IELTS Reading: Attitudes to AI 🤖

IELTS Reading: Attitudes to AI 🤖

This is an Academic Passage 3 Part 3 (Book 16), so it's tough.

In this lesson we'll look at how the language that you learn for Task 2 will help you understand the Reading, and how Reading academic texts like this will help you improve your Writing.

Some of the points I mention include:

- Word formation

https://ieltsetc.com/2020/06/word-formation/

- The 'marc' system for pie charts (Makes up, accounts for, represents, consists of)

https://youtu.be/bsBKQPpVs5g

- Willing to vs want

https://ieltsetc.com/2021/02/willing/

- Hedging

https://ieltsetc.com/2020/12/hedging-in-academic-writing/

- Biased, subjective (Task 2 problems)

https://ieltsetc.com/2021/05/ielts-writing-feedback-40-words/

- How to talk about cause and effect

https://ieltsetc.com/2018/07/free-public-transport/

- The Language of effect

https://youtu.be/Eo8y8ygcgcI


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IELTS Listening: ⛔️ ⛔️Signposts Part 2

IELTS Listening: ⛔️ ⛔️Signposts Part 2

Last week I outlined the 10 signals and signposts that lead you to the answer in the Listening Test (see my blog for more details and a YouTube video). This week I’m showing you an almost identical ex...

6 Sep 201925min

IELTS Listening: ⛔️ SIGNALS and SIGNPOSTS to lead you to the answer.⛔️

IELTS Listening: ⛔️ SIGNALS and SIGNPOSTS to lead you to the answer.⛔️

Listening Part 3 is a very carefully structured dialogue full of signals like ‘So!’ ‘’Well!’ ‘’Now!’, emphatic structures (‘What I decided to do was....’), negative tones (‘But I’m afraid I didn’t man...

29 Aug 201923min

IELTS Reading: Sustainable Architecture - 🐜 lessons from the ant 🐜

IELTS Reading: Sustainable Architecture - 🐜 lessons from the ant 🐜

Reading about a building in Zimbabwe whose ‘air-conditioning system’ was based on termite mounds. Fascinating!

22 Aug 201934min

IELTS Grammar: a simple way of remembering the difference between ‘ing’ and infinitives 🙌🏽

IELTS Grammar: a simple way of remembering the difference between ‘ing’ and infinitives 🙌🏽

If you struggle to work out when to use ‘ing’ the solution is here! Find the whole blog on my website and 10-minute tutorial on YouTube. https://www.ieltsetc.com/2019/08/ing-versus-infinitives/

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IELTS Vocab and Reading: The true cost of food 🚜🐑👩🏽‍🌾

IELTS Vocab and Reading: The true cost of food 🚜🐑👩🏽‍🌾

I chose this one JUST because of the vocab! It’s fabulous to review the topic of intensive industrial agriculture and its impact on the environment.

2 Aug 201933min

IELTS Reading: Climate change and the Inuit ❄️🌞🌎

IELTS Reading: Climate change and the Inuit ❄️🌞🌎

A problem-solution structure with matching headings and gap-fill.

18 Jul 201931min

IELTS Reading: Bring back the big cats 🐅🐈🐾

IELTS Reading: Bring back the big cats 🐅🐈🐾

If you listen to just one podcast this week, make sure it's this one! A fascinating text bursting with IELTS vocabulary.

4 Jul 201936min

Can I prepare for IELTS in one month?

Can I prepare for IELTS in one month?

This episodes encourages you to dust off your 28-Day Planner and use it more effectively. Find all the tips and links on my blog https://www.ieltsetc.com/2019/06/28-ways-ielts-planner/

27 Jun 201931min

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