IELTS essays – 3,4, or 5 paragraphs?

Published on 21 December 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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IELTS essays – 3,4, or 5 paragraphs?
Is there an ideal number of paragraphs to an IELTS essay? I have recently come across two pieces of advice on IELTS forums on this topic that I happen to disagree with. One is that there is no problem with writing a 3 paragraph essay and the other is that the “ideal” number of paragraphs is 5. In this post I am going to look at this issue

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IELTS writing – paragraph coherence 2

Published on 20 December 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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IELTS writing – paragraph coherence 2
How can you make your IELTS essay more coherent and cohesive? This is a question that matters, particularly if you are after a score of more than 6.0. Coherence and cohesion are two writing skills that may seem “theoretical”, but in fact can have a dramatic and very practical effect on your writing. This post shows with how you can improve your writing by following 4 simple

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IELTS writing – paragraph coherence 1

Published on 10 December 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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IELTS writing – paragraph coherence 1
Coherence is crucial to IELTS writing. Why? It is up to 25% of your score: it is as important to your final score as both grammar and vocabulary. So, as you prepare your writing, you do need to think about it. What I want to do in this post is to show one relatively simple way to achieve it. This may not be exciting, but it is

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