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Tag - IELTS criteria

The IELTS writing criteria and what you need to know

This is a good question from an IELTS teacher in India who is in our private Facebook group (feel free to join). I am an IELTS teacher from India at an academy in Mumbai.  What is the most important part of IELTS writing criteria?  What should I help my students work on? One of the upmyielts IELTS examiners answered it. Without doubt, Task Achievement.  Let’s look at why. Your English level is basically marked by your Coherence, Lexical and Grammar score but Task Achievement...

Linking words and why they matter in IELTS writing

Coherence and Cohesion in the IELTS writing criteria has a few parts to it.  Here we are going to look at one part, linking words and common mistakes, because  they are really important here.  They make your sentences fit together and guide the reader.  If you can't use them properly then you will lose marks. We see a lot of candidates make mistakes with them and when you read a sentence with poor linking, meaning becomes surprisingly difficult.  We highlight some...