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    IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays
    IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays
    IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays
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    IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays

    By William Sauton

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    This book which provides practice in how to write Task Two Essays for the IELTS Academic Module is essential preparation for all serious students who are determined to achieve a high IELTS band score.

    Achieving a high IELTS band in Writing is not easy! There are no magic short-cuts. Writing any type of text is difficult and requires much practice and effort.

    The tasks in this book offer a wide variety of essay topics that typically appear in the IELTS examination.

    Each individual task contains:

    > The Writing Task.

    > Practical Advice on Focusing on the Task, Generating Ideas and Structuring Paragraphs.

    > A Very Strong Response (often called a “model”) which shows you how the task should be accomplished.

    > A Commentary which highlights important points in different paragraphs of the response. The notes are varied, drawing attention to the significant features of a response and dealing in depth with the language that arises.

    This book is specifically aimed at those who are serious about their IELTS exams and determined to reach their goal of going on to further academic studies or qualifying for entry to another country.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOnlearn
    Release dateJun 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301336630
    IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays
    Author

    William Sauton

    William Sauton is part of a highly qualified team with many years’ experience in IELTS Exam preparation instruction and resource development. All members of the Onlearn team have Master Degrees in English Language Teaching. Our popular IELTS and ESL websites include: “MyEnglishExam.com”, “esl4free.com, “youtube.com/esl4free” & “marktask.com”.

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    IELTS Task 2 Academic - William Sauton

    IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays

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    William Sauton / Onlearn

    Copyright © 2013 Onlearn

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    Table of Contents

    Overview

    1. The Skill of Reading

    2. A Caring Society and Pets

    3. Traditional Handicrafts

    4. English-Medium University Courses

    5. The Overuse of Computers

    6. Public Libraries and the Internet

    7. Schools and Art Appreciation

    8. Citizens of the World

    9. Advertising and Society

    10. Work Experience and Teenagers

    11. Community Involvement

    12. Education and Computers

    13. Museums, Galleries and the Internet

    14. Electronic Devices and the Young

    15. Conversation and Electronic Social Networking

    For more help with your IELTS

    Overview

    How this book can help increase your score

    This book, IELTS Task 2 Academic: How to Write Task Two Essays has been created for IELTS Academic Exam candidates who want to achieve a high score in the Writing Module.

    It offers a varied range of Task 2 essay questions, provides you with detailed advice about how you should approach the task, supplies a model response and explains in a commentary the significant features of that response.

    Each essay task has a Very Strong Response which shows you how the task should be accomplished and is followed by a detailed Commentary on that response. The Very Strong Response is what is sometimes called a Model Answer but the word model is avoided here as it falsely implies that there is only one way of writing a response which is not true. There can be many valid models depending on a writer’s approach to the task, the content supplied and the variety of language used.

    The Commentary highlights important points in different paragraphs of the response, dealing primarily with language but also with content. The notes are varied, drawing attention to the significant features of a response and dealing in detail with the language that arises.

    The 15 Tasks that are given are very typical of the wide-ranging essay tasks that IELTS Academic candidates will meet in their examination.

    This book will help the reader to understand exactly what is required. Failure to do well in the Task 2 section of the Academic Writing Module can involve a poor focus on the task, the omission of key ideas, poor structuring of information and an inadequate amount of language complexity. To be forewarned is to be prepared!

    Working your way systematically through the responses and commentary will enable you to approach any essay writing task with greater confidence.

    The Essentials of IELTS Academic Writing

    The 4 main areas of importance are:

    Addressing the Task: Always respond to all the requirements of the task; candidates will lose marks if they do not do what is required in the task.

    Cohesion and Coherence: Ideas and information in the text must be organised and structured. It is essential to use paragraphs.

    Vocabulary Use: A wide variety of vocabulary suitable to the task should be used in the response. Words and expressions must be used accurately.

    Grammar Use: Complex sentences – for example, using linking words like but, whereas, although and relative clauses - should be used often in the written response, avoiding too many simple sentence structures.

    About the author

    William Sauton is part of a highly qualified team with many years’ experience in IELTS Exam preparation instruction and resource development. All members of the Onlearn team have Master Degrees in English Language Teaching. Our popular IELTS and ESL websites include: MyEnglishExam.com, esl4free.com, youtube.com/esl4free & marktask.com".

    1. The Skill of Reading

    When the IELTS marker reads the candidate’s essay, he/she must have a very clear idea where the writer stands on the matter of reading being lost. If the essay is read and no clear indication of agreement/disagreement with the statement is clear, then it will be impossible for the candidate to obtain a high band. The Golden Rule is to focus sharply on the statement and use the final paragraph as an over-arching statement about the writer’s considered view on the statement that is given in the task. A strong, clear final paragraph is absolutely vital so that final paragraph will stick in the examiner’s mind as he/she considers the band that should be awarded.

    A good technique to use is as follows: early in the essay, state your general agreement/disagreement with the statement, use individual paragraphs to highlight a single topic of your argument and restate, in your final paragraph, your considered view on the matter. Each paragraph in

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