General Writing Task 2

To complete General Training Writing Task2 candidate should be able to:

• Provide general information.
• Outline a problem and present a solution.
• Justify opinion, assessment or hypothesis.

Brainstorming is an important skill in the IELSTS test. Choose a topic and spend a few minutes thinking of related ideas and vocabulary.

Write Task2 for General Training modules assesses your ability to discuss an issue. You should write an essay which is well organized, with a beginning, middle and end. For the General Training Module, a more personal response is acceptable.

It is important to follow a four stage procedure when writing essays. The procedure is:

• Analyzing the topic and task.
• Preparing a plan – a brief outline is sufficient.
• Writing the essay.
• Proofreading and checking.
• The first step is analyzing the topic and task.
• Once you analyzed the topic and task, prepare a brief outline for your essay. Planning will make writing more efficient and logical.
• When you have finished writing your essay, proofread it for mistakes.
• Read the question carefully and use it to start the essay, but do not copy the question into your answer. Think of how you might paraphrase the question.

Structure Of an essay

Introduction (about 40 words)

• General statement about the topic – this is called controlling data of the essay.
• Writer's position – this is important to state in essays where your opinion or a suggestion is asked.
• Preview the topic – indicates what the writer plans to say in the essay.

The Body of the Essay (about 180 words)

The body of the essay is where is where ideas introduced in the first paragraphs are developed more fully. The body should be divided into paragraphs.

• Each paragraph will consist of a topic sentence.
• Supporting sentences and developing sentences.
• Topic sentence – controlling idea in the paragraph.
• Supporting sentence.
• Developing sentence.
• Supporting sentence.
• Developing sentence.

Conclusion (about 30 words)

The conclusion of the essay summaries what has been said and comes to some sort of conclusion or result. No new information is added at this point.