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I like this post.
Thank you Farah
very useful thanks, I will try encouraging my students to make a grid of 4 squares to help them with their note preparation.
Thanks Susannah. I’m glad you find it useful. Where do you teach ielts?
Hi, I teach at a college in the UK; really enjoy teaching IELTS and keen to learn hints & tips 🙂
Great Susannah. I work for Kaplan in Bournemouth.
That was really helpful and I would like to thank you for your suggestions, just one question please, : if candidates do not understand what the examiner says
, will they be penalised for asking again what the question was?
Hello Katerina. No, candidates certainly won’t be penalised for asking for repetition of a question. However, the examiner can only offer one repetition/ paraphrase per question. So, if the candidate asks for further clarification, then the examiner just has to move on to the next one. Can I ask you where and who you teach? Thanks for listening to the blog.
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I really like your box idea to focus ideas as I find people taking the exam often look into space or write very little in the one minute prep time.
I’m not sure about getting students to generate a whole new idea or person based on the vocab that they know. I think this might add another load as it becomes a creative task as opposed to talking about something familiar – I suggest embellishing the truth as the opportunity arises.