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Love the way of teaching and the clear pronunciation, you honestly make it easier for me to learn. Your channel helped me not only with the Ielts test, but also I noticed improvements when I speak about different topics. So glad I found this channel
Hey Jall lu, that's really kind of you to say. We're really glad you've found our channel useful! Please get in touch if you have any questions or need any help.
@@TheIELTSGrind Thank you so much. I will watch this video over and over until I get those expressions into my active vocabulary so I can use them when I need them. After I master those, I will go to another video of yours and start over. Do you think this way of learning is ok?
Practice is always a good approach. Have you taken a practice test recently or do you have a tutor who can help you identify your biggest problems? If you know where you are struggling then you will be able to focus on that and see faster improvement. For us, usually students struggle the most with speaking and writing, so you'll find plenty of videos on these exam papers on our channel.
One more thing to help you out @jall lu ! Don't be afraid to modify the sentence frames you see in our videos to match your own personal experience. If you want you can leave your modified sentences (not the whole speaking, just changed sentences) in the comments and we will let you know if you're using it correctly. Additionally, don't forget to work on your grammar too. Follow these steps to work on noticing your grammar mistakes and activley work on improving them. Step 1- Record yourself answering a question with a focus on fluency. Just speak. Step 2- Listen to your recording. Write down any mistakes you hear and correct them in a notebook. Do NOT write down everything, just your mistakes. Step 3- Record yourself agian and focus on grammatical accuracy and using correct vocabulary. Step 4- If you have a person (native speaker) who can look it over, transcribe (or write down everything) from your second recording and give it to them. Ask them to correct any grammar mistakes that you missed and offer better ways to say what you are trying to say. Following steps 1-3 will help you work on your fossilized errors, or those mistakes that you know about but still make. Over time they will fade away as you notice what they sound like. They will start to sound wrong and that is when you know you'e succeded. Step 4 will obviously help you see how native spakers phrase things and learn better sentence frames and vocabulary. They will also be pointing out any grammar mistakes that you don't know you are making. This will help you see what grammar points you still need to learn and focus your learning. Good luck!
@@TheIELTSGrind @The IELTS Grind I’m so grateful for your help. It is challenging to master English but you are making it easier for me. To be honest, I don't intend to take the IELTS exam anytime soon. That said, English is my passion. I have a penchant for learning and becoming proficient in this language. Nonetheless, I would definitely keep practicing, so when the time I need to take the exam comes, then I would be ready for it. Thank you
How to answer the question, Do you work or study? Because in my case i have been graduated and right now i am only preparing for IELTS. How should I answer?
A great question. I would say exactly that. I have recently graduated and I am have been preparing for the IELTS. The examiner just wants to know if they should ask you questions about being a student or about being a worker. You can also just 'lie' and say you are currently a student or an employee.
thanks for your lesson, it 's useful, provides me fundamental knowledge. I used to speak a lot in part 1, 2 but then in part 3, i how problems about brainstrorm ideas, and expressing it in an logical way T.T
The best advice we can give you is to 1) answer the question directly in your first sentence. and 2) provide supporting sentences with relevant examples or points in the following sentences. If you can give specific examples, that's great. Remember, it's not the quality of the argument that is graded but the way it is linked together and presented. That makes it a lot easier!
The best advice I can give you is to try to answer the question fully. You do this in English by first answering the questions directly, then you provide supporting details to expand on your answer. These supporting details can be a reason, an example, an explanation or a summary etc. Also, try not to concentrate on 'the perfect answer' and instead concentrate on learning English. The IELTS is an English test and there are no shortcuts unfortunately. We wish you the best of luck for your exam and feel free to join us for live speaking classes on Fridays..
Hello My speaking was on 4th April 🙏🏻Examiner did put why just once and put question to quetion in between my answers of part 3 (follow ups). would it be good or not ? Plz reply 🙏🏻🙏🏻. M really worried
A good question. Remember that the examiner just wants to know which list of questions they should ask you, those about work or about study. I would either say "I recently quit my job, but let's talk about it' or pretend I'm still working. At the end of the day, the IELTS is just about English and not truth!
Hey Sandeep. You have three options here. 1) hope that you don't get this question and get the topic about 'home' instead. It will be either work/study or home for the first set of questions. 2) just be honest and do your best to answer the questions. The examiner will either ask you one list of questions based on work or on study depending on what you tell them. 3) Just pretend you are either working or studying. Maybe talk about your past studies as if you are still doing them or describe the job you have had or would like to have in the future. Just remember that the examiner doesn't care if the information is correct, just that it is in English. Good luck!
Hi! one more thing related to option 2 is that you can talk about past experiences. So if you say that you used to work in X industry but now you are a house wife they will ask you about that job that you did do. it is the same if you say that you recently graduated or used to be a student they will ask you questions but using the past tense so make sure you answer in the past tense as well!
Hello Bajwa, to give a good answer in the IELTS exam you need to answer the question directly and then give supporting ideas for your answer. Although structures and strategies are important, concentrating on actually learning English is much more useful. This video and all videos on this channel are going to help you because we are native speaker, just listen to us and learn from us. Feel free to join us on Fridays for speaking practice live.
The IELTS Grind resources:
Newsletter: theieltsgrind.com/newsletter
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ielts...
Facebook Page: facebook.com/theieltsgrind/
Recommended study aids:
The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS Student's Book: amzn.to/2v10rnt
Cambridge IELTS 13 General Training Student's Book: amzn.to/2w10SOs
IELTS 14 Academic Student's Book: amzn.to/2T9lJqT
(all links are affiliate links for Amazon and we will get a small commission if you buy via these links)
I'm a beginner at teaching IELTS and I really appreciate you for sharing your ideas. So much that I almost feel guilty to "steal" them.
Lol, no problem! Check out my other channel 'the English Grind' too, it's geared towards IELTS teachers. Lots to pillage there too!
Love the way of teaching and the clear pronunciation, you honestly make it easier for me to learn. Your channel helped me not only with the Ielts test, but also I noticed improvements when I speak about different topics.
So glad I found this channel
Hey Jall lu, that's really kind of you to say. We're really glad you've found our channel useful! Please get in touch if you have any questions or need any help.
@@TheIELTSGrind Thank you so much. I will watch this video over and over until I get those expressions into my active vocabulary so I can use them when I need them.
After I master those, I will go to another video of yours and start over.
Do you think this way of learning is ok?
Practice is always a good approach.
Have you taken a practice test recently or do you have a tutor who can help you identify your biggest problems?
If you know where you are struggling then you will be able to focus on that and see faster improvement.
For us, usually students struggle the most with speaking and writing, so you'll find plenty of videos on these exam papers on our channel.
One more thing to help you out @jall lu ! Don't be afraid to modify the sentence frames you see in our videos to match your own personal experience. If you want you can leave your modified sentences (not the whole speaking, just changed sentences) in the comments and we will let you know if you're using it correctly.
Additionally, don't forget to work on your grammar too. Follow these steps to work on noticing your grammar mistakes and activley work on improving them.
Step 1- Record yourself answering a question with a focus on fluency. Just speak.
Step 2- Listen to your recording. Write down any mistakes you hear and correct them in a notebook. Do NOT write down everything, just your mistakes.
Step 3- Record yourself agian and focus on grammatical accuracy and using correct vocabulary.
Step 4- If you have a person (native speaker) who can look it over, transcribe (or write down everything) from your second recording and give it to them. Ask them to correct any grammar mistakes that you missed and offer better ways to say what you are trying to say.
Following steps 1-3 will help you work on your fossilized errors, or those mistakes that you know about but still make. Over time they will fade away as you notice what they sound like. They will start to sound wrong and that is when you know you'e succeded.
Step 4 will obviously help you see how native spakers phrase things and learn better sentence frames and vocabulary. They will also be pointing out any grammar mistakes that you don't know you are making. This will help you see what grammar points you still need to learn and focus your learning.
Good luck!
@@TheIELTSGrind
@The IELTS Grind
I’m so grateful for your help. It is challenging to master English but you are making it easier for me.
To be honest, I don't intend to take the IELTS exam anytime soon. That said, English is my passion. I have a penchant for learning and becoming proficient in this language.
Nonetheless, I would definitely keep practicing, so when the time I need to take the exam comes, then I would be ready for it.
Thank you
How to answer the question, Do you work or study? Because in my case i have been graduated and right now i am only preparing for IELTS. How should I answer?
A great question. I would say exactly that. I have recently graduated and I am have been preparing for the IELTS.
The examiner just wants to know if they should ask you questions about being a student or about being a worker.
You can also just 'lie' and say you are currently a student or an employee.
thanks for your lesson, it 's useful, provides me fundamental knowledge. I used to speak a lot in part 1, 2 but then in part 3, i how problems about brainstrorm ideas, and expressing it in an logical way T.T
The best advice we can give you is to 1) answer the question directly in your first sentence. and 2) provide supporting sentences with relevant examples or points in the following sentences. If you can give specific examples, that's great.
Remember, it's not the quality of the argument that is graded but the way it is linked together and presented. That makes it a lot easier!
It is really helpful. thanks so much
Glad it was helpful!
When do you usually get out of class??
Then u express it in past tense!!!??
In my opinion, the answer should be in present tense not past...
Love your teaching way
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching
Is it correct to say i want to major in English or should I say Education
Thank you so much information
Please provide English subtitles with videos
How to answer the question do you work or study? Because in my case I completed my School education and I am preparing for ilets
I have recently passed my 12th and going to give my ielts what is the best answer ?
The best advice I can give you is to try to answer the question fully. You do this in English by first answering the questions directly, then you provide supporting details to expand on your answer. These supporting details can be a reason, an example, an explanation or a summary etc. Also, try not to concentrate on 'the perfect answer' and instead concentrate on learning English. The IELTS is an English test and there are no shortcuts unfortunately. We wish you the best of luck for your exam and feel free to join us for live speaking classes on Fridays..
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Hello
My speaking was on 4th April 🙏🏻Examiner did put why just once and put question to quetion in between my answers of part 3 (follow ups). would it be good or not ? Plz reply 🙏🏻🙏🏻. M really worried
What if, I'm not currently working, but was working before!
A good question.
Remember that the examiner just wants to know which list of questions they should ask you, those about work or about study.
I would either say "I recently quit my job, but let's talk about it' or pretend I'm still working.
At the end of the day, the IELTS is just about English and not truth!
@@TheIELTSGrind appreciate the quick response, it was really helpful:)
I've seen some answers to this question do you work or study? Presently I am teaching...like that..
Could you please tell Is this correct or wrong?
Do you mean the approach in the video? Yes, it's correct to the best of our knowledge.
Thanks
No problem, thanks Andre
very good videooo
Thank you very much
Hey i am neither working nor studying..i am homemaker only..so what should i say to examiner????
Hey Sandeep. You have three options here.
1) hope that you don't get this question and get the topic about 'home' instead. It will be either work/study or home for the first set of questions.
2) just be honest and do your best to answer the questions. The examiner will either ask you one list of questions based on work or on study depending on what you tell them.
3) Just pretend you are either working or studying. Maybe talk about your past studies as if you are still doing them or describe the job you have had or would like to have in the future.
Just remember that the examiner doesn't care if the information is correct, just that it is in English.
Good luck!
@@TheIELTSGrind thanks a ton sir🙂🙏🙏
Hi! one more thing related to option 2 is that you can talk about past experiences. So if you say that you used to work in X industry but now you are a house wife they will ask you about that job that you did do. it is the same if you say that you recently graduated or used to be a student they will ask you questions but using the past tense so make sure you answer in the past tense as well!
@@TheIELTSGrind thanks a lot..may ur channel grow day by day.
Is it better to say study or work
Pronunciation of the examiner is clear but the examinee is not. As if, examiner is not native rather examinee is.
Did not understand 5:57
'I chose history' ... are you asking why? lol
I have recently passed my 12 th and what to say tell me plz perfect anwer?
Hello Bajwa, to give a good answer in the IELTS exam you need to answer the question directly and then give supporting ideas for your answer. Although structures and strategies are important, concentrating on actually learning English is much more useful. This video and all videos on this channel are going to help you because we are native speaker, just listen to us and learn from us.
Feel free to join us on Fridays for speaking practice live.
Yeah Sure I hope to get my adoubts clear
Where are you from?
Phil is from London.
Mike is from the US
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