vocabulary words for IELTS more specifically we're going to look at the vocabulary you
need to score over a 7 in the writing and this video is divided into three parts we're
going to look at the definitions: academic vocabulary TSV vocabulary or TSV we're going
to look at how to find it then in the final part I'm going to give you a formula for how
to use these types of vocabulary how to apply them into your essay so you can boost your
score let's jump straight into it so as you probably know in English and probably in other
languages that a lot of words can have two meanings for example what animal is the best
at baseball a bat okay if you smiled you have to like the video let's jump into it so the
definitions we've got academic vocabulary and TSV I'll tell you what TSV is in a second
academic vocabulary basically means the most sophisticated type and it's usually more accurate
as well so for example we could say good instead of good we could say positive instead of bad
we can say detrimental we can say negative consequences you’d say considerable downside
so it's usually more accurate it's usually a longer word with more syllables in it and
yeah just be aware that if you are using words like good bad these are quite basic vocabulary
and this kind of vocabulary you’re more likely to find it in spoken English whereas
the academic vocabulary we're more likely to find it in reports government reports and
things like that which I'll go into in more detail in second the next vocabulary is TSV
this is topic-specific vocabulary I've give you an example so we could say imagine the
topic is crime now vocabulary that is specific to that topic i.e. crime would be jail a punishment
a sentence: as in he got a 3-year sentence for committing, another word, crime we could
talk about the legal system we could talk about the judge the jury all these types of
words which are more likely we are more likely to find in this topic than in other topics
that's why they’re topic-specific vocabulary in this kind of vocabulary we need to put
into our essays if we're serious about scoring a band 7 or more now how do we get this vocabulary
fantastic question there now to get your academic vocabulary is quite a straightforward technique
which I'll share with you now what you do for example staying with our example of crime
we want to find crime vocabulary what we can do is go to Google and then just put crime
UK government report PDF okay and then we can find actual reports written by the government
so it's going to be like official language we can even put crime Cambridge University
report or employment Cambridge University report PDF and then we find this PDF and we
go through and we look for words that we don't understand and we look for sophisticated words
and also don't just copy down the list get it in context and then maybe try and write
a few sentences also using that word to help you incorporate it into your own lexical resource
next one a very very useful source the TED Talks so go to ted.com find the topic maybe
climate change maybe crime maybe speaking but that's not a nice topic the environment
or technology and the advantage of doing this is like the other one is that we can find
the words in context and this is really important because if we’re just going to download
the academic word list okay we want to find a lot of words that are commonly found in
our essays are commonly found in academic literature but having a whole list is completely
useless because you don't know how to use the words that you've found in this list you
don't know when it's correct to use them how we can use them the context in which we can
use them so this is why finding the vocabulary in the context in the correct context is fundamental
to using it correctly so this is why I gave you two sources where you're actually going
to find the vocabulary you need in its natural environment i.e. in its own context so we
go to the TED Talks we listen and we try and highlight and pay attention to specific vocabulary
used with that topic make a list write the whole sentence out in which that term or that
word was used and then try and incorporate it into the next essay you write now then
how to use it this is part three of the video we're going to go into the formula that you
can use to apply this new vocabulary into your essays and boost your score improve your
IELTS score from 6.5 to 7 to 8 and 9 whichever now then imagine we have found sort of like
the synonyms: synonyms of good or synonyms of bad I'll give you an example for bad we
could have considerable disadvantages considerable downside for good we could have considerable
advantages considerable upside and what we're going to do is just look through our essay
find the basic words and then switch them or we might even have to reorganize the whole
sentence but this is good practice we want to reorganize a sentence so it follows a similar
pattern to the pattern we identified when we took that word okay and then we're going
to upgrade our essay we're going to upgrade our sentences to make them sound more academic
and likewise we're going to do the same with the topic-specific vocabulary and a good tip
here is if you --for example if you're talking about technology and you say technology has
brought society lots of good things so instead of ‘things’ we can use lots of valuable
devices and then give an example such as the cell phone so just the cell phone I can't
say pages to show my age so just the cell phone digital microscopes and of course drones
something like this but that kind of vocabulary we're only going to find if we are writing
about technology so it's considerably it’s vastly better vastly superior in improving
my own vocabulary from better to superior and vastly superior anyway it's vastly superior
using words like drone cellphone digital microscope than ‘things’ okay so that's just one
example and of course we will have found these terms in the correct context so we can be
more confident when we're using them now the best way to improve with this is to one as
I said you do your research okay you look for opportunities in your essay of finding
sorry you look for opportunities you look for the new vocabulary then you make your
lists and your sentences you write your normal essay you go through it and you look for opportunities
to upgrade to improve the essay and now the final step perhaps the most important is you
get feedback you look for ways sorry don't look for ways you get feedback you get your
essay evaluated and you find somebody who can say: this is used correctly this is a
disaster burn your paper no don't find somebody who says this but find somebody who's going
to say this is excellent this is terrible this is good this could be improved because
unless you get that feedback you do not know where you are you do not know if you're making
mistakes you don't know if you're improving your essay and this kind of frustration can
really negatively affect your performance when you're preparing for the exam I find
personally when I know exactly what I want to do and how to do it I can go faster if
I'm clueless if I'm questioning myself if I'm doubting my writing then it's much difficult
to move forward and also I'm much more likely just to drop it leave it and come back in
a few days and I would have lost I would have lost three days four days of vital preparation
time or learning time depending on the task I’ll be doing so this is why it's very important
to get some feedback because it's going to maintain your motivation maintain your interest
especially if you get positive feedback which is one thing that we do try and encourage
at ieltspodcast.com essay correction service so have a look at that the essay correction
service you can find it at ieltspodcast.com I'd strongly recommend it and also use what
I just mentioned and then try and get feedback on your work so good luck with your IELTS
preparation remember that the fastest and most efficient way to improve is to get feedback
and remember the final thing that you're not alone in this and you will pass if you put
in the work and the preparation my name is Ben thank you very much for watching and there’ll
be more videos coming soon have a great day