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IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK : HOW TO SCORE BAND 7 OR MORE

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IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK : HOW TO SCORE BAND 7 OR MORE

HOW TO SCORE BAND OF 7 OR MORE IN IELTS WRITING TASK OF ACADEMIC MODULE

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Duration -1 hours

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Course Description

You have 60 minutes to complete two tasks in the IELTS Academic Writing test. For Task 1, you describe visual information (graph, table, chart, or diagram), and for Task 2, you will write an essay of 250 words based on a point of view, argument or problem.
Here is a more detailed description:
Task 1 (150 words, 20 minutes) is:
Content focus: You will describe, summarize or explain the visual information.
Visuals: visual data could be a bar chart, line graph, table, diagram of a process, or a map.
Your job is to:
  • Paraphrase the task (or question) in your own words
  • Overview the visual features listing similarities and differences, or general summary of the trends
  • Support your overview with specific details and facts of the visual to further support your overview
  • Structure your response to include 'introduction', 'overview' and 'main features of the visual'
  • Formal tone - writing style must be an academic tone; keep it formal. 
Task 2 (250 words, 40 minutes):
  • Focus: Produce an essay responding to a view, argument or issue.
  • Essay Types: You could be asked to:
  • Give an opinion (agree or disagree with a statement).
  • Discuss both sides of an issue.
  • Explain the causes of a problem and its solutions.
What to do:
  • Comprehending the task: Take time to read the task prompt and make sure you understand it in its entirety.
  • Structure: Organize your essay with a single introduction, body paragraphs that each have a main idea or focus, and a conclusion.
  • Evidence: Provide evidence and uses examples or evidence to provide support for conclusion.
  • Formal style: Use a formal academic style/tone.
  • Coherence and cohesion: Provide logical and connected thinking/reasoning.
  • Grammer and vocabulary: Provide correct and appropriate language.

Goals

  • Recognize the Assignment: Understand the task prompt and how to you approach completing the task.
  • Structure: Plan your essay - introduction, body paragraphs (each abstracted to another central idea), and conclusion.
  • Evidence: Support your arguments with relevant examples and evidence.
  • Academic Style: Use a formal or academic style.
  • Explanation and connecting ideas: Your ideas should flow and be organized logically and properly connected.
  • Language use: Appropriate and accurate use of grammar and vocabulary.
  • Recognize the Assignment: Understand the task prompt and how to you approach completing the task.
  • Evidence: Support your arguments with relevant examples and evidence.
  • Academic Style: Use a formal or academic style.
  • Grammatical use: Appropriate and accurate use of grammar and vocabulary.

Prerequisites

  • Basic English skills
  • Planning to undertake a post graduate course in English.
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK : HOW TO SCORE BAND 7 OR MORE

Curriculum

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Introduction to IELTS Writing Task 1 and 2

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  • play icon Introduction to IELTS Academic Tasks 1 & 2 12:33 12:33

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IELTS WRITING TASK 2 : HOW TO APPROACH

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Instructor Details

Saad Shah

Saad Shah

I am Consultant Physician in Medicine based in United Kingdom .

I am keen on learning and distributing knowledge to medical students and post graduate trainees and want to support junior doctors in domain of medical management.

I am a dynamic teacher and have been actively involved in teaching throughout my career.

Now i have decided to formally teach students.

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