What are the reasons why IELTS writing scores can't pass 5.5?

Simply put, it is written in English in the way that domestic IELTS candidates are used to. These English foreigners don't understand, or even if they do, they will never express themselves like this.

If Chinglish appears in IELTS writing, it will not only trouble the examiner to understand the article, but also show the lack of corpus accumulation.

Lack of language ability, writing things that others can't understand, this is the root cause of 5.5 points in ten thousand years.

Here are some common Chinglish, which you must try to avoid in your writing.

1. words are not allowed.

I think

Chinglish iasume

Express what I think/believe/feel correctly

Analysis hypothesis refers to the meaning of "hypothesis", which is very different from the usual "thinking".

② Good health.

Chinglish has a good figure.

Correctly express physical health

Analyzing a good figure means being strong. "Good health" means "good health" and should be used.

③ Stay up late.

Chinglish sleeps late.

Correctly express staying up late/staying up late. Sleeping late means sleeping for a long time, not sleeping late.

2. The text is cumbersome

Pay attention to doing sth.

Chinglish should pay attention to doing something.

Express delivery should do something correctly.

People in China like to remind each other with "attention" to show their attention, so it is unnecessary to use it when speaking English, so it is unnecessary to be careful.

2 like singing.

Like singing

Express correctly like singing.

Singing itself means "singing", and it doesn't have to be right. If you want to explain what song to sing, add an object after sing.

3. Sentence error

He plays table tennis so well that no one can beat him.

He plays table tennis so well that no one can beat him.

He is such an excellent table tennis player that no one can beat him.

There is a causal relationship between the two sentences, and the conjunction cannot be omitted. In addition, English tends to use the noun structure of wounderful table tennis players to indicate that table tennis is good.

The news has been told to the teacher.

The news has got the teacher ready.

The news has been told to the teacher.

This sentence should be analyzed in the passive voice, and the preposition to cannot be omitted. In English writing, never use Chinese sentence patterns to translate directly into English.

I think it is very important to master a foreign language in modern society.

I think it is very important to master a foreign language in modern times.

I think it is very important to master a foreign language in modern times.

The above sentence is long in subject, top-heavy and unbalanced in structure, which does not conform to English expression habits, while the following sentence is the correct sentence pattern.

Second, the expression is too colloquial.

IELTS writing, especially Class A writing, actually requires candidates to answer in formal terms.

What is a formal language? The language used in papers, reports and business letters is usually formal, while the language used in daily conversations, short messages and notes is usually informal.

If we use too many oral expressions, that is, a lot of informal expressions, then the examiner has reason to think that we have problems with written expressions.

The following are some characteristics of choosing words in formal language:

1. Don't start with words such as and, also, but, so, or, then, now, but use words such as additional, anyway, hen, consequentially, alternative and anyway.

Don't use ok, but use acceptable, permissible and satisfactory words.

Don't use get or less, use words such as secure, secure and acquire.

4. Don't use us or we are few, use one, reader, reader, or individual, human, etc.

5. Don't use me, me, mine, I think, I believe (it will give people an inhuman impression).

6. Don't use words like "guys, yes, things, a little, look".

7. Don't use can't, no, she is, won't, but can't, no, she is, won't.

8. Use less weak words and phrases, such as do, take, make, be to, think, give and put.

9. Use less vague words, such as good, and more specific words, such as generic, symmetrical, effective and typical.

Third, the abuse of template sentences

Many students recite some template sentences in order to improve the quality of English expression quickly, but they are too "rigid" when applying template sentences, giving people a sense of nonsense and nothing to say.

Examiners have read countless papers and are very sensitive to this situation. You can quickly tell which sentences are written by yourself and which ones are directly applied with template sentences. There are too many such template sentences in an article, so you can only say goodbye to the high score.

Let's compare the opening paragraphs of the two students and feel the differences.

As we all know, in modern society, the demand for knowledge is more and more diversified, and the frequency of changing jobs is getting higher and higher. So we need to learn more skills.

Nowadays, the speed of changing careers is accelerating, and the demand for mastering a variety of skills in the labor market is becoming more and more common. In this case, people who develop different skills are more conducive to work and more competitive.

In the first paragraph, as we all know, in our modern society, does the requirement for … feel particularly familiar and cordial?

The second sentence, so we need to learn more skills. It's very plain. The second sentence was obviously written by the students themselves, and the language quality dropped several grades at once. In addition, the second sentence is not well connected with the first sentence.

On the other hand, in the second paragraph, we can't see the trace of the template, and the second sentence can also be well connected with the first sentence. If you are an examiner, do you also want to give high marks to the second paragraph?

Fourth, the solution

Chinglish, colloquial expression and the abuse of template sentences mentioned above are all problems that we tend to ignore in our usual writing. Besides, it is difficult for us to look up dictionaries and grammar books.

Is there any other way to solve this problem fundamentally besides being careful when we practice?

Of course there is! If we actively learn other people's authentic written language and imitate sentences when accumulating expressions, then Chinglish and colloquial expressions will not be a problem.

Some students may ask, if there are too many imitation sentences, will it not cause the abuse of template sentences?

No, actually, if you look carefully, the second paragraph of English analyzed earlier also uses template sentences. For example, … is becoming more and more …, is this sentence familiar?

If the template sentence is used naturally and skillfully, it is not bad Aren't we imitating Chinese since childhood?

Then why do some people write sentences that others can't notice at all, and some people can see them at a glance?

The fundamental reason lies in the number and types of sentence pattern accumulation.

If we accumulate to this day, the ratio of A is increasing. As we all know, in our modern society, the demand for knowledge is getting higher and higher ... this smelly, long and meaningless expression?

Students can first accumulate and practice from the model essays of Cambridge real questions, accumulate authentic expressions and sentence patterns written by examiner Fan Wenli in the notebook, and analyze the logic between the sentences of examiner Fan Wenli; Usually, you can read more BBC news and The Economist magazine. There are many examples worth accumulating that are suitable for IELTS writing.