Improve your skills: Writing for IELTS 6.0-7.5

Prepares pupils for the Academic IELTS Writing paper. This book is full of exercises and examples to help develop key Writing skills. It includes tips that support students on how to approach the Writing tasks and MPO for further practice online. It is a 'Without Key' version.

Improve your skills: Writing for IELTS 6.0-7.5

Stephanie Dimond - Bayir

Macmillan

2014

Abstract

Are you taking or re-taking your IELTS exam and hoping to gain a high score? Would you like to improve your academic writing skills? If so, this book is designed to help you. Improve your Skills: Writing for IELTS 6.0-7.5 can be used for self-study or in the classroom with a teacher as part of a course. It can be used alongside other books or studied on its own Successful academic writing is not just about practising a lot, although this helps! It requires you to do a number of things:

- Comprehend the process of writing from the first stage (understanding the question) to the final stage (proofreading your final answer).

- Recognize and produce the style, features and formats typical of academic writing.

- Develop the appropriate range of vocabulary, expressions and grammatical forms associated with successful academic writing.

- Be familiar with typical contexts and topics.

Scoring well in the IELTS exam additionally requires you to utilize a variety of exam strategies and techniques, applying the skills and knowledge you have developed to produce a strong answer.

Working systematically through this book should support you in improving all these areas, helping you to understand the requirements of good academic writing then apply them effectively to achieve a higher score in the exam.