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Hi Yernar, There are several grammatical issues in your writing. Improper plural usage and article usage is apparent. I also see several inaccurate prepositions. Your use of "it" to link your outline sentence to your thesis is a very common mistake among IELTS students. "It" is t...

Hi Aqua,

I suppose it depends how pervasive this mistake was in your essay. Let's stay positive and hope for the best.

Hi Ryan, I am Natasha, I originate from the UK but I am currently living in Australia and will be taking my IELTS exam in the next few weeks in Perth in order to apply for permanent residency (I need level 8's in all sections!!). I have found your blog and youtube video's extremely helpful, thank y...

Hi sir Ryan, I was sorting for videos on YouTube that will might help me to prepare myself for the IELTS review and soon after for the IELTS academic exam. I was planning to take the exam for some time now, however I have no confidence and relatively afraid to fail on the exam. I'm hoping to at lea...

I am not totally sure if I can help other students, since I am, myself, a student. But I will be posting some assessments from time to time, and hope you'll correct them, if they are wrong. I am glad you have positive impressions about Kazakhstan =) Yes, many people get the same reaction when they ...

HI Ryan, I am Bunni and I am from India. To summarize about myself, I am an IT professional working for a reputed MNC in India. I have done my master's in Computer Applications :D . Basically, I am a kind of a person, who always requires some kind of driving force to initiate and complete any activ...

Hi, It is very nice to meet you. I am originally from Israel and have been living abroad for the past 5 years. 2 in Australia and 3 in England. I am taking the IELTS because I would like to go to University in North of England to study Occupational Therapy and part of the requirements are IELTS exa...

Great work, guys. Thank you for getting involved. I will be recording commentary tomorrow.

Submission time for the contest has ended. Thank you all for getting involved. I will be printing out the essays, grading them and recording commentary tomorrow.

Great work, everyone. Don't forget to enter the speaking contest, too.

For those who haven't yet posted their writing or speaking, there are only two days left!

Hi Black Eagle, I won't be providing full grammatical cleanup on this site, as this would be extremely time consuming and too closely mimic the paid service I offer on my blog (if you're interested: http://ieltsielts.com/online-ielts-writing-course/ ). I don't mind providing comments here and there ...

Hi Black Eagle, I think the structure you employ in your submission is good. Your position on the topic is apparent. What concerns me is that the piece is grammatically quite weak. In fact, it looks as though almost every sentence has a grammatical problem. This causes both awkwardness among the lex...

Great posts, guys. I'm really looking forward to running an assessment on them using the IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors chart this Saturday.

Ajaz, I've added the MP3 player to your post to make it easier for visitors to listen to your submission.

This is fantastic news, Shina. I'm always ecstatic when I hear of students nailing the exam (not simply passing, but nailing).

I'm really looking forward to our call today for the IELTS Cast podcast.

Hi Aqua, You're correct: the question you faced is best responded to using an argument essay structure. However, using language like "some people argue that" wouldn't be the best move, as typically these sorts of phrases refer the the opinions of other people and not your personal opinion....

Hi Delvy,

It's very nice to meet you. I hope you manage to hit the band you need.

Hello : ) thank you, Ryan, for setting up this website and organizing contests. I am from the eastern part of Kazakhstan, and I am a student in the high school. I hope this website will help me and other students learn English.. and wish you and the students good luck! : ) Samat. Hi Samat, Pleasure...

Dear Ryan It has been really wonderful knowing you through this forum.I have already known you in the sense that I visit your Youtube presentations quite often.I appreciate your dedication and find the blogs immensely useful . I am a middle-aged woman from India and have recently started an institu...

Hi Bimal, Thank you for the background on your situation. I'm also enthusiastic about learning languages. I spent several years in Shanghai and very much enjoyed my Mandarin studies there. It's rewarding when you can start to communicate with people in an entirely different tongue! Yes, the Internet...

Hi Karimessam,

Yes, cause and effect essay questions can be tricky. Perhaps this video will help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvR145etoQs

Hi Anisha,

Nice to meet you. What part of Saudi are you living in? My wife and I are in neighbouring Qatar. We enjoy living here, but the climate can be oppressive at times.

Hi Yernar,

It's very nice to meet you. I've heard many nice things about Kazakhstan.

Hi, I actually do Academic IELTS, that’s why I am not well informed about the “Task Achievement” part of the letter. So, I won’t make any comments on that, but I will try to help you with the other three, if I can :) Coherence & Cohesion Honestly though, I didn’t see a good use of cohesive devi...

Hi Alessandro,

Wow, it didn't take you long to get that response up! Indenting is not a requirement on the exam. I've spaced your paragraphs in a format that would be deemed appropriate.

Thank you for the submission. I will get feedback to you in a week's time.

I'm a 32 year old Canadian. For the past 10 years, I've been teaching and developing materials for the IELTS. This line of work has allowed me to travel to many different countries, an opportunity I am very grateful for. My journey started in the Emirate of Dubai, where I prepped students for the wr...