Task 2. Some people think that family has the most powerful influence on a child’s development, while others believe that other factors (friends, television, music) have a stronger effect. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Speaking
Describe an ambition you have for the future. You should say: 🟠what your ambition is 🟠how long you have had this ambition 🟠what you are doing to achieve it and explain why this ambition is important to you.
Part 3 Can too much ambition be a bad thing? Should parents encourage their children's ambitions? Is ambition at work good or bad?
IELTS with Stacy AlexandrovaA Slippery Slope of Paraphrasing 💭 "Won't my score go down if I don't paraphrase 'this word'?" is one of the most common questions I hear from students. But I believe the question they should ask themselves instead is: "Won't my score go down IF I PARAPHRASE…
As the retirement age varies in different countries, I don't think that using "retired people" instead of "65-year-olds" is a good idea. Instead, you could use:
🟠senior citizens 🟠individuals of that age 🟠this demographic 🟠those aged 65 🟠those in their mid-60s 🟠people around retirement age
"Won't my score go down if I don't paraphrase 'this word'?" is one of the most common questions I hear from students. But I believe the question they should ask themselves instead is: "Won't my score go down IF I PARAPHRASE this word?"
Let me give you an example. Just the other day, I gave one of my students a recent exam essay topic: "Training 65 year olds to use computers would be a good use of government money. To what extent do you agree or disagree?"
Honestly, I was surprised to see this question myself because usually IELTS essay topics are less specific - it's more common to get questions about old people, young people or children, not people of a precise age.
Anyway, this is what the student wrote in the first body paragraph:
"Firstly, helping retired people to learn new tech skills and computer literacy can increase their life expectancy. Computer skills help 65-years-old people to communicate with each other via social media, better understand the younger generation and adapt to the new technological era. For instance, retired people who know how to use computers find their old friends via Facebook or X and have more social activities that create motivation for living."
Do you believe the use of "retired people" instead of "65-year-olds" justified? Share your thoughts in the comment section ⬇️
IELTS never fails to surprise! This week, we're working on the sea turtle life cycle description with some of my students. Have you already come across this task? ✍
Useful vocabulary: to lay/deposit eggs откладывать яйца incubation инкубация /инкубационный период to hatch вылупляться (из яйца) hatchlings (emerge) детёныши (вылупляются/появляются на свет) to scramble to water /to make your way to water добираться до воды to forage for (food) добывать пищу / кормиться to mature достигать зрелости / взрослеть to mate спариваться foraging area / grounds / site место кормления, кормовая территория to nest гнездиться/откладывать яйца (в гнездо)
Task 2. Many children these days find it difficult to concentrate or pay attention at school. What are the causes of this situation? How can we solve this problem?
I'm here, guys 😁 Grateful to each and every one of you who's still following the blog. A lot has happened over these months:
🟠 I've been snowed under with work – I don't think there will be any slots available until August. That said, I'm thinking about new projects for September (the speaking club will be back). 🟠 I've taken an exam in Chinese and passed it 🥳 🟠I've taken up a brand-new sport 💪 🟠I'm getting ready to move to another apartment. 🟠I've just been soaking up the sunshine and enjoying lush summer greenery ☀️
How have you been?☺️
Put one of the following reactions: 💅 - chilling 🤪 - working hard
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