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Terrific news. Congratulations! :D Thanks Ryan! I must acknowledge that I started my preparation studying your online video tutorials which imparted various test taking strategies for all the 4 modules especially Writing and Speaking. I owe my high score to both you and Simon. Thank you! thanks, Guru

Somnil wrote:That's great news Guru. Even I have given my writing for revaluation. Last time got L-8.5, R-8.5, W-6, S-8. Hope I also get lucky like you. Results awaited in second week of July 2014.

Best of luck Somnil! I hope you hear the good news soon

Hi Guys, Just wanted to share my Writing module revaluation success story - I sat for BC IELTS on 15-Mar-14 and got L/R/S - 8.5 and W - 7. (First Attempt) I applied for reval in Writing module and got a result of 8.5 in Writing today and an overall score of 8.5 bands. Going by my personal experience...

Any gracious soul who can evaluate my essay!!!

Hi Guru, You used some high level vocabulary, to be honest, I am not aware some of them. But what I would say is your attempt to answer the question is not fulfilled , because you looked the causes of crime and give two supporting paragraphs. But the solution are not explained in detail and therefo...

Please critique my essay!

In many countries the level of crime is increasing and crimes are becoming more violent. Why do you think this is and what can be done about it? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your experience. The world has been witnessing an ever increasing spate of crimes. Cri...

Vipin,

I took the topic from Simon's site only. I first attempted the essay myself before reading Simon's version. Improving ones' writing is not as easy as reading model answers. If you have any specific suggestions then I'd really appreciate the same. Thank you.

Thank you Julie for your valuable feedback. It's good to see your language skills from the eye of a native English speaker. I always feel that I have a lot of scope for improvement to reach a higher band. One of the aspects is verbosity in some of my sentences which I need to work on. How many bands...

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When choosing a job, the salary is the most important consideration. To what extent do you agree or disagree? There are many different attributes of a job that motivate a person to choose one. In addition to the remuneration being offered, many people may consider job satisfaction, career growth op...

Yes, you need to ask the moderator, Ryan, for them, because I cannot get them to you for some reason on this format...this site doesn't allow docx (Word) type documents to be uploaded. Leena Hi Leena, Thank you for taking your precious time out and providing some valuable comments. They're much app...

MonsterProofReader wrote:I corrected this but Ryan needs to get it to you.

Hi MonsterProofReader,

I don't see the corrections. Did you submit the corrections made?

Some say the role of education is fulfillment of personal goals while others say it's for society. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Human beings had realized the importance of education eons ago. Education serves to empower the masses and brings individuals out of penury and also enriches ...

you can try transform, transition, variance, modify, alter, various, alternate, shift, switch, at some places you can use opposite of change: monotonous, stereotype, similar, but your usage must be appropriate. durai Thanks for sharing the list. Actually I was looking for appropriate words that cou...

Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things Well, what else crosses your mind when talking about what people spend their lives on? In my opinion, it refers to their jobs. What other ideas do you have? Again that is an interpretation on your side - professional work is one aspect b...

Hi Guru,, yet again you gave us a big essay around 360 words....try to give 260 instead. only one thing I would like say about your essay, you repeated the word " change" 10 times, this reduce your lexical resource mark even though you have used other good words. just keep in mind. first,...

Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Hi there. In my opinion, your introduction is rather focused on "universe" and "human anat...

Please provide your valuable comments.

Can someone please evaluate my essay? Thank you.

I'll give it 5.5 or 6.

Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. It is said that “Change is the only constant” of this universe. The scientists say that not only the univ...

Though I am not Ryan :) I'll still dare to provide my comments. Your essay is full of grammatical mistakes and at certain places shows wrong choice of words. This leads to a lack of coherence making it difficult to follow your arguments. I'd suggest you to run your essay through an online grammar ch...

Hi Joe,

Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback.

Its definitely beneficial to get your essay critiqued by a native English speaker. I'll surely pay heed to your suggestions. Thanks.

Some people believe that travelling alone really benefits in learning a country's culture and experience, while others believe it is better to travel with someone in that country you know. Discuss both these views and share your opinion. In order to equip oneself with the knowledge of culture and t...