See what Task 2 really rewards, before you learn the essay types.
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Understand the four official scoring criteria for IELTS Writing Task 2.
Recognize why memorized templates lower scores and learn to write prompt-specific responses.
Master the 40-minute time allocation for planning, writing, and reviewing Task 2.
Synthesize the four scoring criteria, the risks of templates, and the 40-minute writing plan.
Alex learned hundreds of rare words and wrote a beautiful essay. It still scored low. Here's why.
Meet Alex. Alex spent six months memorizing advanced vocabulary lists. On exam day, he wrote a beautifully poetic essay filled with words like plethora, ubiquitous, and paradigm.
He left the test center confident he had secured a Band 8. Two weeks later, his results arrived: Band 5.5.
Tick what fits. It is not a test, just where this course starts from.
A few questions on word count, time and scoring. Getting them wrong is fine.
Which of the following best describes the 'Task Response' grading criterion?
Concept: task-response