Best Practice Book for IELTS Writing

IELTSWriting

IELTS is a multi-level exam.
You getascorebetween 1and 9for eachsection. Half scores
suchas6.5arepossible.Universities often demand anIELTSscore
of6 or7.Theymayalso demandaminimumscoreineach ofthe 4
sections.

1. IELTS Writing markingschemes

The two writingquestions are markedout of 9 accordingtothefollowing
criteria:

TaskAchievement

CoherenceandCohesion

LexicalResource

GrammaticalRangeandAccuracy

2. IELTS Speaking markingschemes

The speakingtest is alsomarked out of 9 accordingtothefollowingcriteria:

Fluencyandcoherence

Lexicalresource

GrammaticalrangeandaccuracyPronunciation

18. IELTS Writing -Overview

TheIELTSAcademicandGeneralWritingModulesaresimilarinsomeways
and differentin others.Whichevertestyou do, you have one hour to completetwo
tasks.It is the nature of the tasks that makesthemdifferent.Youcanseethis
clearlyinthechartbelow: