IELTS with Fiona: a comprehensive guide to IELTS29 Dec 2020

IELTS Reading: Motivational Factors and the hospitality industry 👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳

This is an extremely difficult Academic Reading Passage 3.

It took me 30 minutes to find the answers even with the answer sheet in front of me.

What can we learn from a text like this?

Background knowledge and vocabulary will aid understanding
Strategies such as locating the researchers' names will speed up your responses
Every little helps - 2 of my recent daily tasks from the Writing Challenge will help you break down the dense text

1) affect vs effect

https://ieltsetc.com/2020/12/affect-vs-effect/

2) factor vs reason

https://members.ieltsetc.com/factor-vs-reason/

Add these synonyms to your list:

managers need to know = it is beneficial for hotel managers to understand
to increase employee retention = to encourage staff to remain
employees feel obligated to stay = staff feel they shouldn't move
little is done = undeveloped practices
employee development = improve their skills
if cooperation is encouraged = if managers encourage employees to work together
research has shown = evidence exists to support this hypothesis
staff have a tendency to = employees have a predisposition to
to dislike their workplace = to view their work environment negatively
they conducted a study = they carried out research
to fit with company goals = to align with organisational goals

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