IELTS 2 Review (Spring Festival 2019)

This page simply lists links to the material we have covered in class since October. Your Spring Festival mission is to review the material and engage in online discussion with your classmates according to the following rules: If nobody has yet left a comment expressing your opinion, then write your opinion. Reply to another student’s … Read more

Repetitive Language

One very common problem that students (below band 6) encounter is a limited range of vocabulary. Even if the vocabulary is used relatively effectively and accurately, the limitations become obvious due to repetition. Here are some examples from student writing: Sample 1 In this first sample, the word country is used repetitively. There are two … Read more

Discussion Forum – Trump 1

During the summer of 2018, students in my IELTS 2 class were asked to read articles on topics in the English language news and recommend ones that they found interesting to other students for class discussion. The results of that homework informed us that US politics and the environment are the most popular choices so … Read more