Thursday 20 December 2012

IELTS Academic Writing Tasks Overview




Academic writing Task 1

 
There are 2 writing tasks for the Academic and General tests. Total time is 60 minutes.

For the Academic IELTS exam, writing task 1 is 20 minutes and you have to write 150 words. You should aim to write at least 150 up to a maximum of 175 words.

You are given a table, graph, picture or some kind of visual information in which you need to write a report explaining the details in written form. Your ideas and explanations must be coherent and cohesive as you will be marked on these. Also grammar, vocabulary and most importantly if you have given an overall statement to the question are taken into consideration in your writing.


Academic writing Task 2


In the second writing task you have to write at least 250 words, the range should be between 240 and 275 words.

A topic is presented to you and you have to write about it. There is no right or wrong answer to this but you do have to produce an essay that follows a cohesive and coherent argument.

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