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Name: Eddy Suaib, an EssayForum Contributor & IELTS Teacher
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eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 24, 2014
Writing Feedback / TOEFL: 'career preparation' - reasons why people attend to schools [6]

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familarize

this is followed by a noun.

most of the children are from nuclear families and are tend to be more selfish. Living in these college hostels will help us a lot in changing our selfish behavior and become a better person.

are you sure this is the part of the idea asked?

This essay contains 550 words. Writing more words will not help you earn a good score. You'd better focus on cohesion and cohesive.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 21, 2014
Writing Feedback / International aid is a must but also it is required to operate in the right way [4]

not only is the international aid is indispensable but also it is required to be operated in the rightappropriate way

"Should wealthy nations be required to share their wealth among poorer nations by such things as food and education? Or is it the responsibility of governments of poorer nations to look after their citizen themselves?"

make sure you write the task of this essay. While some essays are written with comparison and contrast or discussion, some others are in problems and solutions. By this, it will make readers easy to give you more feedback
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: Effects of technology to communication - dangers for a society [7]

Any idea how to improve this problem?

I always pay particular attention to these areas (owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/600/01/):
Transitional words
Be careful about placement of subordinate clauses
Use active voice
Use parallel constructions
Avoid noun strings
Avoid overusing noun forms of verbs
Avoid multiple negatives
Choose action verbs over forms of to be
Avoid unclear pronoun references


Then, I use this site: wordcounttools(dot)com to test my readability level

Hope this help :D

Hope this helps
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS TASK 2] Several languages die out in the world [4]

I realize I got many mistake in grammar and lexical resources.

If you know, then why don't edit before submitting it?

Language is a symbol of our nation. Recently, some languages disappear year-by-year and many people argue that this phenomenon is not giving a bad impact for people life if in this world has fewer languages. However, I believe this statement is reasonable, but I tend to agree that several languages have fundamentally different characteristic.

I find that this paragraph presents serious problem with the flow.

traditional languages

write local vernacular

a great communication skill

a high degree of communication skills

great accuracy

Remember, that collocation is perfect accuracy, NOT great accuracy
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / Writing task 2: studying overseas can be difficult at first, but gaining experience make it worth it [7]

Some are in favor of view that students will have many interesting experiences when they go abroad to study. On the other hand, others disagree with this idea, believing that as well as studying overseas, students might confront several problems in term of language and lifestyle. This essay is going to analyze both views and clarify that students still should be supported to study abroad ( this brings no value) .

It is nicer if you state your opinion in the end of the introduction even this opens for discussion.

For instance, the students who are not really good at using non-native language cannot buy food from markets or understand the lectures at school. In addition, lifestyle is an intricate issue that students must adapt.

This is too general as an example. Ask journalistic questions (who, how many, when, what, result) to specify your example.

However, from my perspective, encouraging students to study overseas is really necessary. Firstly, exploring new cultures is an exciting and attractive point for students.

Here is an example of adequate flow: Conversely, I think that students encouraged to study overseas are more likely to experience wider culture.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: Effects of technology to communication - dangers for a society [7]

I didn't see you write a strong thesis statement. If you could, rewrite this introduction.

One direct impact to this is the communication itself.

This lacks topic and supporting sentences. Remember, clarity is the number one.

Another possible negative implication to this is the fact that we become disconnected to our society, in particular our own community.

let me give a try: Another possible negative implication is how people become disconnected to society, in particular our own community. If people keep on staying with electronic devices, the chances to interact one another would be vanished.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 16, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: 'The apple never falls far from the tree' - Parents should teach children [10]

For this essay, I think one body paragraph is not enough to cover all the question from the prompt. Write two body paragraphs.
Para 1:

Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good members of society

Para 2:

Others, however, believe that school is the place to learn this.

For instance:

Make sure you write very specific example. This can be started by using journalistic questions: what, who, where, when, result, how many... By this, I believe that you will present a detail example. Good luck :D
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 16, 2014
Writing Feedback / Toefl : Begin learning a foreign language as soon as starting school [5]

As you may know, only native language is not enough for communicating in the future because many countries have an awareness on maintaining relationships and business agreement.

This sentence is too long and contains much vague information when it comes to an opening paragraph.
according to a research, it demonstrates that atResult shows the age of 5-10 is the period of remembering and analyzing.

I considers

I consider

can results

can result
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / Ielts: The world has seen an enormous increase in flights for leisure, business [5]

What do you think are the main advantages and disadvantages of such flights?
Do you think flights should be taxed more?

This is called "two questions to answer'. If you this type of the question, what you should do is to answer all points. If it is not, you may miss the point of task responses.

As we know that traveling by other modes of transport like by car, by train or by motorbike often happen accident everyday while accident for flights happen rarely.

Could please show which part of this sentence is categorized as the main sentence? I see you merely write some clauses.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: Abortion Should Be illegal? People should think of the consequences [4]

Some people suppose that abortion should be legal while others are against it.I personally feel that abortion should be illegal because of its affection on mother's mental and physical and the humanity.

While some people suppose that abortion should be legal, some others are against it due to some reasons. Therefore, I personally feel that abortion should be illegal because of its affection on mother's mental and physical and the humanity.

abortion also effectaffectson the mother's mental

eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Writing task 2 - Some people say that the Internet is making the world [5]

This world is becoming extremely smaller due to the globalization, the businesses are not confining only in a country's boundary.

two main sentences run together. This is bad grammar.

We can easily contact to foreign universities, it does not matter how far you are, we can continue our study from home by attending online classes.

This also has the same issue. Run-on sentences.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / Parents should have much time for their children which are lonely sometimes [5]

It is sometimes hard to share writing feedback if you don't include a complete hook. Secondly, when you open a new paragraph, leave one line. Then, follow Dumi's instruction is a must. By this, you help readers follow what you have written.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS ESSAY: Computers - What things will they be used for in the future? [8]

First of all, computers are helping us helps people to save our time and it is also help us to maintain environment green due its ability of paperless working.

Moreover, tracking application status is become very easy.

this sentence needs more details.

For example, banking account, email account hacking, personal & financial information hacking are name of few.

This is not a clear example I think. Create the example using journalistic questions: who? how many? what? when? where? result?
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / Young people should spend time on traveling before beginning their studies [4]

Throughout the movie (a comma) If you can catch me and the my personal experience

The move (this phrase adds no value) If you can catch me took place at LA, the protagonist was born in a fortunate family;

Before i went to college, i planed a

Write with upper-case letters

So as you can see,

As a concluding signal, this phrase is not appropriate. Write: In conclusion,
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / [TOEFL essay] Internship prepare students better for their careers [6]

Also doing internship programmes in the university also helpS students have some soft skills, such as team working, colleague communication, negotiation, and risk management.which are helpful in working environmentsuch as team working, colleague communication, negotiation, risk management ... these essential skills can be getlearnt only when they work in the real life, and cannot be trainedwhich is not in any book.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS Task 2] Text messages or phone calls; I prefer talking on the phone [3]

For some couples who do a long-distance relationship make a phone call using a smart application,skype, can be deliriously happiness to share their daily routine due to her or his voice can be heard.

sentence fragment

Taking email an example, a purchasing staff send an email to order stationary such as paper and pencils.

a subject and verb agreement

As a result, telephone is useful device to communication.

how can you draw this as a conclusion ?

They can create a group, and invite other users to share information.

faulty punctuation
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 14, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 1. Chocolate production sequences [3]

Hello Natalia1988..., where is the picture? attach the picture, which helps readers understand what you have described above. In task 1, write an overview, instead of a conclusion. For process diagram, the overview begins with the number of stages in the process and how it begins and ends. Here is an example:

Overall, there are six stages in the process, beginning with harvesting the cacao beans and culminating in chocolate bars.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 14, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS task2] Job for a few years between school and university [7]

What if I don't have one?

If you look at all the prompts of IELTS task 2 more closely in Cambridge IELTS Student's Book, then you will have this instruction: "Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience." This indicates that stating an example is a must . Have a look at how the specific example is used in a paragraph:

Many everyday practices are now performed by machines instead of people and this has resulted in less need for labour. For example, in recent decades nearly all major banks have replaced telephone operators with telephone switchboards that have recorded messages an all bank now have automated teller machines (ATMs). This reduces the need for people to visit the bank itself and has resulted in a corresponding decrease in the need for bank staff. As bank and other similar businesses strive for profit, this is likely to increase unemployment further in the future.

This paragraph uses journalistic questions to construct an specific example. Here are:

Who? - banks
How many? - nearly all
When? - over the last few decades
What? - replaced need for telephone operators and bank tellers
How? Using switchboards and ATMs
Result? - people don't need to visit the bank and less staff needed.

Most of the time, my problem is that I don't have opinion about the topic and the result is what you have seen.

If you could, then you'd better read as many samples of IELTS writings in this website as you can to improve your writing skills. Result shows that reading the samples not only gives students some new ideas about different topics, but it also improves their grammatical mechanics and vocabularies.

Hope this help :D
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 2. Less Homework Means Less Stress for Children [3]

For me, you need more evidence to prove the claims

children have a lot of homework to do. Some people, however, believe that less homework means less stress for children, so they will be able to learn other useful skills.

by answering these: "why children given excessive amounts of homework are more likely to suffer both mentally and emotionally and how other useful skills affect successful study"

taken into account r

Are you sure this can be categorized as one of the academic words?
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 2: permit of women to run career in army must be supported [5]

Better organize arguments from weak to strong/ from less important to more important. Additionally, however, some essayists often acknowledge and then refute the counter arguments against their positions. This shows that the they understand the issue broadly and has already considered other opinions.

A typical simple outline could look like:
I. Intro

II. Important argument
A. Support for
B. More support for
C. Counter argument
1. Response

III. More important argument
A. Support for
B. Counter argument
1. Response
2. Another response


IV. Conclusion
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 12, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS task2] Job for a few years between school and university [7]

The main argument in favour of starting a job before university is that you will earn money, which let you to get independence. Therefore, you will be able to pay the rent for your house on your own and make work experiences. You might also save part of that money in order to pay the university fee afterwards. Besides, you would have much more time to decide what you want to study and with which purpose. From my point of view, take time is a good choice especially for people who are ensure about their academic and job future.

I see you've stated many general points here and there. Therefore, this interrupts the flow. Possible solution: Focus on one idea. Then, explain it more details. Let me give a try:

There is certain amount of necessary groundwork to do, of course, before young people are able to reach the decision to acquire their academic skills. An obvious example of this can be seen from how some undergraduate applicants from Indonesia have their allowance from a 6-month program of Au Pairs in Australia. They could settle small yearly sums to open saving accounts, something which is extremely important to promote financial independence. Also, they are able to secure a place at one of the most prestigious educational institutions, while broadening their knowledge of the world of work. Ultimately, I would argue convincingly that this can be a wise choice for some others before acquiring knowledge and learning skills in university.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 11, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Governments and people both should help lower traffic growth and pollution [4]

If you examine the prompt given more closely, then you will see that you are being asked to discuss openly the general information. Therefore, I think this part:

many developing countries.

is off-topic. This discussion is all over the globe.

To begin with, increasing the price of haulage power is an exciting possibility but not reliable. Firstly, this measure, absolutely, affects directly to drivers, namely, motor drivers and car drivers. That is to say, as the petrol become costly, there will be a short-term deduction in its consumption which directly affects transport usage. Hence, traffic jam can be decreased considerably which brings about some beneficial impacts to the environment. On the contrary, since people find it hard to travel to work there would be a long-term deduction in national GDP. To put it simply, people need more reasonable means of transport in order to support their work

This would be nice if you compose this paragraph using:
Topic sentence:
Firstly, (supporting idea)
Example, (an obvious example of this can be retrieved from: who? what? how many? when? where? result?
second idea (supporting idea)
Finally, (supporting idea)

What other measures

If I were you, I would mention two measures, which are from government and individuals

To put it in a nut-shell,

I know this concluding signal from students all over the world. However, this is not allowed in IELTS.
Use the simple one: In conclusion..., Given this evidence,... etc.

Overall, you write good.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 6, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Writing task 2 - Some people say that the Internet is making the world [5]

Well, I think you need more work to improve your introduction. Simply write background information related to the topic given. By this, you can paraphrase the prompt. Then introduce your opinion ( as a thesis statement). If you could, then write a hook, to attract people attention.

Let me give a try:

Some people say that the Internet is making the world smaller by bringing people togethe r. To what extent do you agree that the internet is making it easier for people to communicate with one anothe r?

Internet improves people's communication in all parts of the world. For some people, they say that internet has made the world a much smaller place. For some others, they believe that internet has made people easy to communicate each other. Therefore, I agree that the rise internet will encourage people to participate in faster communication.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jul 4, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: Music makes our lifes magical and meaningful [7]

1. It is 245 words. Make sure you write at least 250 words.

there are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?

2. To write an introduction, you should state background information related to the topic given and a thesis statement. If you could, then write a hook.

Let me give a try:
Today, roughly twenty three types of music bringing enjoyment to millions listeners can be found around the world. While some people enjoy the popularity of international music, some others preserve traditional music for strong traditions. In my view, I believe that people should appreciate music as a key hub of maintaining their real life.

3. For the next essay, leave one line every time you open a new paragraph. This helps your readers identify how good the paragraph(s) you have.

4. You need more work to discuss this issue:

Why do we need music?

.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 29, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Essay Task 2: entertaining and educational functions of Museums [7]

Some people think that museums should be enjoyable places to entertain people, while others believe that the purpose of museums is to educate.
Discuss both views and give you own opinion .

Even the prompt opens for discussion/ both views, there is no harm to give your opinion ( as the thesis in the last sentence)
Let me give a try:
Museums save many stories. For some people, museums should present high entertainment values. For some others, museums are built to educate people. Both views have different perspectives. In my opinion, museums as an ideal destination to see historical sites save much of the culture of human's life.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 29, 2014
Writing Feedback / Food can be produced more cheaply today because of fertiliser and better machine [3]

Food can be produced much more cheaply today because of improved fertilisers and better machinery . However, some of the methods used to do this may be dangerous to human health and may have negative effects on local communities. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

I highlighted keywords to be discussed. In this essay, I did not see the question has been fully answered. Here are some ideas for negatives effects on local communities:

Menial works in arable fields-> relying on machines -> pollution and idleness
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 29, 2014
Writing Feedback / Ielts ; Why more people are traveling than ever before? [3]

In many countries, people are more interested to travel during their vacations. Although the cost of traveling is increasing, people are trying to travel more than the past. There are some reasons for this increasing which it will be discussed in this essay.

Well, no right or wrong where to put your opinion. However, I would recommend you put the opinion in the introduction ( as the thesis of course, in the last sentence). Also, it always includes the complete prompt with your essay. This helps readers understand what it tells about and share meaningful feedback.

In addition, todays, we have more facilities to travel anywhere than past. Trains, airplanes, ships and cars make any plans to travel according your budgets. Beside this, we can find any cheapbudget hotel such as bed and breakfast and Inn that most of the peopletravellers/tourists can use instead of expensive hotels.

This paragraph is too simple. You need more discussion. Let's say: why many budget hotels offered..., What kinds of bed, breakfast, and Inn travellers/tourists prefer?
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 28, 2014
Writing Feedback / Topic: If i had 3 days to live; 'hypnosis for memory' [5]

It is not about what material profits that I can get from him or her. It is about, but how much he or she is willing to give up for me.

I would not and would not have to know
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 28, 2014
Writing Feedback / Ielts - fast food is good or bad? [10]

When you deal with IELTS, the first thing the assessor sees is your layout, which shows whole of your essay. If the layout is difficult to read, which is let's say: no spaces between paragraphs, then he/she immediately knows your writing needs more work to read.

Hence, I suggest you to leave one space every time you open a new paragraph.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 28, 2014
Writing Feedback / Ielts: apology letter - 'evenings noise' [4]

You write quite well, but the number of words written are under 150. This may get penalized. To solve this, it is always good to have these specific points into your paragraphs: Explain the reason for the noise, Apologize, and Describe what action you will take.
eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 27, 2014
Writing Feedback / TOEFL - automobiles have changed our lives [3]

Notes:
1. For introduction, your task is to show a background information related to the topic given. Then, write a strong thesis statement. Build the bodies of paragraph with a topic sentence + a real example as to support the topic sentence. Make sure you combine the sentence between simple and compound-complex sentences. By doing this, you will earn a good score.

2. Your layout shows whole of your essay. If the layout is difficult to read, which is let's say: no spaces between paragraphs, then readers immediately think your writing needs more work to read. I suggest you to leave one space every time you open a new paragraph.

3. Tips for commas: read one of your sentences aloud and see where you would naturally pause, where you would draw a breath. If it's a short pause, like that just was, you probably need a comma.

eddies  [Contributor]  
Jun 27, 2014
Writing Feedback / TOEFL ESSAY - center for business vs agriculture (farming) research choice [3]

this intro needs improvement. Let me give a try:
University provides students facilities to study and to research. Some people believe that university should have a center for business research while others say that a center for research in agriculture is more important. Both views have merits and demerits. In my view, fund for infrastructure and educational programs helps students conduct more research on those subjects

Because there are more opportunities to improve this field and if it improves it will cause improving business in the country.

You need to rewrite this area. It contains a bad grammar

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