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Do you know that the girl standing next to me, on the right of the picture (although she looks a bit like a boy, doesn’t she?) got… IELTS 8 for Speaking, IELTS 9 for Reading, IELTS 8.5 for Listening?   Okay, her IELTS Writing score was ‘only’ 6.5, but she told me afterward that she didn’t finish either writing task on time. Yes, slow writers will always struggle to get high scores, because underlength writing is immediately penalised. But what’s wrong with 6.5, right? And think about the score she would have got if she had written faster. Wow! Her writing was underlength, and she STILL got 6.5. This means that her writing was definitely good! What really surprised me about her was the high IELTS speaking score, since she was a quiet and softly-spoken girl in class. But she did something few of my students do: studied very hard. She carefully went over every single word in my IELTS books, translating them…

  Final Post of this Collocation Series Well, we come to the end of another series of ‘collocation’ posts. All I have to do is give the answers to 12 of 12, and it’s done. Well, here are those answers, and remember, you can learn more about me at   www.aisielts.com . If you click here, then go to Courses, then go to …Timetable for the Term 1 & 2 IELTS Courses, you will see that everything will start again this coming January, with the new IELTS courses beginning on Monday 6th. See you there. …

    Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (12 of 12)   …

  Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (11 of 12)   Collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right? Remember, you can learn more about me at   www.aisielts.com . …

週六密集班課程資訊   *授課日期 : 108年11月30日~109年2月29日。   *上課時間 : 每週六9:30am~12:45pm，2:00pm~5:15pm   *課程時數 : 至少78個小時 ( 一堂課3hrs15mins，總共24堂課 )   *學費 : 28000元 ( 每小時均價359元，上課用書一本300元，同學也可以自行購買 )   PS. 老師的課程不只教雅思技巧還可以真正提升學生的英文程度， 而且對同學到國外留學寫論文相當有幫助喔！   *團報優惠 : 兩人同行一人折1000元，三人同行一人折2000元 ( 詳細團報規則請參考AIS網站 )。   課程詳情請參考 Andrew 老師網站 : aisielts.com   …

雅思一戰8分心得+推薦Andrew   等好久的成績終於出來了，看到真的很意外
因為第一篇作文沒寫完已經準備要二戰了   L: 8.5 R: 9 W: 6.5 S: 7.0 O: 8   背景：專五，多益930、英檢中高級初試通過
於9月開始上Andrew小班制密集班課程   正文開始   聽：考完覺得跟真題播放速度差不多？
但是每個section能先閱讀的時間不同，要注意
趁這時間圈關鍵字（需要多少單字？重點？） …

    Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (10 of 12)   …

  Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (9 of 12) It’s been quite a while since my last post, actually. I have been busy lately, preparing and doing a seminar at the IDP Education Exhibition (last Sunday), and I’ve had a few health issues [bad back]. Again, here’s the next post of the current ‘collocation’ series. Remember, collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right? …

  Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (8 of 12)   Collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right? …

  Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (7 of 12)   Collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right? …

  1.平日雅思寫作和聽力課程  上課時間 ~ 每週一三五晚上7–10：15 pm  授課日期 ~ 10月14日 至11月15日 課程時數 ~ 至少49個小時 ( 一堂課3hrs15mins共15堂課 ) 學費 ~ 17500元 ( 每小時均價357元 + 兩本上課用書600元 )   2.平日雅思閱讀和口說課程 上課時間 ~ 每週二四晚上7–10：15 pm 授課日期 ~ 10月15日至11月14日  課程時數 ~ 至少33個小時 ( 一堂課3hrs15mins共10堂課 )   學費 ~ 11000元 ( 每小時均價333元 + 兩本上課用書600元 )   PS. 以上兩個課程可以擇一報名也可以只選擇單一技巧報名，詳細課程訊息以及團報優惠規則請同學參考Andrew老師的網站aisielts.com   …

週日密集班課程資訊   *授課日期 : 10月13日~1月12日。   *上課時間 : 每週日9:30am~12:45pm，2:00pm~5:15pm   *課程時數 : 至少78個小時 ( 一堂課3hrs15mins，總共24堂課 )   *學費 : 28000元 ( 每小時均價359元，上課用書一本300元，同學也可以自行購買 )   *團報優惠 : 兩人同行一人折500元，三人同行一人折1000元 ( 詳細團報規則請參考AIS網站 )。   課程詳情請參考 Andrew 老師網站 : aisielts.com …

Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (6 of 12)   Collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right?   …

Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (5 of 12)   Collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right?   …

Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (4 of 12)   Collocation is the key to getting a higher IELTS Writing and Speaking score, but it is not easy. Students often do not collocate words very well (which is why they don’t receive IELTS 7 or 8). To have ‘a sense of collocation’ (= IELTS 7), you need to have some familiarity with English. So, start reading all my pixnet posts, and getting this familiarity, right?   …

    Let’s do Collocation Again, Okay? (3 of 12)   …