Ielts academic and General Task : How to write at a band level

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The writing portion of the IELTS exam is 60 minutes in length. The Academic and
General portions require the student to complete two tasks referred to as
Task 1
and
Task 2
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task of the Academic exam asks the student to write a descriptive report based on
information given in a picture, table, diagram or graph. Task 1 of the General exam
requires students write a letter. Task 2 on both exams requires students compose
an essay. Essay questions are very similar between the two exams; however, General
test takers may be more personal and less formal in their response. Students are ex-­‐
pected to allot 20 minutes to Task 1 and 40 minutes to Task 2 when engaging either
exam.
The written Task 1 portion of the Academic IELTS is designed to test your ability
to analyze data presented in English and to express this in writing. As these data
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Successful Task 1 responses require the IELTS student to analyze data and digest it
into its broad, minor and minute details. The student must then be able to employ
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grammatical accuracy. The product of their writing should be cohesive and logical
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Examiners gauge these above skills by weighing a student’s performance in four
areas – Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resources and Gram-­‐
mar. These four sections tend to be interdependent, thus performing poorly in one
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