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• Writing Task 2 learn and practice proofreading your essay for mistakes
• It is important to spend a minute proofreading your essay to find and correct mistakes, once you have finished writing your essay. One way you could proofread and edit is by using the SPLAT technique.
• SPLAT stands for: Spelling, PLurals (singular/plural nouns), Agreement (subject-verb agreement) and Tense.
• These are some of the most common language mistakes that students make and being able to find and correct these types of mistakes will improve your essay in terms of Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Here are some simple steps for SPLAT proofreading and editing.
• 1) When you have finished writing your essay, write down the abbreviation S PL A T on your planning page.
• 2) Then, quickly scan your essay response for each of these types of errors . begin with looking for spelling (S) mistakes, then move to single/plural (PL) or countable/uncountable nouns, followed by subject/verb agreement (A) and finally tense errors (T).
• 3) Once you have finished proofreading and correcting a specific type of error, tick (√) or cross off (X) the corresponding letter and move to the next type of error.
• *Remember, these are not the only types of errors which may be in your writing although they are some of most common. Also try to find other errors when you proofread, such as problems with incorrect punctuation, capitalisation, word-form and word-choice.
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important facts about the IELTS Listening Test
I’ll be guiding you through the listening section of this course.
In this unit, Martin will start by giving you an overview of the IELTS Listening Test
and what it includes.
This will give you important facts about the IELTS Listening Test and what it is designed
to assess.
Then, in the following units, I’ll be showing you the differences between each section of
the IELTS Listening Test.
We will look at the types of questions you will need to answer.
• Facts about the Listening Test
tart of transcript. Skip to the end.
I’m sure you are curious to find out as much as possible about the IELTS Listening
Test, but why don’t we begin by looking at some important facts.
Let’s start with facts about the timing of the test.
When you take the IELTS Listening Test, it will take 30 minutes, during which time
you will actually listen and answer questions, plus there is an additional 10 minutes
of what is called transfer time. Transfer time is your opportunity to copy
your answers from the question paper to the answer sheet.
And by the way, when you do this, you should not use any abbreviations and your answers
must be spelled correctly.
The Listening Test is organised into 4 sections and each section has an audio recording,
which you listen to, and 10 questions on your question paper, which you should answer while
listening. So, in total, you have to answer 40 questions
for the whole test.
You are probably also wondering what the recordings are about.
Well, each section uses a different type of recording;
for a start, the topics are different, for example, one listening may be about sport,
but another would be about something completely different,
but also some are monologues, that is with one person speaking,
while others are dialogues, with two or even more people having a conversation.
Why don’t I give you some more detailed information about this.
For Section 1, you will normally listen to a conversation between two people on a
general, everyday topic. But when you get to Section 2, although
it is still about something general and non-academic, you will notice that there is only one speaker.
In Section 3 , there is a discussion involving up to four people in an academic situation,
and finally in Section 4, you will need to answer questions while listening to an
academic lecture.
As a teacher, I often get asked how difficult the Listening Test is.
Well, that varies from person to person. How easy or difficult you find the test overall
really depends on you, your listening experience and your ability.
But, I can say that the Listening Test is designed to increase in difficulty as the
test goes on. So, Section 1 is usually the easiest to
complete, but Section 4 is the most difficult. You should also remember that you can only
listen to the test once – you can’t listen again if you missed something.
To prepare well for the IELTS Listening, you need to get practice in all of the 7 possible
question types. The question types are used randomly and are
called: form or notes or flowchart completion,
multiple-choice questions, short answer questions,
sentence completion, labelling a diagram or map,
classification, and finally, matching.
You will be able to practise answering these types of questions in this course.
So, what happens to your test when you have finished?
Well, it is marked and 1 point is given for each correct answer.
Remember, you will lose points for incorrect spelling.
The total number of points is then converted into an IELTS band score for Listening, for
example, 6.0 or 7.0. It is also possible to be given a half band
score, such as 5.5.
So, now you have some basic information. But remember, although these facts are important
background knowledge, there is a lot more to learn which will help you do well in the
IELTS Listening Test.

William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon on this day in 1582. He was 18 and she was 26.

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite."
—from "Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, scene 2)

Drawing on an exceptional combination of skills as literary biographer, novelist, and chronicler of London history, Peter Ackroyd surely re-creates the world that shaped Shakespeare–and brings the playwright himself into unusually vivid focus. With characteristic narrative panache, Ackroyd immerses us in sixteenth-century Stratford and the rural landscape–the industry, the animals, even the flowers–that would appear in Shakespeare’s plays. He takes us through Shakespeare’s London neighborhood and the fertile, competitive theater world where he worked as actor and writer. He shows us Shakespeare as a businessman, and as a constant reviser of his writing. In joining these intimate details with profound intuitions about the playwright and his work, Ackroyd has produced an altogether engaging masterpiece. READ an excerpt here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/507/shakespeare-by-peter-ackroyd/

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Two beautiful quotes of William Shakespeare!! Which one of these is your favourite....

1 “Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”
Hamlet

2 “Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs.”
Romeo and Juliet

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