Your English-speaking friend has asked for your help with a college project he/she is doing about celebrating New Year in different countries. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter say how important New Year is to people in your country describe how New Year is celebrated in your country explain what you like about New Year celebrations in your country.

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Dear Saini, Hi, how are you doing? I hope you are doing well. I received your letter about the college project recently. I am happy to help you research about various New
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traditions in other countries. I really want to announce the celebration in my home country, Korea.
It is clear that
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the New
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is a very important holiday for Koreans. We have a system to count age when people get one
year
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older together in the New
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This
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unusual age custom means a lot to us during
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holiday and we try to celebrate it big because we celebrate the New
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special.
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, most Korean families tend to not get together because of their busy lives, so they try to get together in the New
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, we usually cook various traditional foods
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as japchae, jeon, and tteokguk to celebrate New
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In particular
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, a bowl of rice cake soup symbolizes longevity and wealth
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and has a special meaning to forget all the difficulties and bad things of the past
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and start the new
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brightly. So tteokguk is a symbolic food for New
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. When I was young, I used to receive pocket money from my family, including my parents, and when I gave them pocket money, they gave me a lot of good words and advice, so I used to like
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. What's interesting is that when I get older, I don't get paid and I have to give my nephew some pocket money, so it's a bit of a shame. I hope my letter will help you with your project. Please contact me if you have any questions. I can help you with anything. Best wishes, Hwiju Jin.
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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • significant
  • reflection
  • goals
  • loved ones
  • fireworks
  • gatherings
  • traditions
  • public events
  • religious ceremonies
  • festive atmosphere
  • reconnect
  • exchanging gifts
  • resolutions
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