A lot of IELTS students don't really know the difference between using idioms and using idiomatic language . Idiomatic can mean using and idioms , such as; We get on like a house on fire . BUT We get on really well , means exactly the same and is perfectly idiomatic You |DON'T need to use a lot of idioms in your IELTS speaking and writing tests, but you DO need to use idiomatic language. Sounds confusing, but it isn't really. In the Cambridge dictionary there are 2 definitions for 'idiomatic' 1 Containing an idiom. It was raining cats and dogs and i got soaked ./ drenched = very wet Nobody say this these days! 2 Containing expressions which are NATURAL and CORRECT It was raining heavily and I got soaked . This is perfectly natural and correct and therefore IDIOMATIC English. Don't waste your time trying to pack your speaking and writing with loads of idioms. Native speakers , especially the younger generation, don't use them often.

Practice exercise in elision and sentence stress. English is a time stressed language, we don’t stress all of the words equally. Elision is the omission of a sound or a letter in a word or between 2 words. this exercise is taken from a book a book phonology called “Sound Foundations” by Adrian Underhill You. Me. Him You and me and him You and then me and then him you and then it’s me and then it’s him Whose turn is it to wash the dishes? It’s you and then it’s me and then it’s him!

Hi everyone, if anyone is interested in IELTS essay corrections and evaluations you can watch a video of a correction I have done today for one of my students, Eduard, who has kindly allowed me to use it as an example. https://www.facebook.com/peter.ferry.374/videos/581904453921335

Hi everyone - if you are doing IELTS and are having problems with writing. I suggest you watch this new video on youtube by David https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLgLQs0FKY8&t=3s

"Native English speakers are the world's worst communicators'

Hi everyone here are a few quotes from an article I read this morning on bbc.co.uk today. (title above)

"English speakers with no other language often lack awareness of how to speak English internationally" Dale Coulter

"Suddenly the Brit or the American walks into the room and nobody can understand them" Chia Suan Chong

In other words English works well as an international language as long as it is being spoken by a group of non-native speakers. The native speakers have no idea (or just don't care) what they non-native speaker may or may not understand probably using too much slang and too many idioms and not moderating their accents or speaking at a reasonable speed. Do you agree?