4 Langkah Praktis Menulis "bahasa Inggris IELTS"

Bahasa Inggris merupakan bahasa yang paling banyak diucapkan di seluruh planet ini. Tak dapat dipungkiri era globalisasi semakin memperluas perkembangan bahasa Inggris. Tak hanya mereka yang tinggal di negara berbahasa Inggris saja yang menggunakan bahasa tersebut, namun orang-orang yang tinggal di negara yang  berbahasa selain bahasa Inggris pun menggunakannya sebagai bahasa komunikasi.

Linking words: Can I be of any use ?

Ryan Higgins has brought some practical linking words to light, used in IELTS introduction paragraph. Here is the example:

In today’s world, the use of technology is ever-increasing. Even in classrooms technology can be commonly seen. It is disagreed that technology will completely replace the teacher in the classroom. Analyzing both the inability of a technology-driven teacher to discipline students in a classroom as well as this robotic teacher’s hindrance to a student’s learning process will show this.

Ryan once says: all sentences in paragraph can be worked as one unity if there are (more) linking words to be ticked. Let’s look at how these linking words (underlined phrases) can be of any use:

Even in – this is a phrase used in English to make it clear that a topic’s characteristics match the characteristics of a topic presented before it. In the paragraph above, it is saying that technology in the classroom is also ever-increasing. Can you see how ‘even in’ links the ideas of our background sentence with our detailed background sentence?

This – probably the most commonly used linking word, here this refers to our thesis and states that the supporting ideas of lack of discipline and educational hindrance will act in support of this thesis. Can you see how the word ‘this’ causes the outline sentence to link with the idea presented in the thesis?

A key point for IELTS essay is sited in the first paragraph, known as the introduction. When the IELTS examiner peruses the introduction to your essay, then she/he should already figure out clearly what the rest of your essay will look like.

Extract from: Ryan Higgins. 

IELTS Writing Task: Writing “Complaint types” of task

This is a kind of letter you write to complaint about something. It could be something you have purchased or bad service that you have been received. 
In IELTS, you may got the task to write this kind of letter in your writing task. Here are some guidelines on how to write it. We are starting with 4 basic paragraphs.

IELTS Writing Task: Personal Letter Types

Personal letter is usually written to a friend or a relative. It does not have many strict rules. Here is one suggestion of the structure of the personal letter types of writing.

• Greeting and Purpose

Start with greeting and an apology (if you forgot to write). Next after that, write the purpose of your letter.

For example:

“Dear Sarah,

I am sorry I have not written for so long. My work keeps me so busy, that I never

have a minute to myself. I am writing to invite you to my wedding.”

Bagaimana Menghitung Skor? (Academic Writing Task 1)

Tentu banyak yang bertanya, bagaimana skor IELTS dihitung? Berikut sedikit ringkasan tentang proses pemberian skor pada tes IELTS Writing.

Ketika Task 1 pada tes Writing (modul IELTS Academic) anda dinilai, anda bisa memperoleh (atau kehilangan) poin jika:

IELTS: 4 Kebiasaan Buruk Menulis Esai

Banyak orang yang bermasalah dengan tugas IELTS Writing mereka tanpa sebab. Hanya karena mereka tidak menyadari beberapa hal tidak cocok pada surat, esai, atau laporan IELTS.  

Berikut beberapa cara yang dapat membuat anda jatuh dalam masalah dengan tugas IELTS Writing anda:

Improving the Writing Skills of IELTS Levels

Looking into concepts of IELTS is fun because you will know how they learn the language and so on. And that is why we have four sections on IELTS which are listening, reading, speaking, and also writing. Listening and reading are said to be the receptive parts of language skills whereas speaking and writing are known as productive parts of language skills because the language users are required to produce something whether it is verbal language (for speaking) or written language (for writing). You can practice your listening and also reading by yourself because there are tons of materials and resources out there that will help you to learn these kinds of skills.

How to Make Sure You Pass Your Writing Section Test

From the four sections on IELTS, most people will have difficulties particularly on writing section because they have to finish it in a short amount of time and they have to write, basically, an essay. And the thing that we need to tell you is you have to try to write and complete your conclusion paragraph as fast as possible because this is the important and main part of the writing task and it will also never be looked over by the examiners. From the experiences of a lot of IELTS test takers that want to achieve higher band scores; more than 7; they said that they need to plan on writing the paragraph that functions as the conclusion of your essay that contains not only the restatement of the problem but also the sentence of the true concluding.

“Pocket Tips” for Writing IELTS

One week before the D-day of your IELTS exam test, you should think that you have already learned all you need to Ace the IELTS test. What is left for you is to keep practice and repeat all so that you will never forget it on the test day.

3 Topics for an IELTS Essay: Argument, Hidden Argument, Situation | Part 2

If you want to walk out of the IELTS exam room with a huge smile on your face, keep these: follow the rules, keep the right structure, use some “advanced” and “smart” vocabularies, and practice. This article is the last part of the series 3 Topics for Essay Writing IELTS: Argument, Hidden Argument, Situation. And we will talk about Situation type in this article.

3 Topics for an IELTS Essay: Argument, Hidden Argument, Situation | Part 1

IELTS writing task 2 is essay writing: you do not have to be a writer to write a good essay. This task may look more difficult that the writing task 1. Follow the rules, keep the right structure, use some “advanced” and “smart” vocabularies, and practice! This way you can create such beautiful essay in roughly 40 minutes! In this series we will talk about the 3 different topics for IELTS Writing according to Simone Braverman from his book Ace the IELTS.

There are 3 topics on essay IELTS, let’s call them A, H, S.

1. Argument
For example: Modern society benefits greatly from computer technology. However, becoming more dependent on computer has its disadvantages. Discuss threats of computers.
Here the 2 sides of argument a re the advantages and disadvantages of computers.

In this type of topic, you need to explore pros, contras, and the reasons, and you have to support one side only. Here is the sample of structure for this type of topic.
Introduction: Clearly state the both sides of the argument. Do not copy from instruction, write it in other words.
Body : Write at least 2 paragraphs. Write the first paragraph to tell about the side you disagree with. The side you agree should be written in last body paragraph.
Conclusion: Write the summary of the points you made.

2. Hidden Argument
These topics usually ask “To what extent...?” or “How has something change…?” For example: “To what extent should television participate in our children’s education?”
What they really ask here is whether the television should educate the children or not.

The structure for this topic is similar with Argument type. What is slightly different is in the Introduction part. The introduction part must reveal the hidden argument by defining the question. Rewrite the topic, for instance, from “To what extent should television participate in our children’s education?” into “Does television participate in our children’s education?”

After that, write the structure similar to Argument type above. The next part of this series will talk about the last type of topic, that is situation type and about general suggestion on how to write them.
Reference: Ace the IELTS (Simon Braverman)

Menulis Esai IELTS? Gunakan 4C ini

Banyak yang bertanya apa cara sukses menulis esai. Sesungguhnya jawabannya hanya satu, ‘banyak berlatih, banyak bimbingan, dan banyak kesabaran.’ Tetapi, bagaimana caranya berlatih dengan benar? Ikuti cara 4C. wah, apalagi itu, ya?

Penjelasan Tentang IELTS General Writing

Pada sesi writing dalam tes IELTS General, yang dinilai adalah kemampuan anda untuk berkomunikasi tentang hal-hal umum, isu-isu sederhana, dan pembahasan tentang topik yang anda sukai. Anda mungkin akan diminta untuk menyampaikan juga informasi bukti-bukti dari pernyataan anda, memberikan saran, mengungkapkan kesukaan atau ketidaksukaan anda, atau keberatan anda, pendapat atau pandangan anda.

IELTS General Writing Module (Pahami dengan baik)

Pada Writing Task 2 anda akan menerima sebuah topik dan anda akan diminta untuk menulis sebuah essai terdiri dari 250 kata. Tugas ini memiliki bobot yang lebih berat ketimbang Writing task 1. Tes ini juga membutuhkan waktu yang lebih lama – 40 menit, sedangkan Writing task 1 hanya memerlukan waktu 20 menit.

Frase yang Berguna dalam tes IELTS Area Writing (General)

Untuk melengkapi tugas menulis surat pada tes IELTS area writing dalam waktu 20 menit, akan sangat membantu jika anda mengetahui beberapa frase dan ekspresi yang biasa digunakan. Dengan dapat menggunakan kata-kata dan ekspresi ini anda dapat mengemukakan ide anda dengan cepat dan efektif, tanpa memikirkan setiap dan seluruh kata. Sambil anda mempelajari arti-artinya anda juga harus memastikan bahwa anda telah mencatat spelling dari setiap kata dengan sempurna. Berikut ini daftar beberapa kata dan ekspesi tersebut:

IELTS Academic Writing Module 1

Berikut adalah yang perlu anda ketahui tentang tes Writing Task 1 IELTS Akademik. Tugas anda adalah menjelaskan suatu grafik ke dalam sebuah laporan. Laporannya ditujukan pada dosen sebuah universitas, maka bahasa yang anda gunakan haruslah sesuai.

Kesalahan Umum IELTS Writing

Seperti yang telah diketahui, ada 2 tugas, Writing Task 1 dan Task 2, dan baik dalam modul Academic maupun General Training Task 1 lebih pendek (150 kata) ketimbang task 2 (250 kata). Sejauh ini tidak menjadi masalah, namun kita akan masuk pada hal yang penting.

Menyebutkan Perbedaan Formal dan Informal

Jika anda sedang mempersiapkan modul untul IELTS Academic, baik Task 1 ataupun Task 2 dalam tes Writing adalah formal. Bagi kandidat General Training, task 2 dalam tes Writing selalu formal, dan Task 1 bisa formal atau informal.

Seperti yang telah diketahui, Task 1 untuk modul GT adalah surat, dan jika topiknya meminta anda menulis surat pada seseorang yang anda kenal, maka surat tersebut dalam bentuk informal – dan sebaliknya jika ditujukan pada seseorang yang tidak anda kenal, maka sebaiknya formal.

Perbedaan antara gaya formal dan informal lebih pada kosakata. Kata-kata informal adalah yang digunakan dalam percakapan sehari-hari dan formal adalah yang biasa digunakan dalam buku, kontrak, surat bisnis dan essai. Jika tugasnya meminta penulisan formal – hindari penggunaan kosakata informal. Jika tugasnya meminta penulisan informal, seperti surat untuk teman, hindari penggunaan kata-kata formal yang “berat”.

Terlepas dari kosakata dalam penulisan informal sangatlah baik menghindari kata-kata seperti “I”, “you”, “we”, kecuali anda mengungkapkan sebuah pendapat. Misalnya dalam sebuah essai ketimbang menulis “You would find it difficult to get a job without proper qualifications”, tulislah sesuatu seperti “One would find it difficult to find a job without proper qualifications”, atau anda dapat menulis “Finding a job without proper qualifications would be rather difficult”.

Bagi anda yang tidak tinggal di Negara berbahasa Inggris dan tidak berbicara bahasa Inggris dalam keseharian akan sulit menyebutkan perbedaan antara kosakata formal dan informal, yang dapat anda temukan pada daftar berikut. Anda dapat menghapalnya dan menggunakannya dalam tulisan anda sambil berlatih – dengan demikian kemungkinan anda menggunakan kata yang tepat dalam tes yang sebenarnya dapat meningkat.

Formal	Informal
Inform me	Let me know
Cancel	Drop
Contact	Get in touch
Obtain	Get
Apologise	Say sorry
Postpone	Delay
Request	Ask for
Compensate	Make up
Establish	Set up
Discover	Find out
Handle	Deal with
Investigate	Check up on
Tolerate	Put up
Increase	Go up
Children	Kids
Many / Much	A lot of
Many / Much	Heaps of

Catatan Penting: memahami dengan tepat penggunaan bahasa formal dan informal akan lebih mempermudah anda dalam meraih nilai lebih pada sesi writing dan speaking.

IELTS Kampung Inggris

Belajar IELTS

Cara terbaik sebelum menjalani tes IELTS area writing

Cara terbaik untuk mempersiapkan diri anda sebelum menjalani tes IELTS area writing tidak lain adalah dengan cara latihan menulis sebanyak mungkin. Idealnya, apa yang anda tulis dibaca oleh orang yang lebih mahir berbahasa inggris dari anda, sehingga Ia dapat mengoreksi permasalahan grammar yang ada dalam tulisan anda. Kerja keras dalah kuncinya, namun beberapa tips dibawah ini dapat membantu anda untuk lebih mengenal tentang tes IELTS area writing.

A Little Step to Understand on Things Should be done in Writing IELTS

In completing the first task in writing IELTS, test taker should remember that he or she has to describe “only” information or data in the visual information chosen for him or her. It means that test taker may not add his or her opinion about the information. Besides, there are some important things to emphasize in completing task one.