Welcome to the November 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary.
Below you will find a number of specially selected articles containing the kind of vocabulary and ideas you will find useful on IELTS test day.
These are just a selection of the articles we read in April; you can find more on our LinkedIn and Twitter accounts.
How To Use These Articles
Just a casual read will be enough to benefit you. If you have more time, you can make a note of new words you learn — or even enter them into a vocabulary app like Anki.
It is often best to record the whole sentence in which the word appears since this will help you to both remember the word and learn which words collocate with it.
Try and find as many opportunities as you can to use the new words. Language is a habit, and you need to learn to use the words fluently on test day.
For the ultimate practice, book a lesson with one of our teachers or submit a Writing Correction.
Bias, Technology and AI
This article covers a number of topic areas as it considers how human bias has been programmed into technology and AI…
This article covers issues concerning bias and just how AI actually works. The vocabulary you learn could be used to discuss #IELTS test day topics ranging from racism to the future of technology. https://t.co/ognNWV8jTT
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 10, 2022
Jobs and Careers
Talking about work is one of the most common IELTS topics and often appears in the first part of the Speaking test. This article will supply you with some good vocabulary and ideas for the discussion…
What kind of job would you like? This article filters you through to a newsletter and, I suspect, a paid product. Before you get there, you will learn vocabulary and concepts that could help you answer one of the most common Speaking topics. thttps://buff.ly/3NVUA6P pic.twitter.com/aROvMhXAJJ
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 11, 2022
Children and Parental Influence
This is a core issue at the centre of many IELTS Task 2 Writing questions. How do we influence our children, and what can we do to make that influence positive…
How can we influence our children? This question could come in the Writing or Speaking sections of the #IELTS test. This article gives you a fairly comprehensive answer–make sure you have a dictionary at the ready! https://t.co/IfIhuqAFPy pic.twitter.com/wTcYjwQgm9
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 12, 2022
Night Owls and Morning Birds
A common test day question asks whether you work best in the morning or afternoon. Read this article to ace your answer, or learn how to turn yourself into an early riser…
How do you save time? Do you study best in the morning or evening? This article can help you to answer these common #IELTS Speaking questions. It might even help you get up earlier and study harder! https://t.co/JMLq5t89Mw
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 13, 2022
Obesity
Obesity is often mentioned by test candidates for a variety of health-related topics. This article discusses what does not cause obesity—and admits we don’t know what does…
What causes obesity—we don’t know, but we know what doesn’t! #IELTS candidates often mention obesity in Speaking & Writing tests. This article will boost your vocabulary and ideas. Open in your browser’s Reader view to get past the paywall. https://t.co/rYITwEoeBJ pic.twitter.com/tDk33PIeiY
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 29, 2022
Music
A lot of test candidates find this a difficult topic to tackle because they lack the vocabulary they need. If that’s you then you will find this article very helpful…
At least one of my students says that he lacks vocabulary to discuss music. Well, this is for you! This article supplies all the words you will need for #IELTS test day. Why do we love the music we love? https://t.co/NwxjlkIRNo pic.twitter.com/TMA2M4WRR8
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 29, 2022
Art
Talking about art is another subject that many find difficult. This article connects art with mathematics, so if you like maths, you might find this article more interesting. If you like neither, then you will almost certainly find useful vocabulary for common test-day topics…
This article by @ManilSuri discusses mathematics, architecture, and beauty. All of which can be difficult to discuss on #IELTS test day—& yet all of these topics appear in the test. Well worth a read! https://t.co/uyaMPUmeiH pic.twitter.com/Ssz4n0CC6F
— Andy T (@withanexpert) November 29, 2022
And there’s more…
There are plenty more articles from pervious months on our Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
See you next month!