How do you improve your IELTS band score. In this podcast I’m going to give you 1 simple strategy to help you get the band score you need.

The technique I’m going to teach you is paraphrase. Yes, paraphrasing is very important, and it’s something that IELTS examiners listen out for. In the IELTS band descriptors you will see that you can not get a band score 6 or 7 unless you can paraphrase effectively.

Let me give you an example.

Let’s say in part 1 the examiner asks you about your hometown and asks you this question: Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?

You should answer the question by choosing a synonym for foreigners, for example, tourists.

You could also choose a synonym  for destination, for example visit.

So, when the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer like this:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 

So, you’ve answered the question using paraphrase.

Instead of foreigners you said tourists and instead of destination, you said visit.

Let me teach you again. If the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 

Book an IELTS speaking exam preparation lesson with me to improve your IELTS score.




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1 IELTS strategy to improve your IELTS score - paraphrase

"소확행" 소소하지만 확실한 행복에 관한 따뜻한 이야기입니다.
한국의 문화와 일상을 배우면서 편안하게 들을 수 있어요.
자기 전에 침대에서 듣는 것을 가장 추천합니다^^

TODAY SHOW! 

Day 03. 작은 행복, 따뜻한 하루의 끝에서

A famous Hungarian classic poem performed by Natalie


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Ady Endre Örizem a szemed

En el episodio de hoy, comentaremos los aspectos positivos y negativos que tiene trabajar los fines de semana en la hosteleria.

Un ratito en pareja

UREP - Ep. 4 (Nuestro primer trabajo)

Hola a todos y todas!
CAMILA, por acá, desde BUENOS AIRES, Argentina para charlar sobre VIAJES una vez más.
Estuve pensando en los distintos ritmos en los que las personas viajamos, y pude identificar tres "velocidades" y quiero compartirlas con ustedes.

¿ESTÁN LISTOS?

¿Me quieren dejar en un comentario qué ritmo creen que tienen?



Disfruta de aprender

ATENTOS VIAJEROS/AS, este podcast es para ustedes!

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well. This week's news article can be found here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63096760

The Breaking News Podcast

COP27: Activists 'baffled' that Coca-Cola will be sponsor

Droit du sol_dictée_transcription

DROIT DU SOL

Dictée

Qu’est-ce que le droit du sol ?

Le droit du sol (jus soli) est la règle de droit accordant la nationalité à une personne physique née sur le territoire national, quelle que soit la nationalité de ses parents. Il se distingue du droit du sang (jus sanguinis) qui stipule que l’enfant né d’au moins un parent français obtient automatiquement la nationalité française à sa naissance, quel que soit son lieu de naissance. 
Jusqu’à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, la plupart des pays européens qui étaient aussi pays d’émigration ont fait primer le droit du sang comme le critère principal d’attribution de la nationalité à la naissance. L’immigration de masse qui se développa après la guerre a amené les pays à simplifier le droit d’accès à la nationalité en intégrant des éléments du droit du sol. Ce qui a permis de faciliter la naturalisation et l’intégration des enfants d’immigrants de deuxième et troisième génération.

Quelle est la règle en France ?

Depuis la deuxième moitié du XVIe siècle, le jus sanguinis et le jus soli ont toujours coexisté dans le droit français. Selon les époques, l’un ou l’autre de ces deux principes a prévalu. Dans sa forme actuelle, le droit du sol permet à tout enfant né en France de parents étrangers d’acquérir de plein droit et de façon automatique la nationalité française à ses 18 ans. Une condition : il doit résider en France à cette date et y avoir eu sa résidence effective et habituelle pendant une période continue ou discontinue d’au moins cinq ans, depuis l’age de 11 ans. Il n’a aucune démarche à faire, mais doit néanmoins prouver sa nationalité pour obtenir une carte d’identité ou un passeport. 

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Droit du sol_dictée

In this episode we are going to learn 【Sickness】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我生病了，身体很不舒服。
wǒ shēng bìng le ， shēn tǐ hěn bù shū fú 。
I got sick,(body) was not feeling very well.
我头痛、咳嗽，全身没有力气。
wǒ tóu tòng 、 ké sòu ， quán shēn méi yǒu lì qì 。
I had a headache, a cough, and no energy in my body.
我和老板请假，去医院看病。
wǒ hé lǎo bǎn qǐng jià ， qù yī yuàn kàn bìng 。
I took leave from work with my boss and went to the hospital.
护士给我量体温，37度8。
hù shì gěi wǒ liáng tǐ wēn ，sān shí qī dù bā。
The nurse took my temperature, 37.8 °C.
医生说我感冒了，给我开了感冒药。
yī shēng shuō wǒ gǎn mào le ， gěi wǒ kāi le gǎn mào yào 。
The doctor said I had a cold and gave me some medicine for the cold.
一天三次，饭后吃。
yī tiān sān cì ， fàn hòu chī 。
Three times a day, take after meals.
医生告诉我要多喝水，按时吃药，好好休息。
yī shēng gào sù wǒ yào duō hē shuǐ ， àn shí chī yào ， hǎo hǎo xiū xī 。
The doctor told me to drink more water, take the medicine on time and rest well.
健康最重要，以后我要多锻炼身体。
jiàn kāng zuì zhòng yào ， yǐ hòu wǒ yào duō duàn liàn shēn tǐ 。
Health is the most important thing, I should exercise more in the future.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

生病 Sickness （Beginner）

A businessman in China has announced that his workers can take days off if they're not in a good mood.

It has been called "unhappiness leave." And Yu Donglai, who is the founder of a supermarket chain called Pang Dong Lai, said his employees can use 10 days of this leave each year.

"I want every staff member to have freedom. Everyone has times when they're not happy, so if you're not happy, do not come to work," Yu said earlier this year.

He added that shop managers cannot deny workers this leave if they ask for it.

This leave is in addition to the days off that the company's employees already have.

According to the South China Morning Post, Pang Dong Lai workers get between 30 and 40 days of leave each year, as well as five days off during New Year. Their working days are seven hours long, and employees don't work on weekends.

Yu said of his company: "We do not want to be big. We want our employees to have a healthy and relaxed life, so that the company will too."

The average monthly salary at Pang Dong Lai is about $970, which is much higher than the average in China for workers in similar jobs.

Yu has 13 shops in Henan province, and they have become known for their customer service. He's known as a good boss in a country where many workers are said to be feeling burned out at work.