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5 Tips to Get Band 7 in the IELTS Writing Exam - IELTS Writing Lesson

Hi, I'm Oli.

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

Do you need band seven in IELTS?

Are you maybe stuck at band six or 6.5?

If you've taken the IELTS exam many times, and you can't seem to get higher than six

in the writing exam, this video is for you.

If you're stuck at band six, then it's likely that you have some bad habits and ineffective

approaches to the writing exam.

These are things that might work well at band six, but they won't help you to get band

seven.

I'll show you what these ineffective habits are, and how you can change them.

One point: I'll be focusing on the academic IELTS exam in this video, because most of

the students I meet need academic IELTS.

If you're taking general IELTS, most of the advice in this video is still very relevant

for you.

Also, one more thing: there's nothing wrong with getting band six!

I'm not trying to be rude or discouraging to anyone.

When I say that something is a bad habit, or that you need to change something, I mean

if you want to get band 7.0 in the IELTS writing exam.

But first…

Do you know how IELTS scoring works?

You should.

Here's why:

The IELTS scoring system is very specific.

The examiners don't just look at your writing and say, “Hmmm, this feels like a… six!”

If you get band six in the IELTS writing exam, there are specific reasons why.

There are specific things which you did or didn't do which explain your score.

Similarly, to get band seven, there are specific things you need to do, and not do!

Most importantly: these things are very different between bands six and seven.

If you keep taking IELTS, and you keep getting band six in the writing, then you can't

keep doing the same things and expect to get a different score.

You need to change what you do.

The things you need to do to get band seven in your IELTS writing aren't magic or some

kind of dark secret.

They're publicly available.

You can read what they are.

You can do it right now!

There's a link underneath the video.

I highly recommend you read the scoring criteria and think about what band seven means.

At the very least, you need to understand that your IELTS writing score is made up of

four different parts: task achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource (which means

vocabulary) and grammar.

Think now: where are you weakest?

What do you need to work on from these four areas?

In the rest of this lesson, we'll talk about each of these four areas.

You'll see common examples of ‘band six thinking', and you'll see how you can

improve your approach to get a higher IELTS writing score.

Let's start with task achievement.

Here are the some ideas that are great for getting band six:

“In task one, I need to include every statistic and piece of data.”

“In task two, I just need to write something about the general topic in the question.”

By the way, to save myself saying ‘task achievement' again and again, I'm going

to call it ‘TA'.

Getting band 7 for TA is both easy and hard.

Here's why it's easy: you just need to do everything which the question asks you

to do, and nothing else.

Here's why it's hard: most people can't do that without a lot of practice.

TA is also slightly different for task one and task two, so we'll talk about those

separately.

Let's start with task one.

Here's a sample question:

The graph below shows the sales of five different food products in the UK between 1980 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons

where relevant.

If you want some time to look at the question, pause the video.

If you're watching on YouTube, you can see the question on the full version of this lesson

on our website: Oxford Online English dot com.

Getting a good TA score depends a lot on what you do before you start writing.

You need to analyse the task and make a clear plan.

If you start writing without a clear plan, it's very hard to get a good TA score.

In task one, it's important to find connections or trends in the information you're given.

For example, in this question, how could you connect the data?

Here's one idea: you could group the five products into, first, products whose sales

fell over the period (ice cream and frozen burgers), secondly, products whose sales rose

(tofu and chili sauce) and finally, products whose sales stayed the same (salted peanuts).

Here's another suggestion: group the five products into big sellers (ice cream, frozen

burgers, and also chili sauce at the end of the period), and small sellers (tofu, salted

peanuts, chili sauce at the beginning of the period).

Which way do you think is better?

Actually, there isn't one correct way to do this, but you need to do something.

You can't just write about each product, one after another.

Well, you can, but you'll probably get band six for TA!

Whatever data you're given, you need to find connections and put the information into

groups which you create.

These groups will be separate paragraphs in your answer.

This is how your answer will have structure, which is also important for your coherence

and cohesion score.

What about task two?

Let's look at a sample question:

The most common problem in task two is leaving something out or not covering something fully.

To get band 7 for TA, you need to do all of the things the question is asking you to do,

and only the things the question is asking you to do.

What does that mean here?

The task says, ‘discuss both of these viewpoints.'

First, you need to discuss the idea ‘that young people benefit from working while studying

at school or university.'

One word here is particularly important.

Do you know which one?

‘Benefit' is a key word here.

What does ‘benefit' mean?

How do you understand it in this question?

Next, you need to discuss the idea, ‘young people will achieve more by focusing on their

studies.'

Again, there's a key phrase here: ‘achieve more'.

What does this mean?

You need to have answers to these questions.

IELTS tasks often contain abstract, general words like advantages, benefits, problems,

success, etc.

To write a good answer, you need to analyse and interpret these words yourself.

Here, think about ‘achieve more'.

How do you understand this term in this question?

Does it mean getting good exam results, learning more knowledge, learning practical skills,

getting a better job, living a full, satisfying life, or something else?

Again, there isn't one right answer here, but you need to have your own ideas about

this.

Next, the task says, ‘give your own opinion'.

So, you need to explain which side you agree with.

Finally, the task tells you to give reasons and include examples.

This means that you need to support your ideas.

You can't just say something like:

Young people who focus on their studies will achieve more.

If you make a point like this, you need to support it somehow.

How will they achieve more?

What examples can you give to show that this is true?

Let's review: for this question, you need to do four things to get a good TA score:

Discuss the idea ‘that young people benefit from working while studying at school or university,'

and analyse what ‘benefit' means.

Discuss the idea that, ‘young people will achieve more by focusing on their studies,'

and analyse what ‘achieve more' means.

Give your own opinion and reach a clear conclusion.

Support your ideas with reasons or examples.

If you can do these four things, you can get band 7 for TA in your IELTS writing exam.

Remember though, it's not as simple as it looks.

You will probably need to practise to get this right.

Next, let's look at your coherence and cohesion score.

I'm going to refer to coherence and cohesion as C&C;, to keep things simple. Here are the habits which can limit your C&C; score to six: “I need to use more linking words to get a higher score.”

“My essay should have an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion.”

Let's look at each point separately.

Oh, hey, Oli!

How was your IELTS exam?

Amazing!

I totally nailed it.

I used nevertheless, furthermore, however, in spite of the fact that, AND in addition.

My band 7 score is GUARANTEED!

No, it doesn't work like that.

First of all, linking isn't just about linking words.

It's about the logic and flow of your ideas.

Look at a sentence:

Air pollution is a serious problem.

However, food prices are higher than ten years ago.

Using however here doesn't magically make these ideas connected.

These two ideas aren't connected, and you can't create a connection by using a word

like however.

Next, there's nothing in the IELTS scoring system which says you get a higher score for

using more linking words.

It's more important to make sure you use linking words accurately.

Using more linking words won't get you band seven.

However, using linking words incorrectly will get you band six.

So, don't use linking words just to use linking words.

Use them because they fit your ideas.

Don't think, “I have to use nonetheless to get a high score!”

You don't.

Next, let's look at our second point: paragraphing.

Many IELTS candidates use the same structure for everything they write.

For example, for task two, most people write an introduction, two body paragraphs, and

a conclusion.

That might be fine.

However, to get band 7 for C&C;, you need to “present a clear central topic within each paragraph.”

Those aren't my words.

That's straight from the IELTS scoring scheme.

Many students, especially in task two, write paragraphs like this:

There are many advantages to … Firstly, … Secondly, … Thirdly, …

This kind of writing is likely to get a score of 6 for C&C.; Why?

Because, if you do this, you're trying to put too much in one paragraph.

That means your paragraph won't have a clear central topic.

So, what's the solution?

First, plan your essay carefully.

Make sure you know exactly what you're putting in each paragraph before you start writing.

Secondly, make sure your paragraph starts with a clear topic sentence.

Your topic sentence should be relatively short and simple.

If your topic sentence is very long and complicated, then your topic probably isn't clear.

Then, after your topic sentence, spend the rest of the paragraph developing and extending

your main idea.

This means that you aren't adding any new ideas or changing the topic in the middle

of your paragraph.

Also, this means you might need different numbers of paragraphs depending on how many

main ideas you have.

Do you have two body paragraphs in your essay?

That means you have two main ideas.

Do you have three main ideas?

Then you need three paragraphs!

Another point: paragraphs don't have a minimum length.

There's no such thing as a paragraph which is too short.

Paragraphs can be any length.

So, let's review this section.

To get band seven C&C; in your IELTS writing exam, you need to focus on using linking words accurately and appropriately.

You also need to make sure every paragraph has a clear central topic, which means you

shouldn't try to put many different ideas in one paragraph.

Next, let's look at vocabulary and how you can get to band seven.

Here's a band six idea that students often have:

“I need to learn lots of synonyms and uncommon vocabulary.

If my vocabulary is bigger, I'll get a higher score.”

There's one important difference between band six and seven for vocabulary.

At band six, you need two things: range and clarity.

That means, if you at least try to use some more advanced or uncommon vocabulary, you can get six if

your meaning is clear, even if you make mistakes, even if you make lots of mistakes.

However, for band seven, you need three things: range, clarity and accuracy.

It's no longer enough just to try.

You need to use vocabulary “with flexibility and precision”—again, this is a quote

from the official scoring scheme.

You can't make many mistakes for band seven.

You can produce ‘occasional errors' and still get band seven.

What does this mean for you?

It means that your priority should be avoiding mistakes.

I see many IELTS students trying to learn lots of idioms, phrases, academic vocabulary

and so on.

But then, they often don't know how to use this vocabulary well.

They use it in their writing, because they think it sounds nice, and their meaning might

be clear, but it's not correct.

That's fine for band six, but not for band seven.

So, what should you do?

Look, first of all, vocabulary learning is hard work and it's slow.

There aren't any magic solutions here.

But I'll give you one tip:

When you're learning vocabulary, focus on quality and depth, not quantity.

Don't try to learn 50 words or phrases.

Learn five words or phrases, but really learn them.

Spend an hour learning and practising five new words and phrases.

Find example sentences.

Write your own example sentences.

Ask a teacher or whoever you can find to give you feedback.

Make sure you know how to use your new vocabulary correctly.

Another point: in the exam, if you have a choice between a simple word which you know

is correct, and a more advanced or academic word which you aren't sure about, what should

you do?

Use the simple word.

Only use vocabulary you're sure you understand and that you know how to use.

This is the opposite to band six.

For band six, you can use the more advanced word, even if it's wrong.

But remember, to get band seven, you need to be accurate.

You can't make many mistakes.

So, in this situation, take the safe choice!

Finally, let's look at the grammar score and how you can get to band seven.

Here's the band six idea which students often have:

“Grammar's not so important, so long as people can understand what I mean.”

Again, band six and band seven are very different.

This is especially true for your grammar score.

What's the difference?

Like vocabulary, you need to be accurate to get band seven.

At band six, it doesn't really matter how many grammar mistakes you make so long as

your meaning is clear.

At band seven, the quantity of grammar errors you make matters.

It really matters!

To get band seven for grammar, you need to “produce frequent error-free sentences”—again,

these words are directly from the official IELTS scoring scheme.

That means if you make a lot of small mistakes, it's almost impossible to get band seven

for grammar.

All mistakes count: you use the wrong preposition?

It's a mistake.

You forget to use the?

Mistake.

You forget the ‘s' on a present simple verb?

Mistake.

If your writing is around band six, you probably make more mistakes than you realise.

So, again, what can you do?

First, you need to identify the common mistakes which you make.

For this, you need a teacher to show you where you make mistakes in your writing.

Every time you do some writing, look at the grammar mistakes you make.

Sort them into two categories.

One: mistakes with things you don't know.

Two: mistakes with things you already knew.

For example, if you write ‘childrens' instead of ‘children', this is probably

a type two mistake.

Most likely, you knew this already.

You just made a mistake, because you were in a hurry, or you were tired, or you have

a bad habit, or you weren't paying attention, or something like that.

With type one mistakes—things you don't know—get a good grammar book and study to

fill the gaps in your knowledge.

With type two mistakes, put your errors into a digital flashcard app like Anki or Quizlet

or something like that.

For example:

Question: This is one of most serious problems in today's world.

Answer: This is one of the most serious problems in today's world.

Every time you write something, add your mistakes as questions to your flashcard app.

Review your mistakes regularly—every day is best!

This approach requires a lot of patience, but it's the only effective way to get rid

of those bad habits which can stop you getting band seven in IELTS writing.

Okay, so now you should have some ideas about how to get band seven in your IELTS writing

exam.

There's a lot of information in this lesson, and there's also a lot which I didn't

say!

Band seven is a high standard, and you should accept that it will take time and work to

get there.

Do you have an IELTS experience which you think people could learn from?

Please let us know in the comments!

Check out our website for more free English lessons, including IELTS preparation lessons:

Oxford Online English dot com.

Our teachers can also help you prepare for your IELTS exam in online classes.

That's all for this lesson.

Thanks for watching, and see you next time!

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Hi, I'm Oli.

Welcome to Oxford Online English! 欢迎访问牛津在线英语！

Do you need band seven in IELTS? Benötigen Sie Band sieben in IELTS?

Are you maybe stuck at band six or 6.5? |||止まっている||バンド|| Steckst du vielleicht bei Band 6 oder 6,5 fest?

If you've taken the IELTS exam many times, and you can't seem to get higher than six Wenn Sie die IELTS-Prüfung viele Male abgelegt haben und anscheinend nicht höher als sechs kommen

in the writing exam, this video is for you. in der Schreibprüfung ist dieses Video für dich.

If you're stuck at band six, then it's likely that you have some bad habits and ineffective ||||||||||||||||无效的 Wenn Sie bei Band sechs stecken bleiben, haben Sie wahrscheinlich einige schlechte Angewohnheiten und sind ineffektiv Se está preso na faixa 6, então é provável que tenha alguns maus hábitos e seja ineficaz.

approaches to the writing exam. approaches|||| Zugänge zur schriftlichen Prüfung.

These are things that might work well at band six, but they won't help you to get band ||||||||||但是||||||| ||||||||puntuación||||||||| Das sind Dinge, die bei Band sechs gut funktionieren könnten, aber sie werden dir nicht helfen, Band zu bekommen

seven.

I'll show you what these ineffective habits are, and how you can change them.

One point: I'll be focusing on the academic IELTS exam in this video, because most of Ein Punkt: Ich werde mich in diesem Video auf die akademische IELTS-Prüfung konzentrieren, weil die meisten

the students I meet need academic IELTS. Die Studenten, die ich treffe, brauchen akademische IELTS.

If you're taking general IELTS, most of the advice in this video is still very relevant Wenn Sie allgemeines IELTS absolvieren, sind die meisten Ratschläge in diesem Video immer noch sehr relevant

for you. para si.

Also, one more thing: there's nothing wrong with getting band six! ||||有|||||| Außerdem noch etwas: Es ist nichts falsch daran, Band sechs zu bekommen!

I'm not trying to be rude or discouraging to anyone. |||||||让人沮丧|| |||||rude||discouraging|| Ich versuche nicht, unhöflich oder entmutigend zu sein.

When I say that something is a bad habit, or that you need to change something, I mean

if you want to get band 7.0 in the IELTS writing exam. wenn Sie Band 7.0 in der IELTS-Schreibprüfung erreichen möchten.

But first…

Do you know how IELTS scoring works? |||如何||| |||||scoring| Wissen Sie, wie das IELTS-Scoring funktioniert?

You should. Du solltest.

Here's why: Eis porquê:

The IELTS scoring system is very specific.

The examiners don't just look at your writing and say, “Hmmm, this feels like a… six!” |examiners|||||||||Hmmm||||| Die Prüfer schauen sich nicht nur deine Texte an und sagen: „Hmm, das fühlt sich an wie eine … Sechs!“

If you get band six in the IELTS writing exam, there are specific reasons why.

There are specific things which you did or didn't do which explain your score. Es gibt bestimmte Dinge, die Sie getan oder nicht getan haben, die Ihre Punktzahl erklären.

Similarly, to get band seven, there are specific things you need to do, and not do!

Most importantly: these things are very different between bands six and seven. Am wichtigsten: Diese Dinge sind zwischen den Bands sechs und sieben sehr unterschiedlich.

If you keep taking IELTS, and you keep getting band six in the writing, then you can't Wenn Sie weiterhin IELTS nehmen und immer wieder Band sechs im Schreiben bekommen, dann können Sie das nicht Se continuar a fazer o IELTS e continuar a obter um "band six" na redação, não pode

keep doing the same things and expect to get a different score. Machen Sie weiter die gleichen Dinge und erwarten Sie eine andere Punktzahl.

You need to change what you do. Sie müssen ändern, was Sie tun.

The things you need to do to get band seven in your IELTS writing aren't magic or some

kind of dark secret. |||秘密 Art dunkles Geheimnis.

They're publicly available. 它们是|公开地| |publicly| Sie sind öffentlich zugänglich.

You can read what they are. Welche das sind, kannst du nachlesen.

You can do it right now! Du kannst es jetzt tun!

There's a link underneath the video. |||||视频(1) Unter dem Video ist ein Link.

I highly recommend you read the scoring criteria and think about what band seven means. |||||||评分标准||||||| |||||||criteria||||||| |||||||評価基準||||||| Ich empfehle Ihnen dringend, die Bewertungskriterien zu lesen und darüber nachzudenken, was Band sieben bedeutet. Recomendo vivamente que leiam os critérios de pontuação e reflictam sobre o significado da banda sete.

At the very least, you need to understand that your IELTS writing score is made up of 至少|||||||||||||||| 少なくとも||||||||||||||構成されている||

four different parts: task achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource (which means |||||连贯性||衔接性|词汇资源|词汇资源|| |||||coherence||cohesion|lexical resource||| |||||一貫性||結束性|語彙資源|語彙資源|| vier verschiedene Teile: Aufgabenerfüllung, Kohärenz und Kohäsion, lexikalische Ressource (d.h

vocabulary) and grammar.

Think now: where are you weakest? |||||最弱的 |||||weakest Überlegen Sie jetzt: Wo sind Sie am schwächsten?

What do you need to work on from these four areas? Woran müssen Sie in diesen vier Bereichen arbeiten?

In the rest of this lesson, we'll talk about each of these four areas. Im Rest dieser Lektion werden wir über jeden dieser vier Bereiche sprechen.

You'll see common examples of ‘band six thinking', and you'll see how you can Verá exemplos comuns de "pensamento de banda seis" e verá como pode

improve your approach to get a higher IELTS writing score.

Let's start with task achievement. Beginnen wir mit der Aufgabenerfüllung.

Here are the some ideas that are great for getting band six: Hier sind einige Ideen, die großartig sind, um Band sechs zu bekommen:

“In task one, I need to include every statistic and piece of data.” ||||||||统计数据|||| ||||||||statistic|||| „In Aufgabe eins muss ich alle Statistiken und Daten einbeziehen.“

“In task two, I just need to write something about the general topic in the question.” „Bei Aufgabe zwei muss ich nur etwas über das allgemeine Thema in der Frage schreiben.“

By the way, to save myself saying ‘task achievement' again and again, I'm going Übrigens, um mir zu ersparen, immer wieder "Aufgabenerfüllung" zu sagen, gehe ich

to call it ‘TA'. |||TA(1)

Getting band 7 for TA is both easy and hard. Band 7 für TA zu bekommen ist sowohl einfach als auch schwer. Obter a banda 7 para TA é simultaneamente fácil e difícil.

Here's why it's easy: you just need to do everything which the question asks you Hier ist, warum es einfach ist: Sie müssen nur alles tun, was die Frage verlangt

to do, and nothing else. zu tun und sonst nichts.

Here's why it's hard: most people can't do that without a lot of practice. |||||||||||||练习 Hier ist, warum es schwierig ist: Die meisten Leute können das nicht ohne viel Übung.

TA is also slightly different for task one and task two, so we'll talk about those TA ist auch etwas anders für Aufgabe eins und Aufgabe zwei, also werden wir darüber sprechen

separately. separat.

Let's start with task one. Beginnen wir mit Aufgabe eins.

Here's a sample question: 这是||| Hier ist eine Beispielfrage:

The graph below shows the sales of five different food products in the UK between 1980 and 2010. 下图|图表(1)||显示|||||||||||| Die folgende Grafik zeigt die Verkäufe von fünf verschiedenen Lebensmittelprodukten im Vereinigten Königreich zwischen 1980 und 2010. O gráfico seguinte mostra as vendas de cinco produtos alimentares diferentes no Reino Unido entre 1980 e 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons 总结||||||报告||||||比较 ||||selecting||reporting||||||comparisons Fassen Sie die Informationen zusammen, indem Sie die Hauptmerkmale auswählen und melden, und vergleichen Sie sie

where relevant. sofern relevant.

If you want some time to look at the question, pause the video. Wenn Sie etwas Zeit brauchen, um sich die Frage anzusehen, halten Sie das Video an.

If you're watching on YouTube, you can see the question on the full version of this lesson Wenn Sie auf YouTube zusehen, können Sie die Frage in der Vollversion dieser Lektion sehen

on our website: Oxford Online English dot com.

Getting a good TA score depends a lot on what you do before you start writing. Ein gutes TA-Ergebnis hängt stark davon ab, was Sie tun, bevor Sie mit dem Schreiben beginnen.

You need to analyse the task and make a clear plan. |||分析||||||| Sie müssen die Aufgabe analysieren und einen klaren Plan erstellen. É necessário analisar a tarefa e elaborar um plano claro.

If you start writing without a clear plan, it's very hard to get a good TA score. Wenn Sie ohne einen klaren Plan mit dem Schreiben beginnen, ist es sehr schwierig, ein gutes TA-Ergebnis zu erzielen.

In task one, it's important to find connections or trends in the information you're given. |||||||||趋势||||| In Aufgabe eins ist es wichtig, Verbindungen oder Trends in den Informationen zu finden, die Sie erhalten.

For example, in this question, how could you connect the data? Wie könnten Sie beispielsweise bei dieser Frage die Daten verbinden?

Here's one idea: you could group the five products into, first, products whose sales ||||||||||||of which| Hier ist eine Idee: Sie könnten die fünf Produkte erstens in Produkte gruppieren, deren Umsatz

fell over the period (ice cream and frozen burgers), secondly, products whose sales rose ||||||||汉堡||||| ||||||||burgers|||||increased 落ちた||||||||||||| (Eiscreme und Tiefkühlburger), zweitens Produkte, deren Absatz stieg

(tofu and chili sauce) and finally, products whose sales stayed the same (salted peanuts). 豆腐||||||||||||盐焗|盐焗花生 tofu||||||||||||salted|peanuts (Tofu-Chili-Sauce) und schließlich Produkte, deren Absatz gleich blieb (gesalzene Erdnüsse). (tofu e molho de pimenta) e, por último, produtos cujas vendas se mantiveram inalteradas (amendoins salgados).

Here's another suggestion: group the five products into big sellers (ice cream, frozen ||||||||大卖|畅销产品||| |||||||||sellers|||

burgers, and also chili sauce at the end of the period), and small sellers (tofu, salted ||||||||||||小型||| Burger, am Ende auch Chilisauce) und Kleinverkäufer (Tofu, gesalzen

peanuts, chili sauce at the beginning of the period). Erdnüsse, Chilisauce zu Beginn der Periode).

Which way do you think is better?

Actually, there isn't one correct way to do this, but you need to do something.

You can't just write about each product, one after another. Sie können nicht einfach über jedes Produkt schreiben, eins nach dem anderen.

Well, you can, but you'll probably get band six for TA! Nun, Sie können, aber Sie werden wahrscheinlich Band sechs für TA bekommen! Bem, podes, mas provavelmente vais receber a banda seis por TA!

Whatever data you're given, you need to find connections and put the information into Unabhängig von den Daten, die Sie erhalten, müssen Sie Verbindungen finden und die Informationen einfügen

groups which you create. Gruppen, die Sie erstellen.

These groups will be separate paragraphs in your answer. Diese Gruppen werden in Ihrer Antwort separate Absätze sein.

This is how your answer will have structure, which is also important for your coherence ||||答案|||||||||| So erhält Ihre Antwort eine Struktur, die auch für Ihre Kohärenz wichtig ist

and cohesion score. und Kohäsionswert.

What about task two? Was ist mit Aufgabe zwei?

Let's look at a sample question: Schauen wir uns eine Beispielfrage an:

The most common problem in task two is leaving something out or not covering something fully. Das häufigste Problem bei Aufgabe zwei besteht darin, etwas wegzulassen oder etwas nicht vollständig abzudecken. O problema mais comum na tarefa dois é deixar algo de fora ou não cobrir algo completamente.

To get band 7 for TA, you need to do all of the things the question is asking you to do, Um Band 7 für TA zu erhalten, müssen Sie all die Dinge tun, die die Frage von Ihnen verlangt,

and only the things the question is asking you to do. und nur die Dinge, die die Frage von Ihnen verlangt.

What does that mean here? Was bedeutet das hier?

The task says, ‘discuss both of these viewpoints.' |||||||观点 |||||||viewpoints

First, you need to discuss the idea ‘that young people benefit from working while studying Zunächst müssen Sie die Idee diskutieren, „dass junge Menschen davon profitieren, während des Studiums zu arbeiten

at school or university.' in der Schule oder Universität.'

One word here is particularly important. |||||重要 Ein Wort ist hier besonders wichtig.

Do you know which one? Sabes qual é?

‘Benefit' is a key word here. „Nutzen“ ist hier ein Schlüsselwort.

What does ‘benefit' mean? Was bedeutet „Nutzen“?

How do you understand it in this question? Wie verstehen Sie es in dieser Frage?

Next, you need to discuss the idea, ‘young people will achieve more by focusing on their

studies.'

Again, there's a key phrase here: ‘achieve more'. Auch hier gibt es einen Schlüsselsatz: „mehr erreichen“.

What does this mean?

You need to have answers to these questions. Auf diese Fragen müssen Sie Antworten haben.

IELTS tasks often contain abstract, general words like advantages, benefits, problems, IELTS-Aufgaben enthalten oft abstrakte, allgemeine Wörter wie Vorteile, Nutzen, Probleme,

success, etc.

To write a good answer, you need to analyse and interpret these words yourself. Um eine gute Antwort zu schreiben, müssen Sie diese Wörter selbst analysieren und interpretieren.

Here, think about ‘achieve more'. Denken Sie hier an „mehr erreichen“.

How do you understand this term in this question? Wie verstehen Sie diesen Begriff in dieser Frage?

Does it mean getting good exam results, learning more knowledge, learning practical skills, Bedeutet es, gute Prüfungsergebnisse zu erzielen, mehr Wissen zu lernen, praktische Fähigkeiten zu erlernen,

getting a better job, living a full, satisfying life, or something else? ||||过上||||||| einen besseren Job bekommen, ein erfülltes, befriedigendes Leben führen oder etwas anderes?

Again, there isn't one right answer here, but you need to have your own ideas about

this.

Next, the task says, ‘give your own opinion'. Als nächstes heißt es in der Aufgabe: „Gib deine eigene Meinung ab“.

So, you need to explain which side you agree with. Sie müssen also erklären, welcher Seite Sie zustimmen.

Finally, the task tells you to give reasons and include examples. Schließlich fordert Sie die Aufgabe auf, Gründe anzugeben und Beispiele einzufügen.

This means that you need to support your ideas. Das bedeutet, dass Sie Ihre Ideen unterstützen müssen.

You can't just say something like: Du kannst nicht einfach so etwas sagen wie:

Young people who focus on their studies will achieve more. Junge Menschen, die sich auf ihr Studium konzentrieren, erreichen mehr.

If you make a point like this, you need to support it somehow. 如果|||||||||||| Wenn Sie so etwas sagen, müssen Sie es irgendwie unterstützen.

How will they achieve more? 如何||||

What examples can you give to show that this is true? Welche Beispiele können Sie nennen, um zu zeigen, dass dies wahr ist?

Let's review: for this question, you need to do four things to get a good TA score: Lassen Sie uns noch einmal Revue passieren: Für diese Frage müssen Sie vier Dinge tun, um ein gutes TA-Ergebnis zu erhalten:

Discuss the idea ‘that young people benefit from working while studying at school or university,' Diskutieren Sie die Idee, „dass junge Menschen davon profitieren, während des Studiums in der Schule oder an der Universität zu arbeiten“,

and analyse what ‘benefit' means.

Discuss the idea that, ‘young people will achieve more by focusing on their studies,' Diskutieren Sie die Idee, dass „junge Menschen mehr erreichen, wenn sie sich auf ihr Studium konzentrieren“.

and analyse what ‘achieve more' means. und analysieren, was „mehr erreichen“ bedeutet.

Give your own opinion and reach a clear conclusion. Geben Sie Ihre eigene Meinung ab und kommen Sie zu einem klaren Schluss.

Support your ideas with reasons or examples. Untermauern Sie Ihre Ideen mit Gründen oder Beispielen.

If you can do these four things, you can get band 7 for TA in your IELTS writing exam. ||||||||||||||あなたの||| Wenn Sie diese vier Dinge können, können Sie in Ihrer IELTS-Schreibprüfung Band 7 für TA erhalten.

Remember though, it's not as simple as it looks. ||它|||||| Denken Sie jedoch daran, dass es nicht so einfach ist, wie es aussieht.

You will probably need to practise to get this right. Sie müssen wahrscheinlich üben, um dies richtig hinzubekommen.

Next, let's look at your coherence and cohesion score. Sehen wir uns als Nächstes Ihren Kohärenz- und Kohäsionswert an.

I'm going to refer to coherence and cohesion as C&C;, to keep things simple. |||言及する||||||||||| Ich werde mich auf Kohärenz und Kohäsion als C&C; beziehen, um die Dinge einfach zu halten. Here are the habits which can limit your C&C; score to six: Hier sind die Gewohnheiten, die Ihr C&C einschränken können; Punktzahl bis sechs: “I need to use more linking words to get a higher score.” ||||||||||高い| „Ich muss mehr Verknüpfungswörter verwenden, um eine höhere Punktzahl zu erzielen.“

“My essay should have an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion.” „Mein Aufsatz sollte eine Einleitung, zwei Hauptabsätze und einen Schluss haben.“

Let's look at each point separately. Betrachten wir jeden Punkt einzeln.

Oh, hey, Oli!

How was your IELTS exam?

Amazing! Toll!

I totally nailed it. ||做得很好|它 ||nailed| Ich habe es total auf den Punkt gebracht.

I used nevertheless, furthermore, however, in spite of the fact that, AND in addition. ||||||尽管||||||| ||||||despite||||||| Ich habe trotzdem weiterhin aber trotzdem UND dazu verwendet.

My band 7 score is GUARANTEED! ||||guaranteed Mein Band 7-Score ist GARANTIERT!

No, it doesn't work like that. Nein, so geht das nicht.

First of all, linking isn't just about linking words. 首先|||||||| Zunächst einmal geht es beim Verlinken nicht nur um das Verlinken von Wörtern.

It's about the logic and flow of your ideas. |||||flow||| Es geht um die Logik und den Fluss Ihrer Ideen.

Look at a sentence:

Air pollution is a serious problem. |pollution|||| Die Luftverschmutzung ist ein ernstes Problem.

However, food prices are higher than ten years ago. ||prices|||||| Die Lebensmittelpreise sind jedoch höher als vor zehn Jahren.

Using however here doesn't magically make these ideas connected. ||||神奇地|||| ||||magically|||| Die Verwendung hier jedoch verbindet diese Ideen nicht auf magische Weise.

These two ideas aren't connected, and you can't create a connection by using a word Diese beiden Ideen sind nicht miteinander verbunden, und Sie können keine Verbindung herstellen, indem Sie ein Wort verwenden

like however.

Next, there's nothing in the IELTS scoring system which says you get a higher score for

using more linking words. Verwenden Sie mehr Verbindungswörter.

It's more important to make sure you use linking words accurately. Es ist wichtiger, sicherzustellen, dass Sie Verknüpfungswörter genau verwenden.

Using more linking words won't get you band seven. Wenn Sie mehr Verknüpfungswörter verwenden, erhalten Sie nicht Band sieben.

However, using linking words incorrectly will get you band six. ||||incorrectly||||| Wenn Sie jedoch Verknüpfungswörter falsch verwenden, erhalten Sie Band sechs.

So, don't use linking words just to use linking words. Verwenden Sie also keine Verknüpfungswörter, nur um Verknüpfungswörter zu verwenden.

Use them because they fit your ideas. Verwenden Sie sie, weil sie zu Ihren Vorstellungen passen.

Don't think, “I have to use nonetheless to get a high score!” ||||||仍然||||| ||||||それでも||||| Denken Sie nicht: „Ich muss trotzdem rauchen, um einen Highscore zu bekommen!“

You don't.

Next, let's look at our second point: paragraphing. |||||||段落格式 |||||||paragraphing Als nächstes schauen wir uns unseren zweiten Punkt an: Absätze.

Many IELTS candidates use the same structure for everything they write. Viele IELTS-Kandidaten verwenden für alles, was sie schreiben, dieselbe Struktur.

For example, for task two, most people write an introduction, two body paragraphs, and ||||||||||两个||| Zum Beispiel schreiben die meisten Leute für Aufgabe zwei eine Einleitung, zwei Hauptabsätze und

a conclusion. eine Schlussfolgerung.

That might be fine. Das könnte in Ordnung sein.

However, to get band 7 for C&C;, you need to “present a clear central topic within each Um jedoch Band 7 für C&C; zu erhalten, müssen Sie „in jedem ein klares zentrales Thema präsentieren paragraph.” Absatz."

Those aren't my words. Das sind nicht meine Worte.

That's straight from the IELTS scoring scheme. 那是||||||评分标准 ||||||scheme ||||||スコアリング基 Das ist direkt aus dem IELTS-Bewertungsschema.

Many students, especially in task two, write paragraphs like this: Viele Schüler, besonders in Aufgabe zwei, schreiben Absätze wie diese:

There are many advantages to … Firstly, … Secondly, … Thirdly, … Viele Vorteile haben … erstens … zweitens … drittens …

This kind of writing is likely to get a score of 6 for C&C.; Why?

Because, if you do this, you're trying to put too much in one paragraph. Denn wenn Sie dies tun, versuchen Sie, zu viel in einen Absatz zu packen.

That means your paragraph won't have a clear central topic. Das bedeutet, dass Ihr Absatz kein klares zentrales Thema haben wird.

So, what's the solution? Also, was ist die Lösung? Então, qual é a solução?

First, plan your essay carefully.

Make sure you know exactly what you're putting in each paragraph before you start writing. |||||||入れる|||||||

Secondly, make sure your paragraph starts with a clear topic sentence. Stellen Sie zweitens sicher, dass Ihr Absatz mit einem klaren Themensatz beginnt.

Your topic sentence should be relatively short and simple. |||||fairly|||easy Ihr Themensatz sollte relativ kurz und einfach sein.

If your topic sentence is very long and complicated, then your topic probably isn't clear. Wenn Ihr Themensatz sehr lang und kompliziert ist, dann ist Ihr Thema wahrscheinlich nicht klar.

Then, after your topic sentence, spend the rest of the paragraph developing and extending |||||花||||||||扩展 |||||||||||||extending Verbringen Sie dann nach Ihrem Themensatz den Rest des Absatzes mit der Entwicklung und Erweiterung

your main idea.

This means that you aren't adding any new ideas or changing the topic in the middle Das bedeutet, dass Sie keine neuen Ideen hinzufügen oder das Thema in der Mitte ändern

of your paragraph.

Also, this means you might need different numbers of paragraphs depending on how many ||||||不同的|||||||

main ideas you have.

Do you have two body paragraphs in your essay? Haben Sie zwei Hauptabsätze in Ihrem Aufsatz?

That means you have two main ideas.

Do you have three main ideas?

Then you need three paragraphs!

Another point: paragraphs don't have a minimum length. ||||||minimum| Ein weiterer Punkt: Absätze haben keine Mindestlänge.

There's no such thing as a paragraph which is too short. 没有|||||||||| Es gibt keinen Absatz, der zu kurz ist.

Paragraphs can be any length. Absätze können beliebig lang sein.

So, let's review this section. Sehen wir uns also diesen Abschnitt an.

To get band seven C&C; in your IELTS writing exam, you need to focus on using linking words Band sieben C&C zu bekommen; In Ihrer IELTS-Schreibprüfung müssen Sie sich auf die Verwendung von Verknüpfungswörtern konzentrieren accurately and appropriately. ||适当地

You also need to make sure every paragraph has a clear central topic, which means you

shouldn't try to put many different ideas in one paragraph.

Next, let's look at vocabulary and how you can get to band seven.

Here's a band six idea that students often have:

“I need to learn lots of synonyms and uncommon vocabulary. ||||||||uncommon| „Ich muss viele Synonyme und ungewöhnliche Vokabeln lernen.

If my vocabulary is bigger, I'll get a higher score.” Wenn mein Vokabular größer ist, bekomme ich eine höhere Punktzahl.“

There's one important difference between band six and seven for vocabulary.

At band six, you need two things: range and clarity. Bei Band sechs braucht man zwei Dinge: Reichweite und Klarheit.

That means, if you at least try to use some more advanced or uncommon vocabulary, you can get six if Das heißt, wenn Sie zumindest versuchen, etwas fortgeschritteneres oder ungewöhnliches Vokabular zu verwenden, können Sie sechs if bekommen

your meaning is clear, even if you make mistakes, even if you make lots of mistakes. Ihre Bedeutung ist klar, selbst wenn Sie Fehler machen, selbst wenn Sie viele Fehler machen.

However, for band seven, you need three things: range, clarity and accuracy.

It's no longer enough just to try. Es reicht nicht mehr aus, es nur zu versuchen.

You need to use vocabulary “with flexibility and precision”—again, this is a quote ||||||||精确性||||| ||||||flexibility||precision||||| Sie müssen Vokabular „mit Flexibilität und Präzision“ verwenden – auch dies ist ein Zitat

from the official scoring scheme. ||官方|| aus dem offiziellen Wertungsschema.

You can't make many mistakes for band seven. Für Band sieben kann man nicht viele Fehler machen.

You can produce ‘occasional errors' and still get band seven. |||偶尔的|||||| |||occasional|||||| Sie können "gelegentliche Fehler" produzieren und trotzdem Band sieben bekommen.

What does this mean for you?

It means that your priority should be avoiding mistakes. |||||||avoing| Das bedeutet, dass Ihre Priorität darin bestehen sollte, Fehler zu vermeiden.

I see many IELTS students trying to learn lots of idioms, phrases, academic vocabulary Ich sehe viele IELTS-Studenten, die versuchen, viele Redewendungen, Redewendungen und akademisches Vokabular zu lernen

and so on.

But then, they often don't know how to use this vocabulary well. Aber dann wissen sie oft nicht, wie sie dieses Vokabular gut verwenden sollen.

They use it in their writing, because they think it sounds nice, and their meaning might Sie verwenden es in ihren Texten, weil sie denken, dass es gut klingt und ihre Bedeutung könnte

be clear, but it's not correct. klar sein, aber es ist nicht richtig.

That's fine for band six, but not for band seven.

So, what should you do?

Look, first of all, vocabulary learning is hard work and it's slow. ||||词汇学习|学习|||||| Sehen Sie, zunächst einmal ist das Lernen von Vokabeln harte Arbeit und es ist langsam.

There aren't any magic solutions here. ||||solutions| Hier gibt es keine magischen Lösungen.

But I'll give you one tip:

When you're learning vocabulary, focus on quality and depth, not quantity. Wenn Sie Vokabeln lernen, konzentrieren Sie sich auf Qualität und Tiefe, nicht auf Quantität.

Don't try to learn 50 words or phrases. Versuchen Sie nicht, 50 Wörter oder Sätze zu lernen.

Learn five words or phrases, but really learn them. Lerne fünf Wörter oder Sätze, aber lerne sie wirklich.

Spend an hour learning and practising five new words and phrases. Verbringen Sie eine Stunde damit, fünf neue Wörter und Sätze zu lernen und zu üben. Passe uma hora a aprender e a praticar cinco novas palavras e frases.

Find example sentences.

Write your own example sentences. Schreiben Sie Ihre eigenen Beispielsätze.

Ask a teacher or whoever you can find to give you feedback. Bitten Sie einen Lehrer oder eine andere Person, die Sie finden können, Ihnen Feedback zu geben.

Make sure you know how to use your new vocabulary correctly.

Another point: in the exam, if you have a choice between a simple word which you know Ein weiterer Punkt: in der Prüfung, wenn Sie die Wahl zwischen einem einfachen Wort haben, das Sie kennen

is correct, and a more advanced or academic word which you aren't sure about, what should

you do?

Use the simple word.

Only use vocabulary you're sure you understand and that you know how to use. Verwenden Sie nur Vokabeln, von denen Sie sicher sind, dass Sie sie verstehen und die Sie verwenden können.

This is the opposite to band six. Dies ist das Gegenteil von Band sechs.

For band six, you can use the more advanced word, even if it's wrong. Für Band sechs können Sie das fortgeschrittenere Wort verwenden, auch wenn es falsch ist.

But remember, to get band seven, you need to be accurate. Aber denken Sie daran, um Band sieben zu bekommen, müssen Sie genau sein.

You can't make many mistakes. Viele Fehler kann man nicht machen.

So, in this situation, take the safe choice! Gehen Sie in dieser Situation also auf Nummer sicher!

Finally, let's look at the grammar score and how you can get to band seven. Schauen wir uns zum Schluss die Grammatikbewertung an und wie Sie zu Band sieben gelangen.

Here's the band six idea which students often have: Hier ist die Band-6-Idee, die Studenten oft haben:

“Grammar's not so important, so long as people can understand what I mean.” ||||只要|||||||| Grammar||||||||||||

Again, band six and band seven are very different.

This is especially true for your grammar score.

What's the difference?

Like vocabulary, you need to be accurate to get band seven. Wie beim Vokabular müssen Sie genau sein, um Band sieben zu erhalten.

At band six, it doesn't really matter how many grammar mistakes you make so long as Bei Band sechs ist es eigentlich egal, wie viele Grammatikfehler du machst, solange

your meaning is clear.

At band seven, the quantity of grammar errors you make matters. ||||||||||重要 Bei Band sieben kommt es auf die Menge an Grammatikfehlern an, die Sie machen.

It really matters! Es ist wirklich wichtig!

To get band seven for grammar, you need to “produce frequent error-free sentences”—again, ||||||||||频繁的|错误||| ||||||||||frequent|errors||| Um Band sieben für Grammatik zu bekommen, müssen Sie „häufig fehlerfreie Sätze produzieren“ – wieder,

these words are directly from the official IELTS scoring scheme.

That means if you make a lot of small mistakes, it's almost impossible to get band seven Das heißt, wenn Sie viele kleine Fehler machen, ist es fast unmöglich, Band sieben zu bekommen

for grammar.

All mistakes count: you use the wrong preposition? 所有||||||| Alle Fehler zählen: Sie verwenden die falsche Präposition?

It's a mistake.

You forget to use the? Sie haben vergessen, die zu verwenden?

Mistake.

You forget the ‘s' on a present simple verb? Du vergisst das 's' auf einem einfachen Präsensverb?

Mistake.

If your writing is around band six, you probably make more mistakes than you realise. Wenn Ihr Schreibstil ungefähr bei Band sechs liegt, machen Sie wahrscheinlich mehr Fehler, als Ihnen bewusst ist.

So, again, what can you do? Also nochmal, was kannst du tun?

First, you need to identify the common mistakes which you make. Zuerst müssen Sie die häufigsten Fehler identifizieren, die Sie machen.

For this, you need a teacher to show you where you make mistakes in your writing. Dazu brauchen Sie einen Lehrer, der Ihnen zeigt, wo Sie beim Schreiben Fehler machen.

Every time you do some writing, look at the grammar mistakes you make. Achte jedes Mal, wenn du etwas schreibst, auf die Grammatikfehler, die du machst.

Sort them into two categories. Sortieren Sie sie in zwei Kategorien.

One: mistakes with things you don't know.

Two: mistakes with things you already knew. Zweitens: Fehler mit Dingen, die Sie bereits wussten.

For example, if you write ‘childrens' instead of ‘children', this is probably |||||儿童|||||| |||||children|||||| Wenn Sie beispielsweise „Kinder“ statt „Kinder“ schreiben, ist dies wahrscheinlich der Fall

a type two mistake. 类型一|||

Most likely, you knew this already. Höchstwahrscheinlich wussten Sie das bereits.

You just made a mistake, because you were in a hurry, or you were tired, or you have

a bad habit, or you weren't paying attention, or something like that. eine schlechte Angewohnheit, oder Sie haben nicht aufgepasst, oder so etwas.

With type one mistakes—things you don't know—get a good grammar book and study to 与||||||||||||一本好语法书|||

fill the gaps in your knowledge. ||gaps||| 埋める||||| füllen Sie Ihre Wissenslücken.

With type two mistakes, put your errors into a digital flashcard app like Anki or Quizlet ||||||||||数字闪卡|||||Quizlet |||||||||digital|flashcard|||||Quizlet Geben Sie bei Fehlern vom Typ zwei Ihre Fehler in eine digitale Karteikarten-App wie Anki oder Quizlet ein

or something like that.

For example:

Question: This is one of most serious problems in today's world. Frage: Dies ist eines der schwerwiegendsten Probleme in der heutigen Welt.

Answer: This is one of the most serious problems in today's world. Antwort: Dies ist eines der schwerwiegendsten Probleme in der heutigen Welt.

Every time you write something, add your mistakes as questions to your flashcard app. Jedes Mal, wenn du etwas schreibst, füge deine Fehler als Fragen zu deiner Karteikarten-App hinzu.

Review your mistakes regularly—every day is best! Überprüfen Sie Ihre Fehler regelmäßig – jeden Tag ist am besten!

This approach requires a lot of patience, but it's the only effective way to get rid ||||||耐心||||||||摆脱| ||||||patience||||||||| Dieser Ansatz erfordert viel Geduld, aber es ist der einzige effektive Weg, um loszuwerden

of those bad habits which can stop you getting band seven in IELTS writing. 关于||||||||||||| dieser schlechten Angewohnheiten, die Sie davon abhalten können, Band sieben im IELTS-Schreiben zu bekommen.

Okay, so now you should have some ideas about how to get band seven in your IELTS writing Okay, jetzt sollten Sie einige Ideen haben, wie Sie Band sieben in Ihr IELTS-Schreiben bekommen

exam.

There's a lot of information in this lesson, and there's also a lot which I didn't Es gibt eine Menge Informationen in dieser Lektion, und es gibt auch eine Menge, die ich nicht wusste

say! sagen!

Band seven is a high standard, and you should accept that it will take time and work to Band sieben ist ein hoher Standard, und Sie sollten akzeptieren, dass es Zeit und Arbeit braucht

get there. kommen Sie dorthin.

Do you have an IELTS experience which you think people could learn from?

Please let us know in the comments! Bitte teilen Sie uns dies in den Kommentaren mit!

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Our teachers can also help you prepare for your IELTS exam in online classes. Unsere Lehrer können Ihnen auch bei der Vorbereitung auf Ihre IELTS-Prüfung im Online-Unterricht helfen.

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