What you'll learn

Students will learn how to plan and write different types of IELTS essays.

Different essay structures.

Planning and its importance.

The use of academic vocabulary and grammar in IELTS writing task 2.

Requirements

Students should have at least B1 level in English.

Description

This comprehensive course is designed with a full understanding of the IELTS test and its intricacies. The course helps students to fully understand academic writing. It gives a step by step approach to writing which  students can easily follow during the writing process. The structure  of the course is based on the IELTS marking criteria: Task response, Coherence and cohesion, Lexical resource and Grammatical range and accuracy. This structure is a good way to make sure that the essay question is answered without leaving out any information. The materials provided help the students to produce an academic piece of writing that is well organized, uses the correct academic language, is accurate, provides examples/evidence and also considers the audience (the examiner). Structures are provided for all essay types that  students can encounter on test day. These structures are vital in order to write the correct essay that is fully developed; introducing the topic, writing main body paragraphs  and concluding. Planning is  covered in detail in this course to help students organize their ideas before they can start writing,  so that their writing can be both cohesive and coherent. Time management is also covered in the course to help test takers achieve their writing goal within the allocated time limit.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Academic writing explanation video

Lecture 3 Marking parameters

Lecture 4 DO's and DON'Ts

Section 2: Planning and its importance

Lecture 5 Planning

Section 3: Essay types

Lecture 6 Types of essays

Section 4: Task response

Lecture 7 Opinion essay

Lecture 8 Problems and Solutions Essay

Lecture 9 Advantages and disadvantages essay

Lecture 10 Double question essay

Lecture 11 Discuss both views and give opinion

Section 5: Coherence and Cohesion

Lecture 12 Formal linking words

Section 6: Lexical resource

Lecture 13 Wordlist block 1

Lecture 14 Wordlist block 2

Lecture 15 Wordlist block 3

Lecture 16 Wordlist block 4

Lecture 17 Wordlist block 5

Section 7: Grammatical range and accuracy

Lecture 18 Useful grammar

Section 8: How to give examples in IELTS writing task 2

Lecture 19 Simple and advanced ways to give examples

This course is channelled towards any student who is preparing for the IELTS Academic test.