An essential companion for IELTS writing instructors and students, Developing Writing Skills for IELTS provides IELTS test-takers with the necessary skills to succeed in the two academic writing tasks in IELTS. Adopting an original exemplar-based writing instructional approach, this text offers an in-depth and reader-friendly analysis of the assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks in IELTS. Authentic exemplars written by EFL university students are included to illustrate high (Bands 8–9), average (Bands 6–7), and low (Bands 4–5) performances in IELTS writing. Key Features: • Diagrammatical representation of assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks by experienced IELTS writing examiners and instructors. • 100 writing questions modelled after the IELTS format, designed by the authors, and categorised according to question types and topics that emerge from an analysis of over 400 IELTS writing questions. • Over 100 writing exemplars by EFL university students, accompanied by guided activities and suggested answers. Designed as a classroom text, a resource for workshops and consultations, or a self-study material, Developing Writing Skills for IELTS: A Research-based Approach will support IELTS writing instructors and test-takers with a variety of writing proficiencies.

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I was an IELTS examiner and I wrote this book with the current IELTS Task 2 topics for 2020.The goal of this bookThe purpose of IELTS UP is to improve writing skills and give ideas for people who wish to receive a score of 6.0-7.0 or higher for Task 2 of IELTS Academic and General exam. This book strives to reach your desired score by giving you the ideas and vocabulary for current topics. I have many years of experience successfully developing learners for the IELTS exam and many more years as a writing examiner. The layout of this book has been used with countless students with great success. This book can be used in the classroom with a teacher or as a self-study manual.Description of Writing Task 2Task 2 is similar to putting a jigsaw puzzle together. The exam question gives a tiny picture of what you must make. The puzzle pieces are in your mind somewhere, but you only have 40 minutes to find them and put them together. If you have ever built a jigsaw puzzle, you know how essential the corner and edge pieces are.This innovative book, unlike any other, gives you the corner and edge pieces (ideas) that match with all current exam questions. No other book does this! Having good ideas for topics is necessary to achieve 7 or higher on your IELTS writing.This book will:*Give 5 to 10 minutes more to do Task 2.*Give more ideas to write more.*Give you great ideas to make your Task 2 look better.*Give you more vocabulary and grammar.Challenges to overcome for Writing Task 2This book dramatically helps candidates with the two most notable complaints about IELTS Writing.Candidate complaint #1 - "I do not have enough time to write Task 2 well."Solution - This book provides ALL type 2 questions and ideas so you can save time preparing before you start writing.Candidate complaint #2 - "the topic is strange or not well known to me, so it is hard to write a good essay."Solution - By looking at all the question, especially the topics less familiar, you can quickly plan a convincing essay to receive a score of 7 to 8 comfortably.Candidate complaint #3 - It is not easy to use different words to talk about the same topic.Solution - Each topic in this book has synonyms and idioms to improve your vocabulary score.This book has all the connecting words and referencing advice you need to receive a 7 to 8. Connecting words like however and there, and knowing how to refer back to previous ideas is necessary for 7 and higher.Vocabulary - Many books give you lists of words and synonyms. However, then you lose points on your writing test because you have misused words or have the wrong collocation. By looking at how this book uses different words to describe ideas in context, you will have a much better idea when you write your exam.This book guarantees to have all you need to receive 7 or higher for 3 of the 4 categories: Task Achievement, Coherence + Cohesion, and Lexical Resource(vocabulary).Note for teachersYou can format this book from epub to a Word document. There are 47 lessons which can begin with the 'vocabulary questions' included for each topic. These questions will help learners to activate schemata and personalize lexis to improve writing and speaking.For self-study studentsYou can study alone, but more progress will be made if you have a partner or group. You can use the vocabulary questions to improve your understanding of more academic words/collocations that will help you with speaking, listening and reading. The book is not meant to be memorised but rather to give you ideas for you to add your examples. You cannot memorise an essay. You can have more ideas and vocabulary about many different topics so that when it comes time to write, you can do so much more confidently.Each essay style is provided with many examples, vocabulary and vocabulary questions to help you improve your vocabulary

Prepares pupils for the Academic IELTS Writing paper. This book is full of exercises and examples to help develop key Writing skills. It includes tips that support students on how to approach the Writing tasks, and MPO for further practice online. It is a 'With Key' version.

Your favourite IELTS resource is back . . . better than ever! The IELTS Preparation and Practice series is designed to meet the needs of students preparing to take the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) test. Each book in this series reflects the format of the IELTS test and offers a complete guide to developing the required skills for Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing. The series provides comprehensive preparation for and practice in the complete range of skills tested in the IELTS. The focus is on both analysing the process involved in doing the exam questions and competing practice activities. The materials in the IELTS Preparation and Practice series can be used in the classroom or for individual study.