Writing for IELTS

By:

Williams, Anneli [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Harper Collins 2011Description: 144 pages : illustrationsISBN:

9780007423279
0007423276
9780007423248
0007423241

DDC classification:

WIL 428.24

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Gender roles -- Family matters -- Understanding visual prompts; Analysing the question -- 2. Diet & nutrition -- Health and fitness -- Describing a line graph; Generating ideas for an essay; Presenting arguments -- 3. Educational goals -- Education -- Describing a chart; Selecting and organising ideas; Comparing contrasting quantities and numbers -- 4. Biodiversity -- Nature and the environment -- Describing a process; Signposting a sequence of events -- 5. Global English -- Language and communication -- Writing an introduction and conclusion; Describing a diagram -- 6. The Internet -- Science and technology -- Interpreting a table; Signposting main points; Modifying statements -- 7. Consumer spending -- Employment and finances -- Working with two visual prompts; Making correlations; Developing supporting examples -- 8. Children and parents -- Youth -- Developing and linking supporting examples; Writing the conclusion -- 9. An ageing population -- People and places -- Using cohesive devices; Using punctuation effectively; Writing topic sentences -- 10. Fame -- Culture and modern society -- Using appropriate vocabulary; Avoiding repetition by use of synonyms -- 11. The car -- Holidays and travel -- Learning how to correct errors; Practising proofreading -- 12. Practice test.

Summary: "Specially created for learners of English who plan to take the Academic IELTS exam to demonstrate that they have the required ability to communicate effectively in English at university ... It is the most common test used by universities for foreign students to prove their language level. IELTS is also increasingly used for immigration purposes, with Australia, New Zealand and Canada all requiring visa applicants whose first language is not English to submit an IELTS grade ... There are two IELTS Writing papers: General and Academic. Collins Writing for IELTS concentrates on the Academic paper. Powered by COBUILD The 4-billion-word Collins corpus is the world's largest database of the English language. It is updated every month and has been at the heart of Collins COBUILD for over 20 years."--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Reference	428.24 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016083
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Reference	428.24 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		014484

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Gender roles --
Family matters --
Understanding visual prompts; Analysing the question --
2. Diet & nutrition --
Health and fitness --
Describing a line graph; Generating ideas for an essay; Presenting arguments --
3. Educational goals --
Education --
Describing a chart; Selecting and organising ideas; Comparing contrasting quantities and numbers --
4. Biodiversity --
Nature and the environment --
Describing a process; Signposting a sequence of events --
5. Global English --
Language and communication --
Writing an introduction and conclusion; Describing a diagram --
6. The Internet --
Science and technology --
Interpreting a table; Signposting main points; Modifying statements --
7. Consumer spending --
Employment and finances --
Working with two visual prompts; Making correlations; Developing supporting examples --
8. Children and parents --
Youth --
Developing and linking supporting examples; Writing the conclusion --
9. An ageing population --
People and places --
Using cohesive devices; Using punctuation effectively; Writing topic sentences --
10. Fame --
Culture and modern society --
Using appropriate vocabulary; Avoiding repetition by use of synonyms --
11. The car --
Holidays and travel --
Learning how to correct errors; Practising proofreading --
12. Practice test.

"Specially created for learners of English who plan to take the Academic IELTS exam to demonstrate that they have the required ability to communicate effectively in English at university ... It is the most common test used by universities for foreign students to prove their language level. IELTS is also increasingly used for immigration purposes, with Australia, New Zealand and Canada all requiring visa applicants whose first language is not English to submit an IELTS grade ... There are two IELTS Writing papers: General and Academic. Collins Writing for IELTS concentrates on the Academic paper. Powered by COBUILD The 4-billion-word Collins corpus is the world's largest database of the English language. It is updated every month and has been at the heart of Collins COBUILD for over 20 years."--Publisher's description.

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