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Let's read this IELTS task to question.

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Currently there is a trend toward alternative forms of medicine.

However, at best these methods are ineffective and at worst they may be dangerous.

To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Use examples and explanations to support your opinion.

Once we have read this question and done our planning identified several key points for our argument, we're ready to write the introductory paragraph, tip number one, for the introductory paragraph, you must use a direct thesis.

What is a thesis?

The thesis is your position?

It's your argument.

It's the last sentence of your introductory paragraph, it tells the reader what you think is the answer to the question as well, it shows the reader the voice that you will be using and it makes clear the structure of your essay.

Now, very importantly for those high band scores, the thesis must be a direct thesis.

This means it should clearly identify the points for argument that you will expand on and explain in more detail in your body paragraphs.

This is opposite to an indirect thesis.

Many students use indirect thesis statements in their task.

Two essays, they say statements like in this essay, I will discuss the negatives and the benefits of using alternative medicines.

This is an indirect thesis because it does not give a clear idea to the reader what you will actually state in the essay.

This is not effective in academic writing, it's much better to clearly state your points.

Have a look at this introductory paragraph and look at this direct thesis statement.

Although some individuals ascertain that alternative medicine is negative.

This is completely inaccurate because alternative medicines are extremely inexpensive and effective interventions for most ailments.

This direct thesis shows the reader right away That this is a 3rd person essay.

It's not using I me, my or you.

It also shows the reader that body paragraph one will be about the advantages of alternative medicines because they are affordable.

And it also shows the reader that Body paragraph two will explain how alternative medicines are in fact effective means of treatment.

Again, remember to practice this at home, write direct thesis statements.

Don't write what you will write about.

It's a short essay simply just write it be direct.

That's tip number one.

Now let's discuss tip number two a second.

Important notion to keep in mind for those high band scores is to use quantitative language as well as qualitative language.

In your essay, especially in your body paragraphs, quantitative language means quantity or numbers and amount this is opposite to qualitative language.

Qualitative languages abstract.

An idea of qualitative language is like stating the word.

Many Translating this to quantitative language would mean such as 150 many, how many?

150.

It's very important that you translate and interpret qualitative explanations to quantitative language in your essay.

Take a look at this example in body paragraph one.

In many cases traditional remedies can be bought for just a few dollars or even produced in a person's garden.

As where pharmaceuticals may cost 10 times as much to cure the same illness, It can cost $100 for just a few pills.

These are all quantitative forms of language.

Use these throughout your essay to increase your band scores Now for tip number three for high band essays, it's very important to have good flow and cohesion among your ideas in the essay.

This means having strong connections.

Now of course you can use connective words like firstly secondly further more however, but these are simply just words.

Even more importantly you should use information to make connections among your ideas.

A great way to do this is the examples in your body paragraphs Work hard to use the same example in body paragraph one to show your point number one and then the same example in body paragraph two.

To support your second point, take a look at the example in body paragraph two for this essay and how it supports the second argument.

The same garlic and parsley used to treat a bacterial infection, not only helps to cleanse the body but also boost the immune system so that the person's natural defenses can restore health.

Using the same example of garlic and parsley to explain the effectiveness of alternative medicines as were in body paragraph one we used garlic and parsley to show that alternative medicines are inexpensive is a very powerful way to support our argument that in fact alternative medicines are useful and a valuable investment of people's time.

This creates lots of cohesion in the information and certainly boosts band scores.

Alright so now let's summarize these three points and remember to practice them In order to boost your band score.

Remember # one have a direct thesis.

Number two include quantitative information and explain qualitative information with quantitative ideas.

Number three create strong cohesion among and between your body paragraphs using the same example to strengthen different points of your thesis.

Practice these skills at home and surely you will see improvement the next time you sit for your I.

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