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‫Welcome to our first lesson, all about vocabulary for Alt's writing task to now split vocabulary into

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‫two lessons.

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‫And today you'll be learning to really understand what topic specific vocabulary is.

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‫Also, by the end of the lesson, you'll know how to improve your topic, specific vocabulary and where

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‫you can do this.

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‫Let's get started with this first lesson in aout writing vocabulary.

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‫So, as I said, this lesson will be teaching you about topic specific vocabulary.

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‫It's really good to know a lot of this kind of vocabulary.

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‫And it means basically vocabulary that is related only to a topic.

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‫For example, lecturer really belongs to the topic of education.

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‫Now, as you know, in your alts, you have scored highly on lexical resource, which means the range

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‫of your vocabulary.

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‫It's difficult to improve the level of your vocabulary and it can take a lot of time.

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‫I'll show you a few tips that I use to show students how to increase their vocabulary skills.

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‫And I'll give you a few ideas about where and how you can do this.

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‫So here we have a topic table all around the topic of technology.

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‫In this lesson, I'll show you five common topics and their topic tables, but it's going to be a good

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‫idea that you start making your own and I'll show you some places that you can do that at the end of

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‫the lesson.

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‫For now, let's take a look at some examples of this vocabulary in use.

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‫An iPad is a highly useful but expensive mobile device.

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‫Social media such as Facebook is very popular.

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‫Virtual reality headset, the cutting edge technology of today.

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‫To children, a mobile phone is a must have piece of technology.

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‫Windows is very intuitive, people can understand it quickly.

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‫Facial recognition is considered a major breakthrough for security.

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‫In my opinion, a simple design is better.

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‫It looks cleaner and is classier.

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‫Let's move on to our next common topic, which is education.

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‫Here's the first sentence.

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‫The British education system is famous around the world.

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‫Through education, young people can have a positive social impact.

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‫Attainment in some universities can be low if the teaching is poor.

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‫Although being academic is important, finding time to relax is a big most.

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‫Firstly, a graduate will often be paid a higher basic wage than others.

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‫Some people prefer to learn in a more hands on practical environment.

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‫The welfare of children should be a priority in all schools.

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‫Onto our next vocabulary list, all about the topic of health.

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‫The wellness of their citizens is more important than money.

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‫A poor diet can lead to bad physical well-being.

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‫Due to stress work, his mental well-being was negatively affected.

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‫It appears to me that fitness and eating healthy foods are highly important.

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‫The lack of quality hospitals could lead to illness and a spread of infection.

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‫Obesity is a global issue, governments worldwide need to find a solid solution.

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‫Due to over farming, natural vitamins found in many foods may be lost.

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‫Our next topic is all about the environment.

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‫The pollution of rivers has led to a lack of clean drinking water.

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‫Although more housing is needed, people must also care for conservation.

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‫The advantage of traveling by bikes are that they are more eco friendly.

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‫Due to growing cities, many animals are becoming endangered.

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‫Global warming is clearly a problem that will only worsen with time.

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‫A solution would be to ensure the local habitat is protected and kept safe.

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‫Fossil fuels such as gas and coal are major causes of pollution.

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‫And here is a short list of vocabulary, all about the common topic of society is the first example.

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‫Common values such as not stealing are shared by many.

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‫A common British stereotype of English people is that they drink tea.

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‫An advantage of globalization is that countries trade internationally.

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‫Many young adults would love to emigrate to a foreign country.

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‫Older people can contribute a lot to our society through their experiences.

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‫Poverty means people will often have a shorter lifespan due to illness.

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‫Many immigrants could experience a big culture shock in their new country.

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‫That brings us to an end of these five super important and very common topics, but you might be asking,

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‫what about the other topics that I didn't cover?

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‫Now I'm going to show you a few resources that you can use to boost your vocabulary.

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‫And as I said before, it will take time.

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‫These websites will provide some absolutely brilliant articles that will really help with ALS task,

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‫too.

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‫And your general level of English spend time every day reading through them.

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‫The first essential website to be looking at daily is BBC World News.

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‫Here you'll learn some really important vocabulary and keep up to date with global news.

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‫A company called Ted Talks filmed speakers talking on a range of topics.

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‫It's great for your listening skills to the monthly magazine or website from the National Geographic

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‫is a great place to learn vocabulary for the topics of the environment, travel and wildlife.

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‫Lastly, The Economist and their website is great for articles related to science and business.

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‫Here are full websites that you can use every day to expand your vocabulary.

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‫Make sure just like I showed you, you are creating topic specific vocabulary tables.

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‫That way you'll be able to expand the range and level of your vocabulary at a much quicker rate.

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‫That's all for the first part of vocabulary for Eilts writing task to get ready for part two in the

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‫next lesson.