Сайты "Комитета" (VC, DTF) обновили дизайн лайков и дизлайков. Раньше это была цифра с двумя стрелками-кнопками, как на Reddit, Хабре и Пикабу. Стрелка вверх добавляла посту или комментарию плюс, а стрелка вниз — минус. Сумма всех плюсов и минусов выводилась или зелёным, если она положительная, или красным с минусом, если отрицательная.
Сейчас лайк сделали отдельной кнопкой слева, дизлайк — отдельной кнопкой справа, с другим дизайном. А счётчик показывает всем только лайки, а дизлайки только автору.
Спорный тут и дизайн, и само решение. Дизайн понятно, почему: кнопки абсолютно разных стилей и в разных местах отвечают за принципиально похожие действия. Пользователи DTF уже вовсю стебутся комментами "Я скачал твой пост" (потому что кнопка дизлайка похожа на скачивание).
Но куда хуже то, что дизлайки отображаются только автору. Они при таких условиях нафиг не нужны. Автор может просто игнорировать этот счётчик. Раньше, если какой-то человек сморозил чушь, толпа его массово минусует, и все это видят, и он сам знает, что все видят. С полным ртом минусов очень сложно как-то оправдываться и продолжать отстаивать свою точку зрения. Ещё и добавлялось удобство сканирования для читателей: комменты с минусами можно специально пропускать, или, допустим, специально останавливаться на них ради горячей дискуссии.
У этой системы, разумеется, был серьёзный косяк: минусы получали не только те, кто говорил неверное или глупое мнение, но и те, кто говорил непопулярное мнение. Например, на VC лучше было не писать комментарии в поддержку России, даже если по смыслу тезис верный и просто передаёт какой-то факт, вроде "Россия одна из лучших в мире в области атомной энергетики". Это сводило обсуждения к тому, что люди либо молчали, либо подстраивались под принятую в сообществе идеологию, что могло, например, создавать ложные впечатления относительно количества поддерживающих ту или иную точку зрения, да и в целом не всегда способствовало образованию интересных обсуждений.
Тем не менее, на мой взгляд, полное сокрытие дизлайков при наличии самой кнопки дизлайка — решение, которое берёт худшее от всех альтернатив. Сам по себе институт дизлайка остаётся (а, значит, остаётся выражение негатива), при этом с коллективной ответственности за негатив ("Мудаки меня травят, ну и фиг с ними, стадо баранов!") идёт перенос на личную ответственность за негатив ("Вася Иванов меня травит, найду козла и начищу ему харю!"). Причём, ещё и для пользователей от этого нет никакого толка: теперь кто угодно может писать что угодно, и в худшем случае публично получит за это ноль лайков и всё.
Впрочем, в "Комитете" совершенно явный управленческий кризис (как и много где сейчас). Удивительно, что сайты хоть как-то ещё поддерживаются и даже вносятся изменения.
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🔈IELTS SPEAKING : Vocabulary Usage tip in the test
☝️ Many IELTS students worry too much about using high level vocabulary for the speaking test. However, you are not expected to use academic vocabulary for this part of the test. You should only use vocabulary that you are very comfortable with. Do not try practicing new vocabulary during your IELTS test.
❇️ Overthinking about vocabulary causes a lot of students to make mistakes, feel stressed out, and to say "uhhh" and "ummm" too much.
❗️What you should focus on is avoiding common words and phrases, such as:
▪️I like
▪️I think
▪️For example
👉Although it's OK to sometimes use these words/phrases, you should use a bit of variety when you're speaking so that you won't sound like a boring robot.
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It provides useful tips and strategies for IELTS speaking.
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✅Speaking time
✅Here’s a list of prompt words that you can use to help you prepare in speakingpart 2
💠Introductory phrases - when you start your talk
🔹I’m going to talk about...
🔸I’d like to talk about...
🔹I want to talk about...
🔸What I'm going to talk about is...
🔹I'm going to describe...
💠Developing phrases - when you want to expand your argument:
🔸First of all...
🔹Secondly,...
🔸Additionally,...
🔹Another thing...
🔸Another reason why...
🔹What’s more,...
💠Background phrases - when you want to add some detail
🔹It's near...
🔸It happened...
🔹It took place...
🔸It’s been going on for/since...
🔹At that time...
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☝🏻Speaking: Using Fillers and Discourse markers.
✅When we speak we often use words called “Fillers” such as:
👉🏻Let me see / you know / well / yeah
❗️Caution: Do not over use fillers because it will cause problems with your fluency score in the exam.
“You know” is very common when native speakers are talking, It is casual and informal and most people don’t realise they are saying it. It sounds like “ya know” …but do not overuse this, certainly do not use this in writing.
These sounds and phrases make the conversation more natural and less robotic… but you have to make sure they are natural to you otherwise it sounds like you are just memorising everything.
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✅Real Speaking Test
IELTS Speaking test in Uzbekistan - October 2018
Interview
🔸 What is your full name?
🔸 Can I see your ID?
🔸 Where are you from?
🔸 Do you work or study?
🔸 What do you do?
🔸 Do you like working with people or on your own?
🔸 Why is that?
🔸 Is it good to let teenagers have part-time jobs? Why?
🔸 Do you have problems with noise?
🔸 Does noise affect your work? How?
Cue Card
Talk about things that you do to save money for a goal. Please say
🔸 What is the goal?
🔸 How do you save money?
🔸 When do you do it?
🔸 How well does this work for you?
Discussion
🔸 Have you shared this way of saving money with anyone?
🔸 Is it important to teach children to save money?
🔸 Who is responsible for teaching children about saving money?
🔸 What are the natural resources that you think we waste the most?
🔸 Do you think technology might help control this?
🔸 What will happen if people don’t change their habits of using natural resources?
🔸 Why do you think so?
A Friendly Reminder 🤝
Try to speak at least more than the examiner. If you are asked a question using one sentence, respond with two or more. And never give short, uncommunicative replies, Typically, you will be asked about everyday topics, such as work, studies, sport, family and so on. So you should try answering IELTS Speaking questions before the exam. You will be surprised how simple they are! You just need to learn appropriate vocabulary and understand what answers you will give🤓
❤️ Note: Record your answers in order to check your pronunciation and work on it, if you made pronuncing errors😉
🙄 I hope you are enjoying my posts, So they are so helpful in preparing for the official IELTS test. I believe you guys will take too score from IELTS! By the way, I always try to send really useful posts to my channel! If you like them, then share them 😊
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✅Real Speaking Test
IELTS Speaking test in Uzbekistan - September 2018
Interview
🔸 What is your full name?
🔸 Can I see your ID?
🔸 Where are you from?
🔸 Do you work or study?
🔸 Do you live in a flat or a house?
🔸 Describe your place.
🔸 Is there any celebrity in your country that you like?
🔸 Do you read about celebrities?
Cue Card
Talk about a person you have recently met and would like to know more about.
🔸 Who is that person?
🔸 How did you meet him/her?
🔸 Why would you like to know more about that person?
Discussion
🔸 Let’s talk about relationships and friendship.
🔸 Do you agree that real friends are only made at young age?
🔸 Why could a friendship end?
🔸 Is it easier or only possible to make friends with people sharing similar interests?
🔸 What situations could make it easier for people to get to know one another?
A Friendly Reminder 🤝
Try to speak at least more than the examiner. If you are asked a question using one sentence, respond with two or more. And never give short, uncommunicative replies, Typically, you will be asked about everyday topics, such as work, studies, sport, family and so on. So you should try answering IELTS Speaking questions before the exam. You will be surprised how simple they are! You just need to learn appropriate vocabulary and understand what answers you will give🤓
❤️ Note: Record your answers in order to check your pronunciation and work on it, if you made pronuncing errors😉
I hope you are enjoying my posts, By the way, they are so helpful in preparing for the official IELTS test. I believe you guys will take too score from IELTS! So, if you like them, then share them 😊
#speaking
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✅Real Speaking Test
IELTS Speaking test in Uzbekistan - September 2018
Interview
🔸 What is your full name?
🔸 Can I see your ID?
🔸 Where are you from?
🔸 Do you work or study?
🔸 Do you live in a flat or a house?
🔸 Describe your place.
🔸 Is there any celebrity in your country that you like?
🔸 Do you read about celebrities?
Cue Card
Talk about a person you have recently met and would like to know more about.
🔸 Who is that person?
🔸 How did you meet him/her?
🔸 Why would you like to know more about that person?
Discussion
🔸 Let’s talk about relationships and friendship.
🔸 Do you agree that real friends are only made at young age?
🔸 Why could a friendship end?
🔸 Is it easier or only possible to make friends with people sharing similar interests?
🔸 What situations could make it easier for people to get to know one another?
A Friendly Reminder 🤝
Try to speak at least more than the examiner. If you are asked a question using one sentence, respond with two or more. And never give short, uncommunicative replies, Typically, you will be asked about everyday topics, such as work, studies, sport, family and so on. So you should try answering IELTS Speaking questions before the exam. You will be surprised how simple they are! You just need to learn appropriate vocabulary and understand what answers you will give🤓
❤️ Note: Record your answers in order to check your pronunciation and work on it, if you made pronuncing errors😉
I hope you are enjoying my posts, By the way, they are so helpful in preparing for the official IELTS test. I believe you guys will take too score from IELTS! So, if you like them, then share them 😊
#speaking
@English_easyly_learn
✅Real Speaking Test
IELTS Speaking test in Uzbekistan - September 2018
Interview
– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What subject are you studying?
– Do you use public transport?
– Can you describe the transportation system in your city?
– What can be improved in the current system?
– What is your childhood experience of public transport?
Cue Card
Describe an occasion when you ate something completely new.
Please say
– What was it?
– Where and when was it?
– Why did you eat it?
Discussion
– Let’s talk about food.
– What is different in the food culture of some countries?
– What are nutritious foods that you know?
– Do you think food patterns are changing nowadays?
– Why is that?
A Friendly Reminder 🤝
Try to speak at least more than the examiner. If you are asked a question using one sentence, respond with two or more. And never give short, uncommunicative replies, Typically, you will be asked about everyday topics, such as work, studies, sport, family and so on. So you should try answering IELTS Speaking questions before the exam. You will be surprised how simple they are! You just need to learn appropriate vocabulary and understand what answers you will give🤓
❤️ Note: Record your answers in order to check your pronunciation and work on it, if you made pronuncing errors😉
I hope you are enjoying my posts, By the way, they are so helpful in preparing for the official IELTS test. So, if you like them, then share them 😊
#speaking
@English_easyly_learn
✅Real Speaking Test
IELTS Speaking test in Uzbekistan – September 2018
Interview
– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Where do you study?
– Will you continue to live there?
– Do you like plants?
– Do you think plants make good gifts?
– Do you have any knowledge about plants?
Cue Card
Talk about your favourite comedy actor/actress. Please say
– Who is he/she?
– What do you like about him/her?
– Is he/she the same in real life?
Discussion
– What places would you like to visit?
– Why would you like to visit that place?
– Who would you go there with?
– Do your parents always accompany you?
– What are the various pastimes of people in your country?
– Do you think leisure activities are different for men and women?
– Do you think age has something to do with a choice of activities?
A Friendly Reminder🤝
Try to speak at least more than the examiner. If you are asked a question using one sentence, respond with two or more. And never give short, uncommunicative replies, Typically, you will be asked about everyday topics, such as work, studies, sport, family and so on. So you should try answering IELTS Speaking questions before the exam. You will be surprised how simple they are! You just need to learn appropriate vocabulary and understand what answers you will give🤓
❤️ Note: Record your answers in order to check your pronunciation and work on it, if you made pronuncing errors
I hope you are enjoying my posts, By the way, they are so helpful in preparing for the official IELTS test. So, if you like them, then share them🤘
#speaking
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✅Speaking time
Describe a time when you received good service in a restaurant or cafe
You should say
🔸when this was
🔸what kind of restaurant or cafe you were in
🔸why you were there
🔸and why you thought the service was go
SAMPLE:
I’m going to talk about the service we received in a restaurant where a friend of mine celebrated his birthday last Saturday evening.
My friend had decided to book a table in a local Italian restaurant for the party. It was a small, family-run place, but this made it feel all the more welcoming and inviting. The atmosphere was great and the service was excellent.
As I mentioned, I went to the restaurant because a friend had invited me to celebrate his birthday there. There were about ten of us there - mostly people I’ve known since university - and it was really nice to catch up with them and chat about what we had all been up to since we last got together.
The service was good because the restaurant staff and owners really made us feel at home. From the moment we walked in, the waiters were polite, approachable and attentive; nothing was too much to ask. They brought out a cake with candles and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to my friend, although we hadn’t asked them to do this, and the restaurant owners kept checking whether we were happy with everything, which was thoughtful of them. All in all, the delicious food, good company and friendly service made it an unforgettable evening.
✅Vocabulary
🔸atmosphere was great
🔸welcoming and inviting
🔸service was excellent
🔸made us feel at home
🔸polite, approachable and attentive
🔸nothing was too much to ask
🔸 thoughtful
🔸an unforgettable evening.
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