Chapter 1 Overview of IELTS academic writing

Section 1 Academic test

Section 2 The scoring system

Part 1 Band score

Part 2 Marking criteria

Section 2 Main problems faced by Chinese candidates

Part 1 Problems candidates tend to make

Part 2 Differences in writing styles

Chapter 2 Features of good writing

Section 1 Writing device features

Part 1 Unity

Part 2 Coherence

Part 3 Adequate development

Section 2 Language features

Section 3 Conventional appropriateness

Section 4 Exercises

Chapter 3 Strategies for Task 1

Section 1 Effective strategies

Part 1 Writing the introduction and conclusion

Part 2 Writing the main body of the report

Part 3 Coherence and cohesion in report writing

Section 2 Student report analysis

Section 3 Practicing strategies

Chapter 4 Strategies for Task 2 writing

Section 1 Effective strategies

Part 1 Analysing the question

Part 2 Finding the Issues

Part 3 Coming up with ideas:brainstorming

Part 4 Sample essay

Part 5 Organising your ideas

Part 6 Writing an essay plan

Part 7 Writing a balanced essay

Part 8 Writing a thesis statement

Part 9 Writing a good paragraph

Part 10 Writing topic sentences

Part 11 Writing supporting sentences

Part 12 Writing the body part

Part 13 Writing the introduction and conclusion

Part 14 Example essay:academic

Section 2 Student essay analysis

Chapter 5 Writing samples

Section 1 Samples for Task 1

Section 2 Samples for Task 2

Chapter 6 Writing practice

Section 1 Practice for Task 1

Section 2 Practice for Task 2

Chapter 7 Common mistakes

Section 1 The use of the

Section 2 Singular or plural

Section 3 The use of the present simple tense

Section 4 Large numbers

Section 5 There is/there are

Section 6 Relative pronoun

Section 7 The use of and,but and or

Section 8 Auxiliary verbs

Section 9 The use of use modal verbs

Section 10 -ing or to+infinitive

Section 11 Verbs after adjectives and prepositions

Section 12 gerund or infinitive after allow,advise,make,suggest

Section 13 Stop,try,forget and remember

Section 14 prepositions after adjectives and nouns

Section 15 Prepositions after verbs

Section 16 Prepositions of time and place

Section 17 Verb passive

Section 18 Register

Section 19 Adjectives and adverbs

Section 20 Noun or adjective

Section 21 Spelling errors

Chapter 8 Tips for writing well

Section 1 Exam summary

Section 2 Golden rules for Task 1

Part 1 Graphs

Part 2 Bar charts

Part 3 Pie charts

Par 4 Tables

Par 5 Maps

Section 3 Golden rules for Task 2

Part 1 Analysing the essay questions and understanding the rubric

Part 2 How to write

Part 3 General writing hints