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Many test takers are having a problem related to the lack of vocabulary, especially when doing the Listening Section. The problem is due to the fact that not knowing what words are spoken in the audio often means not knowing what word(s) to write on the answer sheet. Some test takers prepare themselves by doing an extensive reading. They start trying to find a motivation to read newspaper, online article, listen to songs in English, and watching movies without subtitle. This is good for improving our vocabulary range, but it is not effective. English is an ever growing language, and is believed to be one of many languages with the most words and dictionary entries, and these are some of the reasons why: a. English is originated from the Germanic language brought by the Angles Saxons and Jutes, so it shares many grammar and basic vocabularies with Dutch and German. In 1066, Duke William of Normandy II or commonly referred as William The Conqueror invaded Britain. He later brought a lot ...

I have been teaching IELTS for over a year now and have faced a lot of challenges when teaching students. One of many challenges that often haunt me day and night is giving meaningful score prediction. Feedback is supposed to be based on the result of the students so I need to consider what they have achieved every now and then. However, it is generally known that grading of Writing and Speaking can only be done by authorized, certified IELTS assessor. I feel like not having such capacity and this has given headache when it comes to predicting students' score and formulating the best way to evaluate their study achievement. So far, I simply use my intuition and never give them the exact number for the score. If I say that their writing or speaking is good, then it is definitely good (proven by the test score). If I say they need to improve it, it usually means that they're gonna need some time to work on it. The intuition is always right so far, but in a case where the office a...