IELTS essays – the planning process

Published on 19 December 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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IELTS essays – the planning process

Plans matter because they should ensure that you answer the question and you write enough words. Or put the other way, if you do not plan, you may not answer the question or you may get half way through the essay and find you have nothing to say.

How to plan

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IELTS writing- task 1- pie charts

Published on 07 December 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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IELTS writing- task 1- pie charts

This post contains a long training video on how to analyse a pie chart for IELTS writing part 1. In it, I look at and suggest how to approach a part 1 question. In brief, my tips are:

  1. See the big picture: do not get lost in the detail – it is a summarising task
  2. Learn to identify the correct details to support the main points
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IELTS writing – Essay Map – recommended website

Published on 09 June 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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When you plan an IELTS essay what are you trying to achieve? Some people stop at the idea of thinking of ideas, for them that’s enough. I’m going to suggest you should be doing a little more: namely thinking about how your ideas fit together so that you writing becomes more coherent. One tool to help you think about this is this week’s recommended website is
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Planning an IELTS essay – the 10 minute solution

Published on 08 June 2009 by Dominic Cole in writing

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Planning an IELTS essay – the 10 minute solution
How long should you spend planning an IELTS? There is of course no correct answer to this question, but in this post I am going to make a suggestion that you should consider spending up to 10 minutes on the planning process. Really? Yes, 10 minutes is not too long, let me try and explain why.

Overlong essays

Just recently I have seen a
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