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Paul Winterbottom (MA Oxford University)

IELTS: Topics

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25 important topics
Includes links to online audio exercises

www.pwenglish.co.uk - Email: paul@pwenglish.co.uk - Tel: 07967 028309

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Welcome
This book will help you to learn language you can use in the IELTS exam. It will give you ideas for topics plus many useful collocations that can be used for a wide range of subjects. There are 25 topics. For each one there is audio material on my website. There is also a series of exercises in the book to help you remember the language! If you do not remember it you are wasting your time! I recommend doing a little every day.

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This is the link to the audio exercises:

(This link appears in the complete book which you can download immediately.)

How to use the eBook:

This is the way I suggest you use the book:

(1) read and listen (2) dictation (3) gap-fill (4) error correction. Do not skip a section! 1. 2. 3. 4. Read the topic text carefully understand listen to the text on the website audio. Dictation - using the audio link repeat until you make NO mistakes. This is very important. Gap fill exercise this checks you can remember the patterns of words. Error correction exercise this improves your ability to notice mistakes and become more accurate (and get a higher IELTS score). Repeat until you can find all the mistakes easily.

When you have finished move on, but go back to review the language regularly. Good luck with your studies.

Paul Winterbottom (MA Oxford University)

If you have any questions, please contact me:

Email: paul@pwenglish.co.uk Website: www.pwenglish.co.uk Tel: 07967 028309

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Topics
Page 1 2 3 4 Advertising. Aid to developing countries. Alternative medicine. Divorce. 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 39 43 47 51 55 59

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5 English as an international language. Festivals. 6 7 Gender roles. 8 Government housing: good or bad. Immigration. 9 10 Nuclear power: good or bad.

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Modern versus traditional architecture. Stress in the modern world. Family life.

The value of education. Tourism: good or bad.

Censorship sex and violence. Is change a good thing?

Consumerism good or bad?

Education: streaming the advantages Job satisfaction what is it?

Travel broadens the mind do you agree or disagree? Public transport.

Vegetarianism the arguments in favour. Video cameras in public places a violation of our privacy? Single sex education.

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2: Aid to developing countries: good or bad

2A: Aid to developing countries: good or bad - read

Many people think that it is glaringly obvious that we should give as much support as we can to

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people in developing countries. If people do not have clean water, access to education, or warmth and shelter, then it seems very clear that we should give as much money as we can to help.

I would agree with this if the money actually made a positive difference to peoples lives. However, the enormous amount of aid that has been given over the past 40 years, has not made a significant long term improvement to peoples lives. Money is spent on useless projects, is taken by corrupt

I also think that developing countries should be allowed to find their own way forward the good intentions of well-meaning foreigners often means treating local people like children. For all these reasons I think people should think very carefully before regarding aid as an unqualified good

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2B: Aid to developing countries: good or bad - gap fill

Many people think that it is gl_______ obvious that we should give as much support as we can to people in developing c_______ . If people do not have c_______ water, ac_______ ________ education, or warmth and shelter, then it s_______ very clear that we should give as m_______ _______ money as we can to help.

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I would a_______ _______ this if the money actually made a p_______ difference to peoples lives. However, the e_______ amount of aid that has been given over the past 40 years, has not made a

si_______ long term improvement in peoples lives. Money is spent on useless projects, is taken by

c_______ officials, and is sometimes used to buy w_______. I also think that developing countries should be allowed to find their own way forward the good

int_______ of well-m_______ foreigners often means tr_______ local people like children. For all

these reasons I think people should think very carefully before regarding aid as an unq_______

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2C: Aid to developing countries: good or bad - error correction

Many people think that it is glaring obvious that we should give as much support as we can to people in developing countries. If people do not have clean water, access for education, or warmth and shelter, then it seem very clear that we should give as much money as we can for help. I would agree with this if the money actually made a positive difference to peoples lives. However, the enourmos amount of aid that has been given over the past 40 years, has not made significant long term improvment to peoples lives. Money is spent on useless projects, is taken by corrupt officials, and is sometimes used to buy weapons.

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I also think that developing countries should being allowed to find their own way forward the good

intentions of well-meaning foreigners often mean treating local people as children. For all these reasons I think people should think very carefully before regarding aid as an unqualified good

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2D: Aid to developing countries: good or bad - error correction - errors marked in red

Many people think that it is glaring obvious that we should give as much support as we can to people in developing countries. If people do not have clean water, access for education, or warmth and shelter, then it seem very clear that we should give as much money as we can for help.

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I would agree with this if the money actually made a positive difference to peoples lives. However, the enourmos amount of aid that has been given over the past 40 years, has not made significant

long term improvment to peoples lives. Money is spent on useless projects, is taken by corrupt

I also think that developing countries should being allowed to find their own way forward the good

intentions of well-meaning foreigners often mean treating local people as children. For all these

reasons I think people should think very carefully before regarding aid as an unqualified good

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