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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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IELTS Task Response: Where do ideas come from?
When it comes to IELTS Writing Task 2, many people say that they don't have ideas. Or maybe they do, but the ideas turn out to be irrelevant. To get ideas — especially relevant ones — you need to give the topic a nice proper brainstorming.
You can do this with the help of a myriad questions.
📝 Here is a topic from IELTS 19.
"The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend. Do you agree or disagree?"
And here are the questions that will help you explore the topic. If you are a test taker, think about them on your own to find relevant arguments. If you are an IELTS instructor, you can use them in a class discussion.
1. What might be meant by “shorter” and “longer”?
2. Why did someone come up with this idea at all? How did someone come up with the idea of the classical 5/2 work week we have now? Why is this idea now outdated or has fallen out of favor?
3. Who would be affected by this new policy?
4. What might the people do in the extra time they gain?
5. Would this work for all industries? Are there industries for which it is not feasible?
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"Percentage" in IELTS Writing Task 1
"Is there a universal way to substitute the word "percentage"?" A student asked. It's a great question.
I'll tell you right off the bat: "ratio" is not it. Please look this word up and never use it.
Before I give some ways, one important caveat: the more universal the way is, the less valuable it is.
1️⃣ The most universal words: figure, proportion, share ("share" is for situations when the percentages add up to 100%).
2️⃣ Words that depend on the task: rate, level, growth.
3️⃣ Reference and substitution: it, that, former/latter (use depends on the sentence structures and the previous sentence).
4️⃣ Some subjects and sentence structures will allow you to avoid the word "percentage" or its synonym entirely. For example, "Wales recorded an increase of 20%."
5️⃣ You can make the actual figure the subject and use a verb that suits the meaning. For example, "Approximately 10% of the workforce have a phd," or "Almost a quarter of the respondents prefer tea to coffee."
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"It" in IELTS Writing Task 1: three most common mistakes
This tiny little word can be a huge source of confusion, especially in Writing Task 1. See if you can spot the problems.
1️⃣ "France showed an initial decline to 10 euros – a figure that was the lowest throughout the period. It was, however, followed by a significant rise."
There are two many singular nouns before "it" (period, figure, decline, France), so the reader will be confused as to which noun to look at. Most likely, the reader will look at either the subject or the last noun. In this case, the noun we want to refer to — the decline — is neither.
2️⃣ "This country had the most expensive bread. After it decreased slightly at the beginning, the price went up again, reaching an all-time high."
Cataphoric reference is a very bad idea in IELTS Writing Task 1. Rather than waiting to see if "it" might refer to "the price" in the next clause, the reader will connect it to "bread" or "country," which will rub them the wrong way.
3️⃣ "When it comes to France and the level of absenteeism it showed, it increased over the decade."
In this sentence, each "it" has a different meaning: it as a placeholder subject, it = France, and it = level. This is confusing. All "it"s in one sentence must refer to the same thing.
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Катерина Борисова
#1: France showed an initial decline to 10 euros – a figure that was the lowest throughout the period. It was, however, followed by a significant rise." => France showed an initial decline to 10 euro - a figure that was the lowest throughout the period. However, there was a significant rise afterwards.
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Lexical Resource for "workers with illness absence"
Here are some lexical items that will enrich your IELTS answer for this task.
📝 Workers:
- Employees
- Workforce
- People
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📝 Some language for this unusual IELTS Writing Task 1 📝
This very real IELTS Writing Task 1 might look unusual, but it is not too challenging (at least not as challenging as the tasks about cutting tools or altitudinal belts).
Here is some language that might come in handy:
1️⃣ "Suggestions":
- measures
- ideas
- recommendations
- views
2️⃣ Verbs:
- suggest, recommend, view, perceive, deem, consider
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