Hello, everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy. Today, I've got a video that I've never really done before. I've never really spoken about writing, as far as I know. So, this one has been highly requested. I know a lot of you are doing your IELTS exams, so I have got seven top tips that are going to help you improve your writing. Quickly, before we get started, I'd just like to thank the sponsor of today's video, Lingoda. Lingoda is an amazing online language academy. They don't just teach English; they also teach Spanish, German, and French. You can subscribe to Lingoda on a monthly package basis, and you will gain access to a combination of both group and private video lessons with real, qualified, native teachers. It's actually highly relevant to this video, because you really, ideally want somebody to check through your writing. So, in your private lessons on Lingoda, you can mention that you'd like them to look at your writing, and that's what you can focus on for that lesson. Lingoda has given all English with Lucy subscribers a special discount; you can get $50 or €50 off your first month at Lingoda. All you have to do is click on the link in the description box and apply this code at checkout. Let's get started with the lesson.
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So, my first tip for improving your writing is keep it simple. Now, I know this seems really, really obvious, but I always say to my students simple done accurately is better than complicated done inaccurately. In other words, it's better to keep things simple and do it well, rather than over-complicate everything and do it badly. So, in English writing exams, you want to show off your English, but you want to show off your accurate English, not all this English that you don't know or haven't learnt yet. Now, that leads me on to point number two. In order to avoid making mistakes in your writing, it's a really, really good idea to have a collection of set phrases and keywords that you can use in that exam. So, my tip number two is prepare key phrases. Now, you do have to be careful with this. You don't want to rehearse what you're going to write, but you do want to have a nice selection of things that you could possible say if the time arises. Now, especially on the IELTS exam, and I know a lot of you are studying for this but this really goes for any academic writing exam, you want to have linking words and key phrases prepared. Now I'm going to give you a list with two examples for each point.
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It doesn't cover everything that you need to know, but if you study everything in the list, you will be much, much more prepared for your English writing exam. So, pay attention, and if there's any point that you think, "I really could expand on that," go and do your research, and prepare yourself. You want to make sure that you have a variety of different ways to ... compare: "in the same way," "at the same time," contrast: "on the contrary," "however," give examples: "for instance," "to illustrate," give your opinion: "from my perspective," "from my point of view," generalise: "overall," "all things considered," to express certainty: "undoubtedly," "of course," to express partial agreement: "in a way," "to some extent," to show cause: "owing to," "due to," to show effect: "for this reason," "consequently," to mark time: "to begin with," "following this," to add information: "furthermore," "moreover," to express condition: "unless," "provided that," and to conclude: "in summary," "in short." So that's just a very brief list showing you exactly what you need to study to be fully prepared for any English writing exam.
