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Irina Lutsenko: IELTS, writing, cohesion
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Empowering you to write in English: from IELTS to novels 🦋
- IELTS 9 x3 (W8.5 x3)
- Alumna of 3 exchange programs in 🇺🇸 💎
- ELT degree, 21y teaching, 1y at university in 🇺🇸
- Speaker at TESOL 2024 🇺🇸 and ELT events 🇷🇺
- I write 💜

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http://ukfilms.ru/en/2017
Check out this British Film Festival. All the films are shown in English with Russian subnoscripts. Check the "Talks" page too, they sound fascinating.
#BritishFilmFestival #XVIIINewBritishFilmFestival #BritishFilm
#IELTS is everywhere.
My student has just sent me an ad he received from SAS. The ad is almost a textbook example of #Speaking Part 2.
Look at the adjectives: vibrant, cosmopolitan, world-leading, magnificent, unspoiled, spectacular, magnificent, majestic, cozy. (What a wonderful array of adjectives to describe places!).
But it's not just adjectives. There are wonderful phrases, like: culinary scene, bars popping up, has something for everyone.
#IELTSspeaking #IELTSspeakingpart2 #IELTSvocabulary #Vocabulary
I want to end the winter break with a book recommendation.
During the winter break I read "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson, which is a self-help guide to living a better life.
Don't let the name fool you. Even though the tone of the book is very light, the topics covered are very serious. Let me give you some subchapter names: "The misadventures of disappointment panda," "The tyranny of exceptionalism," "The dangers of pure certainty."
It's an easy, but thought-provoking read. Highly recommended.
WARNING: The book contains language that some readers might find strong.
#Read #MarkManson
http://woobox.com/nz83ye/gallery/oUImExvZAHc
You know me, I like participating in things. Here is a video I made for the 2018 Pearson ELT Teacher Award competition. I had to answer two questions:
Q1: How do you know when students are making progress in English?
Q2: What’s the best thing about being an English teacher?
The answers are sincere. The presentation... Well, let's just say I can forget about the career of a YouTuber.
#Pearson #PearsonELT #PearsonELTTeacherAward #ELT
I am thrilled to present a guest post by my student Alisa Chernikova. In this post, she talks about determination to succeed and recommends three great books that will help you get started on your success journey.
#EFL #ELT #Writing #Reading #Grit #TED #TEDtalks
http://iraluts.blogspot.ru/2018/03/do-you-really-need-grit.html
http://iraluts.blogspot.ru/2018/04/a-step-by-step-guide-to-ielts-line.html
My new post is very practical. It includes my step-by-step guide to IELTS line graphs and my own line graph denoscription. A must-read for IELTS test-takers.
#IELTS #IELTSacademic #IELTSwriting #IELTSwritingtask1 #Writing
What do people do wrong when they learn English? What’s the hardest thing about living in Ireland? Is moving abroad worth it?
🍀 An insightful interview with my awesome friend. 🍀
#EFL #English #LearnEnglish #Ireland #LiveAbroad #Relocate http://iraluts.blogspot.com/2018/09/an-interview-with-russian-software.html
Over the last 5 years, software developers have made up about 50% of my students. So I’ve decided to sum up my experience of teaching them. By the way, overcoming the challenges is totally worth it. 🐬
#EFL #ELT #English #Teaching #TeachingEnglish #ELT
http://iraluts.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-challenges-of-teaching-software.html
Who’s up for a 100-day challenge?
We are starting one on 13 January. 📆
Read about my previous writing challenge and pm or comment “I’m in” to join the next one. You can join with any activity, not necessarily writing. 🖊🎨🧘‍♀️
http://iraluts.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-i-learned-from-my-100-day-writing.html
I am thrilled to announce a guest post by Olesya Komarova in which she shares her experience of travelling in Great Britain on a tight budget. 🇬🇧
If you want to travel in the UK but don’t think you can afford it, read the post. You will want to go there even more, but you might reconsider being able to afford it.🍭
#UK #GreatBritain
http://iraluts.blogspot.com/2019/01/cracking-britain-part-1.html
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