Aubry do you have um good vocabulary I think so every now and then I will think of a really great
word but then I won't use it because I'm worried the people around me will think I'm like you
know condescending or like being too maybe yeah pretentious that's the word so I actually don't
you a lot of the words that I'm learning while I'm reading or listening to podcasts or just that
I've always known I I intentionally don't use them um I was thinking about that the other day
it just depends I honestly I need more friends who would appreciate this elevated vocabulary
that I know that I kind of sometimes feel like I can't use just because it's not so much in the
common vernacular like the word vernacular I don't use on a day to day I would like to
a very specific word I don't think that the idea comes up a lot in conversation and that's what it
is every now and then there'll be something I'm like no I don't want to use a word that
potentially someone here doesn't know or will think that I'm pretentious for using I I guess
I choose um I don't actually I don't filter myself you don't that's good I'm actually kind of jealous
of you guys are listeners IELTS students who like have a reason to learn this interesting vocabulary
and it's going to boost your vocabulary scores The Examiner is going to be super impressed I'm kind
of jealous you have this great audience of one The Examiner in your future all the reason in the
world to learn this impressive vocabulary and you know what guys don't filter yourself if you want
to use great vocab use great vocab and that goes for you too Aubrey I think you really need to let
out those amazing your amazing lexical Resource as one can say an IELTS okay guys let's get to it
so we have an awesome question from a three key student today and I think a lot of you also have
this question because we hear it quite often in different forms but it's essentially asking the
same thing so Aubrey can you read the question please yes shout out to Helen one of our three
key students who posted this in the Facebook group such a great question she said since I only need
6.5 on my writing score I'm focusing on getting the grammar fluency and time management I find I
found out that in some of the IELTS writing templates there are some very very Advanced
vocabulary and sometimes I need to change those since the rest of my essay doesn't have those high
scoring vocabulary I am worried that the examiner will see the difference is that something I need
to get worried about I was able to give her an answer right away because yeah I want to make
sure she knows oh don't eliminate that vocabulary but we're gonna dive into all of the why so that
everyone has the answer to this because it is an excellent question that could really affect
your score on test day it's an awesome question guys um so yeah first we will address the scoring
details of that question and then we'll give you a couple example sentences from our own three keys
templates that show you gray vocab and what you should be doing on the test guys so first of all
um no it will never hurt your score to have good vocab um I see that question in various ways like
um but won't the examiner know that's not my vocabulary and you know decrease my score there's
no like penalty for using good vocab right like let's look at this just very like simple logical
there's no penalty for using good vocabulary so let's say the only good vocabulary you use is in
those template sentences and all of your other vocabulary and the rest of your essay or letter
um is simple or repetitive right because you're still using the good vocab from the template
sentences you can still get a six for vocab even if you have nothing else that's interesting in
the essay so at the very least you should use those to ensure a six for vocab right because
just having the few terms I would say if you use the template sentences you're going to have at
least three to four impressive vocabulary phrases that's enough for six in vocab right as long as
your spelling isn't like atrocious the rest of the time so unfortunately definitely yes exactly right
it's not pulling down your score ever there's never a time where the examiner is going to
see some high-level vocab and docu because it's not everywhere in the essay but however like you
were saying Jessica it won't be enough to get a seven or higher right yes you can get a six but
there won't be enough words if they're just in these template sentences these chunks so much of
your essay is your own ideas supporting you know and your examples and if you don't have high level
vocabulary there as well there just won't be enough to score seven or higher exactly exactly
um the interesting thing about questions like this to me is the perspective that like we're
we're trying to think so much about the examiner's mindset and what they're grading on and it's like
people almost wonder if the examiner grades you on your preparation you know what I mean like
you prepared wrong you memorize template sentences and so I'm docking your score like there's there's
nothing in the scoring system about about that you know what I mean like yeah it re I think it's just
it's more simple than you guys think like do you have some good vocab great you get a six they came
from template sentences or not doesn't matter you still get a six because you have some great vocab
and I also feel like often this type of question or very similar questions we see them a lot come
from a mindset of thinking the examiner is looking for ways to dock your score like
they're looking for things that will pull down your score and that's not really how it works
they have that scoring system they're looking for those requirements to be in your essay so that you
can give you so they can give you the score that you want so having said that how do we make sure
that we get a seven for vocab well guys you have to have some of your own great vocabulary right
um listening to this podcast is a great way to go we teach you a lot of good vocab I would say
you know it's tough It's tricky because students are always asking you like to quantify things like
how how many good words do I need to get a seven um but there's it's more involved than that
but I'm gonna try so let's say you're using the Fantastic template sentences from our three keys
uh IELTS course and so you have three or four great phrases already I would say if you have
one to two of your own high level vocabulary words in each paragraph and that's not a lot
right one to two of your own high level words in each paragraph you can definitely get a seven
for vocab now if we increase that to three or four of your own great words in each paragraph
then you can get an eight for vocab however your spelling also has to be accurate remember that
yes and remember you can't be repeating the same words right if you use a band nine word four times
that's not pushing your score up these have to be unique words right different colorable words
in each sentence okay so we are going to share a couple of template sentences from three keys IELTS
to point out if you were to use these definitely there's no chance that the examiner is going to
be like oh this has band 9 vocabulary if I don't see that elsewhere in every sentence I'm pulling
down the score that's not the case right but you do need these template sentences first of all to
save you a lot of time and to have this built-in high level vocabulary so that then all you have to
do is add that high level vocabulary of your own in the details yeah because the the great vocab is
really like a side benefit of these sentences the reason to use these template sentences is to like
Aubry said save time and make sure your essay is organized in exactly the way that it needs to be
to get a seven or higher these sentences are a map for you and the examiner these are how you
organize your essay around these sentences right so here is an example thesis statement which is
the last sentence of the introduction this comes directly from the three keys templates
um all right in the following paragraphs I will proffer justification for both viewpoints
before sharing my opinion so awesome grammar structure as well another side benefit there
um but that vocab a proffer justification what do those words mean yeah so proffer is just a
synonym for provide I will provide justification but this is a band nine word students rarely know
to use this word so if you have that template sentence down you're saving so much time not
having to brainstorm what can I put in my thesis sentence and you've got like you said high level
grammar structure and band 9 vocabulary and justification just means proof evidence reasons
um so imagine if the original student that we were talking about today imagine
if she was like oh I can't use proper justification because it's too high level
um so I'm going to change that and make it you know a band five six sentence you could say like
I will write about reasons for opinions yeah like that's literally all we're saying you know
um so don't change those words don't take any good words out of your essay use the words
we give you because you know they're correct you know they're high level and they're used correctly
yes and then in your conclusion these two are perfect I just did a writing class where a student
had neglected to write a thesis sentence and neglected a final sentence to make the conclusion
paragraph two sentences these are two places you can really save a lot of time you don't want to
be thinking okay what goes in my conclusion that should take you minimal time because in three keys
IELTS as our students know you know exactly what to put there it's a little it's sort of formulaic
with these template sentences high scoring saving you so much time in the brainstorm and in writing
so here's an example template sentence for your final sentence you've shared your opinion you've
restated your opinion in the conclusion and then you can say in the future it is my firm desire
that and then you share what you want people to do what you've been saying and you know it is
my firm desire that every individual will recycle more something like that right and this word firm
to use as an ad adjective just meaning strong it is my you know strong desire like this means this
is what I really want that's been nine students don't notice to use that yeah exactly exactly
um so just as a last note about time management even though this is uh about vocabulary today
um I I've seen a lot of students struggle with the timing of the essay in as far as spending too much
time thinking about what they don't have to think about so more specifically I mean students spend
so much time just in the introduction and what a waste of time I mean it's the first paragraph
of your essay it should be formulaic it should be super fast because you need to spend your time in
the body you need to spend your time thinking about Amazing Ideas and examples and details
that's what raises your score the introduction and conclusion remember Guys these are General these
are just over um overviews and you cannot spend a lot of time there you don't have enough time no
exactly writing an introduction so don't think about it too much okay just use our templates
get it over with make it great and then spend all of your um your mind resources in the body
yes exactly make it easy for yourself if you're not sure where to go to do that you can find
our course at allersenglish.com keys k-e-ys for every strategy you need on every part of the exam
and all of the template sentences to save you time and make it easy to get the score you need exactly
exactly so check it out guys all earsenglish.com keys that's k-e-y-s all right awesome good episode
today Aubry thank you yes awesome we'll see you guys next time bye foreign [Music]