Both Justin and Gina look effortless in discharging their task. They looked innocent as they continued with conducting the session. I cannot but greet the inner potential of this two just-born teaching minds. Good luck.
Dear Gina nd Justin, I understand that approach to the task 1 I mean level of Formalities depends upon the person we address and intensity in the context given.I felt difficult in usage colloaction words and bring the progression in the last paragraph from first two. Thanks for your explanations how to make improvements..
Thanks for the comment, Muhammad! One idea is to think about how you would write this in real life. If you had to write this letter to a real person, would you make it formal or informal? This can be a good guide for how to approach these tasks.
Thank you very much I have two questions 1st Is it formal or informal to use "ought to" in my writing ? 2nd Is it good to write my paragraphs consecutively without having much pauses and full stops by using also, and,therefore, or,either etc or just stop my sentence and start new sentence ?
Hi Zaffar, thanks for watching. It's neither formal or informal to use 'ought to'. Your second question depends on what you're writing about. Generally, it's good not to overuse your continuation phrases like 'also, and, therefore, either, etc'. Use them only when necessary.
Thank you. What you said about "tone" is no too clear to me. I thought the kind of later determines the tone... ( formal, semi formal or informal) secondly your closing I thought was for informal letter where as you explained semi formal letter all through.
Hi Armon, thanks for watching. Yes, the type of letter will determine the tone. When you determine that tone, it's important to stay consistent. Also, 'regards' is not an informal closing; it's best used in a semi-formal letter. Our lesson on writing emails has more details about closing phrases, which might also help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/write-emails-in-english.
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1tq for response.my mentor told me write subject line while writing the letter.for example iam writing a letter to my friend requesting for a help.for this letter I start with dear rama,under that I will add subject side heading under that I would write requesting for a help from frIend. This is my doubt.
It really depends on the question. It's important to write in a consistent tone, and that everything is coherent. If you think it makes the purpose of your letter clearer, then it could be useful. However, I wouldn't say that it's necessary in every answer.
Hello, thank you for this wonderful lesson. This is my question and not a complaint. This letters holds more than 150 words (if counted, it is around 200 words) and I think this is a bit more time consuming than writing around 150 words. What do you say?
Thanks for the comment, Arun! Yes, you're right. The word count is a minimum; there's no maximum, although you're correct that time is a factor. Our general advice is to write the word count +10-20%, so 165-180 words, but if you have time to write more, you can!
Hello Gina & Justin, Thx for this lesson it is excellent, But I've an explanation for you, I noticed that you named the neighbor and choosed a name for the writer (me) Do we need to choose names or we just can start by saying Dear Neighbor, And at the end Yours, sincerely, ??
Thanks for watching, and good question. If the prompt explains that 'you' are writing to complain about 'your neighbor', then yes, you should name yourself (me).
And the end of letter can I use names after regards..because in my coaching they told me not to use any name instead I always use xyz..which one is right could anyone explain please
Hi there. You can find the answer in Part 1 of this video. You can find the video and script on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/ielts-writing-task-1-general.
i want to improve my English to take an ielts exam .But i think i haven't learnt English for ielts anywhere yet so i'm looking for a place where help me learn for ielts.I need you help .
Thanks for the comment! Our teachers can help you to prepare for IELTS in online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class
Sir please tell me about if we have to write a letter to a college in australia, telling them you want to do a short training course related to your work explain about the course I am in confusion how we will start letter with Sir /Madam or college name plz tell me about this in details
Hi Aman, with something like this you can keep it general with 'Sir/Madam'. However, it's a good idea to do some research to see what the names or positions are in the department you are writing to. This will make it more personal and more likely to be read.
Thanks for the comment! Our teachers can help you to improve your English in online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class
It is a common problem for many students. We have more lessons to help with writing that you might enjoy: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-english-writing-lessons.
Although I'm not sure whether this comment will receive a response or not, I'm going to try and send it anyway. If the question includes, for example, a "public" article containing the information we should give in our answer, in this case a letter of application, and this ideas are not related to each other, do we have to link them anyway? Example: There is going to be an international music festival in your area and you see this article on the local newspaper. Article: Can you help? We need more judges to decide which groups and musicians to accept. If you are interested, write a letter explaining: - which types of music you think we should have - what your tastes in music are - what would make you a good judge (I will attend the CAE exam in a few weeks.)
Hi Mattia, you should link the ideas the same way you would naturally. For example, usually we start letters such as these explaining where we saw the advertisement (the local newspaper). Does that help?
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Kind of! I linked the introduction to the article, but I didn't know how to link each body paragraph to the following one, since the pieces of information I had to give were so different from each other.
Yes, Meera. Make sure to read the task carefully. If they mention a specific name, you should use that. If they don't, you can create your own or make it general.
The most difficult thing is that you have inadequate time limitations! I believe IELTS examiners would not able to write above 7 if were given 15 minutes!
In our other IELTS preparation videos, you can find videos where I write sample answers within the time limit, like in the real exam. It's possible, though of course it's not easy! You can see all of our IELTS videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLD6t6ckHsruYbd2TIXMcD63uFXjyIpRhQ
Hi Shiva, how to avoid weak sentences? We have some writing lessons that can help you create good sentences in general: ruclips.net/p/PLD6t6ckHsrubRV7Wb42ggOhVNrBRAte13. We will have more IELTS lessons in the future as well, so make sure to check back!
For a dog as mentioned in the 2nd paragraph what pronoun 'he' or she? Also on 3rd paragraph doesn't we need a question mark after problem on first sentence instead of comma?
Hi Robin. Oftentimes, if a dog is a female we use 'she' and if a dog is a male we use 'he.' For your second question, we do not us a question mark because the first clause is not a question (While I do not understand why this has become such a problem...). We have a few other lessons which might help you with this topic: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/commas, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/sentence-structure.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kapoor, I am writing this letter to complain about noise which came from your apartment last night. Could you explain the reason that what was the happening? I and my family had disturbed too much because they had not sleeped very well. This situation is having a negative impact on my son' health. He is suffering with headache now. My father had got high blood pressure too. In fact I am also feeling tired. However, I would be hoping that you would be must aplozise for that and you will be not repeated this things. Looking forward for your prompt response! Yours sincerely, Smith karl.
Thanks for sharing your answer. Here are some corrections for you: 1) '...the reason why it was happening?' not, '...the reason that what was the happening?'. 2) 'My family and I were disturbed...' not, 'I and my family had disturbed...'. 3) '...because they did not sleep very well,' not, '...because they had not sleeped very well'. Hope this helps you!
I suppose It was better to use Ielts example instead of none sense example. Maybe it's fine for beginners but not for somebody who has seen other training videos. Recommend to whom want to see the video, use 1.25 playback speed
The most hardest issue that I face in task one, is how to discriminate beween formal and informal? I dont know the word that I use is formal or informal. NO STANDAR.
Hi Bhupinder, if you'd like to have a teacher help you feel free to book a lesson. We'd be happy to give you feedback: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.
Thanks for watching, Lama! We're an English school, so we teach English, which of course is spoken in many ways around the world, and our teaching reflects this. We don't use one accent because it would be artificial and limiting; in real life, you may encounter speakers with a wide range of accents, and you should be ready to deal with this.
Oxford Online English many thanks dears for the reply, for caring, for the precious efforts and the free lessons .. Maybe I’ve asked that coz i am mainly focusing now on the British accent Anyway i see your point Best Lama
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What do you find most difficult in task one of the general IELTS writing exam? Let us know in the comments!
Thanks for
I think the links in the end paragraph are the hardest when we try it in many different subjects, need more focus on how to link
how to start different types of letters
Firstly, thanks for your effort. Secondly, I think I need more explanations for using of commas in the letter.
Thanks alot for helping us
Both Justin and Gina look effortless in discharging their task. They looked innocent as they continued with conducting the session. I cannot but greet the inner potential of this two just-born teaching minds. Good luck.
Thanks for the comment, Kabir!
Thanks guys. Both of you are doing a wonderful job. I can not believe it. How knowledgeable you are. I proud of you.
Although im academic student this will definitely help me in future.👍🏻👍🏻
fantastic way of teaching.......
For me, I find it more difficult to generate ideas and rephrase those.
Thanks for the video
Firstly thanks for making videos for students but I ensure you will make more videos related with first task.
Thank you so much for this video as it was really helpful. And the letter ending with my name was the cherry on top 😊.
Thanks u teachers
Thanks for giving Idea and I've learned In your video..
Professor Justin: one of my all-time favorites.
Very helpful, thank you. could you upload more videos side of the writing
?
Glad you found the lesson useful, Jaime! You can find our other writing videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLD6t6ckHsrubRV7Wb42ggOhVNrBRAte13
Great,thanks!
Thanks so much for this video i have learned alot and am about to go in for this Exam
Dear Gina nd Justin, I understand that approach to the task 1 I mean level of Formalities depends upon the person we address and intensity in the context given.I felt difficult in usage colloaction words and bring the progression in the last paragraph from first two.
Thanks for your explanations how to make improvements..
Thanks for this video, very well organised. You made it simple.
Nice video 😀 Besides generating ideas, I find using proper vocabulary difficult. I need to practice.
Thanks a lot sir
Thanks for the video..very informative and clear.
One question : should we be using and/or in the exam. I don't think its proper usage.
Hi Bhanu. It depends on the formality of your task. If it is more of a formal piece of writing, it may be best to avoid those types of expressions.
This one is an Amazing channel on RUclips.. Love you teachers 😇😍
Hi Gina
Most difficult in part first For me
Understanding Task 1 type like formal or informal
Secondly, making story
Thanks for the comment, Muhammad! One idea is to think about how you would write this in real life. If you had to write this letter to a real person, would you make it formal or informal? This can be a good guide for how to approach these tasks.
Thank you two !
Really helpful
thank you so much. it is very useful video. you are both great teacher.
Thanks very much for watching, Asif!
Thx, this is very helpful for my next test
Thank you very much
I have two questions
1st Is it formal or informal to use "ought to" in my writing ?
2nd Is it good to write my paragraphs consecutively without having much pauses and full stops by using also, and,therefore, or,either etc or just stop my sentence and start new sentence ?
Hi Zaffar, thanks for watching. It's neither formal or informal to use 'ought to'. Your second question depends on what you're writing about. Generally, it's good not to overuse your continuation phrases like 'also, and, therefore, either, etc'. Use them only when necessary.
you make it easy
Great lesson
Thnx a lot for this video
Thanks for the comment!
Very helpful, thank you
Glad you enjoyed the lesson, Erica!
Great video
Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Hi, what are the 5 types of questions which repeats in general training task -2 ? Can you guys help on this ??
Thanks you so much
Thanks for the comment!
Hi Gina! Is there any difference between General and Academic in writing. Could you show a writing exercise for Academic test! Thanks!
Yes there is, Persis! You can find some lessons on both IELTS General and Academic here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-ielts-preparation-lessons.
For complain letter
Do we need to write a letter in formal?
Informal? Nutral?
Hi Sai, it depends on whom you're writing to. Generally, if it's not someone close to you it will be neutral or formal.
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Thank you
Thanks plz apload more vedios for writing
Thanks for watching, Khadija! You can see all of our writing videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLD6t6ckHsrubRV7Wb42ggOhVNrBRAte13
Fantastic video
Thanks for watching, Kishan!
Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Plz tell me, “it” cand b used instead she( for dog) , is it appropriate to use she / he for sny animal
Generally, you would use 'it' for most animals, and 'he/she' for animals you know well, e.g. family pets.
First of all thanks for providing good lessons to us, and I really learnt some nice information from your videos
Thank you. What you said about "tone" is no too clear to me. I thought the kind of later determines the tone... ( formal, semi formal or informal) secondly your closing I thought was for informal letter where as you explained semi formal letter all through.
Hi Armon, thanks for watching. Yes, the type of letter will determine the tone. When you determine that tone, it's important to stay consistent. Also, 'regards' is not an informal closing; it's best used in a semi-formal letter. Our lesson on writing emails has more details about closing phrases, which might also help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/write-emails-in-english.
Very well....thank you so much...your lessons has indeed been very helpful....Regards from Nigeria
thank you teachers !
Thanks so much for the support, Yong Luo!
Thanks for the video. Where can i find the full answer for this question?
Hi Aakash, you can find a link to the lesson page in the description. Here it is: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/ielts-writing-task-1-general.
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Thank you
Should I write subject in letter writing
What do you mean, Shiva? Can you give a specific example?
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1tq for response.my mentor told me write subject line while writing the letter.for example iam writing a letter to my friend requesting for a help.for this letter I start with dear rama,under that I will add subject side heading under that I would write requesting for a help from frIend. This is my doubt.
It really depends on the question. It's important to write in a consistent tone, and that everything is coherent. If you think it makes the purpose of your letter clearer, then it could be useful. However, I wouldn't say that it's necessary in every answer.
Tq so much very helpful.keep posting your videos .I watched all of yours and practicing .great work
Hello, thank you for this wonderful lesson. This is my question and not a complaint. This letters holds more than 150 words (if counted, it is around 200 words) and I think this is a bit more time consuming than writing around 150 words. What do you say?
Thanks for the comment, Arun! Yes, you're right. The word count is a minimum; there's no maximum, although you're correct that time is a factor. Our general advice is to write the word count +10-20%, so 165-180 words, but if you have time to write more, you can!
Hello Gina & Justin, Thx for this lesson it is excellent,
But I've an explanation for you, I noticed that you named the neighbor and choosed a name for the writer (me) Do we need to choose names or we just can start by saying Dear Neighbor,
And at the end Yours, sincerely,
??
Thanks for watching, and good question. If the prompt explains that 'you' are writing to complain about 'your neighbor', then yes, you should name yourself (me).
And the end of letter can I use names after regards..because in my coaching they told me not to use any name instead I always use xyz..which one is right could anyone explain please
Thanks for the comment, Rebecca! What do you mean by 'xyz'? I'm confused because if you don't put a name after 'regards', what else would you put?
thnx
Thanks a lot
You,re nice teaching
Thanks so much for the support, Fikadu!
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 you,re welcome
Is it a semi-formal or formal letter?
Hi there. You can find the answer in Part 1 of this video. You can find the video and script on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/ielts-writing-task-1-general.
i want to improve my English to take an ielts exam .But i think i haven't learnt English for ielts anywhere yet so i'm looking for a place where help me learn for ielts.I need you help
.
I want to improve my English for IELTS
Thanks for the comment! Our teachers can help you to prepare for IELTS in online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class
Sir please tell me about if we have to write a letter to a college in australia, telling them you want to do a short training course related to your work explain about the course I am in confusion how we will start letter with Sir /Madam or college name plz tell me about this in details
Hi Aman, with something like this you can keep it general with 'Sir/Madam'. However, it's a good idea to do some research to see what the names or positions are in the department you are writing to. This will make it more personal and more likely to be read.
how i can improve my english.?..i want flunty speek eng but cant...plz help me
Thanks for the comment! Our teachers can help you to improve your English in online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class
Linking between paragraphs always being difficult for me.on the other hand starting paragraph also
It is a common problem for many students. We have more lessons to help with writing that you might enjoy: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-english-writing-lessons.
Although I'm not sure whether this comment will receive a response or not, I'm going to try and send it anyway. If the question includes, for example, a "public" article containing the information we should give in our answer, in this case a letter of application, and this ideas are not related to each other, do we have to link them anyway?
Example:
There is going to be an international music festival in your area and you see this article on the local newspaper.
Article:
Can you help? We need more judges to decide which groups and musicians to accept.
If you are interested, write a letter explaining:
- which types of music you think we should have
- what your tastes in music are
- what would make you a good judge
(I will attend the CAE exam in a few weeks.)
Hi Mattia, you should link the ideas the same way you would naturally. For example, usually we start letters such as these explaining where we saw the advertisement (the local newspaper). Does that help?
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Kind of! I linked the introduction to the article, but I didn't know how to link each body paragraph to the following one, since the pieces of information I had to give were so different from each other.
Guys are you teaching about writing informal or formal letters , I 'm confused!
Hi Ottow. This letter is more of a neutral tone. It's not informal and it's not formal, as explained in Part 2.
I can't distinguish between semi-formal and informal letters.
Hi Mohammad. We actually have a lesson to help you with this on our website. You can see it here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/formal-informal-english.
For writing a letter to a friend or a neighbour, can we mention name ?
Yes, Meera. Make sure to read the task carefully. If they mention a specific name, you should use that. If they don't, you can create your own or make it general.
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 thank you so much
I think, the problem is related to tone and finding the suitable vocab
And the language standerd also
By making such level achienig then there is a possibility to grab high band score in task one
Could you please provide some more example vedo soon
We will have more IELTS writing lessons soon! Also, we have more on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-ielts-preparation-lessons.
Tone consistency
Its hard to differentiate informal words and formal words
HI Archita. We have a lesson to give you a bit more information: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/formal-informal-english.
I can write but my teacher told me I’m a bit demanding on providing a letter. I need to improve my outline.
The most difficult thing is that you have inadequate time limitations! I believe IELTS examiners would not able to write above 7 if were given 15 minutes!
In our other IELTS preparation videos, you can find videos where I write sample answers within the time limit, like in the real exam. It's possible, though of course it's not easy!
You can see all of our IELTS videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLD6t6ckHsruYbd2TIXMcD63uFXjyIpRhQ
Can you make a video on how to avoid week sentences in ielts writing
Hi Shiva, how to avoid weak sentences? We have some writing lessons that can help you create good sentences in general: ruclips.net/p/PLD6t6ckHsrubRV7Wb42ggOhVNrBRAte13. We will have more IELTS lessons in the future as well, so make sure to check back!
Thanks for the tips. The sound while the man is talking is very bad .. I think that diminishes the presentation.
Best regards
,
Tatjana MM
For a dog as mentioned in the 2nd paragraph what pronoun 'he' or she?
Also on 3rd paragraph doesn't we need a question mark after problem on first sentence instead of comma?
Hi Robin. Oftentimes, if a dog is a female we use 'she' and if a dog is a male we use 'he.' For your second question, we do not us a question mark because the first clause is not a question (While I do not understand why this has become such a problem...). We have a few other lessons which might help you with this topic: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/commas, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/sentence-structure.
Thanks a lot..
Please type for me the last part. That is
I trust you will make the ....
Hi Arun, you can see the full lesson with the script here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/ielts-writing-task-1-general.
Thank you for this video, this video help me a lot, GOD BLESS YOU.
Glad you liked the lesson, Alberto!
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kapoor,
I am writing this letter to complain about noise which came from your apartment last night.
Could you explain the reason that what was the happening? I and my family had disturbed too much because they had not sleeped very well.
This situation is having a negative impact on my son' health. He is suffering with headache now. My father had got high blood pressure too. In fact I am also feeling tired.
However, I would be hoping that you would be must aplozise for that and you will be not repeated this things.
Looking forward for your prompt response!
Yours sincerely,
Smith karl.
Thanks for sharing your answer. Here are some corrections for you:
1) '...the reason why it was happening?' not, '...the reason that what was the happening?'.
2) 'My family and I were disturbed...' not, 'I and my family had disturbed...'.
3) '...because they did not sleep very well,' not, '...because they had not sleeped very well'.
Hope this helps you!
I suppose It was better to use Ielts example instead of none sense example. Maybe it's fine for beginners but not for somebody who has seen other training videos. Recommend to whom want to see the video, use 1.25 playback speed
Gud
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Thanks for watching!
The most hardest issue that I face in task one, is how to discriminate beween formal and informal?
I dont know the word that I use is formal or informal. NO STANDAR.
Hi Ahmad, thanks for watching. This lesson might help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/formal-informal-english.
Since it's formal a formal tone, why didn't you write the full name
Hi there. This letter will be somewhere between neutral and formal. We're writing to our neighbour, so we don’t need to be incredibly formal.
Ok i thought you need to use a phrase before you use the abbreviation. IELTS ?
Hi Skip, are you referring to the acronym IELTS? This is a testing program. You can find out more information here: www.ielts.org/.
Thank you
👍
Hlw how to i speak in english plz suggest me
Hi Aditi, we have some speaking lessons which might help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-spoken-english-lessons.
Jina mam, you are looking so preety wearing the shirt.
Thanks for sharing productive vedio , I requested you to share the full standard pragrap that you discussed for practicing.
Hi Sujit, you can find the details of the video including the script on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/ielts-writing-task-1-general.
Hi
Thanks for watching!
complete it within 20 minutes is difficult
I have only one problem here is noone to see my work i am not sure am i going right or wrong😌
Hi Bhupinder, if you'd like to have a teacher help you feel free to book a lesson. We'd be happy to give you feedback: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.
vocabulary
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Thanks for watching, Alexandr!
Thank you
But Why the American accent ?!
Thanks for watching, Lama! We're an English school, so we teach English, which of course is spoken in many ways around the world, and our teaching reflects this. We don't use one accent because it would be artificial and limiting; in real life, you may encounter speakers with a wide range of accents, and you should be ready to deal with this.
Oxford Online English many thanks dears for the reply, for caring, for the precious efforts and the free lessons ..
Maybe I’ve asked that coz i am mainly focusing now on the British accent
Anyway i see your point
Best
Lama
In the speaking exam we using any accent is it OK?
can you check my letter ?
Hi there. Sure, we would be happy to. Feel free to book a time with a teacher to go over it if you'd like: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-classes.
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 thank u so much
The audio quality of the guys' voice is really irritating
Gina you are beautiful girl on earth
Dude , why are you recording with a toaster.
Is a dog she?
Thanks
Thank you
Thanks