Improve your IELTS Test Score - Experience and Tips

 My students in Kazakhstan, Astana (Nursultan) often ask me how to improve their speaking and writing score in IELTS Test. This question is understandable as English is not the primary language of many of my students. People in Kazakhstan speak Russian primarily, and Kazakh as their secondary language.

My tips has been to read a lot and practice a lot. In my view, you can improve the general understanding of any language by reading a lot in that language. So, the knowledge of English can be improved by reading a lot in English. You can start reading first with simple short texts and go on reading complex thematic books, such as books on arts, literature, science, fiction and non-fiction.

Reading a lot of English text will help you to improve your English language skill, and will eventually help you in getting good IELTS Score (band) in your IELTS test

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To help expats in Kazakhstan, I regularly post on two sites: expat.com (https://www.expat.com/en/blog/asia/kazakhstan/astana/astana-almaty.blogspot.com). I post with a username Hyderabadgermany on expat.com forum, and on Caravanistan Forum. My user Name is IndianGuy there. You can read my posts, experiences there too. https://caravanistan.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1190

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK - 2 (IELTS in ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN) IELTS Академическое письмо ЗАДАЧА - 2

(IELTS в Астане, Казахстан) IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK - 2 (IELTS in ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN)   IELTS Академическое письмо ЗАДАЧА - 2 (IELTS в Астане, Казахстан) 

WRITING TASK 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic.

There is a good deal of evidence that increasing car use is contributing to global warming and having other undesirable effect on people's health and well-being.
 
What can be done to discourage people from using their cars?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

It is a high time that we start to find out the solutions for increasing problems created by our activities. Among the long list of issues, global warming arguably tops the chart. Before it turns out to be unmanageable disaster, a concerted effort from everyone is required. The data clearly show that increasing number of cars on our streets has aggravated the problem of global warming. Therefore, we should find the remedies to tackle the issue.

First of all, there is a need of massive investment in public transportation system. Government must make proper allowance of budget and other resources to augment the standards of roads and buses plying on our neighborhoods. It is no secret that people are forced to order taxis and cars because our public transportation is simply unreliable and unpredictable.

Secondly, what can be done is that government should impose and increase the toll and taxes on the car users. If the car user is made to pay high amount of taxes, it will act as a deterrent. That leads to the substantial reduction of registration of new cars. When the public transportation system is upgraded simultaneously with increase of taxes, it will compel some of the car users to switch to buses and trams etc.

It would also be wise on the part of the government to incentivize clean energy. That is to say, government should provide subsidy to electric cars, battery run vehicles etc. Government should be forth coming to reduce import and purchase duties on such vehicles.

Last but not the least suggestion that could be made is that public institutions responsible for environment protection should be pro-active to enforce the existing rules and regulations. The numerous strict and stringent laws relating to emission standards passed by parliaments have been ineffectively enforced mainly due to rampant corruption in many countries. If such situations change, the car owners will check the vehicles regularly and make sure that they are within the emission norms.

Therefore, in my conclusion, I would argue that all the stakeholders must be enjoined to fulfill their obligations and commitments to protect the environment. This should necessarily be followed by strict enforcement of laws.

 

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK - 1 (IELTS in ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN) IELTS Академическое письмо ЗАДАЧА - 1 (IELTS в Астане, Казахстан)

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK - 1 (IELTS in ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN)  
IELTS Академическое письмо ЗАДАЧА - 1 (IELTS в Астане, Казахстан)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The table shows the percentage of journeys made by different forms of transport in four countries, The bar graph shows the results of a survey into car use.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Journeys made by	USA	UK	France	Netherlands
Car	90%	72%	68%	47%
Bicycle	1%	2%	2%	26%
Public transport	3%	12%	18%	8%
On foot	5%	11%	11%	18%
Other	1%	3%	1%	1%

Most cited reasons people travel to work by car (USA)

 Model Answer:

The table gives the percentage of trips made by using different modes of transportation in four different nations namely in the USA, the UK, France and the Netherlands. The Bar Chart presents the reasons given by the commuters in the USA why they travel by car. Overall, it can be seen that car is the most used means of transport in all the four countries and most of the travelers in the USA have opined that they do not have any alternative means of transport than car.

From the table, it can be deciphered that majority of journeys (that is 90%) in the USA involved car whereas, the car was used in slightly less than half of the travels (that is for 47%) in the Netherlands. Therefore, it is obvious from the table that the least amount of journeys was made by car in the Netherlands than the journeys by car in other three countries.

In France, little more than two-thirds of journeys (that is 68%) involved car and in the UK, the figures show that car was used for making almost three-quarters of the travels.

Another glaring revelation that the table makes is that bicycle is quite popular in the Netherlands and stands at the second place in terms of its use. A little more than a quarter journeys (that is 26%) were made on bicycle in the Netherlands. In sharp contrast to the figures from the Netherlands, very insignificant amount of journeys were made which involved bicycle in other three countries.

As further can be seen from the table, the public transportation was the second preferred mode for traveling in the UK and in France. When it comes to the USA, more journeys were made on foot than by public transportation. Almost one-fifth journeys in the Netherlands were on foot whereas in the UK and in France, the figure was around one-tenth.

Coming to the analysis of bar chart, it can be seen that it provides reasons behind choosing car to travel in the USA. Little more than a third of people surveyed said that there is simply no other alternative. Slightly more than one-fifth of respondents thought that it was due to convenience in traveling. Marginally less than a third of population who answered the question responded that it is due to need of the job rather than the choice.

(Total 393 Words)

IELTS Writing Task 2 for IELTS Academic Test and for IELTS General Test

Here we have a sample question relating to IELTS writing Task 2 and a sample answer. You are advised that you do practice writing yourselves different essays prior to IELTS test so that you will be better equipped while answering in IELTS Task 2.

This is a sample essay and it can be written by different people in different ways. IELTS Task 2 will examine your writing ability with respect to generation of coherent ideas by using standard academic English. The same question can be answered by different people in many different ways. If you do not agree with our ideas, or with our views, we suggest that you write a new essay and send us so that we get to know about your thought process, your opinions on the subject. Please keep in mind that you must write at least 250 words while answering the question in IELTS Writing Task 2.

Before you answer your question, you should read the question properly and if required, twice or thrice. It will help you to understand what exactly you need to answer/write.

Here we have a sample question and a sample essay.

Question No. 1: Despite advances in medicine there are concerns that certain diseases such as diabetes are increasing and some people believe future generations will face greater problems with health and die younger than we do today. What is your opinion?

When it comes to the issue of health of future generations, I have a different opinion. My opinion is different because I think that the future generation is going to live a long and healthy life. This , I think, is going to be possible due to the fact that the scientific community has achieved huge success in the field of medicine and that will go a long way to augment the life of common men and women in a long run.

The fact that everyone needs to be accepted today is that the science of medicine has progressed dramatically over the last century. The progress in the field of medicine has brought a lot of positive consequences to our health, life and the standard of living. The invention of modern medicine has helped us to eradicate some of the deadly diseases from the world. Today, our infants are injected different doses of vaccines which help them to protect from serious diseases. This has led to overall health life of human beings. Now, there is no fear of a person getting paralyzed due to the diseases of early age. This is something the human beings should be proud of as they have achieved an unbelievable feat to secure the lives of human beings.

 However, I am not unaware of many diseases which are getting discovered everyday by the scientific community. The new incidence of unheard illness is certainly the matter of great concern for inhabitants of this planet. Such incident sometimes raises a genuine question if our generation is indeed safer from the previous one. In response to such doubts, I have my own strong belief that time and again the humans have been tested with different problems and calamities. In all such situations, the humans have emerged as a victorious and have sometimes, even managed to snatch lives from the jaws of death. For example, we have been able to discover different medicine for AIDS, Cancer, diabetes etc. It is to be noted here that we have failed so far to create pills and tablets which can fully cure some of the diseases from the list of examples above but it should not go unnoticed that the medicine that we have today against AIDS, Cancer etc. have reduced the sufferings of human beings and have certainly, helped to increase the life of the patients. So, such discoveries and inventions reinforce my belief that the world of medicine is going to grow by leaps and bounds thereby, assisting us to live a great life ahead.

Before I conclude, I wish to place on record that there are people who have raised concerns of side effects of fast food. Though such concerns are not trifle in nature, the increase of competitive sports culture for example, city marathons, city bicycling etc. will help the people to be in shape and provides stamina to fight against the possible problems of overweight.

Finally, I would like to conclude my essay with a word of caution. The planet is no doubt, going to be a better place to live and the scientists are working towards it. However, every individual must be responsible to maintain his good health by being conscious towards his foods, drinks and exercises.

Question No. 2: Despite advances in medicine there are concerns that certain diseases such as diabetes are increasing and some people believe future generations will face greater problems with health and die younger than we do today. What is your opinion?

Paragraph# I:

It is true that the scientific community has achieved a great success in invention of modern medicine which has been quite effective to treat numerous diseases around the world. However, this has not guaranteed that all our medical problems have been solved. In fact, I believe that there are myriad of problems those lay ahead of us and they will have a key role in deciding the average life span of human beings.

Paragraph# II:

First of all, I believe that the people from the third world will live for more years in the future than they do today. This seems to be the plausible scenario on the light of the fact that many deadly diseases have been eradicated from the poor third world regions. In general, the living standards, and the condition of human lives are on the upward trajectory in those areas and that would positively translate into longer lives of the people residing there.

Paragraph# III:

In contrast to the developing nations, my apprehension when it comes to the developed world is that it may most likely, see slight drop in the life expectancy. I come to this conclusion on the basis that the lives of the westerners i.e., the lives of people in developed areas have become more mechanized and it has resulted in less physical exercises. The problems of stress at the work, the struggle to keep up with the fast paced society and in particular, the food consumption habit have contributed immensely to dent the prospect of longer lives in developed world.

Paragraph# IV:

Hence, in my conclusion, I would restate my opinion that the life expectancy rate in the developed world and in the developing world is likely to move in the opposite directions. That’s why I would expect that people will manage to live few more years in the developing world than they do today and in the developed world, we may just see the reversal of it.

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IELTS WRITING TASK - 2 (SAMPLE ESSAY)

IELTS WRITING TASK - 2 (SAMPLE ESSAY) 

Question No. 1: Despite advances in medicine there are concerns that certain diseases such as diabetes are increasing and some people believe future generations will face greater problems with health and die younger than we do today. What is your opinion?

When it comes to the issue of health of future generations, I have a different opinion. My opinion is different because I think that the future generation is going to live a long and healthy life. This , I think, is going to be possible due to the fact that the scientific community has achieved huge success in the field of medicine and that will go a long way to augment the life of common men and women in a long run.

The fact that everyone needs to be accepted today is that the science of medicine has progressed dramatically over the last century. The progress in the field of medicine has brought a lot of positive consequences to our health, life and the standard of living. The invention of modern medicine has helped us to eradicate some of the deadly diseases from the world. Today, our infants are injected different doses of vaccines which help them to protect from serious diseases. This has led to overall health life of human beings. Now, there is no fear of a person getting paralyzed due to the diseases of early age. This is something the human beings should be proud of as they have achieved an unbelievable feat to secure the lives of human beings.

 However, I am not unaware of many diseases which are getting discovered everyday by the scientific community. The new incidence of unheard illness is certainly the matter of great concern for inhabitants of this planet. Such incident sometimes raises a genuine question if our generation is indeed safer from the previous one. In response to such doubts, I have my own strong belief that time and again the humans have been tested with different problems and calamities. In all such situations, the humans have emerged as a victorious and have sometimes, even managed to snatch lives from the jaws of death. For example, we have been able to discover different medicine for AIDS, Cancer, diabetes etc. It is to be noted here that we have failed so far to create pills and tablets which can fully cure some of the diseases from the list of examples above but it should not go unnoticed that the medicine that we have today against AIDS, Cancer etc. have reduced the sufferings of human beings and have certainly, helped to increase the life of the patients. So, such discoveries and inventions reinforce my belief that the world of medicine is going to grow by leaps and bounds thereby, assisting us to live a great life ahead.

Before I conclude, I wish to place on record that there are people who have raised concerns of side effects of fast food. Though such concerns are not trifle in nature, the increase of competitive sports culture for example, city marathons, city bicycling etc. will help the people to be in shape and provides stamina to fight against the possible problems of overweight.

Finally, I would like to conclude my essay with a word of caution. The planet is no doubt, going to be a better place to live and the scientists are working towards it. However, every individual must be responsible to maintain his good health by being conscious towards his foods, drinks and exercises.

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If you need more help on writing task in IELTS, Have a look at here. In our blog, you will find many sample essays relating to ielts writing task 2. The sample essays are suitable for both Academic and General IELTS writing task 2. You can also visit here for more sample essays for IELTS General and Academic Modules. You can find IELTS sample essays for GT Task 1 and 2 & for AT Task 1 and 2 of IELTS Test.

Тест разработан для кандидатов, планирующих получение вузовского или послевузовского образования, а также претендующих на признание профессиональной квалификации.

Обращаем Ваше внимание на то, что данный формат теста не предназначен для Великобритании.

Тест включает четыре модуля: аудирование (Listening), чтение (Reading), письмо (Writing) и навыки разговорной речи (Speaking).

Подготовка к IELTS и TOEFL

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) — международная система тестирования по английскому языку, которая позволяет определить уровень и навыки владения английским у людей, для которых английский язык не является родным.
Что есть IELTS?

    IELTS является наиболее востребованным тестом английского языка в мире для иммиграции и учебы за границей.
    Сертификат IELTS используется для поступления в школы, колледжи и ВУЗы Великобритании, Канады, Австралии, Ирландии, Новой Зеландии, ЮАР, США и других стран, в учебных заведениях которых преподавание ведется на английском языке. Также для иммиграции и получения рабочих виз в англоязычном обществе.
    Экзамен IELTS длится 2 часа 40 минут и включает в себя такие секции как Listening (навыки восприятия на слух), Reading (навыки чтения), Writing (навыки письма) и Speaking (навыки разговорного английского).
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