The best preparation for IELTS: Writing academic module band 9

Ryan Wright

Nov 2015 · Ryan Wright

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Writing Task 2 is designed to test your ability to write an academic style essay. You must present the information in your own words as complete sentences within paragraphs. You are required to write over 250 words, and the task should be completed in about 40 minutes (both part 1 and 2 must be finished in 1 hour).

Types of Topics

There are many different topics for essays in the exam, but typical topic areas include: education, crime, media, technology, social issues, technology and the future, and the environment. In this case it makes sense to build up vocabulary in these key areas in order to have sufficient language to write an essay well.

Types of Questions

There are three main types of essay questions that are included in the IELTS writing exam. It is important to learn how to structure each of these types. Each of these will be described more fully in the sections that follow. Briefly, they are an opinion essay, where you are asked to give your own personal opinion on a topic; a both sides and opinion essay, where you are required to discuss both sides of an argument and then give your own personal opinion on the topic; and a two question essay, which involves responding to two different questions.

Ratings and reviews

My score is from 7-8. I wanted 8 in all bands, but the listening practice, I regret that I did it with this book. In the actual test, almost all speakers had British/ Australian accents- none with American English accents. If you have trouble listening to British English, please practice it with other books.

Got this book recently to work with a student who wants to take the IELTS. It has a good selection of exercises, and uses realistic questions similar to those found on the test.

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