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Name: Sekar Hanafi
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SHanafi   
Aug 15, 2014
Writing Feedback / 'the real achievement is when we can help others' - Summarize your accomplishment [3]

Dear Gagan, About grammar and tenses I strongly agreed with you.

Here my self correction, please give me another feedback

go through

goes

a village inhabitant hospitalizes

to communicates

Often, the ideal ideas contrary with the reality this I learn a lot to emerges myself in mythe journey to be better.

whatdid I achieved

However, I am working on distance from my family. We separated in different island which is about 1.300 kilometers. They live in Palembang, Sumatera and I live in Mojokerto, Java.

it would be a lot better to substantiate your ideology with some proofs or examples

I already try to give some proofs. Unfortunately, it was not well delivered. Would you quote the specific parts and kindly give me some revise sentences. Thank you :D
SHanafi   
Aug 14, 2014
Writing Feedback / ielts - The transformation from childhood into adulthood are every important in each person's life [2]

their psychology and behavior

I think you should focus on your prompt given

social behavior change in some ways. What are the main different between young children's social behavior and that of adults

.People

Give a space

let take a following scenario as an example

It sounds spoken. Probably, it is better if you say for example or for instance.

You have a good content in your discussion. However, considering about your essay layout to comfort reader eyes. Further, please giving a space to separate your paragraphs.
SHanafi   
Aug 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / The dominance of imported entertainment is harmful to the culture of these countries.Do you agree? [4]

Hi, Zahra...Welcome to this forum
One of the forum rule is adding the purpose, it is for IELTS, TOEFL or others, and the prompt (an essay question). Once you start your new threat further, you can type it in the subject box. It is beneficial for other member to give appropriate advice. Considering about essay's layout, I mean please put a space between your paragraphs

Secondly, some countries do not have enough resources, so the best way for them is that they broadcast those programs.

them is not clearly referred, which countries they are ?

hopefully it helps and keep writing
SHanafi   
Aug 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / 'I am always exhilarated when doing my social work job' - the reason for leaving [5]

The word very is almost never a good word to use in a sentence

Thank you for the enlightenment, Kevin. The main problem in my writing is I usually translated my first languange to English.

these regulations are in place because of the way the government chooses to arrange experience for new graduates.

I think this far better than my sentence :)

How about the content, should I add another information related to this prompt?
SHanafi   
Aug 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / 'I am always exhilarated when doing my social work job' - the reason for leaving [5]

The prompt wants to know he reason for leaving my job. I am not sure this not quite long for an expalanation but I do avoid redundancy. Here I try to describe shortly and clearly. If you find any mistakes or any information that I should add, please do not hesitate to comment. Thank you :D

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I am very exhilarating doing my social job in helping people in the field work directly. Unfortunately, I just limited time in job contract and from the beginning ministry already state on un-extension contract. Such regulation due to the mission from the government for giving experience from fresh graduated.

Because of I love helping people so I am applying for YPP 2014. In my purpose beside I can help another people as international civil servant, I dream the next generation can live in the world of peace.
SHanafi   
Aug 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / 'the real achievement is when we can help others' - Summarize your accomplishment [3]

Please review my writing. The propmt says "summarize your achievement". Thank you
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will, a saying conducted by Henrik Ibsen go through deeply my mind about what did I achieved. Recently, I already did my job as social worker for 10 months and most of my activity is teaching. Based on my reflection the achievement that I get is not about my successful in teaching local inhabitants but I did lots of lesson from them instead. I find my spirit to study after my idleness after my college graduation. Moreover, local inhabitants here teach me about sincerity and togetherness that rarely seen in urban living. It effects in decreasing my selfishness. They teach to me directly from their daily how to care and aware with the surrounding. For instance, when a village inhabitant hospitalize, majority of neighbor come together to visit and support for the wellness. I think the best achievement cannot be seen by the prestige that we got, but how far it effects in our self developing.

In managing my peer, I also learn a lot about leadership. How to communicates, how to find win-win solution about organizational problem and mainly how to be patience. Often, the ideal ideas contrary with the reality this I learn a lot to emerge myself in my journey to be better.

However, I am working on distance from my family. We separated in different island which is about 1.300 kilometers. This situation encouraged me to develop self-responsibility and independence. While usually my family stay surround to help me, it is contrary nowadays. Obviously, the experience living outside home develop myself become braver and tougher.

In conclusion, achievement for me is not merely measure as the quantity of prestige that a person got, but the real achievement is when we can help other, feel pleasure and going through become a better person.

SHanafi   
Aug 13, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: 'economic, diplomacy, and environmental' - most popular career choices for youth in Indonesia [4]

This is a good essay with clear explanation
I would like to assist few things.

Commonly, making 4 paragraphs in IELTS essay writing is the most suitable in conquering time. However, If you could make such writing under 40 minutes you already did well preparation.

. From three sectors, only diplomacy sector can lead all popular career. So diplomacy will be most popular career in next five year in Indonesia.

You did a general judgement. While your prompt requires you to feel the most popular career choice , Probably you can state your personal statement with a phrase such I think, I believe or I feel in chosing the most popular career.
SHanafi   
Aug 13, 2014
Letters / 'social worker' - Description about my current work duty [NEW]

I am going to apply a job. One of the question is about describing my duties in my current work. Here I try to explain. Hopefully you can help me in mechanic (grammar and punctuation, and capilatization) and the clarity of my writing. Probably you have advices what another content that I should add, please do not hesitate to comment. Thank you :D

Social Work Duties



Social work is a discipline of human service. It is also related to the multiple approach in order to help people commonly in rural and remote areas. In accordance to this spirit I am servicing in a social work as my current job. In such work, I am responsible for empowering local inhabitants in Sentonorejo, a village in Mojokerto east Java Province Indonesia. As far as I am concern, education become a fundamental aspect to walk throughout the box. So I decide go more deeply with such aspect. Not surprisingly, people in rural area are commonly more interest in investing in economical aspect rather than invested in educational aspect. For instance, become a labor in the young age are more prestigious instead of continuing their education in university. According to such thoughtfulness, I want to increase the culture of literation among youngster. This is the reason why I develop village library and study group namely Bagoes as my project. Interestingly each of my students have student also in lower grade.

While my job is engaged with social work, I do many complementary duties engaged with local culture and social activities. I am also help local inhabitant in registering in hospital until they get the suitable medication. Furthermore, in terms of my duty to give an idea to the youth local organization, I organized a democratic election for the Karang Taruna's chairman. My daily routine also help the village officer in the administration service.

As the regional coordinator for Mojokerto region, I am also supervised 13 of my peer in their duties which spread in another 7 different village. I lead the routine meeting to solve what the obstacle faced in each village and finding its solution together with other member and also accommodate all of personal progress to report to the assistant committees on time. Meanwhile, I should make a report monthly to the state ministry of youth and sport affairs including the progress from my project and recent village's activities that I contributed. However, the main responsibility of my existence is giving idea and inspiration for village development. This is the main mission from the ministry that my supervisor would like to see.

In conclusion, I am so proud become a social worker in developing people in rural area.

SHanafi   
Aug 11, 2014
Writing Feedback / Self Introduction For UN Young Professional Programme [7]

Dear fadlan, thank you in advance and welcome to this forum. Yap, writing is my big project obviously to make it authentic for native. In terms of achievement would you kindly explained more why the achievement that I do practically should be avoid ? In my mind personally, I would like to show them what I did specifically.

However,thank you also for the vocabulary corrections mainly about my programme :D
SHanafi   
Aug 8, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS 2: CONSIDERING DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM [6]

TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE?

Hence, I strongly believe that disadvantages of tourism in ones country should not be neglected.

I strongly believe that it is of the same importance to consider the disadvantages when planning to develop such place for tourism.

While the prompt requires us to state our agreement, better if you add in your essay "agree or disagree"

Natural resources isare

SHanafi   
Aug 8, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS - 'the chart also predicts the proportions in 2040' - quantity of the population aged 65 [6]

Consider about essay's layout. I means put space between paragraph, it comforts reader to read your whole essay.

The graph illustrates the quantity

It is used for describing thing(s) not person
Maybe the example from my dictionary will help you
He had consumed a large quantity of alcohol
The police also found a quantity ofammunition in the flat.

After that the proportions of USA and Sweden increased to a peak in 1980, where USA represented 15% while Sweden was also managed to come near to that point.

Be careful with your observation, I think three of trends depict their peak in 2040 and it predicts will increase in following years.

However the chart also predicts the proportions in 2040 which are contradictory tothe past .

please be specific when the main years you means ?
SHanafi   
Aug 6, 2014
Writing Feedback / Self Introduction For UN Young Professional Programme [7]

I try to make an introductory for applying a position for UN Young Professional Program. Please kindly corrected my writing from it's structure, content, essay's flow and so on, Thank you :D

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Hello

My name is Sekar Paramitha Hanafi, please call me Kar.
I am currently seeking a position on United Nation Young Professionals Progamme.
I am 24 years old and I came from Palembang, South Sumatera Indonesia.
I recently just graduated from Diponegoro University with the with the Bachelor degree in Psychology. Just recently work as young village development, a program under regulation of the ministry of Sport.

From the really young age I always involve on helping people in term of social working. I joined with the Psikologi Hijau, an organization which cares about environment and the social problems. I have been the volunteer in the refugee camp of Merapi eruption in Keji village Muntilan Yogyakarta province in 2010. I run a program to assist children in the trauma healing program. Fortunately, our camp got the aid from UNICEF and Child Fund. I planned and conducted daily program covert with playing method and also running a trauma healing class twice a day for 1 month. Besides, I also run and manage the administration and lead the organization as the organization secretary and leader for two periods. The camp situation realize me that many people still do not get their right that should have been.

In my first years I won the election as the student senate committee as the representative of 2008 classes. I work as the public relation staff who responsible to bridge and announce the reliable information from student to campus administrator and vice versa.

As the lecture assistant, I also assisting incoming freshman in the classes of psychological graphic test as the lecture assistant. I was mentoring student to analyze and make report for Draw a person test and BAUM test outside the class through mentor program on campus.

In college I've always been assisting professor in conducting an international research.
I was able to assist the professor with daily activities plan and accommodate the data from participant from the kindergarten to the university level.

I enjoy do social working very much that motivated me more than ever to fans out and hopefully to meet the helpless people that I be working throughout the world.

What motivates me?
Empowering people in my current job drives me to do career in human right.
People in rural area got the differentiation in treating of their right in comparison with urban people as the majority of them are uneducated. In my country especially, modernity engaged with urban people sometimes unconsciously made the different caste between rural and urban people.

I think this such a fantastic opportunity to not only emerge myself in different culture and also the best career chose as the international civil servant. So, I can work overseas to help people as my interesting around the world after my social working experience.

A few of my hobbies are hiking, sightseeing, travelling, rafting I like creative art and I enjoy cooking very much. On my free time I join in motivated program for the orphan. I hope the orphan have a little insight from what we do and feel that they are have some opportunity to become an success adult similar with the children in complete family living. I very obsess to do international career. I believe that I will be the great candidate to your organization And I hope you will allowed me to be a part of your community around the world. Please contact me in interested and hurry, my personal information will be available in the end of this essay. That will very cool for me in join in United Nation Youth Professional Programme, in Assist, travel and explore. And I hope to accomplish my venture career in such biggest international organization with people around the world. Thank you
SHanafi   
Aug 2, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: The contribution of agriculture, manufacturing and business sectors to the UK economy [7]

Would you mind giving me an example of the overview sentence for this ?

I'd love too

Overall, agriculture sector experienced a decrease in the UK economic condition, as opposed to the Business and Financial sector whose rates inceased significantly during the period. Meanwhile, there was a fluctuation in the percentage of Manufacturing sector.
SHanafi   
Jul 29, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS: The contribution of agriculture, manufacturing and business sectors to the UK economy [7]

IELTS task 1 requires the examinee to write at least 150 words. Adding more words in this report will increase your mark.

Intro: simply paraphrase the question given.

The bar chart shows the contribution of three sectors in UK economic development from 1900 to 2000.

It can be clearly seen from the data that there was a downward trend in the percentage of manufacturing while the figure for business and financial went up over the period.

In your overview you need to add the information about agriculture sector changes too while it depicts in the chat
SHanafi   
Jul 25, 2014
Writing Feedback / Oil discovery has been most beneficial for people in Iran [6]

We should be thanks of god for this precious resources because if we didn't have this resources, I wouldn't have been pharmacist now with that money.

We are very grateful to an abundant oil supply given by the almighty. It effects the future nation prosperity generally and the economical statue of my family specifically. As result, my father can school his children to gain a professional position. For instance, I work as the pharmacist nowadays.

Hopefully my assistance can increase the essay's coherence.

didn't

wouldn't

avoid contraction in the formal writing
SHanafi   
Jul 20, 2014
Graduate / 'Learning is an essential pathway to success' - compare and contrast essay [3]

Both teaches us almost similar things with the only difference that, whatever we learn from books are ideal things. On the other hand, experiences teaches us practical things.

brilliant idea !!
I like your explaining, I can catch what you meant.

In addition to effective memory, when we learn from experiences, along with the basics we also learn different modifications of the thing which we discover while practicing it. And this sometimes make things much easier and faster. For example, I had learnt from my textbooks about different instruments which are used in root canal treatment. But what if you are about do a patient and discovered that some of the instruments are not available or are damaged? The answer to this, I had learnt from my experience, that how any other instrument can be used to function in the same way as the required instrument.

Personally, in such paragraph I suggest you to add the beneficial of gaining knowledge from book instead of experience. It can make the comparison and contrast that the prompt required look more clearly.
SHanafi   
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS] 'Long-term positive effects of culture' - should tourist obey local customs and behaviors? [6]

Just ask you why should I not write like above? Too long?

examplary
exemplary

misspelling

To offer an instance
For instance

Please open your collocation dictionary
"instance"
is engaged with preposition for, in , and of
not with "to"

In addition to this,
In addition

Again open your dictionary. Try to be peruse with the sentence example given
As far as my understanding based on the dictionary given
Authentic text commonly used "in addition " not "in addition to this "
Here a example that I hope can help you
The company provides cheap Internet access. In addition, it makes shareware freely available.
SHanafi   
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS ESSAY; companies and other organisations are requiring their employees to wear a uniform [2]

Hi, devaraj

in industries, factories, hospital, hotel, restaurant, nuclear and atomic power plant, saloon etc

This is called shopping listing unfortunately, it indicates laziness. As far as I read the authentic text, they usually noted maximum three words in parallelism pattern .

for example : industries, factories and restaurants

Your second body para looks lengthy, or perhaps you forget to put a space there ?. Kindly considered about essay's layout because it is important to raise the reader's attention.
SHanafi   
Jul 20, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS] 'Long-term positive effects of culture' - should tourist obey local customs and behaviors? [6]

To offer an instance

For instance

exa mplary

exemplary

In addition to this,

In addition

You have wide range of lexical resource and that is one of the essential aspects in assessing IELTS writing.

Would you mind rating

you can check the requirement of each band in IELTS Writing descriptor.

Have you conquer the time while finishing such task?, 40 minutes running so fast especially in the exam :D
SHanafi   
Jul 19, 2014
Scholarship / Contribution in solving a challenge, implementing change or reform [3]

Hey kikiliyik, you come from Indonesia?
Let me try to help you

Perhaps this quite reflects what you want to say

Bassically, I and my friends had high expectation to do more for our department by this study club

The main proposed of the club establishment was to give academic contribution to the faculty improvement in terms of student research.

This study Club had responsibility to help every single student that want to join competition in regional or national area

Practically, the club activity was addressed to assist every eligible student in joining engineering competition in regional or national area. Another club purpose was to give intensive assistance for engineering in complete their assignment.

Blessing in Disguise

I am afraid that such idiom is not appropriate with your essay especially in academic using
here I got an example from internet
Tony's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise, because he got enough insurance money from the other driver to make a down payment on a house.

at the start

in the beginning

no body

.Each of us

. in a year

please re-check about capitalization and punctuation usage

It is better that you improve the clarity of your essay. Besides, I suggest you to read as many authentic English text to make your essay more natural.
SHanafi   
Jul 17, 2014
Writing Feedback / Technological improvement has always two sides, benefits and drawbacks [5]

Human have made a great technological process in the last hundred years. However, this progress has negative effects on people's lives. To what extend do you agree or disagree ?

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Technology plays a vital role in human lives. Obviously, it simplifies the people in their daily routines. On the other hand, some people view that the drawback followed the technological improvement. I tend to disagree with the former due to several reasons.

Technological improvement followed by several drawbacks. Over using of computer can be effect for the vision impairment and pain in the backbone. The student who becomes active user of computer nowadays results highly number of myopia case in the early age. Surely, it was different while the using of typing machine without radiation screen stance stronger as the main equipment for student using.

However, the advance of technology helps people adversely in their daily living. It can be seen in the field of home living and office working. For instance, Indonesia people over decades spent around hours with several steps to cook rice as their daily intake. It is different nowadays, with the betterment of technology, eatable rice can be served around 45 minutes with just one pressing in the Magic Jar. In any case office using we can see in the public service. Recently, police officer need minutes while reporting robbery custody with the manual typing machine. What about if the case increases, how many times consume just for making report, and how many time the officer need to arrest the criminals? In helping of technological process, such as computer and handy talk, making a report and communicate with become easier and the case can be solved quickly.

Having said that, technological improvement has always two sides, benefits and drawbacks. I tend to disagree that the improvement process of technology damages people especially in their daily lives while tremendous benefit stands more than it's drawback.

SHanafi   
Jun 23, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS] Classmates' impacts on children's performance at school [11]

aren't they contrary??? maybe the essay isn't coherent?

Generally IELTS wants us to make an discursive essay. So, making contra explanation between the bodies is quite in line with IELTS requirement. Then in the conclusion you can state your position

Do you agree or disagree with the statement

. Perhaps with your first body or the second one.

By the way, Salmon. I just wanna share what I know about IELTS writing with my language limitation :D. I hope this quite understandable and can help you.
SHanafi   
Jun 18, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS] Classmates' impacts on children's performance at school [11]

can you clarify a little bit? I don't quite get it?

Yes, let me try

here your prompt =>

Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child's success in school

The first body paragraph better that you said "Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child's success in school "

Conversely, the second body paragraph you can said that parents are more influence than classmate on child success in school

This is just my point of view to breakdown the prompt in the bodies of the essay.As we know there is not strict standard in answering IELTS writing task. So, I cannot say that my comment is the truth one :D
SHanafi   
Jun 17, 2014
Writing Feedback / [IELTS] Classmates' impacts on children's performance at school [11]

However, in my opinion, the classmates should be regarded as the most important influence on individual achievements.

kindly looking back to your prompt

Do you agree or disagree

it is better to you to state about your position as you agree or disagree . Adding this in introduction, actually, will be increased your mark in task responses.

Looking backward to the prompt in answer the bodies

Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child's success in school

Probably, in the first paragraph you can make a comparison contrast that classmate are more important than parents in influencing student success in school and vice versa in the next paragraph.
SHanafi   
Jun 17, 2014
Student Talk / Took the IELTS Today and didn't go as I expected :( [35]

IELTS exam - the result was very unsatisfied

Dear all of contributors and essay members

I need plenty of time to come back to this platform. In this occasion, I regret to inform you about my IELTS result. After a quite long preparation unfortunately the result was very unsatisfied. I got 5 in writing and listening, 5.5 for speaking and 6 for reading. It is 5,5 in overall. I want to say sorry especially to Dumi, Pahan, MisterWandering and Eddies who always help me in my practices. The result means that I have to study harder.
SHanafi   
Jun 4, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS TASK I : US Crude Oil Imports (15 countries) [6]

approximately 1900 thousand barrels crude oil in US was comecame from Canada from 2007 to 2008

It was followed by Saudi Arabia and Mexico as the second and the third highest oil supplier for US country.

the nine countries exports

SHanafi   
Jun 3, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 1: Channel one news viewing figures [4]

over a 12-month period, from January to December.

.. over a calendar year
It looks like an long essay. Please be considered to make it in 20 minutes.
SHanafi   
Jun 3, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 1 : Hydro Electric process [5]

this is a preposition, not to-infinitive

how we know the differences between to as stand as preposition and to as infinitive?

because I ever see the using of prior with to, so I do the same
Here the dictionary said
prior to sth
before a particular time or even
example : the weeks prior to her death

be more specific in here - however, it does not mean that you need to write many miniature details

why only sea water? how about the water in the reservoirs?.... do not make mistakes in the body paras

as I observed, the diagram shows evaporation is only comes from sea water and the reservoir function is to collect rain water :((
SHanafi   
Jun 3, 2014
Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 1 : Injuries and Incidents [5]

Hi, leoking

number should be '76'

... thank you for correcting. :D

Hi eddies,

commuter railS
should be a plural form

Yap, I understand.I often do writing with imitating the phrase which is provided in the picture. Commuter rail not use "s" so I followed it. Unfortunately, it is wrong..

the chart or graph always presents trends and details and it does not compare.

... even the data make a comparison about two things we cannot use "compare" in the introduction, Dumi ?

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