Welcome to the eighth edition of Spotlight IELTS Vocabulary.
This series helps you to learn vocabulary by introducing you to articles containing high-level vocabulary. We recommend that you don’t just make notes of new words, but that you copy the whole sentence. That way, you can learn and review the vocabulary in context later.
All the articles you see here were first curated on our Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
How To Use These Articles
Just start reading!
As we noted above, once you come across a new word copy the whole sentence in which it appeared. This will help you to both remember the word and to use it naturally. Using it naturally is the key difference between a Band 8.0 and a Band 9.0.
After learning the words find as many opportunities to use them as you can. One way to do this is to keep a diary. It is important to use the words if you want to make them an active part of your speech.
For the ultimate practice, book a lesson with one of our teachers or even a Writing Correction.
Food and Diet
Food advice has a habit of changing. This article contains some useful counter-arguments to current health guidelines.
Writing #IELTS essays & want a good counter-argument for current diet advice? Read this article by @Jamie_Ducharme. Probably worth noting that the paper’s author had previous ties to the meat industry. Now – when is Deliveroo going to deliver my burger!? https://t.co/kjcuV2mOUC
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 6, 2019
Farming and the Environment
This article is as fertile with vocabulary as a farm which has been returned to the wild. I guarantee you will find new words here, as well as hope for the future!
Enrich your life, vocabulary, and chances with the #IELTS test by reading @isabella_tree’s solution for ‘soil restoration, carbon sequestration, flood mitigation, & air and water purification’. Her writing is as vocabulary rich as her farm is with nature. https://t.co/WebEra7rkq
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 9, 2019
Pollution and Global Warming
Want some useful statistics for your Task 2, or a useful bar chart and line graph to practice you Task 1? This is the article for you!
This article contains arguments about pollution & global warming which you could use in the #IELTS test. BONUS: You will also some line graphs and bar charts you could use to practice #IELTSWriting Academic Task 1 https://t.co/ndVuvSLoJw
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 10, 2019
Here’s an innovative solution to pollution which involves sucking it out of the air and turning it into precious minerals…
Could we rescue the world with a “modern-day alchemy” that manufactures minerals by sucking carbon dioxide from the air? @ParbhakarFox thinks we can. Read her article and gain new vocabulary and ideas for the #IELTS test. https://t.co/skCFGtKKKp
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 21, 2019
Technology
Could the humble computer file be about to go extinct? What has taken its place?
Discover the answers to those questions in this article, packed to the brim with tech vocabulary.
Read @Simon_Pitt predict the death of the computer file. This article takes you from vinyl to files, to bespoke-proprietary interfaces, dependencies & beyond. Loaded with vocabulary you could use in the #IELTS test, or even over coffee with a friend https://t.co/mUhYDnrgzP
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 13, 2019
Health
This article contains some good health-related vocabulary which might just lower your blood pressure!
If #IELTS gives you high blood pressure, this article by @LancasterM might help. It contains the medical #vocabulary you need to discuss the topic, as well as advice as to what your blood pressure should be. Check it now & thank the author later! https://t.co/2QoLs1Tv5V
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 14, 2019
Now that you’ve lowered your blood pressure, this article will help you to remember your new vocabulary – as well as introducing you to even more new words!
As usual @prosetech delivers lots of useful vocabulary. This time he also has some tips on how to improve your memory as you study for #IELTS. What more could you ask for? https://t.co/1A0zHSuTzs
— Andy T (@withanexpert) October 14, 2019
And there’s more…
We have not shared all of last months collection.
To see the missing articles, and articles from previous months – visit our Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
See you next month!