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Hi, I think the essay should be about solutions how to benefit from tourism in a sustainable way and not about the negative impact of tourism. Let me just amplify what Petya said. Pratibha, the essay should spend most of its time arguing potential solutions. Please watch your punctuation. I see awk...

When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways of life die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? In this modern era machines have replaced humnas and there is a competition to complete a task quickly, effi...

Thank you for the feedback, guys. Yes, I'd also like to organize another contest before too long.

Thank you to all of you who took the time to get involved. Here are the results of our essay writing contest. The essays have been reposted in order of band at http://www.ieltsielts.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXHW3RvdUI

(I will get the results of the speaking contest up tomorrow.)

Hi Cognos, I was just commenting on another student's awkward use of capitals, and I believe the same is true here. Why are the words "or", "teacher" and "mathematics" capitalized? Are these proper nouns? Aside from this, I feel you have a very good command of English g...

Hi DelvyDavis, Please remember that little things are important and often contribute greatly to your examiner's overall impression of you as a writer. In your writing, I see things like: -awkward capitalization ("Madam" is not capitalized; "information technology" should not be c...

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...