This section gives some idiomatic vocabulary in English, as a blog, or list to which I regularly add. This vocabulary is also given (in more detail) in the page ‘Idiomatic Vocabulary’ (under the ‘Vocabulary’ Section). So, you have the same input twice, since both forms can be convenient. However, if you are accessing the information here, it is… Read More »
Hello Everyone. In the ‘IELTS Vocabulary’ section, I mentioned seven rules to learning vocabulary. Rule 7 is by reading. And here is some light, easy, and interesting reading pieces – all about … the country shown below. Yes, Australia. My country is huge, diverse, and has a fascinating history, which all means there are many insights I… Read More »
When you see the above video, you might think ‘what’s going on in America?’ On the surface, it seems that the riots, destruction, and looting [See the previous post to understand these words], are all a protest against the horrible needless death of a innocent person at the hands of a callous and uncaring police officer. But some people, including myself, are beginning to question whether it is that simple. The facts are that the police officers involved will be charged, investigations are currently happening, and changes will be made in response to public pressure. So …… what’s going on? Burning down your own neighbourhoods doesn’t help the people there, many of whom are black. Attacking police officers (some of whom could be black) who had nothing to do with original crime is unfair to those officers (most of whom are good people). Looting shops no longer links the protest…
Let’s learn some English by looking at some current events – that is, events happening in the world right now. Okay, look out the video above, which concerns the most important event happening right now. It’s a little hard to watch the beginning, when the police officer keeps holding down the man’s neck with his knee. My thoughts? The same as everyone else watching this. Why? Why? Why? Why hold him down? [He wasn’t being violent.] Why do it for so long? [The man was no threat to anyone.] Why put the knee to his neck? [The man was already handcuffed.] Why just keep doing this? [There were three other officers to help.] What were the police officers waiting for? Why do this when you know you are being filmed? Why do this when the bystanders themselves are warning the police officer that he is doing a dangerous thing, and…
Hello everyone. The first question you may want to ask is … why is there a picture of a cat above? Well, I like cats, okay? Also, that picture represents (to me at least) the focus, attention, and dedication which you need in order to get a high IELTS mark. Focus! Attention! Dedication! And get better! …
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Hi everyone. I haven’t written a pixnet post for some months now. After years of regularly putting Grammar, Vocabulary, Collocation, and Logic posts, I decided there is more than enough practice material for any serious student of IELTS. You could practice forever with all the material there, and it all fits together smoothly (like the above picture, right?). So why am I giving a post now? …
作者themiz4466 (老包中距離) 看板IELTS 標題 [心得] （代po）雅思電腦考+Andrew補習心得 時間Mon Mar 2 13:11:23 2020 (因為本人沒有PTT帳號，所以請人代PO)
考試日期：2020/2/16
地點：IDP電腦考
分數：L:6.5 R:7.5 W:6.5 S:5.5 Overall:6.5 …
o 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 not so high, ‘just’ 6.5, but she told me later she hadn’t written fast enough, so I could understand why that score was lower. Underlength writing is scored down. What was surprising was her speaking score, because she was a quiet and softly-spoken girl. But maybe I should not be surprised, because she studied very hard, carefully going over every single word in my IELTS books, translating them when necessary. I noticed this in class – every page of the books covered in notes. What can we conclude? Two things. Try to be like her. Join my IELTS courses. Yep, that’s the key to getting that high IELTS mark. And on that subject, can I remind everyone…
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 . …
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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? …