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My IELTS Classroom Podcast
Five more IELTS Essay Topics 2020
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Shelly Cornick and Nick Lone
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Episode 25
After the popularity of our first IELTS essay breakdown, Nick and I are back to look at five MORE essay topics from the 2020 Academic and General Training IELTS tests.
This is an interactive lesson, so please go to our episode page to read and generate ideas for each of the questions before you listen: http://blog.myieltsclassroom.com/ielts-essay-topics-2020/
In this episode, we will discuss
- why some tasks require topic-specific language to be tackled well
- how to best tackle 2-Part questions that ask for causes of a trend and if it is a positive or negative development
- which view you should agree with if you are asked if something is the "best way"
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- Learn more about brainstorming ideas http://blog.myieltsclassroom.com/how-can-you-think-of-ideas-for-your-ielts-essay/
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