Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to IELTS

Focus of Activity

Overview Activity 1

Academic Writing

Timing, requirements and assessment

Overview Activity 2

Academic Writing

Task types for Academic Writing Tasks 1 and 2

DOs and DON’Ts Activity

Academic Writing

What to do and not to do in the exam

Integrating Reading and Writing Skills

Academic Writing

Organisation of ideas

Assessing your Writing

Academic Writing

Assessing writing performance

Improving your Vocabulary

Academic Writing

Vocabulary building

Improving Fluency and Coherence

Academic Writing

Improving fluency and coherence in writing

Step 1 – Describing Statistics

Academic Writing Task 1

Describing statistics

Step 2 – Comparing and Contrasting Ideas

Academic Writing Task 1

Comparing and contrasting

Step 3 – Describing Changes

Academic Writing Task 1

Describing changes in figures

Step 4 – Selecting and Organising Information

Academic Writing Task 1

How to select and organise important information from a graph, table or chart

Describing a Process

Academic Writing Task 1

Describing processes

Introductory and Summarising Statements

Academic Writing Task 1

Writing introductory and summarising statements

Step 1 – Planning your Ideas

Academic Writing Task 2

To improve essay planning and organisation of ideas.

Step 2 – Using Connectors

Academic Writing Task 2

Using connectors

Step 3 – Introductions and Conclusions

Academic Writing Task 2

Writing introductions and conclusions