My IELTS Classroom Podcast

How to write about Social Trends in your IELTS essay

August 10, 2021 Shelly Cornick and Nick Lone
My IELTS Classroom Podcast
How to write about Social Trends in your IELTS essay
Show Notes

In the world of IELTS we often discuss “types” or essay (Discuss Both Sides, Advantages and Disadvantages, etc) and common topics (environment, work, education, etc), but we rarely talk about common "themes". Today I want to talk about one theme that often appears but is rarely discussed: essays that focus on social change.

These are essay questions which present a current social trend (the increase in crime, the loss of community,  etc) and then ask you to examine it in some way. Today, Nick and I explain how to recognise IELTS social trend questions and how you should approach them to make sure that your writing is 100% on-topic.

You can find the full episode notes for this episode at 
 https://blog.myieltsclassroom.com/ielts-social-trends/

In this episode, we will

  1. explain how to recognise social trend questions
  2. show you why many students do not address these questions correctly
  3. detail the best approach to answering these questions 
  4. look at essay questions that ask you how to predict future social trends

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