Irina Lutsenko

I want to share an absolutely awesome IELTS essay written in my " Writing with New Scientist " course by the wonderful Alyona Borisova . This is what a topic "explored in depth" looks like (Task Response Band 9). Topic: "Many ultra-processed foods that people consume in large amounts today are known to cause health problems. Such foods should be made more expensive to encourage people to decrease the consumption of such foods. To what extent do you agree or disagree?" ✼✼✼ There is now ample evidence that ultra-processed foods are a significant driver of poor health, linked to multiple diseases ranging from diabetes to heart attacks and depression. These facts have given rise to the opinion that the government should introduce taxes on ultra-processed foods to deter people from consuming them in large amounts. However, I completely disagree with this view for several reasons. First, there is no consensus yet as to what exactly makes ultra-processed foods de...

Writing helps people process events and feelings. Written in my Creative Writing Club , this piece helped Svetlana Demchenko process some events in her life. I was moved. ✼✼✼ "A tree, a home and a life. Split in half." She woke up and sat up on her bed. Last night she had a nightmare, one of those nightmares that can be hard to shake off and wake up from. One of those that resemble a cat's claws or a snake's teeth because the harder you try to escape, the more you find yourself hopelessly trapped. All she remembered from this nightmare was a thunderstorm, overwhelming and never ending. It felt like there's no life after this thunderstorm. And she couldn't remember what was before the thunderstorm. The strangest thing was that the thunder had a metal rattle to it. It was driving her crazy. It was unusually quiet in her room. Seemed like there was life after a thunderstorm after all. She looked around and saw that it wasn't actually her room. The wallpaper ...