IELTS 9

Which one is your accent?
anonymous poll

American – 37
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%

Other – 32
👍👍👍👍👍👍 31%

British – 19
👍👍👍👍 18%

Russian – 10
👍👍 10%

Portuguese – 3
👍 3%

Canadian – 3
👍 3%

👥 104 people voted so far.

Let's listen to some people talking in English with different accents.
Number one candidate is from Portugal. Meet him talking about consumerism in the USA anc its influence on Portugal.

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IELTS VOCABULARY
Relationships
 •to break up: to end a romantic relationship
 •to drift apart: to become less close to someone
 •to enjoy someone’s company: to like spending time with someone
 •to fall for: to fall in love
• to fall head over heels in love: to start to love someone a lot
 •to fall out with: to have a disagreement and stop being friends
 •to get on like a house on fire: to like someone’s company very much indeed
 •to get on well with: to understand someone and enjoy similar interests
 •to get to know: to begin to know someone
 •to go back years: to have known someone for a long time
• to have a lot in common: to share similar interests
 •to have ups and downs: to have good and bad times
• a healthy relationship: a good, positive relationship
•to hit it off: to quickly become good friends with
 •to be in a relationship: to be romantically involved with someone
 •to be just good friends: to not be romantically involved
 •to keep in touch with: to keep in contact with
 •to lose touch with: to not see or hear from someone any longer
 •love at first sight: to fall in love immediately you meet someone
 •to pop the question: to ask someone to marry you
 •to see eye to eye: to agree on a subject
 •to settle down: to give up the single life and start a family
• to strike up a relationship: to begin a friendship
• to tie the knot: to get married
 `to be well matched: to be similar to
 •to work at a relationship: to try to maintain a positive relationship with someone

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IELTS Advice: do the basics well

People who become good at things do the basics well, and they only show off occasionally.
Native speakers (of any language) spend most of their time using clear and relatively simple language. They might add a 'flourish' here and there, but it's rare to meet a native speaker who tries to make every sentence seem impressive.
I try to persuade students to aim for this 'natural' native-speaker style of writing and speaking. Learn to write and speak in a clear, simple, accurate and coherent way.
Leave the rhetorical flourishes to politicians and professional writers!!!

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two questions about exam technique

1. Should you read the whole passage before looking at the questions?
2. Should you go to the questions first, then skim/scan to find the answers?

My answer to question 1 is no. You don't have time to read the whole passage unless your English is almost 'native speaker' level.

My answer to question 2 is yes and no.
Yes - go to the questions first.
No - don't skim or scan unless the question contains a name or number.

My advice is to do the questions one by one. Instead of skimming or scanning, read the passage carefully. The answers to most question sections will be in order in the passage, so you will gradually read the whole passage as you find the answers.

#reading

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Study a little every day

Instead of worrying about study timetables or how many hours of IELTS practice you think you need to do, just make one simple rule for yourself: do something every day, no matter how small.

A lot can be achieved if you commit to doing a little every day.

#studyskills


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🔥 ESSENTIAL SPEAKING TIPS

🔵- The most important thing to do in the second part is to KEEP TALKING for 1 to 2 minutes.

⚫️- Don’t care much about grammar, focus on the content of the presentation
delivered in this part and also the fluency of your answer.

🔴- Expand your answer by focusing on the 4 suggestions that are provided.

⚫️- You don’t need to maintain eye contact with the examiner in this part of the test.

🔵- Keep in mind that the examiner is NOT allowed to help you by any means in this
part.
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