Simon’s ielts writing task 2

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What do you think we can learn by highlighting the 'template' language from my essays in this way? 
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Saturday, September 09, 2017 
IELTS Advice: warning about templates! 

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From the comments that people wrote below Wednesday's 
lesson
, it seems that many students find 
essay templates useful. However, I think it's important to repeat the warning that I gave in my own 
comment below that lesson. 
Warning about templates:
Templates can certainly be useful, as they can help us to quickly organise our ideas. Also, it is 
inevitable that we will need to use some 'linking' words and phrases in our essays. 
However, there is also a danger that people focus more on the template than on answering the 
question with good ideas. Templates and linking are 
not
the secret to a high score in the writing test. 
They just do a simple job - they help you to organise your ideas, that's all. In the end, your score will 
depend on the quality of language that you use to 
express ideas
, not simply to 
organise
them. 
So, learn some basic template / linking / organising language, but don't become obsessed with it. 
Spend most of your time working on topic vocabulary and your ability to express and develop "real" 
ideas. 
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