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It's been a year or two since I saw this 'ad' and it still haunts me to this day.
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I used to have this odd fascination with listening to documentaries about serial killers😂
They actually helped me improve my english because I was too obsessed with these stories and I could listen to them all they long. Now it seems quite strange to me too. Anyway, give it a try. Maybe it appeals to you to just like it did to me some years ago:)
This is what I remember when students write 'falled' instead of 'fell' or 'teached' instead of taught.
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In general, showcasing teachers has become a widely-used marketing gimmick by many education centers in Uzbekistan. While there is nothing wrong with it and it is an effective way to attract audiences, some language centers seem to take it a little too far. If you are an active instagram user(I assume most of you are), you should know videos 'teaching' english or explaining 5 different ways to say 'no' have increased in number(I mean who on Earth needs 5 different ways to say 'no' or 5 different ways to say 'sorry' or any other stupid word for that matter?). Well, I am ready to accept this. But more often than not, people 'teaching' these things have the worst pronunciation and grammar. Do language centers actually believe people do not pay attention to this awful english just because the 'teacher' has a big pair of boobs or becuse she looks good? Even worse, the number of views of these videos is outrageous. I believe education centers posting this type of videos of low quality should be aware that there are people who actually understand English.
Sorry for profanity:) I needed to get all this out of my system.
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Sirojiddin aka took the test after he'd attended my classes for just a month. The fact that he works and still finds time to study is what makes this score so special. He said that he would keep attending the lessons and I believe he will definitely get a higher score after finishing the course.
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NEW IELTS group with Mr Jurabek Sanakulov
ODD (Mon/Wed/Fri) days
4:00pm
Fee: 600,000 per month
First lesson: Tomorrow (Nov 12), 4pm
Most students wanted the same course on ODD days, so we’ve decided to offer it on Mon/Wed/Fri as well at the same time (4pm)!
Tomorrow is your first lesson if you want to get started!
Good evening:) I am Sanokulov Jurabek, an IELTS instructor at IELTS ZONE.
I am planning to launch IELTS groups starting from the next week.
The course is going to last 3 months meaning it's perfect if you are planning to take the test in late January or February.
The course fee is 600.000 UZS
The course includes an extensive coverage of all sections, with more attention given to WRITING AND READING.
If you are interested, hit me at @sanokulovsBOT
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I received this question from a subscriber. And it's quite an interesting one.
Weeeel, first off, writing like 350-400 words essays does not necessarily mean you are a good writer. Sometimes, candidates write too many sentences in their paragraphs. If you cannot explain your ideas(in main bodies) in like 5,6 sentences, you may not be a good of a writer as you might think. if,say, someone who deserves 5 or 5,5 in writing uses 4 5 sentences to explain one idea, it is very much likely that someone who deserves 7 can do that in 2 sentences.
Another point worth mentioning is that IELTS writing has very strict criteria. Even when you have a good control of grammar and can use collocations correctly, you may not answer all parts of the question or present a clear position(Task response band 7) Likewise, you may not be able to present a central topic within each paragraph. This all means even when you have good english, you may still fail to show good IELTS( I mean you may not satisfy the criteria for TASK RESPONSE AND COHERENCE&COHESION) So, it is always advised that you familiarize yourself with the BAND DESCRIPTORS. And if you do not understand the criteria, ask your teacher to translate it for ya'. And if your teacher fails to do that, you might as well consider changing your teacher:)
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Did you participate in my free lessons today? (Sanokulov Jurabek)
Any Feedback?
You can send your IELTS-related questions here @sanokulovsBOT I'll do my best to answer them:)
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What is needed for a pronunciation 7?
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Candidates will be awarded a 7 if they fulfill the following criteria.
The examiner can fully understand candidate’s language. (even with occasional problems)
Examples of correct word /sentence stress to emphasize or focus meaning.
Use of intonation to emphasize important meaning.
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Able to vary speed of delivery to affect meaning.
Able to divide utterances in “chunks” (I'll explain this term in the next posts)
There may be some mispronounced words.
A first language accent may still be present.
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Wellll, I used to have this weekly challenge where I would post like 3-4 speaking part 2 topics and I would send my response to the most chosen topic. I'm now thinking of 'bringing this challenge back to life' yet this time I wont be answering all the questions myself. I'll be asking my colleagues here in IELTS ZONE or other fellow IELTS instructors to record their answers so that we can learn from them too.
So who do you want the 1st speaker be? Leave your suggestions:)
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Doctor Harold Shipman is a serial killer who took the lives of at least 250 people over a period of 20 years by injecting them with a fatal dose of morphine...
Edit: I will try to post the transcripts tomorrow
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Malika opa, who's taking my 3 month IELTS course, recently took the aptis test for teachers. And I am glad she's got the score she deserved. Btw, It's been 2 months since the course started, the last months is just a practice month:)
quite sure all students in this group will all get 7+ in ielts
What amazes me when I come across these people who call themselves a 'teacher' or 'influencer' is how arrogant they can be.
This guy blocked me on instagram and deleted the comments I left after I explained to him (first politely) that he was making misleading statements regarding IELTS writing task 2.
He apparently believes this ielts writing task 2 question is not correct:
Nowadays people live longer after they retire. How does this affect individuals and society? What can be done about this?
He makes fun of the fact of what can be done about people living longer while in actual fact the question asks what can be done about the effects of people living longer after retirement.
So i was blocked for telling him to do some research before posting :) how pathetic we are☹
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This is how I imagine IELTS examiners feel when you write 'to recapitulate' instead of 'in conclusion' or 'henceforth' instead of 'since'😂
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Did this not remind you of another masterpiece?
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Understanding English songs without checking the lyrics > IELTS 9.0 :)
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REMINDER
Today we are going to have the 1st lesson with Mr Jurabek Sanakulov at 4:00pm!
To be completely honest, he is one of the best IELTS instructors I have seen, so if you are struggling with Reading and/or Writing, this is going to be the ideal course!
The course will cover Listening and Speaking skills as well, but the main focus will be on Reading and Writing.
Hey, I'm Jurabek Sanokulov, an IELTS Instructor at IELTS ZONE. Today, too, I'm gonna be conducting free lessons at 4 and 6 pm. We'll be talking about how candidates can get 8.0+ on Grammatical range and accuracy in Task 1.
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Hello teacher, I got a question related writing, writing assessment system to be exact. I've passed IELTS past year in december and some friends of mine also passed in september and october. Although some of them were really talented and hard-working students, none of them got more than 6 band score for writing section. Even a guy, my friend, who has got the same score, used to write essays all the time and his task 2 essays were consist of more that 300 words every time, in the exam too, as he said, he wrote accurately. As to me I did not even made a good preparation for my writing, I only watched videos about writing. In exam, I got a Line graph and Agree/Disagree type question for writing. I did my absolute best for my both tasks, I've written good for task1 but... for task2 I actually didn't manage to write even up to 250 words. But when I saw my result I've surprised... I got 6.5 for writing, although it is not thaaaat good result. And.... what do you think do they, examiners, assess our skills FAIRLY???
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I received several questions regarding pronunciation and how people can improve it. Well, I'd say you have to expose yourself to natural english. I mean, just observe how native speakers speak by watching movies, tv shows or youtube videos. At the same time just compare the way you speak to their manner of speech. Pay attention to how they use intonation or word stress and sentence stress. Look at the way how they connect several words together. It's all about practice and muscle memory. Sometimes we mispronounce words just because we have not pronounced these words enough or we try to pronounce them in our own way(uzbek-english). Try to imitate, copy the way native speakers speak. DO NOT EVER RELY ON NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS when it comes to learn HOW TO PRONOUNCE words Today, everyone is a teacher, even some uzbek guys started teaching how to pronounce english words, while mispronoucing them themselves. Even the most renowned teacher in uzbekistan every now and then mispronounce a word or two.
So again, the best way would be to expose yourself to real english. Keep watching english movies, listening to songs in english and before you know it, you'll start sounding english. :)
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Tomorrow we'll start one-week-free lessons at IELTS Zone. I'll be teaching at 4 and 6 PM everyday from Monday to Saturday.
My program for these 6 days will include:
Monday: Reading=completion tasks, TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN.
Tuesday: the same as Monday(for another set of students)
Wednesday: Writing task 1: how to get 8.0+ on Grammatical range and Accuracy
Thursday: the same as Wednesday(for another set of students)
Friday: Writing task 2: Understanding the question & how to get 7+ on TASK RESPONSE
Saturday: the same as Friday
Once again: these lessons are totally free. So, it would be a shame to miss out on this opportunity.
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Here are some of the words and phrases which I think come in handy.
to grab ears(informal) - to capture and hold attention of someone.
E.g: The songs in an Eminem's new album grabbed my ears.
You can use the adjective form of this phrase when you talk about music - ear-grabbing
E.g: The songs in an Eminem's new album were all ear-grabbing
To Make strides - to make progress towards a goal
E.g: The country made impressive strides in improving energy efficiency after the huge rises in oil prices.
Flustered - upset and confused
E.g: If I look flustered, it is because I'm trying to do many things at once.
Brainwash(verb) - to make someone believe something that is not true by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time
E.g: Commercials often brainwash consumers into buying things they don't need
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What is Chunking?
Chunking is actually quite a new “label” or “buzzword” in the EFL world and for many experienced EFL teachers and even for IELTS examiners it is something which is difficult to accurately define.
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When speech is produced by native speakers the words are not pronounced individually; groups of words (within an utterance) are pushed together into “multi-word chunks”. An ability to demonstrate this skill is required for a band 7.
These “word groups” are not random; there are rules as to which words should be “chunked” together. Unfortunately, as with many features of English pronunciation, these rules are somewhat “fuzzy”.
As a general guideline most “sentence fillers” or “connecting phrases” should be chunked into a “multi-word group”. Look at the following examples.
“and all of those kinds of things”
“and stuff like that”
“I’m not really sure but..”
“a lot of people think that…”
“maybe it’s something to do with…”
“I guess that it could be because…”
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These phrases should be pronounced as one flowing sound with little or no audible gap between words. This skill becomes more obvious to the listener (or examiner) when the “word chunks” are surrounded by examples of speed or volume variation in important parts of the message.
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“Well I guess that in many ways, nowadays learning a language is quite important, and the main reason would probably be that it can help you get a job, it can make your more aware of other cultures and stuff like that”.
The underlined phrases in the example above should be “chunked” together in a “word-group”. Also it becomes easier to see that the “message” parts of the example should contain variations in speed and volume to emphasize important meaning.
A candidate who can demonstrate some ability to chunk will be awarded a 7. When the chunking becomes more natural and consistently correct an 8 may be awarded (if the other criteria are met).
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Notes for pronunciation
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"Sentence stress" is the stress on one particular word (or more than one word) in a sentence. I have noticed that, for Chinese people, most errors in sentence stress are simply errors when speaking noun+ noun or adjective +noun combinations. One of the two words in these combinations is stressed more than the other. Probably this situation is the same for all learners of English, not just Chinese people. Another common sentence stress error among Chinese people is to stress the last word in a sentence when that word is a pronoun that is not stressed by a native English speaker. For example, "He gave it to me ", if spoken with the stress on the word "me" means that he gave it to me, not someone else. This is a situation of contrast. But if there is no contrast meant, the word "gave" would be the word that is stressed in that sentence.
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"Word stress" is the stress on one particular syllable in a multi-syllable word.
"Intonation" is the rise or fall in the tone of an utterance. This is closely related to sentence stress but is not always the same. Different nationalities of English speakers tend to have a few differences in their use of intonation.
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