IELTS Advantage : Writing Skills (eBook)

“IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills” written by Richard Brown (Author), Lewis Richards (Author) is a fully comprehensive resource designed as a guide for IELTS learners who want to achieve a grade of 7.0 or higher in the Writing section of the Academic IELTS test.

Students are guided step-by-step through the different tasks in the writing module, using material developed in the classroom, by authors with many years’ experience in helping hundreds of IELTS candidates achieve a high IELTS score. “IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills”: shows students how to organise and structure an answer for all types of task 1 and 2 questions in writing; contains a model essay in each unit, showing students exactly what is required; contains a general interest article in each unit, developing ideas and vocabulary for a common topic in the exam; quickly develops students’ fluency and confidence in producing pieces of writing through a focus on academic vocabulary and collocations; and, contains grammar exercises in each unit, showing students how to apply a wide range of grammar items in their IELTS writing. 

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About the Book

IELTS examiners are looking for four different things, and the book is designed to help you
in each of these areas:

• Grammar: Accurate grammar and a rich variety of complex structures (for example conditionals, relative clauses, noun phrases).
• Vocabulary: A good command of academic vocabulary (including academic words, allocations, etc.).
• Organization:  Clear, easy-to-follow & well-organized paragraphs.
• Ideas and arguments: Well-developed writing ideas which can answer the question fully and express a clear viewpoint.

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Key Features :

1. Organization of the book: This book includes 9 units in which Units 1-6 focus on academic essays in IELTS Writing Task 2 and Units 7 – 9 cover IELTS Writing Task 1 (Lines, Graph, Table, Diagram, etc.).
• Units 1 – 4 cover advantages and disadvantages essays. 
• Units 2 and 5 looks at problem and solution essays. 
• Units 3 and 6 involve in opinion essays. 
• Unit 7 shows you how to write about graphs with a trend (changes over time).
• Unit 8 looks at how to describe graphs and charts where you have to compare data.
• Unit 9 describes how to write about processes and maps.

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Each unit is built around two texts: an introductory text, which includes useful grammar, ideas and vocabulary, and a model essay, which guides you as you write. The units build on each other, so when you study opinion essays, for example, we advise you to study Unit 3 first, and then Unit 6. 

2. Interesting texts: The book contains a range of texts in different styles such as articles, latest news, etc. so that you can feel enjoyable when learning it. 

3. IELTS grammar exercises: Each unit has grammar exercises with the aim of helping you practice grammar rules to your writing. The grammar items are selected thoroughly to be the most useful and relevant to the IELTS Writing test.

4. This book provides you with Academic vocabulary for writing which is
distinctly different from general English in daily conservation and exercises so that you can apply in the IELTS Writing test. 

5. One of the most key factors to get a 7.0 or higher in the IELTS writing is to know how to utilize Collocations (words which commonly go together) to help you quickly improve your written academic vocabulary.

6. Model essays/answers: For each topic and unit in this book, you can find Band 8.0+ model answers which act as guidance about how to write your essays. 

7. Exam skills & tips: Each unit includes exercises and tips such as how to write an introduction, conclusion or good paragraph to help you develop your IELTS writing skills for the IELTS exam.

8. Check and challenge: At the end of each unit, you have the chance to revise the language you have studied, and to extend your language with extra challenges.

The IELTS scoring system

IELTS score ranges from Band 1 to Band 9. If somebody score a 9.0, they are at native- speaker level, but in fact, many native speakers fail to achieve a 9.0, so be realistic!

How to get it? 

You can download IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills on IELTS Material website or buy it on Amazon website.

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We are sure that you will enjoy IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills and wish you all the best with your IELTS studies. 

Also check:

• IELTS Writing tips
• IELTS Writing recent actual test
• IELTS Writing Answer sheet
• IELTS map vocabulary
• IELTS Writing Task 1 Connectors