Monday, May 28, 2012 IELTS Reading: keywords Here’s a table showing the keywords that helped us to get the correct answers to last week’s Yes, No, Not Given exercise. Remember: you can only be sure that you have the correct answer when you can point to specific words in the passage that have a similar meaning to the words in the question. Posted by Simon in IELTS Reading | Permalink | Comments (4)

Monday, May 28, 2012

IELTS Reading: keywords

Here’s a table showing the keywords that helped us to get the correct answers to last week’s Yes, No, Not Given exercise.

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Remember: you can only be sure that you have the correct answer when you can point to specific words in the passage that have a similar meaning to the words in the question.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012 IELTS Writing Task 1: change or comparison? While line graphs always show changes or trends (increase, decrease etc.), this is not always true for bar charts, pie charts and tables. Here is a bar chart that does show ‘change’: And here is a bar chart that shows ‘comparison’ rather than change: Can you see the difference? How will this difference affect what you write in your essay? I’ll go into more detail about the two charts next week, but the important thing for now is to see the difference. (Charts taken from US Department of Transportation website) Posted by Simon in IELTS Writing Task 1 | Permalink | Comments (16) High-res

Thursday, May 24, 2012

IELTS Writing Task 1: change or comparison?

While line graphs always show changes or trends (increase, decrease etc.), this is not always true for bar charts, pie charts and tables.

Here is a bar chart that does show ‘change’:

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And here is a bar chart that shows ‘comparison’ rather than change:

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Can you see the difference? How will this difference affect what you write in your essay? I’ll go into more detail about the two charts next week, but the important thing for now is to see the difference.

(Charts taken from US Department of Transportation website)

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 IELTS Advice: you don’t need to be ‘original’ Students often ask me questions like: Can I use “ascend” instead of “increase”? Can I write “the graph portrays” instead of “the graph shows”? My answer to the above questions is no. If you write “ascend” or “portray” in writing task 1, it will seem strange to the examiner. Those words are not appropriate for a graph or chart description. Remember: the aim of the IELTS test is not to find ‘original’ writers; it is to see whether you can express your ideas clearly, accurately, and in a certain amount of detail. These are the skills that you need for university or work. Leave the ‘original’ writing to novelists! Posted by Simon in Questions/Advice | Permalink | Comments (9)

Saturday, May 26, 2012

IELTS Advice: you don’t need to be ‘original’

Students often ask me questions like: Can I use “ascend” instead of “increase”? Can I write “the graph portrays” instead of “the graph shows”?

My answer to the above questions is no. If you write “ascend” or “portray” in writing task 1, it will seem strange to the examiner. Those words are not appropriate for a graph or chart description.

Remember: the aim of the IELTS test is not to find ‘original’ writers; it is to see whether you can express your ideas clearly, accurately, and in a certain amount of detail. These are the skills that you need for university or work. Leave the ‘original’ writing to novelists!

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 IELTS Advice: you don’t need to be ‘original’ Students often ask me questions like: Can I use “ascend” instead of “increase”? Can I write “the graph portrays” instead of “the graph shows”? My answer to the above questions is no. If you write “ascend” or “portray” in writing task 1, it will seem strange to the examiner. Those words are not appropriate for a graph or chart description. Remember: the aim of the IELTS test is not to find ‘original’ writers; it is to see whether you can express your ideas clearly, accurately, and in a certain amount of detail. These are the skills that you need for university or work. Leave the ‘original’ writing to novelists! Posted by Simon in Questions/Advice | Permalink | Comments (9) High-res

Saturday, May 26, 2012

IELTS Advice: you don’t need to be ‘original’

Students often ask me questions like: Can I use “ascend” instead of “increase”? Can I write “the graph portrays” instead of “the graph shows”?

My answer to the above questions is no. If you write “ascend” or “portray” in writing task 1, it will seem strange to the examiner. Those words are not appropriate for a graph or chart description.

Remember: the aim of the IELTS test is not to find ‘original’ writers; it is to see whether you can express your ideas clearly, accurately, and in a certain amount of detail. These are the skills that you need for university or work. Leave the ‘original’ writing to novelists!

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 IELTS Listening: ‘effective teachers’ transcript Several people commented that they found last week’s listening exercise useful, but that they would like to see the full transcript of what the speaker said. Here’s the recording again, with the full transcript and answers underlined: Click here to listen There are several things that we know about really effective teachers. One of them is that the most effective teachers have the largest number of metaphors and the largest number of examples to choose from, and they’re the best at choosing the right ones, and techniques at the right moment. So, really expert teachers - I think it helps to be old in this, you know, or to learn from people who’ve been around for a while - really excellent teachers have a vast store of ‘moves’ (if we think of them as chess players) that they can go to in a given situation. And so the more moves you have, you know, the more arrows in your quiver, the more likely you are to be able to get through those sorts of moments. But again, just moving makes a difference for students in being able to pay attention, and it’s also a way of signalling when you’re going to change up. Posted by Simon in IELTS Listening | Permalink | Comments (13)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

IELTS Listening: ‘effective teachers’ transcript

Several people commented that they found last week’s listening exercise useful, but that they would like to see the full transcript of what the speaker said.

Here’s the recording again, with the full transcript and answers underlined:

Click here to listen

There are several things that we know about really effective teachers. One of them is that the most effective teachers have the largest number of metaphors and the largest number of examples to choose from, and they’re the best at choosing the right ones, and techniques at the right moment. So, really expert teachers - I think it helps to be old in this, you know, or to learn from people who’ve been around for a while - really excellent teachers have a vast store of ‘moves’ (if we think of them as chess players) that they can go to in a given situation. And so the more moves you have, you know, the more arrows in your quiver, the more likely you are to be able to get through those sorts of moments. But again, just moving makes a difference for students in being able to pay attention, and it’s also a way of signalling when you’re going to change up.

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    • 31st for MBA Programmes in Financial Times 2012

  • All workshops are delivered by the MBS UK faculty.

  • A truly global MBA that gives you the opportunity to attend workshops in any of our 7 international centres in Manchester, Miami, Dubai, Rio De Janeiro, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

  • The only UK MBA to offer a Global Careers Service to part-time students to enhance their professional development through careers coaching, international job opportunities and seminars.

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