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In IELTS, the second writing is an argumentative writing that requires you to write 250 words discussing certain topic. We already had some discussions regarding IELTS Writing Task 2 in the previous posts. However, the previous writings focused on questions that require you to take a stance whether you agree/disagree with the topic, decide whether something is beneficial or harmful (in other words, advantageous or disadvantageous), or whether you discuss a topic concerning the positive and the negative impacts. This is quite doable since you just have to look for a way to explain your argument by providing evidences, reason, and examples. Of course, balanced argument is also needed, but you know that balanced argument is actually used to give an emphasis on your own argument. The conclusion is, it is always easier to take stance. Even though, you may also be asked to discuss a topic without taking stance, like when you have these questions: a. Discuss both points and give your opinion ...

One of many problems in Reading Section is deciding whether a statement is True or False based on the passage. Basically, we still use the same strategy for this type of sentence as we already did with fill in the blank questions. There are several difference but the focus is still on the keywording and paraphrasing. Take a look at an example below: Passage 2 The Nature of Sleep Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body characterized by disengagement from surroundings, relaxed muscle, lower blood pressure, as well as more regular breathing and heart rate. Despite the fact that sleep is something that naturally happens, it has a major impact in our overall quality of life. Sleep is internally influenced by our daily biological clock or commonly referred as circadian rhythm. The amount of sleep needed by adults is different from that of babies. Infants need at least 16 to 18 hours of sleep a day, then the time spent for sleeping decreases gradually as one grows older. It ...

One of the most challenging part of IELTS is the Reading Section.  There are several challenges in reading, and from what I usually hear from some folks out there, it is pretty hard to get rid of the problems related to Reading. The most common challenges in Reading are described as follows: a. Too long passage is time consuming, leave alone finding the answers  b. The topic is too difficult to understand I find it even more difficult to deal with the highly technical terms. c. It doesn't feel like I can handle the vast vocabulary in Reading. d. I'm having problem distinguishing False and Not Given. e. I'm still trying to do effective reading and do the skimming and scanning. .............and here are some of my solutions for those issues.............. First , you do not (in fact, you should not) read the whole passage. Just concentrate on what you need. Say, you need an Adjective as an answer, then why would y'all bother reading the Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepos...

Topic: Government is responsible for assuring the safety of its citizens. For this reason, government should increase spending on defense and reduce spending on social benefits. To what extent do you agree with this notion? National security recently becomes a serious issue that some people think that it is necessary to have improvement in terms of national defense. However, improving defense will require considerable amount of funding that the authority may have to cut allocation for other sectors such as the social benefits. I personally agree that defense should be enhanced, because security of a nation has a positive correlation with its prosperity. It is believed that immediate actions have to be taken to bring about betterment for the society. The need for better and affordable health care keeps growing, while budget to provide good schools for the younger generations are also increasing. Unemployment and the rise of poverty also increase society's concern that spending budge...

There are so many people having problems with writing, especially Writing Task 2. To be frank with you all, I myself had taken IELTS test and had a problem when doing the writing in my very first attempt. The problem was mainly with the time allocation. I did not do it well within the time pressure and thus I started trying to figure out what it takes to produce quality writing consisting of 250 words only in 40 minutes. I come to a conclusion that in my previous test, I spent too much time for planning my writing instead of looking for ideas, reasons, and examples. And as you may have assumed, I had no more time for evaluating the writing, paraphrasing the repeated words or monotonous sentence structure and 6.0 was the score that I got. So I have been doing some research from books and online sources formulating a simple yet powerful layout for writing, especially Writing Task 2. I am not going to make any judgement on how you should do the writing since I have never found a single au...