IELTS Writing Band 7+ with Functional Grammar
The ultimate course for IELTS writing

What you will learn

1. Develop a deep understanding of IELTS writing at Band 7

2. Use personal values to develop opinions and ideas

3. Use ideas, paragraph structure and essay structure to effectively plan and write an IELTS-style essay

4. Develop an understanding of coherence, cohesion, and lexical resource

5. Use online tools to improve lexical range

6. Develop grammatical range and accuracy to effectively convey ideas

7. Identify and avoid common IELTS grammar and punctuation errors

Description

Need a Band 7 in IELTS writing but stuck at 6 – 6.5?

Achieve IELTS writing Band 7 or higher in this masterclass. Written and presented by experienced educator Martin Tilney (PhD Linguistics, M. Applied Linguistics), this course is one of a kind.

Guided by functional grammar, the course content is engaging and relevant. Practice activities are created from authentic samples written by real IELTS students.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Develop a deep understanding of IELTS writing at Band 7

2. Use personal values to develop opinions and ideas

3. Use ideas, paragraph structure and essay structure to effectively plan and write an essay


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4. Develop an understanding of coherence, cohesion, and lexical resource

5. Use online tools to improve lexical range

6. Develop grammatical range and accuracy to effectively convey ideas

7. Identify and avoid common grammar and punctuation errors

This course is also for anyone who wants to improve their academic English and essay writing skills, as well as anyone who wants to learn more about functional grammar.

This course does not claim to be a quick and easy solution that does not require you to work hard (such a course does NOT exist!). However, if you complete the course properly and follow all the recommendations, you WILL reach your goal.

English
language

Content

Introduction

The IELTS writing exam
Section 1: Introduction quiz
An essay is like a salad
Band descriptors
Public Band Descriptors quiz

Task Response

Understanding the question
Section 2: Understanding the question quiz 1
Section 2: Understanding the question quiz 2
Lecture 5: What’s your position?
Section 2: What’s your position? quiz
Paraphrasing
Section 2: Paraphrasing quiz
PEEL paragraph structure
Section 2: PEEL paragraph structure quiz

Coherence and Cohesion

Coherence and cohesion?
Expanding ideas: Cohesive devices
Sequencing ideas: Thematic development
Section 3: Sequencing ideas: Thematic development quiz

Lexical Resource

Lexical Range: What is “sufficient”?
Developing collocation

Grammatical Range and Accuracy part 1

Grammar: Complex structures
Verb groups and tenses
Section 5: Verb groups and tenses quiz
Modality
Section 5: Modality quiz 1
Section 5: Modality quiz 2
Noun groups
Section 5: Noun groups quiz 1
Section 5: Noun groups quiz 2
Complex sentences part 1
Section 5: Complex sentences quiz 1
Complex sentences part 2
Section 5: Complex sentences quiz 2

Grammatical Range and Accuracy part 2

Grammar: some common errors
Articles
Section 6: Articles quiz
SFA: Subject-Finite-Agreement
Section 6: SFA quiz
Common punctuation errors
Commas after dependent clauses
Common errors with commas
Colons, semi-colons and dashes
Practice using punctuation for elaboration quiz 1
Practice using punctuation for elaboration quiz 2

Putting it all together

Recap
Counter-arguments

Conclusion

Writing a conclusion
Advice for further practice
Section 8 review quiz
Farewell