Last year, Nick and I recorded two episodes about how to build paragraphs. They are among our most popular content and have been viewed over 20,000 times. However, even when students extend their ideas and try to justify their position, they can still end up with arguments that are vague and contain almost no topic-specific lexis.

Today, Nick and I show you how to identify vague arguments and fix them by giving more specific explanations and examples. As you will see, doing this can really take your essay from a Band 6 to a Band 8 in terms of Task Response, and will help you start using the RIGHT TYPE of lexis in your essays (i.e., vocabulary that is topic-specific).

We will also should you how offering examples that show “a range” can help you to handle very broad topics.

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