlythefirststep
It'
seasytoreadsomething(e.g.alessononthissite)andthinkthatyouunderstandit.But'
understanding'
isnotthesameas'
using'
CanyoureallyUSEeverythingthatyouhaveread?
Canyouuseitcorrectly,withoutanymistakes?
Lookagainatyesterday'
slessonabout'
leadto'
.I'
msureyouunderstandthesewords,butnotmanystudentsareabletousethemaccurately.Thisisimportantbecauseitcouldmakethedifferencebetweenaband6andaband7.
Trytothinkaboutthesestepswhenyouarestudying:
10Understandingawordisonlythefirststep(e.g.'
means'
cause'
)
11Thenextstepisseeinghowwordsareused(e.g.'
leadto+noun'
12Trytousewhatyouhavelearnt
13Askateachertocorrectyourwork
14Learnfromyourmistakes
Sunday,July14,2013
forpeoplewith6.5
Whenstudentsarestuckonband6.5inwriting,theyoftenthinkthattheyneedanewtechnique,anewbookorsomenewadvice.Thisiswrong!
Ifyouhavea6.5,itmeansthatyouarealreadygettingband7in50%ofthescoringcriteria.Forexample,youmightbegetting7fortaskresponseand7fororganisation,but6forvocabularyand6forgrammar(examinerscan'
tgivehalfmarksinthesecriteria).Justasmallimprovementinoneareawilltakeyoutoband7overall(e.g.7,7,7,6=band7).
Ifyouaregettingband6.5,yourmethodisfine.Don'
tchangewhatyou'
redoing;
justtrytofindasmallimprovementinonearea.
Saturday,July06,2013
bemorethanready
Ifyouareabletogetaband7scorewhenyoudoatestathome,canyoubeconfidentthatyou'
llgetaband7intherealtest?
Probablynot.
Thestressofarealexammeansthatyourperformancelevelwillprobablydrop,soyou'
llneedtobemorethanready.Inotherwords,youprobablyneedtobeachievingband7.5whenyoudopracticetestsinthecomfortofyourhome.Onlythencanyoubeconfidentofgettingaband7underexamconditions.
Sunday,June23,2013
identifytheproblem
Manystudentsaskmeforadviceabouthowtoimprovetheirscores.Ortheyaskmetoexplainwhytheydidn'
tgethigherscoresintheirexams.
Unfortunately,Ican'
tgivegoodadviceifIdon'
tknowtheperson.Togivegoodadvice,Ineedtobeabletoidentifytheproblem,andtheonlyway
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