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MAKE YOUR IELTS ESSAY SOUND MORE ACADEMIC
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IELTS Writing
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IELTS essays have to be academic, one facet of this is avoiding over-generalisations and making assumptions.
Use this easy technique to 'hedge' your essays and score higher. Then sign up for the IELTSPodcast weekly email to guarantee your success.
Make Your Essay Sound More Academic
To make your essays sound more academic, you can use a very easy "hedging" technique. This method is simple: simply avoid making an outright assumption. The noted technique has several advantages. In particular, it allows you to increase your score, to reach a 250-word limit, and add academic style to your essay. You should look for statements that are generalised, and "hedge" them. By using generalizations, probabilities, and subjunctive and conditional constructions, you will avoid making strong statements. Therefore, you should not present your opinions as facts; on the contrary, it is better to wrap your sentences in probabilities/possibilities without making massive assumptions. Another option is to add an adverb with frequency or possibility right after an affirmative auxiliary verb. To practice this technique, copy down different writing examples provided by professionals, and then spot the problems with hedging.
Take a look at the IELTS Writing Task Essay Questions playlist for more helpful videos on IELTS Writing:
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02:38 Advantages of using Hedging
03:44 How to spot a non-hedged sentence
06:25 Student's example
14:06 A student's essay sent to me for correction
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IELTS Writing
MAKE YOUR IELTS ESSAY SOUND MORE ACADEMIC
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