​​CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR IELTS

The book allows you to focus on general, as well as topic-specific vocabulary, refreshing your memory and learning new words through quizzes and excercises.

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🎧 TOP 5 PODCASTS

I love podcasts for their flexible usage - I listen to them when running errands, in the gym, when I am on the go, etc. You can listen to them in many different apps, all for free, training your listening skills. They also are a great source of news!

https://youtu.be/A2z2UUWziTs

#video #listening
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✏️ HOW TO DEVELOP WRITING SKILLS

1. Read newspapers in English
There is a choice what media to read - classical literature or modern media. When choosing the last one, you will “absorb” popular words and sentences that native speakers use regularly. Choose the edition of the subject that is closest to you. You can start small - devote every morning at least 15 minutes to reading news feeds.

2. Create a blog or diary
Another good habit is to set aside daily diary time. You can, of course, make notes on paper, but it is much more interesting to create a blog on the Internet, to correspond with like-minded people, leave comments and discuss relevant topics in English. However, a paper-based diary is amazing to keep through years and develop your hand-writing.

3. Find a pen friend
Today, in a few clicks, you can find a penpal abroad. The easiest way to do this is on Instagram. It is enough to enter into the search the hashtags #penpalswanted and #smailmail, as you will see hundreds of pages of fans of "live" letters. It is customary to put small souvenirs in envelopes - as a rule, these are stickers, decorative scotch tapes, stamps, brochures about your city in English or calendars.

4. Try special sites
Take advantage of useful interactive exercises that you can perform on the Internet, often watch useful videos. The ESOL courses: Free English lessons online site contains tasks by levels - you need to insert words that match the meaning in the text, and here you can find useful videos in the Writing section that will help you to significantly improve your writing skills for IELTS.

#writing #ielts
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🔍 DISCUSSION TIME

Now women and men both have full-time jobs. So logically they should do housework equally. Do you agree or disagree and why?

You're welcome to discuss it in our group @wsecommunity

🔍 DISCUSSION ESSAY

Nowadays an ever-increasing number of women work full time, and in this reality it is widely believed that house chores should be shared between men and women equally. I strongly agree with this statement.

One of the reasons for sharing housework between male and female partners is to promote gender equality. A stereotype that has existed a long time is that females ought to stay home, taking care of the family once they got married. This includes looking after the children and doing all of the housework, which is fairly labour-intensive. However, this approach could have quite a few disadvantages. It would render women less able of keeping abreast of what is happening in the job market, literately forming a lifestyle where they might find it arduous to step into the society again. To avoid this, many women are willing to get back into the workforce soon after their maternity leave, and once they do, it makes sense that their husbands should share part of the household chores, to fulfill their family responsibilities.

Nevertheless, we cannot be oblivious to several drawbacks of this trend. One potential downside is that men are less experienced in dealing with household tasks. This is because many seldom take an active role in doing housework, according to customs of many countries. As a result, they may end up doing household tasks in a less than perfect way, which could contribute to some unnecessary quarrels between partners, hindering their family bond. However, the likelihood of this happening isn’t very high, because wives can offer some tips or guidance to their husbands when they learn how to share house chores such as mopping floors or doing laundry.

To sum up, although some conflicts might be triggered when equally sharing the duties of household tasks, the benefits of this trend are relatively oblivious.

(Band score 8.5-9.0)
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​​📚 INSTANT READING PRACTICE

Read a paragraph on the photo, solve a short answer question, send your answers to @wsecommunity

#reading #ielts
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​​👩‍🏫 PASSIVE VOICE

There are times when you don't know who has done an action or it's not important. At those times, Passive Voice enters the stage.

#grammar
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😱 THE MOST FREQUENT MISTAKE

There is one mistake that I hear literally every day from my students. Prepare for it.

❌Give IELTS (or any other exam).❌

This is wrong. Please, remember that students take exams, and only teachers give them.

Correct way of saying:
I am taking IELTS in 2 days, wish me luck!
I took GMAT 3 months ago and I feel now ready to repeat.
I want to prepare first, before taking TOEFL.

#grammar #feel_English
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🏆 ASIAN STUDENT IN SWITZERLAND

How to move to Switzerland - the country of chocolate, watches, mountains and banks? I sat down with my new Indian friend here in the best Swiss business school to talk about his experience of moving to a new place. Get all the tips from him!

#video
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK3ZDD3ZugM

✔️ MATCHING HEADINGS TIP

Here is my tip for effectively answering the matching headings to paragraphs question on the IELTS reading test.

1. Skim read each paragraph and make a note of what the paragraph is about. It only needs to be a few words/phrases that sum up the paragraph. Remember, the first line of each paragraph is a topic sentence so it will give you a good idea of what the paragraph will be about.
2. Now read the headings. You will find it much easier to match the headings to the paragraphs because you already know what each paragraph is about.

Try this technique next time you are practicing this type of question and let me know if it works for you.

#reading #ielts
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🙈 IRREGULAR PLURALS

Some nouns have a plural form that is not created by adding '-s' in the end.

Mouse - mice
Louse - lice
Ox - oxen
Foot - feet
Tooth - teeth
Goose - geese
Man - men
Woman - women
Child - children
Person - people
Cactus - cacti
Formula - formulae
Analysis - analyses
Crisis - crises
Index - indices

#grammar #vocabulary
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💥 3 STEPS TO FLUENCY

Here are 3 distinct things that I used to develop to get to English fluency. I also share practical strategies for all of them and you can download a free pdf of this lesson on YouTube! 🙌

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWgA1eDQIHU
#video #speaking #ielts
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📓 NEW IDIOM

I BEG TO DIFFER
(formal) used to say firmly that you do not agree with something that has been said.

💬 I'm sorry, headmaster, but I beg to differ. Students at this school should have more access to financial aid and scholarships, not less.

💬 I beg to differ, but I am seldom consulted when such decisions are made.

#idiom
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#books #reading
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​​📕 BOOK: 'DRIVE-THRU DREAMS'

Name: Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom (2019)

About: With wit and nuance, the author reveals the complexities of fast-food industry through heartfelt anecdotes and fascinating trivia as well as interviews with fans, executives, and workers. He traces the industry from its roots in Wichita, where White Castle became the first fast food chain in 1921 and successfully branded the hamburger as the official all-American meal, to a teenager's 2017 plea for a year's supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets, which united the internet to generate the most viral tweet of all time.

#book #reading
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Download it above ⬆️

🌐 COMMON ENGLISH MISTAKES

1. Wrong: I have visited Australia last weekend.
Problem: "have visited" - Present Perfect tense, which is only used when the time of an action is not stated. Here, on the contrary, we know the precise time - last weekend - so Past Simple must be used.
Correct: I visited Australia last weekend.

2. Wrong: She’s married with a dentist.
Problem: The idiom is "to be married to", all the changes to it are wrong.
Correct: She's married to a dentist.

3. Wrong: I must to call him immediately.
Problem: "Must" is a modal verb, there is no "to" after it. The same applies to "can", for example: "she can drive".
Correct: I must call him immediately.

4. Wrong: Every students like the teacher.
Problem: "Every" is used only with a singular form of a noun, otherwise it's impossible.
Correct: Every student likes the teacher.

5. Wrong: I enjoyed from the movie.
Problem: The preposition "from" is used to indicate a source of something. For example, "I got this balloon from a street seller". The street seller is a source of the good (balloon). Here we don't receive anything material from the movie, instead, we feel emotions. The preposition "from" here is not used.
Correct: I enjoyed the movie.

6. Wrong: I look forward to meet you.
Problem: Remember that we always use gerund after "to look forward to".
Correct: I look forward to meeting you.

Don't forget to google the rules that you didn't know to read more about them and remember them better 🙌🏻

#grammar
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🔖 5 IDIOMS FOR IELTS READING

Check out the cool 5 idioms in the video with examples! You can either use them in your own speech or recognize in some IELTS Reading texts.

#video #ielts #reading #idiom
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https://youtu.be/2uLHapntUkk

​​⭐️ WSE HERO - JULY 2019

I want to celebrate people who have been World Speaks English members for a long time, have contributed to its development, participated in live streams, courses, and our discussions in the community chats. All of them - WSE Heroes - have a unique story to tell.
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Meet Danagul from Kazakhstan! She claims she found the right person at the right time, meaning me and the WSE YouTube channel 🙌🏻 She follows this study blog for several reasons, one of them - to continue learning English and getting prepared for IELTS. She appreciates that all materials and sources are credible at WSE. She also took part in the Rocket Speed IELTS Preparation course and found that the course was well-structured for people with limited time, which was essential as she was preparing for her final exams at school. She claims that WSE YouTube videos helped a lot, especially the map tutorial for listening, as the method turned out truly efficient for her. And of course - much motivation is what she drew from the community 💪🏻

Finally, the took IELTS and her results were enough to get admitted to a university in Spain! 🎉🇪🇸
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Congratulations for becoming the WSE Hero of the month, Danagul! We love celebrating outstanding community members 🎉

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