Gold Coast IELTS Podcast23 Huhti 2020

14. IELTS Task 2 : "Analysing a task 2 question into 3 parts"

Instagram: goldcoast_ielts

Web: www.goldcoastielts.com

In today’s podcast let’s take a step back. We probably should have done this a few weeks ago so I have to apologise about that. Today, let’s look at how to properly analyse task 2 essay questions.

So basically every task 2 essay question will have three parts. We can call these parts a) the instruction(what you have to do), b) the topic(what you have to write about), and c) the issue(the problem you have to analyse). Let’s take a look at a couple of examples and try our hand at analysing them.

Example 1:

An increase in tourism has had a significant effect on traditional society’s way of life. Many people argue that this change has brought about progress. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.

Let’s break example 1 down into the three parts:

a. The instruction:

Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.

b. The topic:

An increase in tourism / Traditional society’s way of life.

c. The issue

Whether this change has brought progress or not.

Let’s try again with the question from last time.

(1) Some people believe that it is best to accept a bad situation, such as an unsatisfactory job or shortage of money. (2) Others argue that it is better to try and improve such situations.

(3) Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

So we can see that the instruction = 3 or Discuss both these views and give your own opinion, the topic = 1 or bad situations, and the issue = 2 or should we try to improve bad situations or not.

Today’s topic is not so big so you only have to listen to a short podcast today. Good job and whenever you read a new IELTS task 2 question, try to divide it into these three parts. It will make your job of writing the essay that much easier.

See you next time!

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(33)

32. IELTS Task 2 : "Using adverbs in task 2"

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g.page/gcielts Welcome to Gold Coast IELTS in Southport and online! OK guys so adverbs are those words that (often but not always) end in –ly. They give us extra informatio...

26 Kesä 20206min

31. IELTS Task 1 : "Talking about the future with future perfect continuous tense"

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g.page/gcielts Today let’s take a look at the future perfect continuous tense and how it can be effectively used in the IELTS exam to explain what will be happening at a par...

21 Kesä 20203min

30. IELTS Task 1 and 2 : "Future predictions with 'will' and 'going to'

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g.page/gcielts There is no doubt that in IELTS we need to be able to describe what has happened and what is happening, but we also need to be able to make predictions for th...

15 Kesä 20204min

29. IELTS Task 1 : "Past simple, past perfect, and past perfect continuous in IELTS task 1"

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g.page/gcielts The past simple, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses are great to use in IELTS. We can use them to compare actions that happened in the past and ...

10 Kesä 20206min

28. IELTS Task 1 : "Using the present tenses in the IELTS exam"

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g.page/gcielts Present tenses are used a lot in the IELTS exam, especially in the task 1 task. The two kinds of present tense verb in English are present simple and present ...

7 Kesä 20204min

27. IELTS Task 1 : "Using countable and uncountable nouns"

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g/page/gcielts Countable and uncountable nouns is a subject that many learners, even very advanced learners, have a lot of trouble with. In this podcast, we will look at qua...

3 Kesä 20206min

26. IELTS Tasks 1 and 2: "Using noun phrases"

www.goldcoastielts.com www.g.page/gcielts Noun phrases are the building blocks of any language. They can refer to ideas, things, situations or just about anything else that you can imagine. There will...

29 Touko 20206min

25. IELTS Task 1 : "Using the simple past and present perfect"

www.goldcoastielts.com goldcoastielts@gmail.com Time is a tricky thing to get right, and the way you describe it in a task 1 shows how accurate your language is. IELTS task 1 charts usually show infor...

24 Touko 20207min