What are the common misunderstandings in IELTS writing?

1 IELTS writing opening paragraph template is used too much.

Examiners may hate templates more than many candidates think. Moreover, if the candidate still uses a lot of vulgar templates in the first paragraph, the first sentence says that with the development of society, he will find that his composition score on his report card will be around 4 points. In fact, looking through the IELTS examiner's composition, we will find that the examiner only did two things in the first paragraph: introducing the background+expressing opinions, and even many examiners only did the first thing (introducing the background), that's all. But the first paragraph of the examiner will be very specific and will be related to the specific occasion of the article.

2 Not using the four-paragraph theory is equal to chronic suicide.

Many candidates seem to understand the framework of the four-paragraph theory. When they talk about the arrangement of IELTS writing paragraphs, they will talk endlessly: the first paragraph leads to the theme, the second paragraph States the reasons for support, the third paragraph States the reasons for opposition, and the last paragraph summarizes. In fact, this is a very harmful and unconvincing paragraph arrangement. If we turn to the perfect model essay given by the IELTS examiner in Cambridge, almost every article tells us such a real and useful paragraph arrangement: the first paragraph leads to the theme and expansion; the second paragraph leads to negative arguments and supporting reasons; the third paragraph leads to the other party's views and refutation; and the fourth paragraph summarizes and supplements. Moreover, the clever connection between paragraphs also enhances the argumentation ability of the article. It is suggested that candidates should study the examiner's essay more, so that they can really see the doorway instead of being immersed in their specious understanding.

3 IELTS writing should also have problems.

There is an international practice in the English test: you don't need to add a title to your composition, just write the text directly. Titling is a waste of emotion and expression. Moreover, this title may be too big for a 250-word article to bear the weight of the title; This title may be too small, only taking care of a small part of your article; This title may be added wrongly, which means the opposite of the article, but it will mislead the examiner. In short, there is no need to add any title.

The time left for IELTS to write a big composition is too short.

The examiner clearly pointed out that IELTS writing task 2 carries more weight (the weight of big composition is greater than that of small composition), and the examiner did focus on big composition when correcting composition. However, during the exam, candidates can't control the time, write too detailed, and finally leave less than half an hour for the big composition, which is a dead end. Therefore, we suggest that the time for writing a short composition should be controlled within 20 minutes. If you haven't finished writing for more than 20 minutes, don't write any more, but the time for writing a big composition must be 40 minutes or more.

5 Never know what "rebuttal" is?

If you don't know that the IELTS composition is going to be refuted, then you really don't know until you learn it. China students often ignore this powerful argument paragraph, and examiners often use this weapon in their compositions (see Jianwu P 165, Jianliu P 164 and Jianqi P 173 for details). In fact, this powerful weapon is easy to operate. The first step: first put out the opinions advocated by the other party or the criticism to the other party, and add a simple reason (this is easy to find); Step 2: add a turning point, usually saying "but they are too simplistic"; Step 3: Write a fact first, and then write my tit-for-tat view or refute the other side's view. This makes it easy to get a paragraph. I suggest you go back and study this powerful weapon. If used correctly, you can get a lot of points.

The last paragraph of IELTS writing begins to draw a blueprint.

China students like to express their feelings in the last paragraph, calling on all parties to work together to create a better tomorrow. This ending writing has been spurned by examiners for a long time, because in their view, the ending paragraph of a big composition only needs to meet three points: 1) reiterate the general argument; 2) Give in to the opposite; 3) reiterate one or two main arguments. Write the last paragraph, stop playing and stop.