Apart from covering the essay (which was quite interesting), you are addressing a topic that has bothered me for a while now.
Too many people online claims to be tutors for exams such as IELTS, TOEFL or any level of the Cambridge Certificate Exams, yet they teach imprecise or even wrong information about the tests. I feel like many mock tests are scored too high on YouTube to attract an audience by claiming to show an example of a band 8 or 9 examinations though clearly not been on this level.
I do not say that only native speakers should teach English (or any other language) but I also noticed quite some IELTS teachers who offer advice on how to get a high band score, although although they'd - judging on how they express themselves in these videos - would hardly reach one themselves.
I do not want to bad mouth anyone but I'm afraid that many students are too reliant on these people. Back in school, one of my English teachers wasn't really good at all, neither at teaching nor when it came to anything related to the English language. (Everyone knew that her passion was Spanish and she only taught English because teachers must do two subjects here in Germany. ) So I possess first-hand knowledge that bad pronunciation, grammar, intonation and poor choice of words do not only rub off on students but also give a wrong estimate on ones own abilities.
I feel sorry for these people who compare themselves to wrongly marked mock tests and end up going into the real exams with a wrong expectation only to end up disappointed when they get their results.
Apart from covering the essay (which was quite interesting), you are addressing a topic that has bothered me for a while
now
.
Too
many
people
online claims to be tutors for exams such as IELTS, TOEFL or any level of the Cambridge Certificate Exams,
yet
they teach imprecise or even
wrong
information about the
tests
. I feel like
many
mock
tests
are scored
too high on YouTube to attract an audience by claiming to
show
an example of a band 8 or 9 examinations though
clearly
not been on this level.
I do not say that
only
native speakers should teach English (or any other language)
but
I
also
noticed quite
some
IELTS teachers who offer advice on how to
get
a high band score,
although although
they'd
-
judging on how they express themselves in these videos
-
would hardly reach one themselves.
I
do not want to
bad
mouth anyone
but
I'm afraid that
many
students are too reliant on these
people
. Back in school, one of my English teachers wasn't
really
good
at all, neither at teaching nor when it came to anything related to the English language. (Everyone knew that her passion was
Spanish and
she
only
taught English
because
teachers
must
do two subjects here in Germany.
)
So
I possess
first
-hand knowledge that
bad
pronunciation, grammar, intonation and poor choice of words do not
only
rub off on students
but
also
give a
wrong
estimate on ones
own
abilities.
I feel sorry for these
people
who compare themselves to
wrongly
marked mock
tests
and
end
up going into the real exams with a
wrong
expectation
only
to
end
up disappointed when they
get
their results.
6Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
4Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
7Mistakes