Academic

What is IELTS?

IELTS

IELTS introduction

IELTS writing

How important of Academic IELTS writing for suceessfully applying for university in New Zealand?

IELTS requirements for University of Auckland                                 5.5 (undergraduate) & 6.0 (postgraduate)  

IELTS requirements for Massey University                                 5.5 (undergraduate) & 6.0 (postgraduate) 

IELTS requirements for University of Canterbury                      5.5 (undergraduate) & 6.0 (postgraduate) 

IELTS requirements for University of Waikato                           5.5 (undergraduate) & 6.0 (postgraduate) 

IELTS requirements for University of Otago                               5.5 (undergraduate) & 6.0 (postgraduate) 

IELTS requirements for Victoria University of Wellington       5.5 (undergraduate) & 6.0 (postgraduate) 

Right, all English language requirements in these universities have only one point in common --- writing is required to be not less than 5.5

Hey, don't frown with unbelieving look. Let's check it out! Right! Now!

Criteria

Firstly, we need to be familiar with the assessment criteria of academic IELTS writing. Here we go!


Download: Writing Band descriptors Task 1.pdf



Download: Writing Band descriptors Task 2.pdf

To summarise, 4 criteria are as follows:

1) Task achievement/ Task response (never off topic)

2) Coherence & Cohesion (structure & connection)

3) Lexical resource (a wide range of vocabulary)

4) Grammatical range and accuracy (accurate grammar and  a wide range of sentence structure)

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