《雅思高级教程 写作》

Chapter 1Overview of IELTS academic writing4

Section 1 Academic test4

Section 2The scoring system5

Part 1 Band score5

Part 2 Marking criteria5

Section 2Main problems faced by Chinese candidates5

Part 1 Problems candidates tend to make5

Part 2 Differences in writing styles6

Chapter 2Features of good writing7

Section 1Writing device features7

Part 1 Unity8

Part 2 Coherence9

Part 3 Adequate development13

Section 2 Language features15

Section 3 Conventional appropriateness18

Section 4 Exercises20

Chapter 3Strategies for Task 127

Section 1Effective strategies27

Part 1 Writing the introduction and conclusion27

Part 2 Writing the main body of the report34

Part 3 Coherence and cohesion in report writing37

Section 2 Student report analysis40

Section 3 Practicing strategies49

Chapter 4Strategies for Task 2 writing63

Section 1Effective strategies63

Part 1 Analysing the question63

Part 2 Finding the Issues64

Part 3 Coming up with ideas:brainstorming64

Part 4 Sample essay66

Part 5 Organising your ideas67

Part 6 Writing an essay plan68

Part 7 Writing a balanced essay69

Part 8 Writing a thesis statement71

Part 9 Writing a good paragraph72

Part 10 Writing topic sentences74

Part 11 Writing supporting sentences75

Part 12 Writing the body part77

Part 13 Writing the introduction and conclusion80

Part 14 Example essay:academic82

Section 2 Student essay analysis83

Chapter 5Writing samples89

Section 1 Samples for Task 189

Section 2 Samples for Task 2111

Chapter 6Writing practice127

Section 1 Practice for Task 1127

Section 2 Practice for Task 2137

Chapter 7Common mistakes156

Section 1 The use of the156

Section 2 Singular or plural157

Section 3 The use of the present simple tense160

Section 4 Large numbers161

Section 5 There is/there are163

Section 6 Relative pronoun164

Section 7 The use of and,but and or165

Section 8 Auxiliary verbs166

Section 9The use of use modal verbs167

Section 10 -ing or to+infinitive168

Section 11 Verbs after adjectives and prepositions169

Section 12 gerund or infinitive after allow,advise,make,suggest170

Section 13 Stop,try,forget and remember171

Section 14 prepositions after adjectives and nouns172

Section 15 Prepositions after verbs173

Section 16 Prepositions of time and place174

Section 17 Verb passive175

Section 18 Register177

Section 19 Adjectives and adverbs178

Section 20 Noun or adjective179

Section 21 Spelling errors181

Chapter 8Tips for writing well183

Section 1 Exam summary183

Section 2Golden rules for Task 1183

Part 1 Graphs184

Part 2 Bar charts186

Part 3 Pie charts186

Par 4 Tables187

Par 5 Maps188

Section 3Golden rules for Task 2189

Part 1 Analysing the essay questions and understanding the rubric189

Part 2 How to write190

Part 3 General writing hints196