How to write a genuinely informal IELTS letter!

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Hey! I have noticed over the last few years that students really struggle to write letters that are genuinely informal. Even good students who follow all of the language rules for informal letters send me letters to mark that feel "cold" and "stiff" and simply still " too formal". Why is that? Well, that is what I sat down this week to ponder, and the result is this podcast!
Today, Nick and I will show you how you can turn your good informal IELTS letters into great ones by making PERSONAL COMMENTS. Yes, those are often the missing element in a great IELTS letter. We will give you examples of good letters that contain no comments and then show how adding small references to your personal relationship with the recipient can really make a huge difference to your tone. And, why is tone important? Well, it is the quality of your tone that more or less dictates your score for Task Achievement, which is one quarter of your overall score for General Training Task 1.
You can read more about today's episode at: https://blog.myieltsclassroom.com/ielts-informal-letter/

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