Key Insights after Marking Over 10,000 Essays 

Short Summary: What makes the difference when writing? - Coherence - always ask, "So what?" - Logic - remove sentences that don't make sense - Choose the easiest idea to write about and have a clear position - Don't use fancy vocabulary; otherwise, you're likely to make many mistakes.

You taught me in 46 minutes what I could not learn in 4 months and I wasted both my money and time in coaching. Thank you from the bottom of my heart♥

I was stuck in 6.5 in my writing… but this time I followed only your videos and everything you said we should do. I got a 7 today with an overall band score of 8. Thanks so much.

Your honest nature with your students separates you from other IELTS teachers 🌚🖤

"Who cares about your brother" was hilarious 😂

This is actually one of the most realistic and valuable content about the writing topic among thousands I have seen so far. I wish I got these advice earlier than this. Much appreciation, Chris! Edit: I got an overall 7.5 from exam last week. The best part is 6.5 for writing section because I could only write an introduction for the task 1 (yes! Almost all score is coming from task 2!) This is still the best guide for a successful writing. My appreciation is for the whole team!

I recently managed to get a 8.5 overall in the IELTS academic exam and this channel was my main source of learning materials and strategies. Thank you so much for providing us with invaluable information about the test as well as making it much less daunting than what some teachers claim it to be.

After watching your videos about writing, my thinking was totally changed. I got overall 7.5 with 7.0 in writing in January. Thank you so much

Hi Chris, I can't thank you enough for all the IELTS lessons that you've created on RU-vid. I had just a month to prepare for my academic test and you were a great help. I received my results today and got a band 7.5 in writing by using your strategies (my weakest component), and an overall band 8. Please continue sharing your insights and I believe that everyone out there taking the exam will greatly benefit from your content!

I've never thought that watching a single video on youtube could improve my writing score from 5.5 to 7, like hoooooow😂😭 Thank you for your amazing job, you've changed my perception of IELTS writing task 2!

Thank you so much. With your videos, I have finally accomplished 7.5 overall in the IELTS. You and your team are absolutely amazing!

I can’t believe I’m excited to watch this

Following the steps Chris highlighted in this video, and other videos on reading and listening, I got an 8.0 in writing and an overall 8.5 score. Thanks a lot Chris.

you never cease to impress me, you now have what I need to ace my writing as well, i really appreciate how you always refer to the ielts marking scheme to explain rationales behind each and everything we should and shouldn't do

Hey chris,I can't thank youu enough,I mean you're so genuine and kind that you really want your students to excel their skills rather than some RU-vidrs who will give you some magical words to get the desired band score. You're doing an amazing job,god bless you and your family. I got overall band 7 and the videos regarding writing was a lifesaver since i didn't get enough time to prepare..I'll strongly recommend this channel for ielts preparations.

Hi, I prepped for IELTS only the day before my official exam and this was my first time sitting for it. Naturally, I was freaking out and your videos were the only study materials I used. I received my results today and I scored an 8! Thank you so much for everything, and keep going!

thanks a lot Chris! It was my first time taking the IELTS exam as I need it for studying overseas, just watched two of your videos for prep before my exam 2 hours ago and I got an 8.5 overall! Was not expecting it at all!

I cannot describe how much I appreciate your work! But I'll try to get a band 8 in W (or at least, 7,5) and I'll tell you!!!

Your unyielding determination for the hope of helping the candidates to improve their English is awsome and deserves respect.

I used to write pretty much the same as the first essay that you analyzed and got a 6.5 on IELTS writing two months ago. As an Asian student, I was taught to memorize a bunch of memorized sentences in order to apply to every essay so this video really helps me a lot. Thank you so much for helping me and other learners recognize our mistakes, Mr Chris!

this video completely blows my mind, i've been taught how to write an essay by my teacher, and up to now, i'm so confused about the money and also efforts that I put into the whole writing process, but i have no chance to be hesitant so I'll follow your writing style, since you're more reliable at some points, thanks a lot chris

duly noted! This video is truly for learners like me who need to overcome obstacles when it comes to self studying writing skill. This has given me a deeper understanding into the way IELTS writing essays are marked and how learners like me should write in order to get our desired band score. hope this video will be widespread soon. Appreciate your work and many thanks for this, teacher.

One of the pure content for IELTS essay writing. Those who are struggling with this section will obviously take away higher insights for high band score strategy. Thanks Chris Sir. ❤

It is simple, clear, classic, and precise. I pray it helps 🙏🏻

What I found to be fascinating about your band 8.0 essay is the fulfilment of TR: - Owe a debt to the country (briliant "paraphasing" of "sticking to their motherland"; I think lots of candidates lack this) - Receive considerable funding from gov - (although there is) a tremendous amount of investment I didn't think it was possible to write in the way you deliver the idea through 3 unique sentences, with almost no overlap in vocabs. I am aware that once you become proficient, you can pull this off when actively focusing on addressing the question instead of nervous about fancy structures, but I believe this was an amazing feat of your piece nonetheless. Is there any advice you would like to give students on how to achieve this? Practicing and gaining knowledge on various topics?

I started watching your videos as I was desperate to get a decent score on my ielts exam 2 days prior. I referred to all your tips and tricks on speaking,listening, and reading. I read through all your articles and your videos. I got my results today and I got a an overall 7.5 with 9 in listening, 7.5 in speaking, 7.5 in reading and 6.5 in writing from just 2 days of listening to youu. Although I don't recommend studying at the last minute ,I cannot believe that I managed to get a good score. Thank you so much and please keep doing what you do ,you're amazing. I am going to be referring your channel to all my friends who are yet to write the test.

The only Teacher that I trusted the most ❤

You have enclosed the knowledge of 1000 video and a lot of teachers in a single video. U are truely the god of ielts eassy writing.❤

I will take my exam in 3 days, though I think it's not late to step towards this strategy. It was perfectly well. Thanks I assume that you're going to make a big change in my score through this video.

While I was watching ur video I was thinking about how much u look like my russian language teacher in school. We have an exam EGE by Russian language and also have an essay like this in video and my teacher spoke in ur words (about the sense, about the criteria etc.) I felt like i had Deja vu. My Russian teacher was a professional(she taught people how to write essays with the highest grades), so I’m sure that u have a lot of experience and know exactly how to write an essay! Thank u very much for sharing ur experience!

After 3 attempts, I still remain a radical band 6-ielts-test taker, I see why. After watching most of your videos, I have confidence to go to the test center this 22nd, knowing that I have a possibility to improve at least to band 7💪

i submitted his final essay in chatgpt and it sure did gave this essay a band 8. awesome. I too was skeptical of the video when he said that his essay was a band 8 since the essay itself is simple to understand and not many fancy words are used but looking at this score I feel i can achieve band 8 as well. thank a lot.

I got my academic Ielts result today and I'm so happy I passed with the required band score. Thanks so much Chris for the lessons.

“Like other things in this world, it is not the size that matters, but what you do with it”, i reasoned that statement from various dimensions 🙂

I sat the test today and I watched your videos before the test. They were super helpful! Thank you Chris!

I really used to think exactly like you said. Surprised to know that fancy words, complex poetry, and grammar would just do nothing but a headache to the examinee. Thanks a lot. Now I know, simplicity and clarity is the key :D

I am about to start practising writing for IELTS and watching this video has changed my perspective pretty much. Thank you so much for producing this highly beneficial content. The first time I took the exam, I hadn't studied at all and just wanted to test my existing skills and got 6.5 in writing, and 7 overall. I believe I can elevate it to an overall 8+ with your guidance this time. I have nearly 25 days to go on. Let's see!

Chris you have helped me lot through this video. I've been preparing for IELTS for over 5 months with a view to become a professional English teacher one day. I asked ChatGPT, Gemini and other LLMs to teach me how to write a band 9 essay but they provide diplomatic answers that are difficult to understand. They kept me confused for so long until today. You have successfully demystified the mysteries behind the IELTS essays. I am so gratified that I would like to pay you money. Hopefully I will meet you one day and do that.

U won't believe it, today , all day long I was suffering to get an idea , how to write discussion essay, but ur video has made it easy for me.... Thnkuu Chris... God bless u🙏

Thank you so much .What I realized from your essay is that we don't need to use the most highest vocabularies to empress the examiner and only need to spread our idea and give main reason what the question ask.

Hats off Mr. Chris, I have never learned these amazing techniques in my whole life. I have no words to thank you enough. Keep it on ❤ god bless you.

I love this channel, i have a plan to get ielts 8.0 in December, i scored 7.0 overall last time, then i stopped learning for ielts. I hope that following the strategies and information in this channel will help me achieve my goal soon. I will comeback and inform my score soon. Fighting. Go go go

Thank you sooo much Chris! I just got my results and I’ve secured a band of 7.5 😭🙌🏼 Words can’t explain how grateful I am for the work you’re doing! I followed your tips and evaluated myself for two days before my test and it made a HUGE difference!

Watched your videos to prepare for my IELTS exam which I had me sweating and worried, but at the end it all paid off and I got 8 bands! Thankyou Chris and IELTS Advantage!

Hey Chris .. I watched almost all the videos from your RU-vid channel and got 7.5 bands in total . Your videos helped me to get what I needed even though I went to a coaching offline near my place , It was not helpful except the practise materials .. Listening 7.5 Reading 8.5 Speaking 7 Writing 7.5 Thank You For Helping Thousands of students and Working professionals ... I really appreciate your work ❤❤

Thank you for that "so what." It really helps guide one's thoughts in the right direction.

Now I know How I got a 6.5 last time, I'm going to follow, simplicity from now onwards. Thanks! CHRIS.

Chris thank you... I got a 7.5 in the writing section after being stuck on a 6.5 for few consequetive tests thanks to your lessons. Many thanks

you are a reliable teacher for us eager to learn. Thanks Chris

I like your technique of explaining mistakes and solutions, it was really helpful and can make one feel less stressed before IELTS test. Thank you very much for this content.

This channel is a gem. I would not know how an essay is written correctly. As you said in the video, I was taught wrong things. Thanks you! An eye-opening video for writing!

That was so informative ,helpful and shocking at the same time ! and represents how experienced you are, huge thanks for your effort!

Like other things in this world its not size that counts it is what you do with it. 30:36 - Chriss

Hey IELTS advantage, I'm memer and i feeling boring while watching other people, but you always lecture in scrasm way.. this make more interesting ❤ Sorry for my grammar hope so you understand 😅

This video is really helpful for everyone.Thanks to IELTS advantage team for providing free lessons together with tips and tricks for all 4 skills of IELTS.❤

My strategy may sound dumb, but to help myself analysing essays I just think that I am an IELTS examiner, e.g. Chris, and I imagine to be super strict and demanding towards criteria points that are listed in band descriptors. It eventually helps me to notice the mistakes I made without even looking into descriptors. Hopefully, I can reach the highest score possible :D

Another IELTS EXAM is ahead of next month. Your videos are useful to students heading for IELTS exam. Impacts of learning from your videos are very much influencing. Thanks to your team for such wonderful effort.

Thank you so much Chris! You're right about the Asian teaching thing. For years, we’ve been taught to balance both sides and give at least 2 ideas in each paragraph (firstly, secondly). I did go through a lot of confusion because I didn't know which way is the most correct. So I just want some justification here, please help me: 1. Can I apply the method "1 idea each paragraph" in all types of writing tasks 2? 2. Can I give an example before the explanation (explain the example)? This is kinda helpful cause I struggle with abstract explanations. Thank you!

I got my IELTS results today. I scored L-9, R-8.5, W-7.5, S-7, and an overall 8 band score!!

Can you please do a video on the advantages outweigh the disadvantages essay. How should we paragraph these types since we have to write two or three advantages/disadvantages.

I don't teach writing (just speaking) as I haven't had any formal training, and would feel like I'm doing people a disservice by advising them on how to do these tasks. However, your videos are invaluable; so I can at least help them avoid the bad advice and viral videos out there, and help them choose a good teacher. Thanks

Hey Chris 👋. I just wanna thank u for your brilliant tips for ielts. Just got the point that I've been looking for 🙏

Thank you sir . Luckily I have seen your videos a week before test and followed all your footsteps in writing . Like what you said I didn’t use bombastic vocabs in essay or unnecessary lines but just gave simple essay with the introduction and body paragraph you suggested. Got 6.5 in writing . I could have got more but couldn’t finish writing task 1 but with essay only I managed to get this. To all those preparing for ielts , I want to wish you all best of luck and give your best particularly during test because even you pratice for months and months , it will not make any difference if you lose your consciousness during exam❤

Please make a video of the same concept for other essay types like advantages outweigh disadvantages, to what extent you agree and other.

Lesson learned; understand the task before you, focus on answering the question as asked, with clarity and understandability.

The guy watching his essay in this video: 😭

The urge to make every single english teacher on this planet watch this video before they begin teaching like this should be a NECESSITY. I personally think that I'm great at communication in English but i was never able to figure out why Essay's were my weakness and the thing I dreaded the most. But now i'm actualy excited to give the IELTS next month. Great video!

Hi! I really like your channel and watch this to help teach my own students and even my wife.

I wasted my 2 months time and money learning wrong structure. I was generating my own ideas initially bit my islets trainer told me that they were very simple and less attractive than she asked me to write some fancy lines in the beginning and toward the end. Yet my inner soul was crying out loudly for originality. Thank god I have Chris sir here to help. A big thank to you. ❤❤❤ what would I do without you. You are just an amazing person and a mind blowing teacher I have ever met. Btw I am from India (Punjab ) region.

Why YouTobe always recommends this kind of video after my exams 🗿

It is a shame I just watched this video after taking the IELTS 9 times because I need an 8 on each band. I've been constantly getting 7.5 in my writing, and I've made some of the mistakes you mentioned cos you find material out there that says so. Thanks, Chris!!! I hope I'll do it better next time.

Very helpful videos sir and thanks for free essay builder ❤

Hello , Chris. By using the advice you've given I received a higher score, from 6 to 7. I used to write an essay by cherry picking "the best" ideas, waisting time and creating complicated text I thought was great . But then i decided to practice writing an essay following the tips in this very video, I'm so grateful. Thank you so much!

Great explaination.thank you sir.

Mr. Chris I love your teaching method and sincerity to uplift the performance of all exam takers. I have been following your advice for many days now. My exam is tomorrow, so wish me luck. I'll hopefully get an amazing score and then let you know about it. My reason for commenting is not only to appreciate your commendable dedication to educating us, but also to let you know that you have an amazing sense of humor and a little sassiness(I mean it in the best way possible 😁). It makes your videos much enjoyable. Keep it up!!

Conclusion of the video : "Size does not matter, it's what you do with it matters" Mic drop.

This is actually one of the very few channels that taught me something valuable. Thankyou so muchh

Who cares about his brother😂😂

Good course however 12 gauge shotguns in 00 buckshot and slugs are way more deadly than most rifles.

unbelievably simple yet coprehensive approach of writing. thanks a million, hope to get 8.0!

The only one channel which i follow blindly ❤❤ Thank you chris 🎉for your support to us This videos are helping a lots in IELTS preparation ❤

I was struck in 7.5 in writing but after seeing your videos, I have learned a lot.

Sir you are a great man 🫡

Idk how I got recommended this video but as a fluent speaker this was very insightful to watch, seeing what it's like for ppl to learn a language you're already fluent in

I just want to say thank you. I passed my ielts last month. You are one of the best 👌

Thank you so much Mr. Pell, I watched this video and and your task 1 instructions video, THE MORNING BEFORE MY TEST, and I got 7.0 writing and 7.0 overall for my first test. I did not study anything before hand at all and your videos are absolutely amazing.

I want to thank Team IELTS Advantage , your videos helped me a lot to clear my IELTS exam only with 1 week of preparations in 1st attempt.

Thanks a lot, Chris. I followed your videos for 2 weeks and achieved my desired band scores. L-8.5, R-7.5, W-6.5, S-8, Overall-7.5.

Your guidance have helped me alot and Today I got my bands - L :7.5 , R :6.5, W :6.5 and S :7 and an overall of 7. Thank you so much for providing all these knowledge for free.

Thank you sir this help a lot for student like me who is working and at the same time studying for ielts exam Godbless

You are great Chris. This will save my life in the exam 3 days later :))

I've been speaking english for almost 30 years now and these tests always get me! Never been able to get more than a band 7-7.5 Thank you for all the amazing content! And love how some words bring out that bit of your ...Irish? accent hehe

This man is an absolute rockstar, I improved from 5.5 to 7 in writing by following his videos 😊

am also getting the vibe that whatever you writing about should make sense and not just anything that closes you mind

I had only one week of preparation time for my second attempt. Your concise and genuine guidance increased my writing score by one band i.e. 7.0 which is a broadly accepted score. Thanks a lot, man!

Hi! I got my IELTS score today of an 8.5 overall with a band 7.0 in writing. I found this video just the day before my test and IT HELPED SOOOO MUCH!! I took IELTS courses, and while they helped somewhat, they gave me tips that you mentioned was only giving 6 or under. So again, thank you so so much :)

I just got my ielts result today..i got 7.5 overall 8.5-R,8.0-L,6.5-S,6.5-W...your videos really helped me...thank you❤

Honestly, this is the most useful and helpful advice I have received from any ielts teacher! So my story is a bit long and May sound unusual to many, but ya it did happen with me. I gave my first Ielts in 2021after rigorous coaching (during the third trimester of pregnancy) and I got overall 8 with R9 L8 S7 W7.5 . Unfortunately, I couldn’t proceed to relocate then due to certain reasons and finally when it was time my ielts report got expired. Sadly, but enthusiastically I reappeared for Ielts a couple of weeks back. And I did get the overall band 8 and this time R8 L8.5 S8 , but W6.5 , I was really disappointed and gave EOR only to be unsuccessful at it. Now I have applied for one test retake, as my desired band score is 7 . And that’s why am here 😊. I can’t thank Chris enough for providing such detailed videos. Hoping to get a better writing score this time.

Hi Chris I bought the membership of VIP academy and it really helped me out to achieve the score. Your lessons were very helpful and it really helped me in speqking, writing and grammar. I could thank you enough. Your strategies really worked out. I got band 8 in writing. It was unimaginable! Thanks alot and I wish and pray for your Academy. Once again thanks alot. The teacher I admire alot. Thanks and regards

thank you very much for giving me those key points. Now I am feeling confident that that I can score a band 8