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“Some people say that in all levels of education too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skills. Do you agree or disagree?”

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Apart from covering the essay (which was quite interesting), you are addressing a topic that has bothered me for a while now. Too many people online claims to be tutors for exams
such
 as IELTS, TOEFL or any level of the Cambridge Certificate Exams, yet they teach imprecise or even wrong information about the tests. I feel like many mock tests are scored too high on YouTube to attract an audience by claiming to show an example of a band 8 or 9 examinations though clearly not been on
this
 level. I do not say that only native speakers should teach English (or any other language) but I
also
 noticed quite some IELTS teachers who offer advice on how to get a high band score,
although
although
 they'd - judging on how they express themselves in these videos - would hardly reach one themselves. I do not want to bad mouth anyone but I'm afraid that many students are too reliant on these people. Back in school, one of my English teachers wasn't really good at all, neither at teaching nor when it came to anything related to the English language.
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Accept space
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Everyone knew that her passion was Spanish and she only taught English because teachers must do two subjects here in Germany.) So I possess
first
-hand knowledge that bad pronunciation, grammar, intonation and poor choice of words do not only rub off on students but
also
 give a wrong estimate on ones own abilities. I feel sorry for these people who compare themselves to wrongly marked mock tests and end up going into the real exams with a wrong expectation only to end up disappointed when they get their results.

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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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