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ichanpants89   
Apr 16, 2016
Speeches / Farewell speech for a retiring teacher. I am given the chance to deliver a speech [4]

JingNing, since this is a speech writing category, I will focus on your content of your writing rather than grammatical accuracy. I would like to remind you that, despite pointing several points, I suggest that you should also convey us the detail of your speech, how long / how many minutes. It is because, when you only wrote like this, I am afraid that my feedback will not be really helpful. Therefore, I reckon that this speech only last for a while, not more than two minutes, because it is too short. Now, for a breakdown of my feedback towards your ideas, see the descriptions below:

- Mrs Lim has contributed a lot... (what kind of contributions? perhaps you can give some brief examples here)
- She is an amazing and interesting teacher, but she is also the Head of English panel.... (I reckon that'BUT'is used for contrasting something. Amazing (positive), head of English Panel (is it negative?)) and I think this sentence needs more elaboration from you.

- ..teacher advisor for the debating team (the whole idea about this is okay, well-developed)
- ....spend her quality time to take part in charity events (this is also okay, acceptable and understandable)

Lastly, perhaps you can use a quotation from famous person or from your teacher in the closing part of your speech. :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 16, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 2 : Question type agree and disagree - solution for health problems and illness [3]

Aisha, I notice that you still need a lot of work to do with your essay. If you want to reach band 6 or above, at least you should fulfill one of the essential requirements from IELTS Writing Task 2 band descriptors. Remember, clarity is the king. If you make most of your sentences clear enough to the reader, you will definitely obtain a good score for that. This is what grammatical range and accuracy in Writing band descriptors look like:

Band 6:
- makes some errors in grammar and punctuation but they rarely reduce communication.


Now, for a breakdown of your grammatical issues, with corrections applied.

- SoThus , human needs to good take caretake a good care of their health (in academic writing, avoid using 'So, But, and, or, yet' in the beginning of a sentence, it sounds informal)

- This essay will discuss the bad impact of treatments and medicine and it will elaborate how government can play a role in health issues. (My suggestion, it is better you state your stance at the beginning, whether agree or disagree about the issue.)

- now a daysnowadays(no space needed)
- can notcannot(no space needed)
- such big amount fees(bills/money) for their treatment (fee is usually related to a payment / salary, improper collocation)
- In 1965 , students of the California University (it could become irrelevant example, too old)
- don't (avoid this contraction(s), it sounds informal)
- It can be possible from over dosage, may bemaybe because the prescription is not well suited you. (using 'maybe' makes you argument weak, avoid that)

There you are Aisha, I hope you find my contribution useful towards your future enhancement.

Keep Writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 14, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS: The technology development era changed people's method in communicating with the others [3]

Razeeta, your body paragraphs look better than your introduction and conclusion. However, I suggest that perhaps you should consider the clarity of your introduction and conclusion rather than body paragraph. It doesn't mean that I recommend you to neglect the body paragraphs, but I do believe that first glance or first impression in introductory paragraph is essential to attract the reader, in this case, examiner. If your first sentence is unclear, I am afraid that will badly damage your whole essay. Now, for some corrections and feedback, you can consider what is written below:

- ...by some individuals is the termthe indicator oftechnologytechnological development era.
- with the others (i.e. family and business partner)(examples can be clearly described in the body paragraph, giving some examples in introduction paragraph is not recommended, since it can cause some repetitions later on your body paragraph)

- ...is not as difficult as the earlier. (you wrote a new paragraph, but 'earlier' doesn't have a referral. It refers to nowhere, which makes it unclear)

- inside the ponephone
- ...radius. theyThey ...
- So ....so that , they are able to create a typical circumstance of relationship.

I hope you find this feedback helpful towards your future development.

Good luck for the next practice! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 14, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 2- Control the water usage is good to prevent a world disaster [3]

Ester, my corrections are only focused on your introduction and conclusion paragraph. Those two parts are the most essential parts of IELTS writing. First impression is crucial to attract the interest of the reader, especially examiner. This is what public writing band descriptors of TASK 2 IELTS for task response of band 5 said:

- may make noticeable errors in spelling and/or word formation that may cause some difficulty for the reader

So, clarity is the king! Please remember that you should avoid to make your reader confuse by using a proper and understandable sentence(s).

Corrections:
- People cannot live without water as water is an essential for human being (perhaps you can avoid this redundancy by using synonym, or pronoun)
- ...volume of citizen'scitizens' water consumption.
- I firmly agree that, this solution can give more advantages to the inhabitant than the demeritdisadvantages .
- It can beconcludeconcluded that, (comma needed) every government should control inhabitant'sinhabitants' usage of water in order to prevent water supply from running out although it is hard to do.

- ...all around the worlds(world is only one, never try to make it plural again)

There you are Ester, Good luck for the next practice :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 11, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 2: The preferable job is better for the humans' life [4]

Nela, I notice clearly your effort to put complex vocabularies in your essay. This will not escape the attention of the examiner. However, please be aware about using some similar words, because somehow it doesn't match the exact meaning of the real one. Now, for a detailed analysis of your grammatical issues and punctuation, see the descriptions below:

- when it comes to job selectingchoosing a job ..
- (new sentence)It is becausewhile others object it and consider earn much money will bringlead to
- Regarding to well-paid job,
- undergoes significant (significant what? dangling sentence) increase year...
- education requires an expensive tuition fee
- rich people obtained .................the poor one just reach(tenses inconsistency)
- However, in my opinion,(comma needed) doing a favorable
- recent research, it was found (recent, should be present perfect)

There you are, I hope you find my feedback is fruitful regarding to your writing enhancement. :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 11, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS WRITING TASK 1: The diagrams below give information on transport and car use in Edmonton [2]

Baso, I notice that your writing is actually good and well-organized. The flow of the ideas also well-done. Yet, I still found some grammatical and punctuation errors in your essay. You have to be more aware in using a proper punctuation, because that is also band score criteria for writing. This is what you should avoid:

- four types of transportation....
- in Edmonton; and the table gives information about the proportion of possible reasons that why cars are used by citizens.
(better separate this sentence, inaccurate)
- it can be seen that,(comma needed) car was the greatest usedusage,(comma needed) while commute to work was the...
- the biggest usedusage,(comma needed) which...
- several reasons why inhabitants usedusing car

I just want to remind you that if you want to reach band 6 or above, you should be able to reach this stage:

Band 6 for Grammatical Range and Accuracy:
makes some errors in grammar and punctuation but they rarely reduce communication


Good luck for the next writing practice! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 11, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 1 - The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors [4]

Aini, I would like to remind you that this is the wrong 'forum category' for posting IELTS task 1. You should post it in 'Writing Feedback' category. However, I am going to give you some feedback and corrections anyway. At first, I notice that most IELTS learners forget to write at least three sentences for each paragraph in task 1 before that paragraph can be considered a strong and solid paragraph by the examiner. Then, most IELTS students are making the common mistakes in composing complex sentence. It seems like they force to put it carelessly, without realizing that the sentence is inappropriate. For example:

- Moreover, the other retail sectors had nearly same percentage where the second largest was 24% for selling clothes, then 21% for entertainment sector in this terms are music and film and the smallest online earning was 19% for selling books.

Yes, I agree that this is complex sentence, but it is also a 'confusing' complex sentence. This is because you mix present and past tense there. Moreover, coordinate conjunction also placed carelessly, which makes it redundant.

My suggestion is that, 'accurate/perfect' simple sentence is still better than (confusing) complex sentence.
Remember the scoring criteria for band 5:
- attempts complex sentences but these tend to be less accurate than simple sentences


That's it, I hope you find my feedback is useful for your future development.

Keep writing aini, good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 10, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 2: It is commonly believed that education is of vital importance... [4]

Xiao, I really like the way you use many complex vocabularies in your essay. Most of them I assume that are correct. Yet, there is still one or two inappropriate use of advance vocabulary, then the place is crucial due to its capability to change the whole meaning of a sentence.

This is what I found:
- I am not really sure that 'concede' will become the perfect synonym for 'believe'
This is what 'concede' means in Cambridge Dictionary:
- Concede (verb) (ADMIT) = to ​admit, often ​unwillingly, that something is ​true
Example:
- The ​government has conceded (that) the new ​tax ​policy has been a ​disaster.
- He conceded that he had been a little ​harsh.

- I am also not really sure that 'elevate' will become the perfect synonym for 'improve'
- Elevate (verb) = to make someone or something more ​important or to ​improve something
Example:
- They ​want to elevate the ​status of ​teachers.
- These ​factors ​helped to elevate the ​town to the ​position of one of the most ​beautiful in the ​country.

I know that you want to use 'C2 Word' to make your English sounds advance, but inappropriate use will definitely decrease your score. When using a synonym we first need to think about the meaning. The meaning should be exactly the same. I do not encourage people to use synonyms that mean 'nearly the same' because it often leads to mistakes.

So, this is my suggestion regarding to the use of synonym:

- Only change a word if you are 100% sure the meanings are the same.
- Be aware of 'loose synonyms'.
- If you change it, the grammar must also be correct.
- Be particularly careful with keywords from the question.
- If you can't think of a synonym, try one of the alternative methods.
- If in doubt, don't change it. It is better to repeat the word and be correct, than force a synonym and be wrong.

ichanpants89   
Apr 10, 2016
Research Papers / Child Maltreatment: The long-term effects [2]

Miriam, your topic is interesting, I like it. The way you linked the ideas is also impressive. Even though the essay is quite long, I like your lexical resource development, it seems like you have a wide range of vocabularies. Perhaps, the thing that I am able to do is only giving some corrections to your grammatical accuracy and punctuation. Then, you can see the description below for a breakdown of grammatical issues, with corrections applied.

- This dependingdepends on the type and duration of abuse. (no verb)
- The problem is, knowing what to do... (comma needed)
- i n Childhood a nd Their Impact o n Mental Health a cross t he (preposition and article should not be in Capital letter)
- the present but also also
- Maltreatment a nd Adult (another capital problem)
- Further evidence shows that..
- victim to escape theretheir mind
- to the individual consuming it as well as those them. (confusing)
- substance abuse, therefore (comma needed)
- The effects will not stop, but will (comma needed)
- The number of individuals that suffer from the tormenting.. ? (is it incomplete?)

One more thing, for your conclusion, is that incomplete? I am not really sure of that.

Overall, good work on this research paper. I hope you find that my feedback is helpful. :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Writing Feedback / The table illustrates the total students as Initial Teacher Training (ITT) candidates based on sexes [2]

Lily, perhaps your next move is to avoid some repetitions in your essay by using some synonyms and do some paraphrases. Now, for a detailed analysis of your grammatical errors:

- and 2006/7 based on sexes in Great Britain, and (to avoid redundancy, you can separate this sentence)
- it is noticeable that, (comma needed) total qualified..
- teacher training increase slightlywitnessed a slight increase ...
- candidates waswere dominated..
- The number of female qualifiers werewas(if the numbers... were)
- shownshowed a slightly fall (Verb 2 not Verb 3)
- The increasing number.......................... werewas
- 0.1% of increasing male qualifiers.

Overall, nice improvement that you have there, keep up the good work! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS task 1: Market share of the mobile phone market for manufactures presented in the table [3]

Dina, your writing is getting better. You are able to compose a solid paragraph for at least three sentences. Yet, I notice some grammatical errors, particularly in tenses inconsistency. As you might know, general truth is usually simple present tense, past activity is should be in past tense form, especially when in the graph/diagram/table shows a 'past' timeline. Now, for a breakdown of your grammatical errors, with corrections and suggestions applied.

- The telephone wasis a part important for communicating in the life. (for a fact, do not make a past tense)
- While Nokia iswas the highest (should be past, because it shows timeline)
- ...as the most greatergreatest ...
- steadily decreased
- that Nokia was more interesting than

As you can see, you need to develop it a little bit more by decreasing your errors.
Good luck for the next essay practice! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Undergraduate / LEADERSHIP APPLICATION; tutoring/classroom assistance and noon-time/spirit activities [2]

Connie, I have a question for you. Is this "What are some realistic projects that will make your school a better place?" only for number 4?

Now, I would try to give you some corrections and feedback relating to your grammatical accuracy and flow of ideas.

1st prompt
Corrections:
- activities.Tu toring/classroom (need space)
- ...also sparks my interest
- Bringing students together as a school to participate in school wide events such as lunch-time activities, assemblies, and dances makes me happy .(missing verb)

Feedback:
- No further suggestion for this one. You have already make it clear and understandable.

2nd prompt
Correction(s):
- ...goalsetter (space needed)

Feedback:
- I assume that your first sentence seems over confidence, which somehow, it can be considered as impolite. How about paraphrase the sentence like this 'Considering that I have good character such as responsible, organized .............. then I am really sure that I am qualified for Leadership'

3rd prompt
Corrections
- ...photoshopping
- ...that I play iis the violin
- Things that specialin me relating to technology are that....

Feedback:
- It is already good and understandable. You explained it clearly.

4th prompt
Corrections
- The school could have science fairs, which makes most of the students feel interested in expressing themselves in science.
- Then, learning outside/outbound/study tour, which triggers the students to be more active in learning the things that they like

Feedback:
- perhaps you can explore more about these two ideas.

5th prompt
- this is your story right? I have no idea about this one, based on your own experience.

6th prompt
Corrections
- ...know whywhat to type
- Excel is used for calculating data that you put into it, but formulas are needed for that.(unnecessary detail)
- formulas tofor adding

Feedback:
- For this one, frankly, I am not really sure what is the connection between leadership and typing skills, since you did not give me the question for each prompt, so I have no idea for this one.

Overall, some questions are well-answered. You need to improve or elaborate it a little bit more.

Good luck for that Connie! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS writing Task 1 : Worldwide Market Share of Mobile Phone Market in The Years 2005 and 2006 [2]

Lily, I reckon that your writing is getting better. I notice some improvements here. Yet, you accidentally still created only 2 sentences for your introduction. Is that difficult to compose at least three sentences? Moreover, some tenses inconsistency were occurred, and then my suggestion is that you have to try to be more consistent for the next one. If it should be in past form, (usually there is a timeline) make it in past form. If it should be in present form (usually there is no timeline), make it in present form. Now, for a detailed corrections about your grammatical errors. See the descriptions below.

- by percent the percentage / the proportion
- it can be seen that,(comma needed) Nokia iswasof the highest percentage...
- course of a yearevery year.
- ...boostboosted / grew sharply..
- MoveMoving to more detailed analysis
- share than last year in 2006(if you already mention 'last year', no need to mention the number, it will be redundant)
- market shares is were gained from

Good luck for the next essay practice :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Undergraduate / Biochemistry - UC Davis Waitlist; I have been instantly adapted to its community [4]

Tito, first impression of the first sentence is essential. Perhaps you can take a look from an opening sentence of my personal statement and paraphrase it. Here you are:

- Enrolling in Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics with TESOL embodies my professional enhancement as a lecturer's assistant at a tertiary education level and as an instructor at a private institution in Indonesia.

- various programs that helps ...
- University of California, Davis is the right place to follow my undergraduate studies of Biochemistry.you need to re-think about this sentence. Confusing right? How about this:

- Studying Biochemistry in University of California, Davis, for my undergraduate degree will be worth pursuing. then the next sentence would be 'It is because it offers........."

- ...to develop my professional enhancement as ..... (you need to mention your career goal here after graduating from UC Davis, for example, biochemist or scientist)

So, you need to revise it a little bit more, concerning to the flow of ideas. Nice improvement that you have there.
May I know when is the deadline? I am afraid that I cannot respond your question quickly. I hope other contributors would be able to help you. :)

Good luck for revising that essay! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Writing Feedback / The line graph describes the progression of total railroad journey visitors in the United Kingdom [2]

Lily, I notice from all of your threads. Someone reminded you about composing a paragraph which consists at least three sentences. You need to take it as your biggest consideration. You need to complete the way you present your report summary in your overview / introduction paragraph. A 2-sentence paragraph is considered weak by the examiner. It relates to many kinds of Languages, not just English. Don't you remember that if it was in Indonesian Language, this becomes a problem too. Even our Indonesian teacher suggest us (Indonesian) to compose at least 4 sentences for a paragraph right? Hence, you are suggested to format your opening sentence for at least three sentences. Now, for a detailed analysis for your grammatical errors.

- in the United Kingdom over the following years from 1950 to 2004/5 (unnecessary additional details)
- Overall, it can be seen that, there are 3three categories of railways transportations , such as National Rail Network, London Underground, and Light Rail and Metro System, . (period, then new sentence)while National Railway Network was the most popular transportation among Britain, (comma needed) but London Underground was succeededin breaking the record at the end of the period. (don't you realize that this sentence was TOO LONG? So, I separated it.)

- Rail Network as the favourite transportation in the UK, (comma needed) stood at approximately 1,000 millions of people,
- ...only attracted ...millions of travellers
- low of 0 (zero) passengers
- roughly 200 millions of users
- ....in the end of theending period.

I hope my suggestions and corrections will be valuable for your future essays. I hope to see one of them soon.

Keep writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 9, 2016
Book Reports / It is not only Christopher who grows as a person. Discuss it on the basis of novel "The curious..." [3]

Tora, I am not quite sure about what did you mean. My question is, are you going to select one of those topic sentences or elaborate it to become 3 paragraphs for each topic sentence? Perhaps the thing that I would able to help is to rephrase your topic sentences.

Here you are:

1.

Christopher doesn't show signs of change but he becomes more independent as he faces difficult challenges.

- Difficult challenges lead Christopher to be more independent even though he does not indicate any signs of alteration.

2.

Father grows as a person as he accepts his mistake and commits to rebuilding his relationship with his son.

- By re-establishing his relationship with his son, father is able to grow become a person who accepts his past mistake.

3.

From the beginning, mother was introduced as hot-tempered who ...

- Since the beginning, Christopher's behavior becomes a problem which his mother could not deal due to her hot-tempered character, but then eventually she becomes an independent woman and learns to cope with Christopher at the end of the novel.

As you can see, I did some paraphrase towards you topic sentences. I hope it helps you.
Good luck for you assignment! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS 2. Marriage is serious problem for massive inhabitant especially at elderly age [3]

Wahyu, I made some corrections towards your grammatical accuracy in the first and second paragraph. What I am going to say is that, you need more efforts to develop your writing, especially when it comes to choose a proper word formation and class of words. Sometimes, I notice that you still experience some difficulties in deciding that a particular word is adjective or adverb. You are more likely to mix all of them in a scrambled order. My suggestion is that, you need to develop the basic usage of some particular words, particularly in subject and verb identification. Make sure that your sentence have those words. You need to think how to make a simple sentence accurately rather than compose an inaccurate complex sentence. I also have read in some IELTS blogs which mentioned that 'perfect' or 'accurate' usage of simple sentence is still better than 'inaccurate', 'inappropriate', or 'confusing' complex sentence. So, this following corrections still needs some works:

- especially at olderelderly age.
- ...people are choosing choicechoose ...
- ..several reasons influence it such us financial, self-confident and circumstance(mention this one in the body paragraph)
- it gives not only
- a largely number of
- couple doedue to some statementsreasons.
- want to get married (this is to+infinitive)
- which are conducted in Stanford University in 2015 revealedreleased that
- the married lifemarriage
- married manpeople needstwice as much as their income in the alone situation more money rather than unmarried man.
- Finally, they live by ignoring others in the circumstances which do not care about each other(sometimes simple sentence is better)
- while in particular part of this wordworld
- in this era, elderlymany older people in the single statusprefer to be single in his or her entire life.

Good luck for the next one! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 2: People are just focused on technology and they abolishing the cultural identity [3]

Dina, here's my corrections regarding to your grammatical accuracy in the first (introduction) and second(first body) paragraph. By reading those paragraphs, I reckon that you still need a lot of works to be done there. That is why it is better for you to revise it first, then post it again in 'comment' space below. Sorry to say that I also experienced some difficulties in terms of understanding your whole essay. It is suggested for you to avoid composing 'complex sentence' if you are not really sure about it. Sometimes, 'simple sentence' works better than 'confusing complex sentence', this was also a common problem for IELTS learners. So, please give me your best shot on the next essay dina! I believe you can do it! :)

- ...globalization become widespread in the modern era... (become what? needs adjective)
- ..this phenomenalphenomenon(phenomena = plural, phenomenon = singular)
- ...as the consumptive people in the myriad sector ... (confusing, the should be ended after 'phenomenon'.)
- ...the people realizationrealizethe individual characteristicscan possibly lose his or her own ordinary identity, the several other people
- The people live without taking a care of in the other societyies
- when they feel comfort in theabouttheir individual life and sense happy to use the technology rather than join in thea community.
- The people usually fulfillingfill their life with thesome private stuffs, so they do not need the other people in the severalsome situations .
- ...do not understand aswhy the people of socialsocietyhelp other people,.friendly and humanity.(I have no idea why you put friendly and humanity there, sounds confusing to me)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 1: Students living in the UK gaining teacher training qualifications in 2005/6 and 2006/7 [3]

Dina, I had a quick peek on all of your threads, particularly on TASK 1 IELTS. I notice that there was no one reminded you about the importance of making a paragraph for at least three sentences. You need to complete the way you present your report summary in your overview / introduction paragraph. A 2-sentence paragraph is considered weak by the examiner. I think this relates to many kinds of Language, not just English. Don't you remember that if it was in Indonesian Language, this becomes a problem too. Even our Indonesian teacher suggest us (Indonesian) to compose at least 4 sentences for a paragraph right? Hence, you are suggested to format your opening sentence for at least three sentences this way:

The table illustrates.... It is measured in.... While the female....

The first body of your essay also experiences the same problem. If you don't serve up the information from the chart in the proper way within the essay, you will badly damage your final grade in the essay. I suggest that you approach the first body in the following manner:

The woman had.... Although the men.... Subsequently, the male....

By limiting yourself to only 2 sentences per paragraph, you fail to display your ability to express yourself in the English language, which is a major component of the scoring system. So the following still needs work.

The percentage of men.... The figure lead.... Finally....

As you can see Dina, I did some contributions regarding to a fundamental needs to compose a strong and solid paragraph. I hope you take my feedback as your biggest consideration in your next essay.

Keep writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Writing Feedback / Electricity generation in Germany by sources like Nuclear, Petroleum, Hydro and Natural gas [3]

Wahyu, some corrections below are my contributions towards your body paragraph. Hope you learn something with this one.

- These twoSome pie charts showed dramatic changes some from 1980 to 2010.
- The rate of nuclear generator rose significantly by 135 units .
- However, the number of Natural gas waswitnessed a sudden dropped to 2 in and the number is the same number withas the Hydro source fuel.

- In another case, the number of coal remained constant at 28 units.
- 2010 experienced a slight growththatin the number of Petroleum climbedslowly by 5.
- In contrast, the same rate of gape whit the previous resource happened in the number of Hydro.(confusing)
- In contrast, the number of Hydro fuel units remained unchanged until the end of the period.

My suggestions for you, I think this report summary can be elaborated further. As far as I know, it is not suggested to compose only two paragraphs in IELTS task 1 and you need to make at least three paragraphs.

Keep writing wahyu! Good luck for the next one :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Graduate / A one page personal statement - application for exchange program in Australia, Master in Economics [4]

Noemi, I am very pleased to read your whole essay. I reckon that you already did a good job for this one and you are ready to submit it. Your lexical resource is undeniably outstanding, since you reduce word repetitions to the lowest level possible. I notice that you naturally use less-common words to convey very precise meaning and there are no mistakes at all. I also really like the way you linked your ideas together. The whole essay felt like really tight, cohesive piece of writing. Thus, I firmly believe that this remarkable piece of writing are able to pass the selection process.

With regards to the difference between motivation letter and personal statement, in my opinion, motivation letter is simply a cover letter in which you attach your resume / CV when applying for a job. It is the letter that has a purpose to convince the employer that you are the best candidate for the job. Meanwhile, when it comes to personal statement, it is an essay which you can discuss the reason why you are applying to a particular program. It is suggested for you to include things about yourself that are not presented in your application, resume or CV.

So, good job for this one! I hope you will get admitted soon! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Book Reports / Help with title for essay about why the book "Cut" by Patricia McCormick shouldn't be banned [4]

Jessica, I presume that you were asking about a catchy hook. Well, it depends on what the whole story of the book simply means. For example, the book that you have read talks about a story of a little girl who never speaks, then eventually begin speaking for no reason at all. I notice a missing fact that you did not tell us about what happened with the girl before she is willing to speak. Then, if I might say, perhaps the suitable hook for this book is a quote from Stephen Hawking.

- "However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope."

Yet, it conveys many words, not 3 or 5 words.

or this one, Martin Luther King, Jr.

- "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

However, I prefer to give a hook about 'hope', because I assume that this girl is actually hopeless at the beginning. She does not want to talk at all, but then she eventually begin to speak, because she has found a hope.

As you can see Jessica, I hope you get some inspirations after reading my feedback.

Good luck with your assignments! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 2 - In this globalization era, tourism is huge business field [3]

Wahyu, I notice an outstanding works on your conclusion. It was the best part of your essay, but unfortunately it seems that you unconsciously left your introduction and body paragraphs behind. That said, I made some corrections which you can take as a consideration of your upcoming essays.

- why it happen(s)
- the most visitors
- which are displayed in the museums are able (better to end this sentence due to missing subject for the fourth clause)
- In museums, we are able to be seenin their daily activitiesmany items such as traditional weapon, cloth(s) and mode of transportation.
- think that it isthe museums are not only displayed valuable goods, (comma) but also...
- which give tell us..
- survey from Stanford University in 2015 released that , visitors (directly mention it without giving 'indirect speech' sign)
- oversea person at 74percentforeigners, at approximately 74 percent
- the favorite choice for local...
- make correction in theirevaluation of their services , for example... (comma)
- ....by giving discount
- opening museums on(double prepositions) until themid night
- which haveprovide many rewards

Spelling errors:
- oversea = overseas

As you can see, there are still many works to do. Keep struggling hard and do your best for the next one! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 1: The most popular transportation in Edmonton - cars and Light Rail Transit [4]

Nursyam, complete the way that you deliver the information in the introduction / overview of your essay. You unconsciously created only two sentences in what was a weak start for your essay. Your mistake was compressing the information into the two sentences you presented. Arrange your opening statement into at least three sentences this way:

The pie chart shows... It is measured... Overall, it can be seen that,...

Then, the first body paragraph of your essay also experience the same issue. If you don't serve up the information from the chart in the proper way within the essay, you will badly damage your final grade in the essay. I suggest that you approach the first body in the following manner:

The most popular... Following this,... The other conveyances...

Just bear in mind that each paragraph of your essay needs to have at least 3 sentences before it can even be considered acceptable by the examiner. The idea is to have you present a complete thought and understanding of all the aspects of the chart you were provided. By composing only 2 sentences per paragraph, you fail to display your ability to elaborate your essay in a proper way, which is a major component of the scoring system.

I hope to see more improvements in your upcoming essays soon.

Keep trying and Good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 8, 2016
Undergraduate / Biochemistry - UC Davis Waitlist; I have been instantly adapted to its community [4]

Ttito, I like your grammar consistency, no doubt that you are a native speaker of English. Your writing is also undoubtedly very clear and understandable. In fact, I give some feedback concerning to your development of ideas, perhaps you can take some of them as your consideration later in you revision. Now, for some additional ideas or thought, with some corrections applied.

- athe goal
- aim high and allowing me , which allows me...
- a goal...............to accomplish my goals
- Previously, I have visited UC Davis previously, I haveand instantly adapted it to its community
- Since I come from a small community and, I have (comma, not 'and')
- UC Davis is the best college for me, because (comma needed)
- that help students as myselffrom various backgrounds. (I think it is better when you put the idea that this college is not only best for you, but also best for others)

- undergraduates
- goal (I notice you accidentally wrote this 'word' continuously. Better try to use some synonyms , such as purpose, target, aim, intention, dream)
- Moreover (less convincing, how about 'therefore'?)
- in order for me to succeed (in order to develop my professional enhancement as... (mention your target))
- that are available to me.(which are available for the sake of my professional development in the future)

There you are Tttito, I hope to see your upcoming revision soon.
Keep writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / People in the world need natural resources to supply their energy. Not everyone is able to use it. [2]

Lita, this is the longest IELTS task 2 that I have ever read. This long-essay will badly damaging your time efficiency, and you will not be able to complete both tasks. I suggest that you have to reduce the number of words use in your essay. In addition, you made another fundamental mistake in conveying too many unnecessary details and some unnecessary spelling errors. When talking about grammar, everyone always have the same issue, but the proportion is different, because there is no perfect writing after-all. Yet, spelling-errors can be avoided by the help of spelling-corrections that we all have in our computers or laptops.

Grammar errors:

- cheap to run adequately affordable to run (be careful, the word 'cheap' sometimes inappropriate to be used in several contexts)
- makes them quietquite (this is also common mistakes that should be avoided, both words have different meaning)
- as to deliverin delivering
- .....to the city. have wide and long journey(this sentence has too many verbs, but no connector)
- The cost of this power supply competitive with coal, gas and nuclear in the U.S. (no verb)
- It prove(S)

Spelling errors:

- subtitue = substitute
- supllied = supplied
- eletricity = electricity
- concervative = conservative
- comaparison = comparison
- compate = compete

As you can see, I hope you learn many things from my feedback. I hope to see many improvements in your future essays.

Keep writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 1: Electricity Generation in Germany in 3 decades; nuclear rose dramatically [4]

A breakdown of the information about source of generating electricity in Germany is depicted in the pie chart. It is measured in units between 1980 and 2010. Overall, it can be seen that, nuclear rose dramatically, while natural gas witnessed a sharp decline over 3-decade period.

With regards to the three highest resources of electricity generation, in 1980, nuclear stood at 20 units, while coal and petroleum started at 28 and 22 units respectively. In the next 3 decades, the usage of nuclear as an energy grew sharply to the top of 155 units, while petroleum experienced a slight growth and coal remained unchanged. In addition, after 30 years, all sources of producing electrical energy doubled to roughly 107 units.

Concerning to the other two sources of electricity production, natural gas generated 28 units, while hydro only produced 7 units. Thirty years later, 2010 witnessed a tremendous plunge to the lowest level of natural gas usage. In the same year, hydro saw a significant decline to the identical number of source usage, at approximately 2 units.



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ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / Living alone decision. It may be positive for more savings or just bring depression and loneliness. [4]

Fudla, I notice some improvements towards your writing essay, particularly in the flow of ideas and how you organized this essay. Yet, some sentences are little bit confusing due to inappropriate collocation and it seems to be forced to put there. Moreover, when you try to emphasize each supporting idea in the essay, you mentioned 'first and foremost', then 'secondly', which will be considered as a mess-order. Then, to make it in a well-manner, it should be the at the same form, for example, 'firstly', 'secondly', and 'thirdly' and so on. Now, the corrections below is regarding to your grammatical and spelling errors.

- when they have an introvert personality
- this decision can cause by their... This decision can affect their personality and their career..
- two major reason(s)
- it will cause someone's saving increase.... it will increase someone's saving..
- thrilled by their choice.
- own personal needednecessity.
- more furnitures
- the outrageous effect will obtain a deep depression (confusing, so the effect will be depressed? not the person?)
- a predominant factors

Spelling errors:
- lonelyness = loneliness
- distrupted = disrupted
- unmaried = unmarried
- phychologically = psychologically

I think that for spelling errors, that is the thing that should be easily avoided by using computer (ms.word), it has spell-checker feature.
I hope in your upcoming essays, you will able to harness it properly in order to reduce your spelling mistakes.

Keep writing and break a leg! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / The sales of travel, clothes, film/music and books in 2003 and 2013. [2]

Hi Angga, I like the way that you developed this report summary. You were very informative and clear. Yet, I reckon that your lexical resource is little bit different from your previous essay. I have no idea what is wrong with this essay, but I notice that the use of advance vocabularies were not as many as your past essay. Therefore, if you have a target to reach band 6 or above, try to use more complex vocabularies in both Tasks (1 and 2). That said, there are still some grammar issues with your work that need to be addressed.

The pie charts compares

The pie charts compare...

an increase.In 2003,

an increase. In 2003,...

biggerwhich

bigger, which

However, the figure rose to 22% in 2013

However, the figure raised to 22% in 2013...

that it no longer in lowest position

that it was no longer in the lowest position. (missing verb)

smallerin

smaller in

So, good work on your well-developed report. I hope to see more improvement with your upcoming essays.

Good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / Cutting-edge surveillance technology is beneficial for public safety [2]

Angga, I notice many improvements of your writing in compare to previous essays, particularly in terms of your essay-organization. The idea that you deliver is also very informative and clear. Yet, you still need more improvements in your grammar, especially when it comes to singular and plural issues, and you still make one mistake about your spelling, which I think it is unnecessary if you are more aware about that. Another suggestion for you is that, you need to state clearly that "the benefits are able to outweigh the drawbacks" to avoid misleading, because examiner is not a mind-reader. Lastly, for a detailed corrections of your grammatical issues, with corrections applied.

Considerable number of monitoring devices are

Considerable number of monitoring devices is / considerable numbers of monitoring devices are

this stages

these stages

rely this stages on modern

rely on the stage of modern...

Tracking devices also very helpful to locate the criminals so that

Tracking devices are also extremely helpful to locate the criminals, so the police...

found quicklyand send back to their family.

unnecessary additional information, because your previous sentence is already clear.

surveillance devices is better

surveillance devices are better...

spelling error:

totaly

totally

As you can see, I hope this is fruitful towards your development in the future essays.

Keep writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / Living Alone is The Right Choice [3]

Ansor, I like your efforts in putting some advance vocabularies inside the essay. Indeed, this will not escape the attention of the examiner, especially when it comes to final grade of your essay. Yet, you still need to consider that you should make it balance and less repetitive. Somehow, I found that you often use some particular words repetitively, such as for example = 4 times, firstly, secondly = two times in 2 paragraphs respectively. In addition, I also found that you first paragraph is little bit too bulky, so the detrimental effect goes to your conclusion, which was only 1 sentence. As you can see, below is some quotations of your errors, with corrections applied.

there has been increasing for people who live alone and leave their family.

the number of people who live alone and leave their family has increased.

The reasons why persons dare ......... individual life because of financial and relationship problem.

The reasons why people dare ..... individual life are because of financial and relationship issue.

vacancies so that they

vacancies, so that they

the graduate students who live in the village and they attempt

(no need to mention the subject twice) the graduate students who live in the village also attempt to

they have to live in near the working place.

they have to live near the working place

For example; the parents who have over protective to their children will make their children decide

(it should be comma, not a semicolon) For example, the parents who are over protective towards the children will make them decide..

Overall, what you need to improve is your balance in composing all the paragraphs of your essay. Make one of them at least three sentences, and try to reduce the bulkiness of some paragraphs. I hope you find my feedback is fruitful. I am looking forward to see your future essays.

Keep writing and good luck! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 2: Living alone is an essential issue recently [4]

Hi EF members! :)

Please give me some relevant feedback about Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammar on this visual writing.

Question:
In recent times, many people are making the decision to live
alone.
What are the causes of this?
Does it have positive or negatives effects on society?

Answer:

In the past, living alone became a weird matter, but many people are accustomed to it nowadays. This becomes a recent updated issue in which this matter relates to some folk who decided to live by themselves. However, I would argue that there are two main causes of this problem, while it is also followed by several advantages and disadvantages, particularly its effect on other inhabitants.

With regards to the causes of staying unmarried, firstly, it is because of poor economic condition. This forces them to think twice about bonding a relationship or marry someone. For instance, a recent survey in Cambridge University has revealed that 69% of individuals with low or no income prefer to live alone. As a consequence, they will only think about how to survive than marry someone. Secondly, either poor or rich, both of them are not interested in marriage. They think that marriage will become an unwanted burden, for example. This results in the increasing number of unmarried humans. Thus, those two main reasons why dwellers decided to live alone.

Concerning to the demerits of living alone towards the society, first of all, it triggers bad impression from the citizens, such as gossiping. Second of all, this person will not have any son or daughter who can take care of himself, especially when he ill. Meanwhile, the merits of staying unmarried will convey good impression from the society, like their care. Another merit is they can remain creative or even develop themselves. For example, they can pursue their career to the highest level in which they can also devote their time to do some charity to increase the economic condition of some citizens.

In conclusion, the aforementioned evidence reveals that, dwellers are decided to live alone by several reasons. On the other hand, I would firmly argue that there are some positive and negative effects towards the society. Hence, I recommend that people are better to keep their descendants.
ichanpants89   
Apr 7, 2016
Scholarship / Graduated from Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, Petroleum Department with EXCELLENT degree [2]

Hi Mohamed, your essay is interesting. You have only minor grammatical errors, you have a good grammar consistency in using tenses. I see that this might be a great potential in you. However, I am not really sure that this essay is adequate in terms of the length of words or not, because as I know, usually it consists of at least 300 words per essay. For a breakdown of your grammatical issues, see the corrections below.

The main reason behind the decision to apply for the master's program at XX that I would like

(missing verb) The main reason behind the decision to apply for the master program at XX is that I would like...

Faculty of Engineering, Petroleum

Faculty of Engineering, particularly in Petroleum

with EXCELLENT

no need to make it in capital letter

top 1%

top 1%? did you mean top #1?

Good luck in revising your future essay. I am looking forward to see one of them.

Keep writing! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / Today, inevitably the number of people committing crime is rising. What could be done to stop it? [3]

Lita, your flow of ideas is well-done and well-organized. Yet, there are still some grammatical issues and punctuation in which can possibly affect your final grade on your essay. Somehow, I notice that your essay is a little bit bulky, it consists of 381 words. I suggest that perhaps you need to reduce it at least 350 words as your maximum limit, because if you keep doing this, I am afraid that your TASK 1 time will be sacrificed, then you will not able to finish all the IELTS writing tasks completely. For a detailed explanation on your grammatical mistakes, see the corrections below.

Today, inevitably the number of people committing crime is rising.

The number of people committing crime is inevitably rising nowadays. (I replaced the order of the words to make it clear)

The factors

These factors

first and foremost is some people in the parts of the community have l

(these two verbs need connector) the first and foremost is that some people people in the parts of community have

A survey of prisoners in state prisons in the late 1990

(irrelevant fact, 2016 cannot be compared to 1990)

survive life

survive in this world. (because survive is already linked to 'life', if you put it beside survive, it is inappropriate)

In regard with

With regards to..

The government hold

The government holds...

middle-income its citizens.

(I think 'its' here is not necessary, because it did not refer to anything) middle-income citizens.

can hand them sufficient money to fulfil their daily

...can hand sufficient money for them in order to fulfill daily....

Regarding this

Regarding to this,...

they poor people will be

the poor people will be...

if the crime is seen in the favour of its genesis, inadequate education, unemployment as well as poverty seems to be the main reason of the problems.

(confusing sentence, remember the rule of 'if......., ........ )
If the crime is seen as the favour of its genesis, unemployment seems to be the main reason of the problems.

As you can see, I have made some corrections and feedback towards your essay. Hope this helps. Keep writing! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / The total of movies rented and sold in diverse formats each year between 2002 and 2011 [2]

Ray, I can see that you have a great potential in writing, your lexical resource is outstanding. I also like your tenses consistency, it only left minor grammatical mistakes. However, there is no perfect writing after-all, you still need more development towards your complexity of sentences, because some of your sentences is confusing. Remember, clarity is the king. Try to reduce your confusing sentence to the lowest frequency. Now, for a description of your grammatical errors, with some corrections applied.

it was stood up at

it stood at

to the end of period

in the end of the period

thrice times

(pick one: thrice / three times, do not mix them)

lower than at beginning.

lower than the beginning

The same trend showed by the figure of VHS sales which decreased although this format just available for purchasing....

(confusing sentence, I think this is because the ratio of your subjects and verbs was not balance)
The same trend showed by the figure of VHS sales was decreased although this format was just available for purchasing....

One more thing to remember, you MUST UPLOAD the image of the chart. If you continuously do the same mistake like this, I will not be able to give thorough feedback towards your essay. I hope my feedback will be valuable for your future development. Keep up the good work! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / Excessive shopping leads to debt - causes and solutions. [3]

Ray, I like the way you deliver your ideas, it seems very smooth and clear. However, don't you think that 439 words is too much? It will be a time-consuming process if you do this in a real test in which your TASK 1 time will be sacrificed. As I can notice here, I found some mistakes concerning to some punctuation, and few grammatical errors. For me, when I read this essay, it seems like I listen to someone's presentation or explanation, which means your essay is more speaking-like rather than writing-like. But, somehow, your lexical range is impressive. This becomes your plus point in writing due to high consideration which will be taken from this aspect. Then, for a breakdown of your grammatical errors, with corrections applied.
ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK 2 - Traveling to many different places makes you more sophisticated [3]

Ester, I can say that your introduction and the first body paragraph are better than your second body paragraph and conclusion. This is because you tried to make your essay well-organized on those parts only, but left the other two become your weakness points. My suggestion for you is that, try to be more consistent in organizing your essay in a proper way. By fulfilling those tasks, you are able to answer your task achievement clearly, which definitely will not escape the attention of the examiner. Now, for a breakdown of your grammatical errors, with corrections applied.

different tourist destination

different tourist destinations

different tourist destination

(avoid repetitive words) different tourism places

before, although

(if the position of 'although or even though is in the middle of the sentence, it should be without comma)

It's

(do not use contractions)

Japanese

In Japan, people... or Japanese people..

elderly

elder

can see only in Japan

can only see in Japan

Although a new habit can make some people more stressed, because it need

(if you put 'although' there, it is unnecessary to put 'because')
Although a new habit can make some people become stress, they need an effort...

an effort to adapt and sometimes many situation cannot be predicted.

...an effort to adapt to some situations which cannot be predicted before.

As you can see, I left the last two paragraphs to be revised in a proper order as I mentioned before. I hope this feedback is fruitful to you.

Good luck for your next essay.
ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / The information about the United States of America dwellers consuming energy by fuel [2]

A breakdown of the information about the United States of America dwellers in consuming energy by fuel in quadrillion units from 1980 to 2030 is depicted in the line graph. Overall, the most obvious pieces of information are that, despite some fluctuations, Petrol and Oil fuel is the highest fuel amidst all other fuels, which then the market trend showed the gradual growth of all fuels over a 26-year period. It is also estimated that in the next 14 years the consumption will be rise gradually.

To begin with, the largest starting point was petrol and oil at roughly 35 units in 1980, while natural gas and coal started at approximately 20 and 15 quadrillion units respectively. Nuclear, Solar/Wind, and Hydropower stood at the same point, at approximately 3 quadrillion units. Then, Coal, Nuclear, Solar/Wind, and Hydropower showed a gradual growth since the beginning until 1990, whereas natural gas, and petrol and oil indicated a dramatic drop.

With regards to the future estimation for the fuels, Nuclear, Solar/Wind, and Hydropower will remain unchanged in the next 14 years, while the rest will witness a gradual growth. Petrol and oil, natural gas, and coal are going to increase moderately until the end of the period. In the end of the period, petrol and oil is going to reach its peak, at nearly 50 quadrillion units.



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ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / A breakdown of information about holiday maker percentage visiting England in Brighton; 1980 to 2010 [3]

Bastian, it is unfortunate that you forgot to write at least three sentences for each paragraph. I am afraid that if you keep doing this, it will be your habitual writing pattern. Just bear in mind that every time you want to practice IELTS writing, you should remember the 3-sentence rule, because it can be considered acceptable by the examiner. The notion is to have you present a complete thought and understanding of all the aspects of the chart you were provided. In this essay, you failed to display your ability to express yourself in the English language, which is a major component of the scoring system. Besides, I notice that your grouping was too simple in which this makes your paragraph was not well-developed. So the following still needs work.

Introduction paragraph:
A breakdown... It is measured... Overall,...
Second body paragraph:
Concerning to... Less change... Pavilion has...

So, I assume that by reading my feedback, you know what to do for your next essay.
Hope this helps.

Keep trying mate! :)
ichanpants89   
Apr 6, 2016
Writing Feedback / Human consumerism leads to a huge debt [2]

Angga, you essay is well-written and impressive. You are very informative and clear in yielding some transitive words to address the reader smoothly, which will not escape the attention of the examiner. Amidst all of that, I also found minor grammatical mistakes in which it is also your plus point to reach a higher band score in IELTS Task 2. However, there is no perfect writing, I notice that your second body paragraph is a little bit too bulky. Perhaps, you can decrease one or two sentence, and then put it in your conclusion, because your conclusion still needs one more sentence regarding to recommendation, hopes, or fears in the future. Now, for a breakdown of your grammatical errors, with corrections applied.

that they are belong to high

that they belong

abundant advertisement in this digitalized era always succeed

abundant advertisements in this digital era always succeed

So, good work on the more complex vocabulary and kudos for a well developed report. I hope to see more enhancement with your upcoming essays. :)

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