The academic version of IELTS: Writing Tasks 1 and 2. Sam McCarter. 4 November 2015

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1 The academic version of IELTS: Writing Tasks 1 and 2 Sam McCarter 4 November 2015

2 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.

3 General introduction Writing Task 1 Writing Task2

4 Plan 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

5 Public Marking Scores Task 1 Task Achievement/ Coherence and cohesion

6 Essential features 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

7 Comparison 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

8 Summarizing 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

9 Pie charts Vocabulary

10 Maps/ plans Features Street plan A Staple Road p School High Road Tennis Street Bridge Street Bond Way Hatton Avenue

11 Writing Task 2 Student Level

12 Writing Task 2 Question Type 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.

13 Writing Task 2 The creation of ideas Not a lack of ideas A lack of ability to organise and link ideas and possibly to categorise ideas 13 Presentation heading Date Month Year

14 Pre-writing Ideas Categorizing A

15 Pre-writing Frame

16 Pre-writing Perspectives Adjectives/ nouns cultural environmental

17 Planning 4 Perspectives Personal to abstract personal familial social international national regional local

18 Connections/ Links/ Associations Simple and familiar Technological/ growth Technological/ health Technological/ communication Technological/ education Technological/ design

19 Writing Task 2 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?

20 Plan 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

21 Noticing organization in a paragraph Find functions/ elements Extract 1 General Topic sentence 2 Specific 1Example 2 Cause 3 Example 4 Effect 5 Cause and effect chain 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].

22 Learning a new skill/ leaning a new language

23 Introduction analysis 1 Writing Task 2 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?

24 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

25 Checking 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

26 Further reading Website:

27 For more information Please contact Sam McCarter Author Thank you