Welcome to IELTS energy TV. In today's video you are going to learn the most common reasons
why students get stuck at a band 6 for IELTS Writing.
Remember guys go to allearsenglish.com/ieltsquiz, you can take a free two-minute quiz to get your
estimated band score find out what you would get if you took IELTS today
and you'll also receive free resources that have been built for your level so, check it out today
allearsenglish.com/ieltsquiz. In a recent room on clubhouse social media platform that Jessica
and I were hosting for IELTS practice speaking practice questions we did a Q & A where students
could ask questions about the IELTS test and one student asked, "why is it so difficult to move
beyond band six for IELTS writing? He was saying he and a lot of people he knows are stuck at a six
so I want to share that answer here because I feel like a lot of our listeners here on YouTube
also have the same question because this is very common for students to get a six, take the exam a
few times and not understand why they can't get that writing seven they need. So in grading and
correcting lots of IELTS essays we can let you know that the most common reason that students
can't get to that seven and are being held at that six is that the, the organization of their ideas
they have too many ideas, lots and lots of reasons for their opinion or lots and lots of problems in
a problem solution essay and then they're not able to fully support any of them. So instead it is
vital that you choose one solid reason and then support it with details and examples in a very
organized way. You also must use linking phrases in order to connect your ideas because not only
do you have to have your ideas supported well you must have it be very cohesive with one sentence
leading to the next. Each sentence building strongly on the one before it and these reasons
and supporting details must directly address the topic. If you don't quite understand the topic or
assume it means something it doesn't actually then your ideas are not directly addressing it and your
task score will be lower. So these are the main things to be working at as your writing practice
essays. Brainstorm and be very clear and direct making sure your reasons answer the topic and
with your supporting details and examples making sure they directly support your reason instead
of coming up with more and more reasons and then use linking phrases to make sure that your ideas
are linking well and very cohesive creating a highly organized essay. Templates also make a huge
difference. If you have template sentences, these are a structure a framework that you
can build from you can add your own ideas and this gives you high level organization,
high level vocabulary and grammar and from there you can just build on that according to the topic.
So for templates like that of course get into three keys IELTS allearsenglish.com/ieltskeys
and be sure to like this video and share it with a friend if you know someone that is stuck at a
writing six who is studying for IELTS and needs tips on how to push that writing score to a 7.