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IELTS writing examiners love to read clear essays. If you write a clear essay, you make their life easy. When you make their life easy, you make it easy for them to give you a high score.
Self- STUDY TIP: Think like an examiner.
When writing an essay, or reviewing your essay,
THINK
LIKE
AN
EXAMINER!
WHAT IS THE EXAMINER LOOKING FOR?
Task Achievement
Do you address all parts of the task?
Do you develop your answer with supporting examples or explanations?
Are your examples relevant and extended?
Do you express a clear opinion throughout?
Coherence and Cohesion
Coherence
✓ Are your ideas organized in a logical way?
Cohesion
✓ Are your ideas linked together effectively?
✓ Do you use a wide range of effective words and expressions to link your ideas?
✓ Do you use proper referencing? ( the use of pronouns and other words to avoid repeating words)
Vocabulary
✓ Do you use higher level academic vocabulary?
✓ Do you use less common vocabulary?
✓ Are there any spelling mistakes?
✓ Are there any mistakes in word use or word formation?
✓ Are there any mistakes with meaning?
✓ Do the above mistakes make your writing confusing?
Grammar
✓ Is there a variety of compound as well as complex sentence structures?
✓ How frequent are grammar mistakes?
✓ Do these mistakes make your writing hard to understand?
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