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--再飛揚，離題十萬八千里絕對會讓你fail沒商量！快速來這篇文章，UnderstandingthetaskinIELTSPerhapsthenumber1ruleinIELTSwritingistoanswerthequestion.Thismaysoundobvious,butitissurprisinghowmanycandidatesfailtogetitright.EventhoughtheirEnglishmaybehighquality,theywon’tgetthegradetheyneediftheirIELTSessaydoesn’taddressthequestion.Topicsandquestions首先，確定什么是和什么是要回答的問題Thestartingpointistorecognisethatthereisinfactaquestiontobeansweredandthatthisisnotthesameaswritingaboutageneraltopic.Tounderstandthis,readthisIELTSessayquestion:ThefirstcarsappearedontheBritishroadsin1888.Bytheyear2000theremaybeasmanyas29millionvehiclesonBritishroads.TowhatextentdoyouagreeorAlternativeformsoftransportshouldbeencouragedandinternationallawsintroducedtocontrolcarownershipanduse.Now,thetopicisclearlytransportandmoreparticularlyroadcongestionorperhapspollution.But,andIcannotemphasisethisenough,thattopicisnotthequestionanditisnotsufficienttowriteaboutthattopicingeneral.ReadingthequestionRemembertoidentifywhattheexacttaskis.DonotconfusethiswiththegeneraltopicoftheessayandbackgroundinformationgivenintheessayquestionTogetthisright,itisimportanttoreadandthinkaboutthequestionverycarefullytimespentfocussingonthequestionisneverwasted.Helpfullytheessayquestionsarealmostalwaysstructuredinthesameway.Oftentheycomein3parts:backgroundinformation,problemandtask.認(rèn)真讀題絕對不是BackgroundVeryoften,theyareintroducedwithsomebackgroundinformation,ThefirstcarappearedonBritishroadsin1888.Bytheyear2000theremaybeasmanyas29millionvehiclesonBritishroads.Thisisbackgroundinformationonly.Nottobeignored,asitcanbeavitalsourceofbothideasandvocabulary.TheNextcomesanopinionbasedstatementwhichintroducesthequestionandposesaspecificproblem.Inourexample:Alternativeformsoftransportshouldbeencouragedandinternationallawsintroducedtocontrolcaruseandownership.Thisistheparttonote.Thetopicmaybetransportingeneral;butreading itismoreprecisely:alternativeformsofinternationallegislationoftherelationshipbetweenthestateandthetheconceptofcaruseandownership(notnecessarilythesameTheThefinalpartofthequestionisthetaskitself.Itlsyouhowtowriteyouressay:paringorarguing.Thiscanhelpyoustructureyouressay.TowhatextentdoyouagreeorReadingthequestioninthisway,youshouldnowseehowprecisetheytendtobe.章Theexaminerislookingforanequallypreciseanswer:nottherepetitionoftheessayyouwroteafewweeksbackonasimilarlookingtopic.Moral:readthequestionthewholequestion!Goodoutline！千萬不要提筆就寫，ideas，并把它們組織起nningIELTSessaysandfindingThislessonlooksathownningbettercanhelpyouwritebetteressays.Ifocusinparticularon“ideas”–somethingthatcatchesmanycandidatesout.ThetwokeypointsarethattheideasyouneedtowriteanIELTSessayarefairlysimpleandithelpstomakeadifferencebetweenideas,reasonsandProblem1notenoughideasThisisoneofmostcommonreasonsforcandidatestogowronginthewritingpaper.Theyseeaquestion.Trytothinkofideas.ComeupemptyandYouwillfindpartofmysolutiontothisbelow.Fornow,Iwilljustsaythatyouneedveryfewideastowriteagoodessayandthoseideascanbesimpleideastoo.Don’tbuyabookonideasforessays,insteadlearnthistip:Tip–youneedonly2ideastowriteanessayandthoseideasareoftenfoundinthequestionProblem2theideasareconfusedThisisalsoaverycommonmistake.Thereareplentyofideastowriteanessay.Theproblemisthatthereader/examinerdoesnotknowwhatthemainideasTip–makesureyouhaveonemainideaperparagraph.ThisshouldbeclearfromthefirstsentenceoftheparagraphProblem3toomanyideasYes,somepeopledohavetoomanyideas.Thisisatrapforcandidatesaimingisa250wordessaymarkedonlanguage.ThatmeansitisprobablymuchshorterthanyouareusedtoandtherearenomarksforqualityandtyofTip–selectonlyenoughideastowriteacompleteessay–thatmeansoneperFindingideasforessaysStep1–understandthedifferencebetweenideas,reasonsandWhenIaskmystudentsinaclassfor“ideas”,theyquiteoftenstareatmeinsilence.WhenIaskthemthequestion“why”oraskthemtogivemeanexample,they(normally!)haveplentytosay.Thatshouldlyouthereisadifferencebetweenideas,reasons(why)andexamples. ThegoodnewsisideasarenottheprobleminIELTS,whatyouneedarereasonsandexamples.Theyarenormallymucheasiertofind.Aparagraphisoneidea:supportedwithreasonsandexamples.Youonlyneedtwoideas.Step2learningwheretofindideasforessays?Theideasyouneedforanessayarenearlyalwaysfoundinthequestion.Theyaretypicallysobigthatyouthinktheyaretooeasytobearealidea.That’sthetrap.WhatdoImean?Takethisexample:Humanactivitieshaveendangeredmanyanimalandntspecies.Somepeoplethinkitistoolatetosavethem,whileothersthinkhumansshouldstilltakesomeaction.DiscussbothviewsandexpressyourownThisisoneoftheharderquestionsIhaveseenrecently,buttheideasyouneedaresimpleenough.ItistoolatetosaveendangeredItisnottoolatetosaveItisthateasy.Thosetwoideasareyourtwomaintopicparas.Allyouneednowaresomereasonsandexamples.Step3findingreasonsandexamplesaskyourselfquestions通過問問Hereyouhavedifferentoptions.Onetrickissimplyaskyourselfthequestions“why?”or“how?”or“when?”orwhat?”Thatisoftenenough.Step4thinkingvocabularygivesyoumore“ideas”通過詞匯來激發(fā)靈感ThisissomethingelseIusewithmystudentsalot.Itmightalsoworkforyou.Theconceptisthatonceyouhavewords,then“ideas”comenaturallyfromthosewords.Trythinkingof“nningwords”andseeifitworksforyou.OrganisingandselectingyourideasreasonsandKeyconcept–oneideaperparagraphsupportedbyreasonsandexamples一段一觀點LookatthesetwosampleparagraphsfromtheessayandseehowIusesimpleideasfromthequestion:Muchoftheargumentagainsttakinganyactiontosavethesespeciesisthattheprocessisirreversible.Justtotakeoneexample,therearenowsofewGiantPandasleftinthewild,theywillinallprobability eextinctintheforeseeablefuture.Therearesimplytoofewbamboosleftinorderforthemtosurvive.Thisisalsothecasewithmanyotherendangeredspecieswhohavelost,orarelosing,theirnaturalhabitat.NotesThefirstsentenceoutlineswhattheparagraphisabout.Itistheideafromthequestion:Somepeoplethinkitistoolatetosavethem.TherestofparagraphisanexnationofthatideaGiantPandasarrethreatenedandwilldieoutProblemwithhabitat(extendedOtherspecieshavesamepattern(exnationofTheoppositeviewisthatitistheresponsibiltyofmankindtoactandtryandsavethesespeciesforposterity.Thereisamoralaspecttothisargumentbecausemostofthesespeciesareonlyendangeredbecauseofman’sactionsanditisourdutytomakeamends.Anotherconsiderationisthatadvancesinscience,especiallyinthefieldofgenetics,meanthatwemaybeabletorecreatesomeoftheirlosthabitats.ItisnolongerthecasethattheonlyoptionistopreservethesespeciesforfuturegenerationsinzoosandbotanicalYoushouldseethatthisparagraphfollowsalmostthesamemodel.Thereisoneclearandsimpleideainthefirstsentence.Itrelatesbacktothequestionwords:whileothersthinkhumansshouldstilltakesomeaction.Therestoftheparagraphexinsthatidea:moraldutybecauseitisourfault(reasonsciencecannowhelpthroughgenetics(secondreasonwhy)zoosarenottheonlysolution(extendedsecondreasonKeyconcept–youdon’tneedtoincludeallyourreasonsandexamplesMy“notes”forthisessayincludedallthis.Theyaremynotes,soyoudon’tneedtounderstandthemall.WhatIwantyoutoseeisthatIhavenotincludedeverything.InanacademicessayImighthave.HereIhaveselectedtheideasthatwereeasiesttowriteabout.zoosbreedincaptivity(examplepreservationgiantpandasmedicalbenefitslossofhabitatriverdolphinsbiodiversityloggingandrainsdamsprogressofman ation sciencecloninggeneticsmoralresponsibilityKeyconcept–balanceyourThereareanumberofdifferentpossibleessaystructures.Mydefault(normal)structureistohave2paragraphsthatbalanceeachother–itissurprisingoftenthisstructureworks.Itisgoodforthecoherenceoftheessay,italsomakesiteasiertowrite–especiallyifyouareshortof“ideas”.Youusethesecondcontentparagraphcanreflecttheideasinthefirstparagraph,butfromtheoppositepointofview.5步法，來減少或避免寫作中的選詞問題~~A5stepproceduretoavoidmistakeswithIELTSThislessonisabouthowtochoosetherightvocabularyinanIELTSessay.Youwillfind5tipsonhowtoavoidmistakesintheessaywritingprocess.Ialsotryandshowyouawaytocombinethese5tipsintoonestep-by-stepprocedure.Masterthatandyouareonyourway.Thatdoesnotmeanyourvocabularywillbeperfect,itjustmeansyouwillmakefewermistakes.Whatyoualsoneedtodoisimproveyourvocabularyknowledge,soIpointyouinthedirectionof4cesontheinternetthatcanhelpyoudojustthat.5在下面為提供4個，讓你能夠進一步改善自己的詞匯。Tip1listentoyourlanguageearCanyouasalearnerseeyourownmistakesMaybenotSomehowyouneedtofindawaytodothisthough.Itmaybesimplerthanyouthink.Hereisanideathatoftenworks:listentoyourlanguageear.Whatthismeansisyouaskyourselfthequestion:很多人覺得看自己的作文看不出有什么錯，可事實上錯了DoesthissoundrighttomeorAmIcertainthisisright?Youdon’thaveknowwhysomethingiswrongbutveryoftenyoucanjustfeelitiswrong.That’senough.Thisworksforlotsofmystudents.Ifyoucandothis,youarehalfwaythereIhaveaverysimplesuggestionifyoucan’tanswer“yes”tothequestionsabove,youdon’twritetheworddownoryoucrossitout.Tip2–knowtherisk/rewardYoumaywanttotakesomerisksthoughwithyourvocabularyandtryandusesomeadvancedwords–particularlyifyouareaimingat7.0andover.Youdogetrewardedifyouusemoreadvancedvocabularyandshowyouhaverange.Theproblemisthemoreadvancedvocabularyyouusethemorelikelyyouaretomakemistakes.Itisquitepossibletorecognise aword’smeaningandnotbeabletouseitproperly.77分以上，那可能會想冒個險，Whatyouneedtodoisbalancetheriskofmakingmistakesagainsttherewardofgettingitright.Iwouldsuggestthatitisoftenbettertobe“safe”andnottryandusecomplexwords–nottotaketoomanyrisks.EnglishcanbequiteasimplelanguageandthebestnativeEnglishwritersuserelativelysimplelanguagethemselves.Thismeansthattheprocedureisnow:因此考生要做的就是權(quán)衡犯錯的風(fēng)險和用對了的好處。這里建議大家用一些“ifyouarefairlycertainthatthephraseiswrong,youdon’tuseit toyourlanguageear)如果你確定那個短語是錯的，那就不要用。ifyouthinkitcouldberight,youhavetodecidewhethertheriskisworththereward.Iftherisklooksgoodyouuseit.ifnotyoutrysomethingelse.(therisk/rewardratio)如果你覺得用這個詞可能是對的，那就衡利弊咯！如果風(fēng)Tip3justrepeatawordThenextstepistofindawayofsayingyourwrongphraseinanotherwayiftheriskdoesn’tlookgood.Oneobviouswaytodothisissimplytorepeatawordyouhavealreadyused.Icanlyouthatsometimesthisisquiteacceptableandevennecessary.Here’show:wedon’treallyhaveanotherwordfor“career”inEnglishsoofcourseyoucanuseitagain在英語中沒有“career”的同義詞，那只能用它了youcanrepeatwordsfromthequestion,youcan’trepeatwholephrasesfromit可以重復(fù)問題里面的某些詞語，但是不要重復(fù)整個短語Tip4–don’tthinkwords,thinkphrases不要想詞語，想短語Ifyoudon’twanttorepeataword,thereisanothersolution.Itmaybethatthereisnoonewordthatwecanuseinsteadof“career’buttheremaybeawholephrase–orgroupofwords–wecanuse.Youwantanexample?Trythis:“nningtheevolutionofourwhatwearegoingtodoinourprofessionalItismuchmuchbettertousethephrase“whatwearegoingtodo”insteadof“evolution”.Thephraseusessimplewordsbutisinfactquiteidiomatic,whereas“evolution”issimplywronghere.YoumaybesurprisedathowyourEnglishimprovesonceyoustarttotryandthinkofphrases/groupsofwordsandnotindividualwordsbythemselves.在這個句子中，用“whatwearegoingtodo”“evolution”Tip5writeaboutthingsyouknowhowtowriteabout寫你自己知道如何Thisoneisslightlydifferent.AllI’mgoingtosayisthatmanycandidatesmakethemistakeoftryingtobecleverinIELTSandusetheirverybestarguments.Thewaythisworksis:aproblemwithcleverargumentsisthattheyareoftencomplexcomplexargumentsareoftenhardtodescribetheresultismorelanguageerrors會導(dǎo)致犯的語言錯Youseethepoint?Rememberthatthisisalanguagetest.TheexaminersaretestingyourEnglishnotyourIQ.其實烤鴨們應(yīng)該記住，這是一個語言測試，而Ifyourememberthat,youmaybesurprisedoncemoreathowyourimprove.Themessagehereistonottryandwriteaboutthingsthatyoucannotputclearly.Findanotherargument/reason/example.4cestolearnmorevocabulary4個讓你詞匯提高Thebestwaytoavoidmakingmistakesisofcoursetolearnsomemorelanguage.Hereare4nicecesyoucanlookonlineforvocabulary.Theyalloffersomethingabitdifferent.Varietyisgood.Gapfillers:signupforandyougetanidiomaday.Itmaynotseemmuchbutidiomsarebesttakeninsmalldoses.Ifyouhaven’tsignedup,thisweekyouhavemissedsofar:jumpthegocalltheBBCwordsinthenewsYoucanlistentoatext,readitorevendobothatthesametime.Thentheyshowyouthereallyimportantwordsinit.Theyhaveamassivearchiveofmaterial.FloJoeThisonegivesyoudailyexerciseswiththedifferencethatitteachesyouaboutthegrrofthosewords.LauferandNationThissiteisforthosewholiketotestthemselves.Thattoocanbeawayoflearning.Theyhavelotsofteststhatshowyouyourlevel.AnintroductiontoCohesionishowsentencesandpartsofsentenceslinktogether.Itmattersbecauseifyoursentencesarecohesive,yourwriting eseasiertoreadandyou eabletowritemoresophisticatedEnglishbylinkingideastogether.Morethanthat,itisanimportantfactorinhowyourwritingisgraded,aswithcoherenceitis25%ofyourtotalscore.HowdoesitThereareavarietyofwaystomakeyourwritingmorecohesive,hereareafewideas:conjunctionsthesearethewordslikeandandbutpronounspronounsittheythisandthatetcaregenerallylinkingwordsastheylinkbacktonouns用代詞連接上下文vocabularyanotherwaytolinkistousethesameorsimilarwordagain.HowtodoThereisnoeasyanswertothisquestion.However,oneveryusefulpieceofadviceistomakesurethateachsentencestartswithareferencebacktotheprevioussentence.LookatthisTherearemanypeoplewhoclaimthatglobalwarmingisthemostsignificantthreatfacingustoday.Theyarguethisbecauseitisadangernotjusttothecurrentgeneration,butalsotothegenerationstocome.Indeed,itisthisthreattoourfuturethatisofmostconcern.instance,someresearchshowsthatoneeffectofglobalwarmingmightbetherewillnotbeenoughfoodtofeedtheworldinthenearfuture.Ifthatdidhappen…Ifwelookathowthislinkstogether,wemanytheythatglobalwarmingisthisarguenotbutalso(amatchingcurrentgenerationstocomeathisthreat(pronoun+Indeed(linkingphraseforfurtherexgenerationstoglobalglobalwarming(repetitionoftechnicaltherewillbenotenoughthatAcommonOneverycommonmistakeistooverusecertainlinkingphrasessuchas“furthermore”and“moreover”.Thiscanbeaproblembecausetheyarefrequentlymisused:andtolinkbadlyisnobetterthannotlinkingatall.Asecondaryproblemisthatbyonlyusingsuchphrases,candidatesforgettousepronouns(especially“this”)forlinking.很多烤鴨常犯的一個錯誤是，“f”和“mver”，頻誤用還不如不用~~另一個常見錯誤是多次重復(fù)相同的短語，卻不用代詞，this上一個句子或是上一句話提到的情況，用來做下一句的開頭是個很好的銜接。t來指代上文，tGood紹一個讓全文邏輯連貫的模式~PEE模式呢？往下看~~Paragraphcoherence:thePEECoherenceiscrucialtoIELTSwriting.Why?Itisupto25%ofyourscore:itisasimportanttoyourfinalscoreasbothgrrandvocabulary.So,asyouprepareyourwriting,youdoneedtothinkaboutit.WhatIwanttodointhispostistoshowonerelativelysimplewaytoachieveit.Thismaynotbeexciting,itispracticalinthatitwillhelpnotjusttoimproveyourscore,butalsomakethewritingprocesseasier.Intruth,Iamgoingtobeboringaboutboringtopicsentences,whicharesomethingyoumayhaveheardbefore,butatleastIamgoingtodoitusingprettycolours!ParagraphOneformofcoherenceiscoherencewithinaparagraph.Toachievethisyouneedtolearnhowtostructureaparagraphwithatopicsentenceandtodevelopthatsentencethroughtheappropriateuseofexnationsandexamples.InthispostIamgoingtosuggestapossiblemodeltohelpyoudothisbyteachingyoutoPEE–somethingeveryoneshouldbeabletodoquitenaturally.Itmayhelp,however,firsttothinkabouthowthisworksinthereadingandspeakingPEEUnderstandingparagraphcoherence–topicsentences–thinkIntheIELTSreadingexam,oneveryfamiliartaskistoidentifythemaintopicofaparagraphbyselectingthecorrectheadingfromalist.Onewaytocompletethattaskistoidentifyonesentencethatgivesthemainpointoftheparagraph–thisisthetopicsentence.Yourgoalinthewritingpaperistoensurethateachofyourparagraphscontainsasimilartopicsentence.Learnhowtowritebythinkingaboutreading.Paragraphcoherence–expandingthetopic–thinkYoucanalsolearntowritebythinkingaboutspeaking.Inthespeakingexam,oneofthegoalsisnottogiveverybriefanswers,buttogiveextendedanswers.Inthewritingthesameapplies:itisimportanttoexpandonthetopictoshowyouhavesufficientvocabularyandgrrtosaywhatyouwant.Themistakeistowriteveryshortparagraphsorparagraphswhichcontainunrelatedpoints.Ifyoudon’tbelieveme,youshouldnotethatthequestionalmostinvariablycontainsthesewords:烤鴨們還可以通過口語學(xué)習(xí)如何寫作~答案，還要根據(jù)句適當(dāng)擴展~不要寫一些不相關(guān)的小段落“Youshoulduseyourownideas,knowledgeandexperienceandsupportyourargumentswithexamplesandrelevantevidence.”Thisislingyouthatcoherenceisimportant.Ifyoudosupportwhatyousaywithevidenceandexamples,yourwritingwill ecoherent.Amodel–LearnhowtoP-E-OnewaytoexpandyourtopicsentencesistoPEE模式就是指makethepoint(P)exinit(E)解釋觀giveanexample(E)HowitThisisnottheonlywaytobecoherent,butitisagoodmodeltofolllowinthecontextofanexamessayfortworeasons.這并不是讓段落連貫的唯一方法，但Firstly,itimpressestheexaminer.Italsomakesthewritingeasierasmostparagraphscanfollowthesamepatternandnning esmucheasierasyoualreadyknowtheshapeofeachparagraphbeforeyoustartwriting.SomeReadthroughthesethreeparagraphstakenfromdifferentIELTSessaysandnotehowtheyallhaveasimilarstructure:ExThisisapatternyoucanfollowinmostessaystogivecoherencetoyourwritingbyexpandingononepoint.Iwilladdthatthisjustamodelguideline,itisn’tarule.Therewillbetimeswhenyoudonotuseexamplesforinstance.Therearethosewhoarguethattheinternethashadanextremelypositiveinfluenceoncommunication.Theysaythisbecauseinthepastitwassometimesimpossibletocallpeopleinothercountriesontheephone,butnowitisrelativelysimpletouseaprogramsuchasSkypetotalktothemforortosendan.Agoodexampleherearethestudentswhogotostudyabroadandareabletosendmessageshomewithnodifficulty,wheninpasttheywouldhavehadtobuystampsandgotothepostofficewhichwasmuchharderandmoreexpensive.Astrongargumentcanofcoursebemadefromtheoppositeposition.Partofthisargumentisthatcountriesandnationsneedtopreserveoldbuildingsinordertopreservetheirheritage.Inaddition,however,tothisculturalargument,therearepositiveeconomicbenefitsinpreservingoldbuildings.AnillustrationhereisEgyptonceagain,acountrywhichdependsontourismformuchofits esimplybecausevisitorspaytocomefromothercountriestovisititsancientsites.Thereareseveralreasonswhyitcanbearguedthatevisionhasanegativeeffectonculturaldevelopment.Perhapstheprincipleargumentisthelowbrownatureofmanyprogrammes,particularly sandsoapoperas.Peoplewhowatchtheseprogrammesdonotlearnanything,theyaresimplyentertained.Theothermajorargumentisthatbecausepeoplewatchsomuchevision,theynolongertakepartinmoretraditionalformsofculturalentertainment.AnexamplehereishowtraditionaldancingandmusicisingmuchlesspopularbecausepeoplearestayingathometowatchtheAIfanyofthisisnewtoyou,Ihaveasuggestion.Fornow,don’tpractisewritingessays:gobacktotheparagraph.Thismayseemlimiting,butagainitispractical.Onceyoucanwriteagoodparagraph,theexamessay foritisreallylittlemorethan5paragraphsandifyoucanwriteoneparagraph,youcanwrite5.大作文指南--10雅思考場如戰(zhàn)場，每位烤鴨都是分秒必爭~可是作文是趕快寫完然后來修改呢？還是先構(gòu)思再好好寫？或許每個人的方法都不一樣，可也不妨來看看，花十分鐘構(gòu)思雅思作文值嗎？nninganIELTSessay–the10minuteHowlongshouldyouspendnninganIELTS?Thereisofcoursenocorrectanswertothisquestion,butinthispostIamgoingtomakeasuggestionthatyoushouldconsiderspendingupto10minutesonthenningprocess.Really?Yes,10minutesisnottoolong,letmetryandexinwhy.Timinghowlongdoesittaketowrite250words記一下時，寫250個單Youmaynotbeconvincedby10minutes:itseemsalongtimedoesn’tit?Ihavethreemainargumentstoputtoyou:Trylookingatitthisway:thelongeryouspendnning,thebetterandthemorequicklyyouwillwrite.Tome,itisagiventhatyouwillwritebetteronceyouhavethoughtaboutyourideasandthelanguageyouwanttouse.Morethanthat,ifyouspend10minutesonthen,thatstillleavesyou25/30minutestowrite250-275words.Dothesums:that’sapproximay9/10wordsaminute,orputanotherwayasentenceevery2minutes.Nomatteryourlevel,thatshouldbeachievable.花十分鐘構(gòu)思，還有25-30分鐘Trytimingyourselfandhowyouuseyour40minutes.I’mnexttocertainthatifyoustartwritingbefore10minutesisupyouwillfindthatinthewritingprocessyouspendminutesatatimenglittle–youdon’tknowwhattosaynextorhowtoexpressit.That’swastedtime.IfyouhavereadAesop:thetortoisebeatsthehare.試著計時，看自己40分鐘寫的了多少個單詞。如果沒Whathappensifyoudon’tnenough:overlongnnmoreandwritelessaswellasbetter.Don’tspendallyourJustrecentlyIhaveseenanumberofessaysthatarewellover500Someofthemare“model”essaysfromwebsitesandbooksandsomearestudentproducedessays.500wordsismuchmuchtoolong:toomuchtimeisbeingspentwritingandnotenoughtimeisbeingspentthinking.Nomatterwhoyouare,in40minutesyouaregoingtoproducebetterqualityEnglishin300wordsthan500words.OnewaytodothisisnmoreandwritelessWhathappensifyoudon’tnenough:tooshortYoudon’thavetimetostopandstartagain. nshelpyoutocompleteyouressayintimeAnotherpointtoconsideristheexamcontext:formanycandidatesoneproblemistiming,youonlyhave40minutestowriteanessay.Whatyoucannotaffordtodoistheacademicthinganddraftandredraft:youhavetogetitrightfirsttime.Ifyouhavetogobackandrewrite,that’swhenyoureallyru