http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aIELTS+tag%3aProofreading&tag=IELTS,Proofreading&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:IELTS tag:Proofreading' matching tags 'IELTS' and 'Proofreading'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3172.32282)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WannaVolunteerOnlineEnglishTeacher/clmxd/post.htm#224794Fri, 12 May 2006 07:00:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:224794Teachjeju<P>Hi,</P> <P>I'm interested in assisting your venture. I have been a TESOL teacher&nbsp;in Thailand and Korea&nbsp;for four years. I&nbsp;have taught all levels including IELTS, TOEFL and Business English.&nbsp; I'm&nbsp;now involved in translation proofreading and International Trade Public Relations for a Korean provincial government and export corporation&nbsp;but would enjoy marking students test papers or essays etc.</P> <P>Look forward to hearing from you.</P> <P>Pete</P> <P>Peter Masters B. Bus (App Ec) Dip FP TESOL FCTBE</P>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyEssayTutorialPart3/blbnh/post.htm#138081Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:17:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:138081DmitrijHello everybody, <br /> <br />This is the final part of my work. <br /> <br />Timing issues and MY ESSAY <br /> <br />Time could kill your essay as well as bad structure and poor vocabulary. But do not try to kill time yourself. Allow no more than a minute for panicking, sweating and jittering, then stop. Has it put down a single word for you? I guess no. <br /> <br />If at the end of your panicking session the only sentence that comes to your mind is “What am I going to do?” look at your watch. Notice down the time. Set 10 minutes for completing what I have already described in my first post. I strongly advise you against exceeding the 10-minute limit for this part. No use trying to cram down a further lot of information if you have no time to develop it. What is done is done. Take the next step – paragraphs. <br /> <br />Another 30 minutes should be wisely distributed. Time you will spend on each paragraph depends on your ability to produce consistent chunks of text approximately 50 – 70 words in length. The words left to build up a 250 word essay might be divided between the introduction and conclusion. In my case it takes about 7-8 minutes per paragraph. <br /> <br />Several minutes (6 to 9) to the deadline might be devoted to writing a short conclusion and proofreading <br /> <br />Well, that’s how it works. <br /> <br />Actually, I didn’t try to work against the clock since I had been writing this essay on separate occasions. But I have done it for educational purposes and it has proved itself viable under time pressure. <br /> <br />Task <br /> <br />Enormous effort is put into researching and marketing 'the perfect potato crisp' while research into stress at work, for example, is ignored. How important are staff working conditions? Should employers research and improve the working conditions of their staff or should they concentrate more on their product? <br /> <br />Essay <br /> <br />Nowadays, most businesses are concerned primarily with improving and pushing products at all costs, therefore neglecting the strain this strategy puts on their personnel. I believe it is of vital importance to restrain excessive work load. I also think employers should pay more attention to organizing friendly working environment for their employees. <br /> <br />In my point of view, conditions that employers provide for their personnel are very important. First of all, uncomfortable offices affect the pace of work. Extra efforts to keep everything organized may become the biggest time wasters. Secondly, inconvenient timetables influence labour productivity. Repetitive long hours at work get workers exhausted. Finally, relations between managers and employees matter. Unfriendly atmosphere undermine self-esteem, co-operation and ability of staff to come up with creative ideas. <br /> <br />I convinced that researching and improving employees working conditions is rewarding. To begin with, improving workplace is an integral part of effective personnel policy. It helps a company become the employer of choice for skilled workers. Furthermore, neglecting to monitor the wellness of staff leads to extra expenses since more workers would use the insurance plan. Finally, businesses seeking efficiency should gather information on the latest advances in work space ergonomics. Strong competition forces employers to upgrade staff work areas to boost the performance of staff. <br /> <br />I also feel that concentrating solely on the product is ineffective. For one thing, marketing, even most aggressive, would not make the product any better. “The perfect potato crisp” results from the work of well-trained staff. For another, companies overlooking workers’ needs in favour of merchandise are unstable. Staff retention problems restrain the company’s potential to come regularly on the marker with new offers. At last, neglecting staff damages the reputation of a manufacturer. Customers might refuse buying a product, if they know it is made through hard exploitation of workers. <br /> <br />To summarize, employers should accept working conditions as being very important to successful company development. Disregarding researching and improving working conditions undermines enormous effort put into promotion of the product. <br /> <br /> <br />That’s it for my tutorial. You should be aware that I am neither a teacher nor a native speaker of English. <br />I have just laid out the strategy originated from my experience and textbooks on IELTS. It helped me overcome “an essay block” and I hope it will do you good as well. <br /> <br />Thank you for your patience, <br /> <br />Dmitrij. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />