IELTS Writing . LEXICAL RESOURCE

 IELTS Writing 
LEXICAL RESOURCE

All around the world, websites, textbooks and courses perpectuate certain myths about IELTS and the chief among them are the crazy ideas about vocabulary.  For instance, in the You Tube there's a video in which a young lady tells her followers that they must use 5 particular words to get a good score. This is a dangerous situation.

IELTS is a language test and 25% of its score is on Lexical Resource. which means your vocabulary. IELTS Writing Task 2 band descriptors (public version) says:
     * use sufficient range of vocabulary to allow some flexibility
        and precision.
     * use less common lexical items with some awareness of                        style and collocation.
" Less common" should not be confused with "the most difficult"     or "obscure" words. In fact, using such words can have adverse effect scoring. Your vocabulary should reveal "sufficient range". For example, instead of using 'many", which is a B2 level of word (5.5 band), use the synonyms such as "several", " numerous", "manifold", "multifarious" and so on. 
Imagine, you are going to write on 'crime', you know the words like  "prison", "criminal' and "punishment"; however, are they "less common" words?  An uncommon word in this context is "incarcerated".  You are expected to know the difference between "jail" and ""prison"; "suspect" and "criminal" and "ex-convict". You can also use "reform", ""judicial system" or "behind the bars". 

How to learn Vocabulary effectively

Use the right word, at the right time, at the right place.
Go through the 5 IELTS model essays on 5 question types published in this platform. We have used about 50 rarely used words. See how they are used, study the context, meaning, spelling, forms and collocations. Read those essays daily so that you can use them flexibly, to suit the context.
To conclude, you should aim to learn a set of words to impress the examiner that you know how to use words in terms of meaning and context.. Moreover, keep in mind, the vocabulary for writing is slightly different from that of speaking because  you need more formal words in the written text and slightly less  formal ones in speaking test.
     
                                  Next: What's Formal and Informal in IELTS? 





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