Intro to IELTS Writing Task 2
We are glad you are here. EssayChecker helps you in improving your essay writing skills for English exams. In this series of articles, we would guide you on some of the best tips and suggestions on essay writing so that you can get the best score you are targeting for.
Is IELTS Writing difficult ?
IELTS Writing is not so difficult if you have understood the test format and are able to organise your ideas and thoughts into well-structured, grammatically-correct sentences and paragraphs. EssayChecker checks all these criteria in your essays and helps you with preparation.
Getting Started
If you are attempting any professional English exam first time (IELTS/TOEFL or any other similar exam), we would suggest to spend at least some time to go through assessment criteria for the exam and the band descriptor for each criteria. Then you should try practising some essays on EssayChecker and see how you are faring in terms of various assessment criteria. Once you see where you need more improvement, you can read and practice more around your weak points in essay writing. You can also go through many sample essays on our site and internet for further understanding.
Four Assessment Criteria of IELTS Writing Task 2
Following video by our IELTS teacher Shay explains four assessment criteria and on what you should focus on to get high band score for IELTS Writing.
Below you can find more about essay structure, cohesion and coherence, and sentence variety or grammatical range.
Essay Structure and Cohesion
You must structure your essays well. Check tips to organize your essays and recommended length of an essay. Also, learn all about using Cohesion in your essay here.
Sentence Variety
Sentence Variety is major assessment criteria which many exam takers forget to address in their essays which results in overall low band score.
Learn all about variety of sentences you should use.