Essay for IELTS

Question 1

Essay Black Box

Answer 1

Purpose
Understanding the question
Selecting Ideas
Organizing Ideas
sections of Essay

Question 2

Purpose -

Answer 2

ability to Think & Argue appropriately about a common issue

Question 3

stage 1. About Question

Answer 3

Understanding the Question - what is asked? Terms, focus, context.

 Describe - Present facts  NOT opinions
 Discuss - Give opinion, evaluate things, takes sides.

Question 4

stage 2. selecting & presenting Ideas

Answer 4

Generation, Evaluation & Classification

Ideas - Brainstorming & using higher level of classification.
Looking both sides, +ve & -ve
Using examples to support arguments

Evaluation & Classification of Ideas

Evaluating (one idea is good/ bad or better/worse than another)

Classification of Ideas
      Broad classification with positive & negative
      Relevant or not - too small or too broad
      Overgeneralization & Exaggeration

Question 5

stage 2. Organising Ideas

Answer 5

Organising Ideas
Ranking Ideas
Most imp. to least imp.
Most common to least common
Most general to least general
Earlier to the Later (chronological)

          Consequences, Comparisons, Alternatives & Speculation apart from Problem solution & Evaluation

          Consequences - +ves & -ves
          Comparisons - more clearly and carefully you identify the criteria by which you judge or evaluate or compare something, the better your thinking and judgments will be. fossil vs nuclear
          Alternatives - alternatives to existing soln.; cars
          Speculation - alternatives that don't exist; what might be if 4 day week

Question 6

Stage 3. Writing

Answer 6

Using right grammar, vocabulary & style
Right grammar - structure

 Sections of the Essay
      Introduction - General statement, Aspect and Stand
      Body - Use Ideas
      Conclusion - Recommendation & Implications

      Modifiers - overgeneralization, exaggeration, confusion, understatement

      waffle ( lack of ideas)
      Immature writing - only using simple sentences
      formulaic and thoughtless writing
      cultural differences in style
      proofreading and appearance

Question 7

Improve IELTS using paraphrasing

Answer 7

To write an effective paraphrase, you need to do three things:
One: have a clear plan in your head, with a clear conclusion, which should be obvious to your reader from the first sentence of your essay.
Two: don’t try to stick too closely to the sentence structure in the question. Paraphrasing is about ideas, not just words.
Three: interpret and develop the ideas in the task, so that you replace general ideas in the task with your own more specific ones.

Advances in technology have led to the automation of many jobs, especially low-level or manual positions. This has led to many serious problems, including unemployment and increasing rates of poverty and inequality.