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IELTS Sample Essay: Who Should Pay for Nursing Homes

Here is one more sample essay for the topic taken from IELTS website Essay topic is: In Britain, when someone gets old they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. Who

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How to Brainstorm for IELTS Essay Ideas

Brainstorming is a fantastic skill that will stand you in good stead at your IELTS exam. It is not an uphill task to find strong ideas, it is just something that can be developed over time. Make it a habit to plan your essays properly, it will help you to

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IELTS Essay: How to Analyse the Task

Before you start planning your IELTS essay, you need to understand the task very well. Your first step is to identify how many parts it has. Usually you don’t need to count the first sentence, it only introduces the topic. The task itself will be hidden in questions that follow

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Why People Need to Learn English

The other day I got a message from an old friend. He asked my advice, what would be the most efficient way to set up English classes for his son. The thing is that his son hates English and has already pushed away several English tutors by simply persuading them

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How To Prepare For IELTS Listening

“There are so many unknown words. I just can’t understand the speakers,” I often hear this complaint after my students do their sample IELTS test. If I feel that such student’s vocabulary corresponds to B1-B2 level, I stage a simple experiment. I just ask them to open the page with

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Creative Writing Activities

My students have different emotions about writing in English. Some of them dislike it categorically, some of them really enjoy it and some of them fear it. In the course of study, as they have some small and medium-length writing tasks, their attitude slowly gravitates towards pleasure rather than distaste.

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How To Prepare For IELTS Reading

Some students don’t believe me when I tell them that Reading is the easiest IELTS module to prepare for. The thing is that Reading seems difficult to them when they take the trial test to measure their level. Usually it turns out that they can’t answer all the questions in

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Business Idioms

People use many idioms in English on a daily basis. It’s really useful to learn business idioms in order to understand what is going on during a meeting or a discussion. Here are just some of them: to be on the same wavelength When two people are on the same wavelength,

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How to Assess Candidates’ English Skills at Job Interview?

Nowadays most interviewers check job applicants’ English skills superficially, only by asking them several questions in English. After this, they assume that they are aware of a potential employees’ level. However, they may be surprised to discover that their new employee has no clue how to write business letters or can’t prepare

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How to Prepare for IELTS If You Have One Month?

Last week I had a class with a new student, Upper-intermediate level, who needs IELTS 6 in all modules. After assessing her writing and speaking, I was quite satisfied and told her that she could go and take the exam that same day. Nonetheless, it would seem wise to spend

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