IELTS Writing One-to-One (RAJ) 9th May 2009

Resources
        ✓        New Insight into IELTS: Writing p.92
        ❑        New Insight into IELTS: continue p.102
        ✓        sample essay and essay format


Notes

Task 2: Essay Writing
Sample:


Over the last two decades, the evaluation of students has undergone drastic changes. Most colleges use informal ways of assessing student’ ability to pass exams, as they are convinced that formal ways of examining students are no longer useful. I believe that the formal way of assessing student’s knowledge doesn’t really test that knowledge well. The best way of testing student’s understanding is by measuring his performance over all, such as by coursework, his interactions in class, and practical skills.


Conclusion: I think the best means of evaluating students is by informal methods because formal exams don’t assess students knowledge.

Examples
“I’ve read....(a relevant statistic or idea)”

see page 101 for vocab. describing trends
remains steady



Task 1: Introduction

1. Use “how, where, when” adverbs at the end of a simple introductory sentence to be as specific as possible.

1. Vocab. of time:

1. After this, and then, next, following this, before, subsequently,

1. explain what the graph is about using the information given on the x/y axis and index box/title

                -use “(inclusive)” at the end if the period is months or small.
                -use “shows”
2. describe the main trend.
        -likewise, (similar trend)


continue p.104