Developing Writing Skills for IELTS

A Research-Based Approach
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-25839-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 738 g

An essential companion for IELTS writing instructors and students, Developing Writing Skills for IELTS provides IELTS test-takers with the necessary skills to succeed in the two academic writing tasks in IELTS.

Adopting an original exemplar-based writing instructional approach, this text offers an in-depth and reader-friendly analysis of the assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks in IELTS. Authentic exemplars written by EFL university students are included to illustrate high (Bands 8–9), average (Bands 6–7), and low (Bands 4–5) performances in IELTS writing.

Key Features:

• Diagrammatical representation of assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks by experienced IELTS writing examiners and instructors.

• 100 writing questions modelled after the IELTS format, designed by the authors, and categorised according to question types and topics that emerge from an analysis of over 400 IELTS writing questions.

• Over 100 writing exemplars by EFL university students, accompanied by guided activities and suggested answers.

Designed as a classroom text, a resource for workshops and consultations, or a self-study material, Developing Writing Skills for IELTS: A Research-based Approach will support IELTS writing instructors and test-takers with a variety of writing proficiencies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chong, Sin Wang

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I

Chapter 1: Introduction to IELTS and IELTS Writing

Chapter 2: Use of Exemplars: Theory and Research Q & A

Chapter 3: Task 1: Task Achievement

Chapter 4: Task 1: Coherence and Cohesion

Chapter 5: Task 1: Lexical Resource

Chapter 6: Task 1: Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Chapter 7: Task 2: Task Achievement

Chapter 8: Task 2: Coherence and Cohesion

Chapter 9: Task 2: Lexical Resource

Chapter 10: Task 2: Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Chapter 11: Task 1: Exemplar Analysis by Question Types

Chapter 12: Task 2: Exemplar Analysis by Question Types

Chapter 13: Question Bank (100 IELTS Writing Tasks 1 and 2 Questions)

Part II

Answers to Chapter 3: Task 1: Task Achievement

Answers to Chapter 4: Task 1: Coherence and Cohesion

Answers to Chapter 5: Task 1: Lexical Resource

Answers to Chapter 6: Task 1: Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Answers to Chapter 7: Task 2: Task Achievement

Answers to Chapter 8: Task 2: Coherence and Cohesion

Answers to Chapter 9: Task 2: Lexical Resource

Answers to Chapter 10: Task 2: Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Author Biographies

Über Autor(innen)

Sin Wang Chong is a lecturer in the School of Social Science, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

Xuejun Ye is a doctoral candidate in Applied Language Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a former research assistant at the Education University of Hong Kong.