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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 
IELTS Writing Task 2: 'money' topic 
Here's a recent exam question on a topic related to 
yesterday's lesson
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Economic progress is often used to measure a country's success. However, some people 
believe that other factors are more important. What other factors should also be considered 
when measuring a country's success? Do you think one factor is more important than others?

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This is what I call a "2 part question". Here's my 4-paragraph essay structure: 
1. Introduce the topic and give a general answer to both questions. 
2. Describe two or three other factors. 
3. Say which factor you think is more important. 
4. Conclude by repeating / summarising your views. 
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 
IELTS Writing Task 2: always plan first! 
Let's start working on the question about economic progress from last week's
lesson
. The first thing to 
do is plan your structure and think of some ideas: 
1. Introduce the topic of measuring a country's success. Then answer that several factors can be 
considered, and education is the most important (this was the opinion of my students). 
2. Other factors: 1) Education for development of the country, jobs, people will be more civilized, fewer 
social problems, less crime e.g. Scandinavian countries. 2) Personal freedom / rights e.g. religion, 
free speech, political views, gender, race, privacy. 3) Health i.e. good health system, living 
standards, life expectancy e.g. Japan. 
3. Education is the main factor: education has an effect on all other factors. It affects health - there will 
be more doctors, more research, medical discoveries; educated people tend to be healthier. It also 
affects the economy - better work force, more creation of jobs, companies. Prestigious schools and 
universities attract people from other countries. 
4. Conclude by summarising these ideas. 
Next week we'll look at the introduction and conclusion.