In Thursday's lesson I wrote about word choice, and I want to stress how important this idea is.
As I write this blog post, I'm not thinking about grammar, and I don't have any pre-prepared words or phrases that I'm hoping to use. My only aim is to communicate a message, and my only task, in terms of language, is to choose the right words in order to deliver my message clearly.
Try this yourself when you're speaking or writing in English. Push all of your worries out of your mind e.g. grammar, impressing the examiner, your score, what you've studied etc.
Instead, just focus on two things:
- The message that you want to communicate.
- Choosing your words carefully to deliver that message.
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Posted by: sn | November 03, 2019 at 21:20
Yes sir, but also think about the speaking criteria because examiner is evaluating on the basis of fluency and coherence, GRA,LR and pronunciation.
Posted by: Pachu | November 04, 2019 at 10:48
Simon, I have listened to your IELTS video courses, that's clear and extremely useful! However, can I apply the structure of 'idea, explain and example' that you have mentioned in one of the video courses in every question types if I can't think of more than one advantages or disadvantages? Thank for your time.
Posted by: Anna | November 07, 2019 at 13:49
Anna, yes you can do that!
Posted by: Simon | November 08, 2019 at 14:33
Thank Simon, this advice is very useful to me <3
Posted by: Elowis | December 20, 2019 at 09:17