Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to IELTS

Focus of Activity

Overview Activity

General Training Writing

Establish knowledge of IELTS General Training Writing

DOs and DON’Ts Activity 1

General Training Writing Task 1

Dos and Don’ts in Task 1

DOs and DON’Ts Activity 2

General Training Writing Task 2

Dos and Don’ts in Task 2

Formality in writing

General Training Writing

Different levels of formality of writing

Editing for language accuracy

General Training Writing

Editing

Formality of expressions in letter writing

General Training Writing Task 1

The appropriacy of letter writing expressions

Functions in letter writing

General Training Writing Task 1

Examples of common functions in letter writing

Letter layout – what goes where?

General Training Writing Task 1

The position on the page of different parts of a letter

Information on letter layout in English

General Training Writing Task 1

Explanations about layout in letters

Different kinds of conjunctions in writing

General Training Writing Task 2

The function of different conjunctions in writing

Paragraphing and topic sentences

General Training Writing Task 2

Where to insert new paragraphs and identifying topic sentences

Brainstorming and planning

General Training Writing Task 2

Generating, developing and planning ideas

Structuring discursive writing

General Training Writing Task 2

The structure of discursive writing

Ways of linking sentences (1)

General Training Writing Task 2

Conjunctions, pronouns and signalling phrases

Ways of linking sentences (2)

General Training Writing Task 2

Conjunctions, pronouns and signalling phrases

Sentence joining using conjunctions

General Training Writing Task 2

Cohesion