Here's the 'band 7-9' vocabulary from the essay that I shared on Wednesday:
- overly permissive
- tend to spoil their children
- parenting style
- a range of negative long-term consequences
- to raise respectful and well-behaved children
- a certain amount of discipline
- Having worked with children myself,.....
- clear expectations and boundaries
- to push against these boundaries
- to regulate their desires
- develop self control
- constantly give in to their children’s demands
- doing more harm than good
- failing their children
- indulgent or lenient parents
- negative personality traits
- The first and most obvious danger
- self-centred adults
- show little consideration for the feelings or needs of others
- One consequence of such an attitude
- unable to work successfully in teams
- impulsiveness
- lack the patience
- to carefully consider options
- compulsive shopping
- unwise financial decisions
- criminal activity
- I do not believe that..... supports this objective
Notice that this is all "topic vocabulary", which contributes to the 'task response' and 'lexical resource' scores. The words and phrases above are the key reason why my essay would easily achieve a band 9.
Good summary. Thank you
Posted by: Nameless | September 02, 2017 at 16:51
Dear Simon! I have just received my results! I would never have been able to do this without your lectures and book! thank you thank you thank you!!
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 7.5
Writing: 7.0
Speaking: 8.0
Overall: 7.5
Posted by: LM | September 02, 2017 at 20:26
Congratulations LM
Could you write a summary of your preparation for the IELTS Exam?
1. Was it your first attempt? If no, what were your scores in the previous exams?
2. How did you prepare yourself for the writing section?
3. How long have you been studying English in general and for the exam specifically?
I would appreciate it if you answer the above questions.
Posted by: Adib | September 03, 2017 at 05:15
Dearsimon please writing topic are sent me in 16september21017
Posted by: Singh | September 03, 2017 at 13:27
Here are the charts showing Simon's phrases: clicking on an underlined blue phrase at the bottom of the chart will bring up examples of usage:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=overly+permissive%2Cspoil+their+children%2Cnegative+long-term+consequences%2Cclear+expectations+and+boundaries%2Cto+push+against+the+boundaries%2Cdevelop+self+control%2Cregulate+their+desires%2Cfailing+their+children&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Coverly%20permissive%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cspoil%20their%20children%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cnegative%20long%20-%20term%20consequences%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cclear%20expectations%20and%20boundaries%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cto%20push%20against%20the%20boundaries%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cdevelop%20self%20control%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cregulate%20their%20desires%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfailing%20their%20children%3B%2Cc0
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=doing+more+harm+than+good%2Cparenting+style%2Cunwise+financial+decisions%2Ccriminal+activity%2Csupports+this+objective%2Clenient+parents%2CHaving+worked+with+children%2Ca+certain+amount+of+discipline&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cdoing%20more%20harm%20than%20good%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cparenting%20style%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cunwise%20financial%20decisions%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccriminal%20activity%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csupports%20this%20objective%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Clenient%20parents%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CHaving%20worked%20with%20children%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ca%20certain%20amount%20of%20discipline%3B%2Cc0
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=negative+personality+traits%2Cfirst+and+most+obvious+danger%2Cself-centered+adults%2Cshow+little+consideration+for%2Cfeelings+or+needs+of+others%2Cwork+successfully+in+teams%2Clack+the+patience%2Ccarefully+consider+options%2Ccompulsive+shopping&year_start=1960&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cnegative%20personality%20traits%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfirst%20and%20most%20obvious%20danger%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cself%20-%20centered%20adults%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cshow%20little%20consideration%20for%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfeelings%20or%20needs%20of%20others%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cwork%20successfully%20in%20teams%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Clack%20the%20patience%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccarefully%20consider%20options%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccompulsive%20shopping%3B%2Cc0
Posted by: M'ambo | September 05, 2017 at 04:07
Dear Simon
I have an question about vocabulary in IELTS reading test.
Is it useful to read and memorise all the vocabulary in the past IELTS Reading test! As you know for instance all vocabulary used in IELTS combridge 7 to 12 !!
Posted by: Hamed | June 06, 2018 at 12:15