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Irina Lutsenko

All things IELTS writing
Irina Lutsenko
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IELTS writing - passionately and professionally
By an inspiring, focused, and dynamic teacher with a few bragging rights:
- degree in teaching English and 20 years of experience
- IELTS Academic 9 x2, Writing 8.5 x3
- CPE A x2
- Alumna of three American exchange programs, one year with University of New Haven (CT, USA) 💎
- Speaker at TESOL 2024 International Convention and Expo (Florida, USA)
- Regular speaker at Russian ELT conferences. 
A passionate writer, I write tirelessly and empower students to do so - from IELTS to novels. 
💜 Meet me on this awesome podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly7ZbJUBfYc
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Dec 22 11:43
📝 IELTS Writing Task 2: Staying on topic. Two case studies. 📝
I sometimes rewrite my students’ paragraphs in order to illustrate a certain mistake. Today, the featured mistake is going off topic. 
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Dec 16 20:21
📝 IELTS Writing Task 2: a real exam task and an experiment with the views 📝
Financial support to creative artists such as painters and musicians: government or alternative sources? I say neither! 
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bothviews
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Dec 12 12:47
📝 Questions in IELTS essays: Yay or Nay? 📝
Is it a good idea to use questions in IELTS essays? You will see that the overwhelming majority of sample and model answers ... 
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IELTS Writing
ieltswritingpro
writingtask2
Dec 04 15:59
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Dec 04 15:54
📊 IELTS Writing Task 1: a task as recent as last week 📊
Sneak peek: "As regards familial commitments, 29% of those polled cited them as the reason for missing work in 2000 and 24% in ... " 
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recentexam
barchart
Nov 30 14:16
IELTS Writing Task 1: a cute little table
Sneak peek: "... while ranking lower with the respective figures of 86% and 81%, ..."
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table
Nov 26 12:46
📝 IELTS Writing Task 2: a very real and a very recent exam 📝
"It is often argued by many that historical objects should be returned to their country of origin." And this time I AGREE.  
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IELTS Writing
recentexam
agree/disagree
writingtask2
Nov 18 10:37
📝 IELTS Writing Task 2: a very real and a very recent exam 📝
"It is often argued by many that historical objects should be returned to their country of origin." I DISAGREE. 
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agree/disagree
Nov 05 11:00

Overdramatization and overbenefitization in IELTS essays (my terms) 📝

To nail Task Response, it's important to write about realistic things and not to go to extremes. People often go to two extremes - overdramatization and overbenefitization. Let me exemplify.
Topic: "Because some children do not seem to have a natural ability to learn another language, schools should not force those children to study a foreign language. Do you agree or disagree?"
📝 Overdramatization
If a child is made exempt from taking a foreign language class due to lack of aptitude, they will end up jobless due to lack of career opportunities / realize they have a learning disability and develop depression or even suicidal ideation as a result.
📝 Overbenefitization
If a child takes a foreign language class, they will be a successful individual with advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills and a career at an international company / much less susceptible to such mental health outcomes as depression and dementia.
Sure, it's not like the scenarios above are entirely impossible, but they are not very likely. There is a huge gap, with many variables, between a language class at school and depression or success in adulthood. I mean, it's just a couple of 40-minute classes a week at a state school - can we really expect a very significant impact here? 
It's best to stick to more realistic outcomes, both positive and negative. What would be more realistic for a school child?
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writingtask2
Nov 04 13:48
🏠 IELTS Writing Task 2: Development. 🏠
In this post, I want to show you my experiments with development of ideas.
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IELTS Writing

$ 10,4 per month
- Writing Tasks 1 and 2 (Academic) answers for recent exams and IELTS 5-19;
- In-depth explanations; 
- Paragraph rewrites; 
- Occasional General Training letters.
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