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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 IELTS Writing Task 2: housing topic Several people have asked me to help with the following question: More houses are needed in many countries to cope with increasing populations. Would it be better to build houses in existing towns and cities, or to develop new towns in rural areas? The first thing that I would do is think about my 4-paragraph structure. This means that we need 2 main body paragraphs (2 main ideas). Dont worry about putting your real opinion; just try to think of the easiest opinion for a 4-paragraph essay. Heres one way that we could structure the essay: Introduction: give your opinion e.g. its better to develop new towns Paragraph: explain why we shouldnt build more houses in cities Paragraph: explain the benefits of building new towns Conclusion: repeat / summarise your opinion Posted by Simon in IELTS Writing Task 2 | Permalink | Comments (18) Wednesday, October 24, 2012 IELTS Writing Task 2: use what you learn When you learn a new word, collocation or phrase, its a good idea to try using it in different contexts. For example, the collocations in last weeks lesson came from an essay about music, but maybe we can use them for other topics. As an example, Ill choose the topic of education, and Ill write a couple of sentences around some of the collocations (underlined) from last week: In primary schools, more importance should be given to creativity and problem solving, and these skills should be valued over memorisation and rote learning. Creativity can be fostered by exposing children to a rich variety of media, and by encouraging them to express their emotions. Posted by Simon in IELTS Writing Task 2 | Permalink | Comments (15) Wednesday, October 17, 2012 IELTS Writing Task 2: collocations Collocations are groups of words that are often found together. Native speakers have a large repertoire of these word groups, and can use them without thinking. Language learners need to build their own repertoire of collocation