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The academic version of IELTS: Writing Tasks 1 and 2
Sam McCarter
4 November 2015
Abstract
The aim of the presentation is to give teachers fresh ideas for
the writing component of the academic version of the IELTS
exam, namely Writing Tasks 1 and 2. The focus will be on
techniques that teachers can use to help B2 level students on
short courses increase their organizational skills, and increase
accuracy at the same time. The talk will present suggestions
for students to help make use of the 60 minutes they have
for the writing component through: the creation of ideas, the
organisation and planning related to the different question
types, including examples of plans; the building and
development of ideas and relevant grammar and vocabulary
students need to focus on.
General introduction
Writing Task 1
Writing Task2
Stages
Rubric:
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the
main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
1 Introduction
2 Overview
3 Data to prove overview
Principles: General/ Specific
Plan
Task Achievement/ Coherence and cohesion
Public Marking Scores Task 1
Task 1 Language features checklist
Simple Present/ Past/ Present Perfect/ Simple Future/ Future Perfect
Comparison
Complex sentences: conjunctions/ adverbs
Verbs of rise/ fall
Introductions/ Trends
Noun phrases – nominalization
synonyms/ paraphrases
Singular/ plural
Active/ passive
General v specific
Essential features
Transformation and transfer
Adverbs: … rose more slowly/ erratically/ steadily than
Adjectives: Greater numbers of … attended …
the numbers of … were greater than …
Nouns: There was a greater increase/ fall …/ The increase in
…. was greater … than
… accounted for a greater proportion of … than
More young people …
Phrases/ Chunks: This is in (sharp) contrast with/ to …
Adverbs/ Conjunctions: By contrast/ By comparison/ while
whereas
Comparison
Nominalization vs verbalization
Abstract rather than personal
Noun vs. verb
Examples:
Overview
Overall, it is clear that there is a rise/ increase/ fall/ drop/
trend/ change in/ difference / correlation/ relationship
between …
Evidence/Data
By comparison, there was a steady rise in car sales from … to
…./ with an increase form
Summarizing
Vocabulary
Pie charts
Features
Maps/ plans
StreetplanA
StapleRoadp
HighRoad
TennisStreet BridgeStreet
BondWay HattonAvenue
School
Student Level
Writing Task 2
Basic Rubrics
Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some think this will have little effect and other measures …
What are the causes …? What measures/
What are the advantages and disadvantages of …?
Do
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from
your own knowledge or experience.
Writing Task 2 Question Type
13
The creation of ideas
Presentation heading | Date Month Year
Not a lack of ideas
A lack of ability to organise and link ideas and possibly to
categorise ideas
Writing Task 2
Ideas
Categorizing
Pre-writing
A
1 2 3 4 5
Frame
Pre-writing
Perspectives
Adjectives/ nouns
Pre-writing
cultural
environmental
Perspectives
Planning 4
Personal to abstract
personal
familial
social
local
regional
national
international
Technological/ growth
Technological/ health
Technological/ communication
Technological/ education
Technological/ design
Connections/ Links/ Associations Simple and familiar
Question and organization
The volume of e-waste, or electronic waste, around the world
is now greater than ever before.
What are the causes of this? What measures can be effective
in dealing with the situation?
Writing Task 2
Introduction of the problem and focus of the essay:
Cause/ solution
Cause/ solution
Cause/ solution
Conclusion
Introduction of the problem and focus of the essay:
Causes
Solution1
Solution 2
Conclusion
Plan
Noticing organization in a paragraph
Find functions/ elements
1 General
Topic sentence
2 Specific
1Example
2 Cause
3 Example
4 Effect
5 Cause and effect chain
Extract
Education can play an
important role in [reducing
poverty]. For example, if
[young people have a good
education, especially using
modern technology, they can
[earn money and improve
their lives].
Learning a new skill/ leaning a new language
Writing Task 2
Introduction analysis 1
The volume of e-waste, or electronic waste, around the world is
now greater than ever before.
What are the causes of this? What measures can be effective in
dealing with the situation?
Accuracy
Example Introduction
Each year, increasing amount of e-waste is been thrown. The increasing amount is result of various factor, but there are many approaches can be taken to tackel it.
Example Introduction - Key
Each year, an increasing amount of e-waste is being thrown away. This situation is the result of various factors, but there are many approaches that can be taken to tackle the problem.
Reduction of errors: global to specific
Models and samples
Map a paragraph according to perspective(s)
Map according to time sequence
Map according to functions
Rewrite according to a different perspective
Paraphrase the text
Flowchart
Checking
Thank you
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Sam McCarter
Author
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