IELTS WRITING TASK 2UNIT 1: About Academic IELTS Task 2
What is in academic task 2?
In the writing part of the IELTS exam you will have to write an essay that is a minimum of
250 words long.
There are many kinds of topic. Below are some common examples though there are others:
Environment
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will help you with your IELTS test.
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the tips and strategies that you will be shown. This is the way to improve your score.
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About the book
The book is designed to be a self-study guide; however, it can also be used as a guide to
teaching IELTS if you are an IELTS instructor.
The book is aimed at all levels. The book contains the basic buildings blocks of creating a
good essay so is suitable for those who are beginners to IELTS, but there are also tips and
strategies that will help you move to the highest band scores (if you have the right grammar
abilities).
Although there are essential grammar points in parts of the book (particularly Unit 10 on
‘Coherence and Cohesion’) the book is not designed as a grammar book. The book aims to
develop specific skills that help you write an essay in a short space of time and the steps that
are involved in this process.
Students often have particular problems with not answering the question properly and finding
they do not have enough time in the test, so the book has a particular focus on explaining how
to properly analyse and plan an essay and tips and strategies so that you can write essays
faster.
The book contains a number of sample essays as illustrations of how to tackle different types
of essays.
How to use the book
It is recommended that you work through the book unit by unit as each unit builds up
different skills and they are then built further in the next unit. You can, though, look at
specific units if you need particular help in one area.
Contents
Unit 1 gives an overview of task 2 and some general tips.
Unit 2 explains why it is so important to spend time analysing the essay questions and
provides you with strategies, tips and exercises to do this.
Brainstorming is something candidates always have difficulty with so Unit 3 provides useful
tips on how to brainstorm ideas. Unit 4 then shows you how to put these ideas into a plan.
You don’t want to waste too much time on introductions and conclusions and you need to
practice writing introductions quickly so Unit 5 explains how you can do this and gives you a
chance to practice writing them.
The most important parts of your essay are the body paragraphs but they can take a long time
to write. Unit 6 explains two types of paragraphs and methods for planning and writing them
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