IELTS ESSAY WRITING
OPINION ESSAYS
MARKINGS ALONG WITH
BREAK UP OF IELTS ESSAYS
• Task Achievement (TA) = how well you answer the question. 45%
• To increase score for TA:
• present the information accurately
• answer all parts of the task
• give a clear position, have a definite opinion (EITHER TOTALLY AGREE OR DISAGREE)
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• Coherence and Cohesion (CC) = how well is your text structured. 25%
• To increase score for CC:
• manage paragraphing
• make sure that each paragraph has a central idea
• use linking words and cohesive devices
MARKING ALONG WITH
BREAK UP OF IELTS ESSAY.
• Lexical Resource (LR) = how good is your vocabulary. 15%
• To increase score for LR:
• use a wide range of vocabulary
• use only relevant academic vocabulary.
• avoid errors in spelling and word formation
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA) = how good is your grammar. 15%
• To increase score for GRA:
• use a wide range of grammatical structures and tenses
• manage punctuation
• avoid errors in sentences
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Opinion essay structure
[Link] your essay by mentioning a hook line or a general line restating the question in
your own words.
[Link] the essay asks you to what extent do you agree?, make your opinion clear throughout.
You can either agree, partially agree or disagree with the statement, explaining and
justifying your opinion.
[Link] structure should be:
1. Introduction
2. The first reason why you agree/disagree
3. The second reason why you agree/disagree
[Link] phrases to organise and link your ideas, e.g. Owing to … , One justification for
… , The first thing to consider is … , A further reason … , In conclusion ... .
[Link] you do not have solid evidence for your ideas, use for example, for instance such as, like
and please make the idea sound general.
[Link] by restating your opinion and summarizing your two or three main arguments.
Some believe that pupils should be given less
homework, others say the opposite. Give opinion?
Childhood should be the most enjoyable phase of one's life, but a few people feel that more and more
homework should be given to the pupils I definitely believe in allotting less study work for home for the
concrete reasons.
The strongest argument in favour of giving less home assignments is that a student is made to study at
school for approximately 8 to 9 hours and then after that, if a teacher gives a lot of homework to the
students this will be way too much burden for them and they will hardly get any time for their leisure
activities like playing games, swimming, dancing, exercise, drawing and many more for their recreation and
relaxation. Besides, Such activities are equally important an all-around development of the child.
The second reason in favour of giving less homework is , excess of homework will keep the students
engaged in study work all the time and will be left with no to time indulge in any other activity which can be
the reason of their frustration and boredom. Owing to this t hey will move away from academics and will
slowly lose their interest in education. A recent research conducted by UNESCO(United nations education
scientific and cultural organization) showed that a lot of homework, instead of improving academic results of
students was majorly the cause of the poor performance of the children. So this proves that too many school
assignments can act as a major deterrent rather than work as an encouragement to work towards
academics.
To conclude, though few people are in the preference of giving a lot of homework to pupils. Nonetheless, I
am against it because I feel it leads to repulsion/ hatred towards education as well as it doesn't allow the
student to take advantage of an overall development.