IELTS Task 1 General: How to Write Task One Letters
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This book which provides practice in how to write Task One Letters for the IELTS General Training Module is essential preparation for all serious students who are determined to achieve a high IELTS band score.
Achieving a high IELTS band in Writing is not easy! There are no magic short-cuts. Writing any type of text is difficult and requires much practice and effort.
The tasks in this book offer a wide variety of letter types, ranging from formal letters to managers to informal letters to friends and acquaintances.
Each individual task contains:
> A Strong Response (often called a “model”) which shows you how the task should be accomplished.
> A Commentary which highlights important points in different paragraphs of the response, dealing with both content and language. The notes are varied, comment on how the writer has interpreted the task, draw attention to the significant features of a response and deal in depth with the language that arises. The way in which a consistent tone can be achieved is stressed throughout.
This book is specifically aimed at those who are serious about their IELTS exams and determined to reach their goal of going on to further academic studies or qualifying for entry to another country.
William Sauton
William Sauton is part of a highly qualified team with many years’ experience in IELTS Exam preparation instruction and resource development. All members of the Onlearn team have Master Degrees in English Language Teaching. Our popular IELTS and ESL websites include: “MyEnglishExam.com”, “esl4free.com, “youtube.com/esl4free” & “marktask.com”.
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IELTS Task 1 General - William Sauton
IELTS Task 1 General Training: How to Write Task One Letters
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Table of Contents
Overview
1. A Talk to a Youth Group
2. Plans for a New Bus Stop
3. A Bag Left in the Cinema
4. Poor Service on a Flight
5. An Anniversary Celebration
6. Road Works near your Home
7. An Increase in Club Fees
8. Traffic Problems at the School
9. A Walking Tour around a City
10. The Hotel Bath Towel
11. A One-Way Street
12. A Local Beauty Spot
13. Problems in a Restaurant
14. Swimsuits in the Town
15. A Lost Ring
More help with your IELTS
Overview
How this book can help increase your score
This book, IELTS TASK 1 GENERAL: How to Write Task One Letters, has been created for IELTS Exam candidates who want to achieve a high score in the Writing Module.
It offers a varied range of letter types that you are likely to occur in the IELTS exam that involve the functions of
* Explaining
* Apologizing
* Suggesting
* Describing
* Thanking
* Asking
* Offering solutions
* Seeking information
These can be in the context of formal letters to managers or informal letters to people you know.
Each letter task has a Strong Response which shows you how the task should be accomplished and is followed by a detailed Commentary on that response. The Strong Response is what is called a Model Answer but the word model
is avoided here as it falsely implies that there is only one way of writing a response which is not true. There can be many models depending on a writer’s approach to the task, the content supplied and the variety of language used.
The Commentary highlights important points in different paragraphs of the response, dealing with both content and language. The notes are varied, comment on how the writer has interpreted the task, draw attention to the significant features of a response and deal in detail with the language that arises.
Special attention is paid to Tone which is a vital aspect of letter writing and an area that often causes candidates to do less well than they would otherwise have done.
This book will help the reader to understand exactly what is required. Failure to do well in the Task 1 section of the General Writing Module can involve the omission of key parts of the task, the poor structuring of information and an inadequate amount of language complexity. To be forewarned is to be prepared!
Working your way systematically through the responses and commentary will enable you to approach any letter writing task with confidence.
The Essentials of IELTS Exam Writing
The 4 main areas of importance are:
Addressing the Task: Always respond to all the exact requirements of the task; candidates will