This Practical IELTS Strategies book is above all (as the name suggests), practical and strategic, giving a clear and achievable framework to maximizing your score in the IELTS Writing Task One.
This book has:
.20 solid tips, each developed and building from the previous one, supported by analysis and discussion where possible
.Over 40 exercises with answers, also analysed and discussed
.A final summary and demonstration of all the tips in action
.Extensive appendices with model answers, all analysed and discussed
Andrew Guilfoyle (Cambridge ELT Certificate & ELT Diploma, M.Ed. Cambridge Certified teacher trainer) has been teaching English since 1993, and, more importantly, specifically teaching IELTS Preparation since 1994─ a field in which he has gradually come to specialize. He thus brings to his books not only an extensive theoretical knowledge, but also a wealth of practical classroom approaches, carefully developed over years. Andrew currently teaches IELTS preparation courses in his own studio on Taipei, Taiwan.
Andrew’s IELTS Studio:aisielts.com
目錄
關於本書
About this Book
About the IELTS Writing Test
About Writing Task One
The IELTS Band Descriptors
Fundamental Tips
Tip 1: How Much to Write
Tip 2: Which Task to do First
Tip 3: Study the Item / Read the Axis
Tip 4: Write in Formal Style
Tip 5: Do Not Give Opinions
Tip 6: Cut the Fluff
Tip 7: Include a Forest-View
Tip 8: Structuring the Forest-View
Tip 9: Structuring the Trees-View
Varying the Words & Grammar Tips
Tip 10: The Introduction
Tip 11: The Body Text
Grammar Tips
Tip 12: Grammar Issues
Tip 13: Significant Features (and Figures)
Tips for Specific Task Types
Tip 14: Approaching a Pie Chart
Tip 15: Approaching a Table of Figures
Tip 16: Approaching a Diagram
Tip 17: Approaching a Map
Finishing Off
Tip 18: Giving Final Thoughts
Tip 19: ‘Danger’ Words
Bringing it all Together
Summary of Tips
Tip 20: The Writing Task One Procedure
Summarising Exercise
IELTS Writing Task One Practice I-IV
Conclusion
Appendices
Answers to Word Learning Time