In last week's lesson I explained what I mean by 'band 7 vocabulary'. Read the lesson again, then study the paragraph below.
Which words or phrases in the following paragraph might be considered 'band 7 or higher'?
It is true that there are some disadvantages to learning a foreign language at primary school age. The main problem is that young children need to study other subjects which can be considered as more important than a second language. The core subjects in most primary schools are the mother tongue language, mathematics and science, and it can be argued that lessons in a new language take valuable study time away from these key disciplines, as well as causing confusion in the young learners. In particular, some people might worry that lessons in the new language could delay the development of a child’s first language.
Note:
The paragraph above would be part of my answer to this question.
Some possible band 7 words/phrases:
primary school age
the core subjects
take valuable study time
key disciplines
from these key disciplines
Posted by: Minh | May 29, 2013 at 09:24
core subjects
mother tongue language
valuable study time
key disciplines
causing confusion
could delay the development
Posted by: Vineeta | May 29, 2013 at 09:46
'It is true that there...'
'...primary school age.'
'The core subjects in most primary...'
'...it can be argued ...'
'In particular, some people (might)...'
Posted by: Abdulaziz | May 29, 2013 at 10:03
Dear Simon,
Thank you so much for the effective lessons.
Here are some vocabulary which could be considered as ' band 7 or higher'
1. Learning a foreign language at primary school age
2.Can be considered
3. More important than a second language
4.the core subjects in most primary school
5. The mother tongue language
6.take valuable study time
7. From these key disciplines
8.causing confusion in the young learners
9.could delay the development of a child's first language
Have a nice day:)
Posted by: Suman | May 29, 2013 at 10:31
-disadvantages to learing foreign language
-young children need to study other subjects
-can be considered as
-the core subject is
-lessons in new language can take valuable study time away from this key disciplines
-causing confusion to younger learners
-some people might worry
-delay the development of child's first language
Posted by: lexi | May 29, 2013 at 10:33
some band 7 words and phrases:
(at least for me)
foreign language
primary school age
second language
The core subjects
the mother tongue language
take valuable study time
key disciplines
confusion
the young learners
the development of a child’s first language
Posted by: semenchu | May 29, 2013 at 10:50
Band & vocabs
which can be considered ,The core subjects ,the mother tongue language,valuable study time,from these key disciplines, causing confusion ,could delay the development,
opposite view,
However,there are some reasons why to learn learn foreign language at priimary school.Second language is as important as other subjects such as maths and science, and thats why should be part of curriculum at pirmary school.For example,English is taught at primary schools in many countries where English is not a primary language.During primary school years students are capable of learning second language easily.Furthermore,they do not have to waste time after second language,and they can give more time to academic subjects.
Posted by: jaman | May 29, 2013 at 11:48
easily.Furthermore,they do not have to waste time after second language,and they can give more time to academic subjects
little bit correction,
easily.Furthermore,they do not have to waste time after second language DURING SECONDARY SCHOOL,and they can give more time to academic subjects
Posted by: jaman | May 29, 2013 at 11:51
Some vocabularies and phrases that help improve the score as follow:
1.Primary school age
2.Core subjects
3.Mother tongue language
4.Take valuable study time away from these key disciplines
5.Causing confusion in the young learners
6.Delay the development of a child's first language.
hope to receive many remarks from all of you
all the best!
Posted by: hoang | May 29, 2013 at 14:04
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Posted by: Abdolaziz | May 29, 2013 at 16:24
1. Primary school age
2. The core subjects
3. Mother tongue language
4. Key disciplines
5. Delay the development of a child’s first language.
Posted by: Makhabbat | May 29, 2013 at 17:29
the core subject.
take valuable study time away.
causing confusion in the young learners.
delay in the development of a child's first language.
Posted by: Ajay Sharma | May 29, 2013 at 19:51
1- The core subjects in most primary schools are the mother tongue language,
2- as well as causing
Posted by: gehan | May 29, 2013 at 21:09
1- Subjects which can be considered more important than a second language.
2- mother tangue.
3- new lessons in new language take valuable study time away from these key DISCIPLINES.
4-confusions in the young learners.
5- could delay the development of child's first language.
Posted by: Bakr | May 30, 2013 at 00:14
hello,
at primary school age
core subjects
mother tongue language
take valuable study time away
key disciplines
causing confusion
In particular
delay the development of a child’s first language
thanks!
Posted by: Nicole | May 30, 2013 at 04:13
- primary school age
- which can be considered
- the core subjects
- the mother tongue language
- valuable study time
- key disciplines
- causing confusion
- delay the development
Posted by: AJ | May 30, 2013 at 10:33
-primary school age
-core subjects
-key disciplines
-cousing confusion
-delay the development
Posted by: Liu | May 30, 2013 at 12:15
Hi Siomon!
Could i ask you a stupid question?
If i get 7.0 in my task2 writing and 6.0 in my task1 writing,what would be my overall band score in my writing? and how about the opposite(T1:7.0; T2:6.0)
Posted by: ptc | May 31, 2013 at 02:00
at primary school age
can be considered as
core subjects
the mother tongue language
can be argued that
take valuable study time
these key disciplines
cause confusing in
delay the development of a child's first language
Posted by: Kan | May 31, 2013 at 03:03
Hi Simon,
"The main problem is that young children need to study other subjects which can be considered as more important than a second language", do we need 'as' here?
Posted by: JZ | May 31, 2013 at 03:56
However, the benefits of early age foreign language lessons are even more. Young children tend to learn every thing faster as well as be less shy so that it is easy to teach them a language through games and other activities in the shortest time. Moreover, most adult learners often experience problems to adjust new pronunciation but this problem can be delt easily with young students. On the top of that, today knowing international language is becoming one of the most essential skills in our globalized era, so it is worth setting this subject top priority at schools from early days.
By the way of conclusion, we should ignore some disadvantages of teaching students at primary school, because its benefits offset drawbacks in long term.
Posted by: Yusufboy | May 31, 2013 at 08:58
primary school age
core subjects
mother tongue language
can be argued
valuable study time
key disciplines
young learners
Posted by: Khurram | May 31, 2013 at 11:38
FROM SIMON:
Here are the words/phrases that I think would impress the examiner.
TOPIC VOCABULARY:
- at primary school age
- core subjects
- mother tongue language
- take valuable study time away from
- key disciplines
- causing confusion in the young learners
- delay the development of a child’s first language
'ORGANISING' VOCABULARY:
- which can be considered as
- it can be argued that
- In particular, some people might worry that
...
Hi Abdolaziz,
Thanks for your kind comment. I don't think I deserve to be compared to Alex Ferguson, but it was very nice of you!
...
Hi ptc,
I'm not an expert (examiners don't do the calculations), but I'd assume that you would get 6.5 in both cases.
Posted by: Simon | May 31, 2013 at 17:48
Hi I have incorporated the things i learnt through days of reading and studying this website.
I am wondering if anyone can help me and comment on my essay. Can someone be kind enough to maybe rate (?) my essay?
TOPIC:
Child labor is still an issue unsolved in many of the under developed, less developed or developing countries. Should developed countries come forward to provide some aid to eradicate it totally? Give your views.
ESSAY:
It is true that despite the efforts directed towards resolving the issue of child labor, countries all over the world continue to face this major concern. In my opinion, developed countries should spearhead the campaign against this debilitating problem.
There are several convincing reasons why rich countries should take a strong stand and responsibility in leading the movement for total eradication of child labor.
Firstly, rich countries own enough monetary gains to implement radical changes. On the other hand, poor countries are in a lot of debts to international financing organizations that they are powerless in supporting the family’s basic needs; hence, resulting to drastic measures such as exploitation of children to contribute income to the family. With the support of rich countries through creating good paying jobs for these children’s parents, poor families living in third-world countries may improve their sub human conditions.
Secondly, powerful countries are capable of strengthening the campaign against child labor by implementing international laws that protects the human rights of these children. They can impose serious punishments to anyone who supports and allows child trafficking and exploitation.
Finally, this global concern needs quick resolution which can only be attained if all countries work hand-in-hand. Although we know that child labor occurs mostly in underdeveloped countries due to the high poverty rates, developed countries should back them up to avoid further harm to its victims.
In conclusion, there is no doubt that developed countries have the wealth and the power to implement change for these affected children’s ongoing misery. On this note, I am very convinced that they should play an indispensable role in the fight towards a complete stop to child labor.
Posted by: ms aussiebrownalien | June 01, 2013 at 02:24
Dear teacher & friends!
I continue with the rest of the essay. Welcome your comments:
On the other hand, the advantages of learning an another language early have been proved through time.
Firstly, many experts advise that the sooner you learn a new language, the higher level you can gain.
Secondly, children are less self-conscious and shy than adults, so it really easy for them to copy and pick up the pronunciation of a new tongue, which is one of the decisive factors leading to success in pursuing a foreign language.
Finally, nowadays studying a foreign tongue has become popular as other disciplines, and it is considered as the key factor opening the door to better job opportunities.
In conclusion, with what mentioned above, i completely believe that primary school age is the most suitable time for children to begin learning a new language.
Posted by: Chris Sol | June 01, 2013 at 04:22
Today a lot of different cultures and ethnic groups live together in one country. Why is this so and do you think this is a positive or negative development?
could any 1 give ideas ONLY for the the above essay ..
thank u
Posted by: shafva | June 03, 2013 at 13:50
do u think one line should be left blank between two paragraphs??
Posted by: manisha | June 03, 2013 at 18:27
Is it necessary for a test taker to write word count after completing the essay?
Posted by: manisha | June 03, 2013 at 18:30
Hi Simon, I have a question on introduction. I have read your many lesson on this and I understand your advise is to keep it short and sweet. However, I am still very much confused. First question is, does our introduction should be able to express to examiner that if we are going to write about both side or arguments or only one side. Because I understand we should introduce topic and then write our opinion, but then in essays where I would write both side vs one side there is no difference. For example, if we take topic
"Families who do not send their children to public schools should not be required to pay taxes that support universal education.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?"
I wrote this intro,
"Many people feel that citizens who don’t send their children to public school shouldn’t be required to pay education taxes. While I believe that there are arguments in the favor of this statement, I disagree with this point of view."
now it would be same even if I write both side of arguments here or write both para supporting disagree side. Please help, I have exam on June 8th this confusion is really making me nervous. thanks so much in advance!
Posted by: Brajesh | June 04, 2013 at 03:35
What is the format to write various type of essays like agree or disagree,discussion essay,argumentative essay and so on.
Posted by: kevin francis | June 25, 2013 at 16:01
- The main problem is that
- which can be considered as more important than
- take valuable study time away from these key disciplines
- as well as causing confusion in the young learners
- In particular
- delay the development of a child's first language
Posted by: Chris_lyc | February 04, 2014 at 08:21
just copy.
on the other hand, there are some significant advantages to learn a foreign language for primary children. the main reason is that young children can learn new things faster. compared with others, they are less self-conscious or shy, and mimic pronunciation without inhibitions.Also they enjoy copying and learning through games, which could bring them a lot of fun during studying progress. practice and repetition through games or activities are essential for a language learner. furthermore, learning a new language could broaden children's horizons, which means language learning is more than just speaking and writing in a different language, but it is a good opportunity to experience a different culture.
Posted by: Mint | March 08, 2014 at 04:59