雅思写作How to prepare for IELTS Writing__ 1

1IELTSWritingSuggestedwritingproceduresandskills:1.AnalyzethetaskThismustbedonequicklybutcarefully.Youmustreadtheinstructionsproperly.ThefirstacademicwritingtaskinIELTSisadescription;youwillthereforebeaskedtodescribesomething.Analyzethetasktofindthetopicorgeneraltheme.Forexample,inthefollowingtask:Describehowsolarradiationcanbeutilizedtoprovidedomestichotandlightingthetopicissolarradiation.Thenextstepistodecideontheactualquestionyouarebeingasked.Intheexampleabove,thequestionis:Howcanitprovidedomestichotwaterandlighting?Thequestioniswhatyouarebeingaskedtowriteabout.Youmustalsoanalyzethetasktodecidewhatparticulartasktypeitis,asthiswillaffecthowyouorganizeyourwriting.Thisisdiscussedbelow.Donospendmorethanoneminuteonthis.Task1isadescription.Therearethreetypes.Youmaybeaskedtodescribeaprocess,anobjectofasetofdata(whichmaybeagraph,achartorasetoffiguresinatable.)2Process:Withaprocessyoumustdescribehowsomethingworksorhowitismadeorused.Theexampleonsolarradiationasksyoutodescribeaprocess(howitisusedtoprovidehotwaterandlighting).Forthisyoumustfocusonthestagesintheprocess.Object:Withanabjectorsetofobjectsyoumustdescribewhatsomethingisorwhatisdoes.Forthisyoumustfocusontherelationshipbetweenparts.Data:Withdatayoumustdescribechanges,differencesortrends.Focusonwhattheseareandwhy.2.WriteshortnotesOnceyouhaveanalyzedthetaskandknowwhatyouneedtodo,thenextstepistowritenotes.Thisisanessentialpartoforganizingyourwritingandyoushouldspenduptofiveminutesonthis.Chooserelevantmaterialthatyouneedtocompletethedescription.Whatyouchoosemustberelevanttothequestion.3.ArrangeyournotesunderheadingsandorderthemNumberyourmotesormarktheminsomewaytogroupthemundermainheading.Thismeansputtingyourmaterialintoalogicalorder.Howyoudothiswilldependonthetasktype.Forexample,inthecaseofaprocessthelogicalorderistostartatthebeginningandfollowthestagesoftheprocessthroughtotheend.Inthecaseofanobjectitisbesttostartwithageneral3descriptionandthenfocusonspecificfeatures.Withasetofdatayouwouldgenerallydescribetheoveralltrendandthenlookatspecificfeatures.Howeveryouchoosetodoit,itisimportanttogetyourideasorganized.Otherwiseyouwillnotbeabletowriteclearly.Goodwritingisclearlyorganized.Therearemanywaysinwhichyoushowhowyouhaveorganizedyourideas.Divideyouranswerintoparagraphs,withoneparagraphforeachofthemainheadingsinyournotes.Withineachparagraph,writeclearsentences,withonesentenceforeachitemonyournotes.Uselinkingwordsandexpressionstoshowhowyouareorganizingyourideas:showtheorderofeventswithtimeexpressions(first,next,etc.)andtherelationshipbetweenpartswithcomparativesandsuperlatives(thelargersection,themostimportantbit,etc.)andwithprepositionalphrases(nextto,linkingthese…etc.).Forbothtasksitisimportanttobeginandendclearlyaswellasgivingclearexamplestosupportyourideasfortasktwo,ortogiverelevantfiguresfortaskone.Punctuationisanotherwayoforganizingyourwritingclearly.4.WriteUseyournotesandpayparticularattentiontowhathasbeensaidabout4organizingyourideasclearly.Itisparticularimportantinwritingtask2todisplayclearthinkingandorganization.Youshouldgothroughtheprocessesyouhavebeenpracticing,takingnotesandorganizingyourwriting–butinadditionyoushouldrememberto:Haveaclearintroductiontellingthereaderbrieflywhatareasyouaregoingtocover.Makeitclearwhichsideofanargumentyouarepresenting(useclearlinkingexpressionssuchas‘Ontheonehand…Ontheotherhand’)andmakesureyoudonotmixtwosidesofanargumentinthesameparagraph.Giveexamplesclearly(choosegoodexampleswhichillustrateyourargumentwhenyoutakenotes,andwhenyouwriteintroducethemwithphrasessuchas‘Wecanseeanexampleofthis…’Makeitclearwhenyouaregivingyourownopinion(useexpressionssuchas‘inmyview…’Giveaclearconclusionwhichrelatesyourargumentbacktotheoriginalquestion/sandsummarizesyouropinion.Aswellaswritingaclear,relevantansweritisimportantthatyourEnglishisaccurate.Youshouldensurethatyouwriteinanappropriatestyle,andthatyourgrammarandspellingarecorrect.5Style:Intask1youhavetogiveafairytechnicaldescription.Intask2youmustwriteanessayorargumentforauniversityteacher,oranessayforanon-specialistreader.ForbothtasksyoumustuseformalacademicEnglish.Writeformallyevenwhenstatingyourownideas;makeuseofthepassivefordescriptionsandusefullforms(e.g.theyareratherthanthey’re);Grammarandspelling:Youmustremembertouseappropriatetenseandensurethatyoursubjectsandverbsagree.Checktheuseofprepositionsandarticles,thatyouhavethecorrectformforadjectivesandadverbs,and,ofcourse,yourspelling.Ifyouhaveparticularproblems,withanyoftheseconsultagrammarbook.Ifyoudonotnoticeyourerrorswhileyouarewriting,youwillhaveachancetocorrectthemduringthefinalprocess.5.CheckyouranswersAsforthereading,youshouldmakesureyouallowyourselfashorttimeattheendofeachquestion(aboutthreetofiveminutesfortask1andatleastfiveminutesfortask2)tocheckyouranswers.Youshouldusethetimeparticularlytocheckthatyouhaveusedcorrectforms,aswellastomakesurethatyouhavewrittentherequirednumberofwords(150wordsfortask1and250wordsfortask2).6SummaryWhatyouneedtoknowWhatyouneedtodoAnalyzethetaskHowtoselectmaterialWriteshortnotesHowtoorganize