http://www.dcielts.com An IELTS teacher's exam guide Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:02:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-essays/planning-ielts-essays-and-finding-ideas/ http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-essays/planning-ielts-essays-and-finding-ideas/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:55:41 +0000 Dominic Cole http://www.dcielts.com/?p=8000

A lesson to help you understand, find and use ideas in IELTS essays]]> http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-essays/planning-ielts-essays-and-finding-ideas/feed/ 15 http://www.dcielts.com/task-1-2/understanding-part-1-writing/ http://www.dcielts.com/task-1-2/understanding-part-1-writing/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:44:01 +0000 Dominic Cole http://www.dcielts.com/?p=7173

Advice on how to find the correct details to include in a task 1 report describing a bar chart]]> http://www.dcielts.com/task-1-2/understanding-part-1-writing/feed/ 0 http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-essays/the-planning-process/ http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-essays/the-planning-process/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:36:09 +0000 Dominic Cole http://www.dcielts.com/?p=1313

Ideas on how and what to plan in IELTS essays]]> http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-essays/the-planning-process/feed/ 10 http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-writing/academic-task-1-pie-charts/ http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-writing/academic-task-1-pie-charts/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:10:30 +0000 Dominic Cole http://www.dcielts.com/?p=1155

This post contains a long training video on how to analyse a pie chart for IELTS writing part 1. In it, I look at and suggest how to approach a part 1 question. In brief, my tips are: See the big picture: do not get lost in the detail – it is a summarising task [...]]]> http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-writing/academic-task-1-pie-charts/feed/ 15