Hey guys, it's Andy.
I am an IELTS 8.5 achiever
and welcome to my new web series
"5 Minutes about the IELTS"
For this very first episode,
I guess you already know that
it is about IELTS Writing Task 2.
Yes, I know the struggle
WRITING SUCKS!
I mean...
You don't have any ideas,
You don't know where to start
and...
frankly, some topics are just
stuff you don't really care about, like
the government.
But today's video is not about
how difficult and boring writing is.
but it is about how you
can make writing much more interesting
by following some of my tips.
You know, I actually do these things
when I have to write an essay, and
my essay writing just
gradually gets so much better.
So...
LET'S BEGIN!
This is extremely vital.
Imagine the essay you're writing
is your product, so
to manufacture good products, you need good materials right?
I know a lot of people who just want to write a really good essay
but sadly do not read very often
because they are, first of all, lazy.
They write with the words they already know.
and...
sometimes, they are just terrible.
A well-written article could provide you with so many good things
First of all, that is ...
Some IELTS questions are really tough and difficult to understand, so
with just a little reading,
you can grab some excellent ideas
to start the essay with.
Okay one example...
Now, I know a lot of teenagers do bad stuff
because maybe they are raised by bad parents, so
I can note down "bad parents" as one of
the main causes for teenage crime.
But I need one more cause.
So now I will go to Google and
Search for some keywords here...
Oh my god...
Is that even a real song?
How about ... "child crime"
Oh this one works.
This one... I've already read it.
I don't know much about other factors
like "drug use" or "gang culture"
so I'm just gonna choose the easiest one
"peer pressure"
Second of all, a well-written article has plenty of
When you come across a nice piece of writing by a good writer
you'll probably find a lot of
fancy words to use in your IELTS writing.
And this is even better because
those words come with the context
so you'll know how to use them.
We're still on the topic of teenage crime
so you'll probably have to use words like
"criminal" and "crime" a lot.
From the article I was reading, I can see that
the word "criminal" is synonymous to
"offender".
And the noun "offender" stems from the verb "offend"
I think you can use the word "offending"
in exchange for "crime"
"offend" means "to commit an illegal act".
So now, not only do I know how to use the word "offend"
but I also know that "crime"
can be replaced with "illegal act".
The noun form of "offend" could be "offender" or ...
"offence", which is not in this reading.
It means the same thing as "crime".
You know I already mention "bad parents" as
one of the main causes for teenage crime.
But "bad parents" sounds very informal, so
You should see in this article, they say...
"dysfunctional and drug-dependent parents"
so, the word "dysfunctional"
sounds much better.
And this word ...
"Adolescence", it means something like...
"teenage years"
Basically, when you read an interesting article,
jot down as many words you think you can use
as you can, and apply them into your writing.
But, um... please don't copy the whole sentence.
That's plagiarism.
I mean, you can copy one word or two words,
but not the whole sentence.
Come on, just... be original.
Use the word in your own way.
Have you ever thought of some interesting word to put into your essay
but you don't know which verb or adjective to go with it?
Like, when I think of the noun "crime"
Then, I don't know which verb to go with it.
Like, is it "do a crime"
or "make a crime"
or "conduct a crime"?
So you see even though the verb "do", or "make" or "conduct"
sound perfectly with the noun "crime" in Vietnamese,
they do not make such a good sense together in English.
So I need other verbs.
That is when the Oxford Collocation Dictionary comes in handy.
Now whenever I just type in the word "crime"
into the search box and Voila
so many good words in here, like
"carry out", "commit", "do" or
"perpetrate". Oh, turns out "do" is also okay.
I also notice that
there are a lot of cool adjectives
to go with the word "crime" like
"major crime" instead of just "big crime"
or "minor/petty crime"
Okay let's sum it up.
In today's video I have shown you two steps
that you should take when writing an essay.
The first step is that you should read
a good article before you write anything because
you will acquire a good amount
of vocabulary and ... ideas.
Also, the 2nd step is use the
Oxford collocation dictionary so
you'll know which word goes with which.
Okay that is the end of my video,
the very first episode of "5 Minutes about IELTS".
In the next episode, I will
present to you two other steps
that I often apply into my writing process
to make it better.
See you then!
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