雅思写作教学.ppt

English Writing Course Week 4 How are the IELTS essays marked? The IELTS Writing Task 2 is marked using a criteria. There are four different things that IELTS examiners are looking for: Task Response Coherence and Cohesion Lexical Resource Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Coherence and Cohesion Coherence Flow of your writing Ideas logically organised Appropriately sequenced Cohesion Connect ideas Show relationships between paragraphs and sentences or parts of sentences Task response/Task achievement Degree to which the exam question has been answered properly Supporting your opinion with relevant ideas Lexical Resource Range and accuracy of vocabulary used in your writing How can you improve your vocabulary? Learn synonyms Brainstorm synonyms Learn collocations Know your word families Grammatical Range and Accuracy Range and accuracy of the grammar you are describing Use of tenses Comparatives Conditionals Modal verbs Passive tense Use of complex structures (who, what, why) Punctuation What are the pros and cons of using public transport? Examiner’s comments Some hold the view that ideas and information should be completely open and there should be no controls on what people can read and watch in the media (TV, newspaper, Internet). Do you agree with this view, or do you think that in some circumstances governments should limit the freedom of the media? Examiner’s comments What are the advantages and disadvantages of making children do exams?