IELTS Academic & General Task 2 How to Write at a Band 9 Level

This book edition for 2016-2017 marks the 5th version since the first publication of this work in 2010. The aim of this book has always been to give the IELTS applicant a concise but supportable overview of how to write an effective essay in the Academic and General IELTS Exams section of Task 2. This book can serve as a counterpart to the IELTS Writing tools repertoire for the applicant. Although a useful resource, with an active, practice, and professional input from an IELTS Writing instructor, candidates should incorporate what they understand from this book.

IELTS applicants should bear in mind that the IELTS essay style is not uniformly 'right' Examiners grant points depending on their quality of a candidate's written language through four distinct criteria-Mission Accomplishment, Coherence and Consistency, Lexical Resources, and Grammatical Variety and Precise.

This book includes structural recommendations from Task 2 designed to be responsive and able to satisfy these four requirements for every IELTS essay problem. Nevertheless, applicants also have to think seriously about the issue they receive at the test. You may need to adapt the Task 2 constructs taught in this book. On 16 June 2014 a practicing IELTS investigator read this report for accuracy. 'Service IELTS examiner' is described as a “ possessing an IELTS test partner letter stating their current status as an active IELTS examiner.

When asked (1) whether all the information given in this book is correct and in line with IELTS performance, the proofreading examiner replied 'yes' and (2) if all sample answers in this book would possibly score band 9 if provided in an actual IELTS sitting. The attending investigator was asked to work in a level they felt was not putting into question their secrecy arrangement with Cambridge ESOL, the British Council, and IDP Australia.

The IELTS writing section is 60 minutes long and allows the individual to complete two writing tasks, called Task 1 and Task 2. The average composition band of the candidate weights a third over Task 1 and two thirds over Task 2. Thus applicants are expected to devote 20 minutes to Task 1 and 40 to Task 2. The tests on the Technical and General Writing are separate. Task 1 of the Academic Exam allows candidates to explain, or a variation of, details displayed in a graph, table , chart, diagram, or map.

General Exam task 1 needs that the student writes a letter. Candidates must write essays on both exams to achieve Task 2; furthermore, candidates for General Module would not lose marks if their writing is less formal in language. Despite these variations between the Academic and General exams, it is very close for the grading rubric examers to use the Assignment 2 score on both tests. Candidates are judged in four groups on their performance: Task Achievement, Coherence and Continuity, Lexical Resources, and Grammatical Variety and accuracy. The brand's Task Accomplishment section gauges the degree to which the applicant is capable of fulfilling the evaluation task criteria.

Continuity and consistency is a measurement of the candidate's ability to convey and communicate ideas in a manner which effectively specifies a message. The lexical resource portion of assesses the quality, range, and significance of a candidate's vocabulary used in their essay. Grammatical Selection and Consistency measures the candidate's grammatical skills and execution presentation. These four parts are interdependent, and therefore bad performance in one also decreases performance in others. Whereas in most public IELTS literature the marking breadths are typically shown as having a lateral This relationship is defined more appropriately as one built on the basis of the grammatical and lexical resources of the person.

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