BASIC IELST WRITING TASK 2 INTRODUCTION

BASIC IELTS WRITING

TASK 2-OVERVIEW

PRACTISE WRITING INTRODUCTION-LESSON 1

Multiple Choice

In writing task 2, you need to write at least .......... words.

• 100

• 150

• 200

• 250

Multiple Choice

A writing task 2 allocates ____ your writing band score.

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 1/3

Multiple Choice

What are four criteria to evaluate your writing?

• Task Response. Coherence and Cohesion. Lexical Resource (Vocabulary) Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

  
  

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  Task Response. Coherence and Cohesion. Pronunciation (Vocabulary) Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

• Task Response. Coherence and Cohesion. Lexical Resource (Vocabulary). Spelling & Grammar

• Content. Coherence and Cohesion. Lexical Resource (Vocabulary) Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

Multiple Choice

What are four criteria to evaluate your writing?

• Task Response. Coherence and Cohesion. Lexical Resource (Vocabulary) Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

  
  

• 
  Task Response. Coherence and Cohesion. Pronunciation (Vocabulary) Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

• Task Response. Coherence and Cohesion. Lexical Resource (Vocabulary). Spelling & Grammar

• Content. Coherence and Cohesion. Lexical Resource (Vocabulary) Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

Multiple Choice

How much time should you allocate for your Writing task 2

• 20 minutes

  
  

• 30 minutes

• 40 minutes

• 50 minutes

Match

Match the following

• Some people think that the best way to solve global environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel.

  To what extent do you agree or disagree?

• Many criminals commit further crimes as soon as they are released from prison.

  What do you think are the causes of this? What possible solutions can you suggest?

• Many governments think that economic progress is their most important goal. Some people, however, think that other types of progress are equally important for a country.

  Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

• Sample topic: Nowadays, families are not as close as in the past and a lot of people have become used to this.

  Why is this happening?

  Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the drawbacks?

• Many people prefer to use public transportation while others say that personal cars are the best mode of transportation. Excessive use of private cars is considered to be the main reason for the traffic jam in many cities and that’s why the use of public transportation is encouraged.

  In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of using public transport?

Opinion essay

Cause-Effect-Solution

Discussion and opinion

Two part question

Discussion

• Opinion essay

• Cause-Effect-Solution

• Discussion and opinion

• Two part question

• Discussion

​IELTS WRITING TASK 2-QUESTION TYPES

​QUESTION	​TYPE
​Some people think that the best way to solve global environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel. To what extent do you agree or disagree?	​OPINION
​Many criminals commit further crimes as soon as they are released from prison. What do you think are the causes of this? What possible solutions can you suggest?	​CAUSE-EFFECT-SOLUTION
​Many governments think that economic progress is their most important goal. Some people, however, think that other types of progress are equally important for a country. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.	​DISCUSSION AND OPINION
​Sample topic: Nowadays, families are not as close as in the past and a lot of people have become used to this. Why is this happening? Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the drawbacks?	​DISCUSSION
​Many people prefer to use public transportation while others say that personal cars are the best mode of transportation. Excessive use of private cars is considered to be the main reason for the traffic jam in many cities and that’s why the use of public transportation is encouraged. In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of using public transport?	​TWO PART QUESTION

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Analyse the topic and paraphrase key words. (3 mins)

• Make an outline. (7 mins)

• Write (28 mins)

• Review and correction. (2 mins)

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• 2
• 3
• 4

SUGGESTED ESSAY STRUCTURE

​PART	​NUMBER OF SENTENCES
​INTRODUCTION	​2-3
​BODY 1	​4-5
​BODY 2	​4-5
​CONCLUSION	​1-2

READ THE SAMPLE INTRODUCTION ADN ANWER QUESTIONS.

Health experts claim that walking is best exercise. However, people are walking less on a daily basis. What has caused this and what can be done about it?

Nowadays, some health scholars claim that walking is the best exercise for maintaining body fitness. In accordance, individuals need to walk on a regular basis. The essay describes the reason and how can we encourage improvement in public health for well-being.

+How many sentences are there?

+What are the functions of these sentence?

+Are the key words paraphrased?

+How long should you spend on writing the Introduction?

READ 3-5 SAMPLE ESSAYS AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

+How many sentences are there? (2-3)

+What are the functions of these sentence? (State the topics, address the question/requirement)

+Are the key words paraphrased? Yes

+How long should you spend on writing the Introduction? 5 minutes

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Identify type of question

• Identify key words

• Paraphrase

• Make an outline

• Write

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

TEMPLATE

SENTENCE 2

-(While …), I hold a conviction that…..(Opinion essay)

-While there are some benefits/drawbacks of +N/ to+Ving, I would argue that (Discussion and opinion).

-This essay discusses the merits and drawbacks of ................(Discuss advantages and disadvantages).

-While the situation has certain number of negative impacts/stem from a number of causes, those can be mitigated by proper solutions. (effects/causes/solutions )

SENTENCE 1:

-It is true that
-It is argued that

TOPIC 1

 Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught.  To what extent do you agree/disagree? 

Open Ended

Paraphrase key words:

 Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught.  To what extent do you agree/disagree? 

PARAPHRASE

-Academic knowledge: academic subjects, fundamental knowledge 

-pass exam: achieve high academic results/ performance, to perform well in the tests

-skills such as cooking or dressing: extra skills, life skills

-not be taught: be excluded from curriculum, not be included in curriculum

Open Ended

WRITE THE INTRODUCTION:

 Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught.  To what extent do you agree/disagree? 

SAMPLE INTRODUCTION:
It is argued that educational institutions should focus solely on teaching academic knowledge to help students pass exams, while practical skills like cooking or dressing should be excluded from the curriculum. While there are some benefits to prioritizing academic knowledge, I hold a conviction that integrating life skills into the educational system is equally crucial for holistic student development.

 Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught.  To what extent do you agree/disagree? 

Open Ended

WRITE THE CONCLUSION:

 Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught.  To what extent do you agree/disagree? 

SAMPLE CONCLUSION:

In short, to facilitate students most effectively in their future occupation and life, academic knowledge and social skills should both be covered in university's programs.

 Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught.  To what extent do you agree/disagree? 

TOPIC 2

Many employers find that their new employees lack sufficient interpersonal skills such as lack of ability to work with colleagues as a team.

What are the causes? Can you suggest some possible solution?

Open Ended

Paraphrase key words:

 Many employers find that their new employees lack sufficient interpersonal skills such as lack of ability to work with colleagues as a team.

What are the causes? Can you suggest some possible solution?

PARAPHRASE

-employers: recruiters, business owners

-new employees: newly hired/recruited employees/workers/staff

-sufficient: adequate, essential, efficient,

-cause: factors leading to…., reasons why…, account for

-solutions: measures, methods

-interpersonal skills: people skills, communication and interaction skills

Open Ended

WRITE THE INTRODUCTION:

Many employers find that their new employees lack sufficient interpersonal skills such as lack of ability to work with colleagues as a team.

What are the causes? Can you suggest some possible solution?

SAMPLE INTRODUCTION:
It is argued that many new employees lack essential interpersonal skills, such as the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues. While this situation stems from a number of causes, those can be mitigated by proper solutions.

Many employers find that their new employees lack sufficient interpersonal skills such as lack of ability to work with colleagues as a team.

What are the causes? Can you suggest some possible solution?

Open Ended

WRITE THE CONCLUSION:

Many employers find that their new employees lack sufficient interpersonal skills such as lack of ability to work with colleagues as a team.

What are the causes? Can you suggest some possible solution?

SAMPLE CONCLUSION:
To sum up, in insufficient communcation and interactions skills among new employess are resulted from a number of factors but they can be tackled by mentioned s

Many employers find that their new employees lack sufficient interpersonal skills such as lack of ability to work with colleagues as a team.

What are the causes? Can you suggest some possible solution?

Open Ended

Paraphrase key words:

In many workplaces, online communication is now more common than face-to-face meetings. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

PARAPHRASE

• Online communication: Digital interaction, Virtual communication, Web-based dialogue

• More common: Increasingly prevalent, More frequent, Widely observed

• Face-to-face meetings: In-person gatherings, Direct interactions, Physical meetings

• Advantages: Benefits, Pros, Merits

• Outweigh the disadvantages: Exceed the drawbacks, Surpass the negatives, Eclipse the cons

Open Ended

WRITE THE INTRODUCTION AND THE CONCLUSION:

In many workplaces, online communication is now more common than face-to-face meetings. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

SAMPLE INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION
It is true that in many workplaces, online communication has become more prevalent than face-to-face meetings. While there are some benefit of virtual communication at the workplace, I would argue that there are more drawbacks.

In many workplaces, online communication is now more common than face-to-face meetings. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

HOMEWORK: WRITE THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

1. Recent research has shown that business meetings and training are increasingly taking place online. Do the disadvantages of this outweigh the advantages?

2. The use of social media is replacing face-to-face interaction among many people in society. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

3. These days people spend more and more time at work and less time at home. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

4. In many countries, fast food is becoming cheaper and more widely available. Do the disadvantages of this outweigh the advantages?

5. Around the world, people are now living longer than ever before in the past. Some say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Others believe there are benefits to society having more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of possessing an ageing population outweigh the disadvantages?