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3 ADVANCED IELTS WRITING

TECHNIQUES FOR SCORING BAND 8.0

 TU ES DAY , MAY 05, 201 5

Are you ready to score Band 8 or higher in IELTS writing module? Then you come to

right IELTS blog post.

You can see some signiicant impro!ement o your academic IELTS writing once you

meets some parameters or the e"aminer that they are loo#ing or in your essay to score high.

$A!oid %enerali&ation in your 'riting

%ood academic writers are careul that they don(t ma#e statements which are too general. This

is important in a piece o academic writing.

'e also use certain e"pressions to a!oid ma#ing generali&ations.

In many cases / the majority of cases) it is e"tremely diicult at *rst to integrate in a

new society.

Generally speaking) mo!ing abroad is a !ery diicult thing to do.

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For many) the language barrier is a ma+or problem. ,- or a lot o people but not

e!eryone

Loo# at the paragraph below where a Band 8/ candidate has written a paragraph while

answering a 0uestion in Tas#12 relating 3arriage 4 5i!orce.

%enerally spea#ing) getting married is one o the most signiicant e"periences in a person(s

lie. It can be diicult at times) but you could say the same or anything that is worth doing.

Sadly) in many cases) marriage ends in di!orce. This is oten because the couple got married at a

young age.

In this e"ample) the writing generali&e the positi!e e"perience o marriage lie. 6e is also saying

7it can be diicult means it may not be diicult or many people.

9sing o this e"pression ,it can be diicult ma#es the statement beyond the 0uestion o any

debate and that is what an academic writer will do in ma#ing any argument in his:her writing.

 ;ow) loo# at the ollowing answer where the candidate writes his:her answer by using modal

!erbs to a!oid ma#ing o!er generali&ations.

<uestion= 'hat are the pros and cons o using public transport?

>ublic transport is being used by passengers which they dont need to tra!el in their own !ehicle.

 ;owadays there are many dierent #inds o public transport li#e hi1speed trains. buses. ta"i.

erry) etc. They are !ery popular and pro!ide good ser!ices. As a result. I encourage to use public

transport. There are lots o ad!antages to use public transport.

@n the upside) using public transport is more en!ironmentally riendly. >eople li#e dri!ing their

own cars but they are cho#ing the cities. or the en!ironment) it is a good way to protect our

Earth. Also public transport is !ery con!enient or people who cant aord to buy own car.

You can ta#e a bus or train to arri!e the destination in a cheap price. Another ad!antages o

 public transport is oering more +obs or dri!ers. It is a steady +ob. In my country) i you ha!e a

amily member is a bus dri!er. you dont need to pay or ta#e a bus or whole lie. As a result.

there are lots o pros o using transport.

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@n the down side) may be it is incon!enient or people need to change bus or train to arri!e the

destination. Also) trains and buses are crowded in busy time) may be passenger need to wait or a

long time to get home. Another disad!antages o public transport is dirty. In some buses) you

might *nd the seats are dirty and many tic#ets on the Coor.

@b!iously. you can see there are more pros o using public transport. I strongly agree people

using public transport. ;owadays) air pollution is more serious) it is a good way to sol!e this

 problem. Also) it ma#e or citi&ens to use and lie more easier.

$9se Dollocations to %enerate ideas or IELTS 'riting

A good way to impro!e the accuracy o your writing is to learn common collocations o #ey

words o each IELTS tas# 12 topic. Accuracy is one o the component o writing that e"aminers

see#s or.

Dollocations are words which naturally go together and you should study how words *t together

into chun#s o language instead o ocusing on indi!idual words.

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or e"ample) you #now the word decision. But by some brainstorming you can ma#e some other

useul chun#s) such as=

ma#e a decision about something ,a +ob) a uni!ersity course

rush into ma#ing a decision about

ta#e your time beore you rush into ma#ing a decision about

The more chun#s o language you can create) the more Ce"ible your writing will be in the e"am.

You will de!elop this habit as you mo!e through practicing with se!eral Tas#12 <uestions in

IELTS writing e"am.

Start by loo#ing at the ollowing 0uestion o Tas#12.

“Happiness is positively linked with good health. To what extend you agree or disagree with this

 point of view. " 

>ic# out and record some chun#s you can imagine regarding health and happiness by combining

words and phrases. or e"ample.

To #eep good health one must

not smo#ing

not drin#ing alcohol

getting enough sleep

a!oiding stress

eating healthy ood

ta#ing regular e"ercise ,ma#es one it or wor# and industry is the #ey to success and

success brings happiness

%ood health will leads to.....

#eep in touch with riends and amily , A good health ma#e one it to sociali&e with

neighbors and amily members with in turns ha!e psychologically positi!e inluence to

lead a happy lie

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getting immuni&ed against pre!entable diseases

Loo# at the abo!e e"amples and you will be surprised to see how inding collocations ma#e it

easier to write about any topic with accuracy.

Thereore) beore you write any IELTS essay) thin# about our or i!e collocations connected

with the topic and generate your mind1map or writing the essay.

It is also good practice to maintain a noteboo# while you  practice or the IELTS writing

e"am and write down useul !ocabulary and collocations or tentati!e IELTS tas#12 topics. You

can use then use your notes to re!ise each topic beore the e"am.

$Dontrasting Ideas with Lin#ing 'ords

'hen you write a Tas# 2 essay) you need to contrast dierent ideas) this will ma#e your writing

more academic and show you can consider dierent points o !iew.

or e"ample) i you are writing about a IELTS 'riting Tas#12 Topic o 7ery ew people aim to

 be a teacher in their lieF you can write=

Although teaching can sometimes be a tiring and stressul +ob) it is generally !ery satisying.

6ere you are contrasting your idea about teaching as 7a tiring and stressul +ob with the word

7satisying ,Loo# we use the word 7generally here to generali&e the statement that we

discussed in pre!ious techni0ue and it is done with the lin#ing word 7Although.

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You can also use ollowing lin#ing words to contrast ideas in your IELTS essay.

6owe!er 

 ;onetheless

E"ample=

It is clear that prison is the best punishment or serious crimes) such as murder. 6owe!er)

some people may oppose with this idea and ind death penalty to be the most appropriate

mode o punishment or such crimes.

3ay people say that li!ing alone can be diicult and lonely?;onetheless) I thin# that

there are more ad!antage o ha!ing your own place) such as being able to do whate!er

you li#e.

You should gi!e emphasis about contrasting ideas in conclusion to show that you ha!e

considered the 0uestion careully and that you understand dierent point o !iew.

E"ample=

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To sum up) although it is true that e"ams can be stressul or children) I thin# that they are

the best and the airest way to consider assess students progress.

Donclusion

It is really important to #now the dierent orms o styles o academic writing to stand out rom

the crowd and create a positi!e impression to the e"aminer or getting higher band score.

As you are opting or better score in IELTS e"am) while practicing) try to use these techni0ues in

essay writing particularly or IELTS tas# 2.