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 IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
54 
Correcting yourself 
"In Japan, students are told to correct their work using an eraser. They are not 
allowed to insert words or cross words out," Takuya said. It is an interesting 
cultural difference; however, this is not true in the IELTS exam. You don't need 
to waste time using an eraser. Your writing needs to be clear, but not perfect. 
 
Ways to prepare 
Many students only do one thing to prepare for writing task 2. They write lots 
of full essays. Although it's obviously important to practice writing full essays, 
there are other things that I think you should be doing. 
Here are some study ideas for writing task 2: 
1.
 
Break the task into parts 
Instead of writing a full essay today, why not try writing 5 different 
introductions using my 2-sentence technique? Or challenge yourself to 
write 3 different main-body paragraphs about "advantages" (e.g. 
advantages of mobile phones, homeschooling and immigration) - use 
this lesson to help you. Or write 5 different conclusions - just one 
sentence each, summarizing your response to 5 different questions. 
2.
 
Do some research 
Instead of worrying about one particular question, try to find 10 recent 
exam questions. Write the questions on a piece of paper, decide what 
the general topic is for each one (e.g. advertising, prisons, life 
expectancy) and do some research about those topics. Don't worry 
about the exact question; just try to "collect" good ideas and vocabulary 
for the overall topic. A quick search on Google or Wikipedia should give 
you what you need. 
3.
 
What do you believe? 

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