IELTS Writing Task 2 Lesson: From Band 6.5 - 8
Channel: IELTS Advantage
Date: 2019-04-03

IELTS Writing Task 2 is the second part of the writing test, where you are presented with a point of view, argument or problem and asked to write an essay in response. Your essay should be in a formal style, at least 250 words in length and you should aim to complete it in under 40 minutes. 

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Task 2 can be a little tricky for many doing the test.

One of our students tried 4 times and got 6.5 every time. When she came to us she was desperate to get at least a Band 7 in her next writing test.

We identified that she was doing some very basic things wrong and we decided to teach her the basic principles of IELTS Writing.

These key principles were all linked to the IELTS Writing Task 2 Official Marking Criteria. This helped her get inside the mind of an examiner and understand exactly what they want on test day.

In this lesson, we show you her previous essay and compare it with her final one before she did the test.

She managed to go from a Band 6.5 to a Band 8 in quite a short period of time.

Here's what I'll teach you: 

03:08 Why you need a principled approach 
04:36 The essay question 
05:49 The 3 stages to IELTS Writing Task 2 
07:06 Plan your Task 2 essay 
08:26 Think about the question 
10:03 Understand what the examiner wants you to do 
11:08 Generate ideas 
14:43 Structure planning 
17:58 Key Principles for the Thinking Stage 
22:09 Paraphrasing 
22:15 Writing an effective introduction 
24:30 Main Body Paragraphs and idea development 
35:00 Writing effective conclusions 
37:20 A checklist of key elements 
39:02 Improving your grammar in IELTS Writing Task 2 
41:00 Improving your vocabulary in IELTS Writing Task 2 
39:02 Editing

I've also added a question at the end of the video. Post it in the comments below and I will select a few samples and give detailed feedback in our next video.

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