Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Understanding the Question Task – IELTS Writing

It is important to fully understand what is being asked of you in the IELTS writing test to be able to perform the task properly. If you are still unfamiliar with the IELTS Golden Rule please visit my post on it. To understand what is being asked in the IELTS writing test, we need to find out what the topic is and what the topic question/task is.
Please check the IELTS.org test sample here
The task 2 writing task states:
Write about the following topic:

It is inevitable that as technology develops so traditional cultures must be lost. Technology and tradition are incompatible - you cannot have both together.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

The topic here is “Technology and tradition are incompatible”
The topic question here is whether you agree or disagree.
The topic task is to give reasons and relevant examples to support your answer.
Understanding the golden rule of IELTS is important to all parts of the exam, but it weight more heavily in the IELTS Writing test.  When we are engaged in a conversation with a friend, you may notice that the topic of conversation may change from what you initially started with, we won’t even notice when and how it shifted.  When we are writing a long email or writing a blog, the same thing happens, we talk about one thing at the beginning, then end up finishing with a different topic.  It is then very important to focus your IELTS writing to answering the topic question and completing the task.
To find out what to expect from the IELTS Writing test click here
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