The second thing the examiners will consider is whether your writing is coherent and cohesive.
What does this mean? Coherence is how clear and easy to understand your writing is. Cohesion
is how well your writing 'sticks' together.
To judge these criteria, the examiner will look more specifically at your overall structure
(introduction > body > conclusion), the structure within your paragraphs and the linking
words and devices you use.
Practice activity 8.1: Using correct essay structure
As you saw in Unit 5, your essay must be separated into paragraphs. IELTS essays are only
around 250 words, so most of the time you will be writing essays with either four or five
paragraphs. If you do not group your ideas together into logical paragraphs, you will not be
able to get a high score for coherence and cohesion.
Here is another example of a typical Task 2 question:
The world is becoming increasingly globalised, and people who speak more than one
language are increasingly in demand in the job market. Therefore, all children should
learn a second language.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Can you put these sentences in the correct order and separate them into paragraphs to
answer the question?
- Learning the language of a country is also the best way to develop an understanding of
the culture of that country, so by learning a second language children are on the right
path to becoming global citizens of tomorrow.
- It is the responsibility of parents and teachers to prepare young people for the world
they will meet as adults, and introducing them to a second language is an integral part
of this process.
- Children should learn while they are young, when it is easy to do so; otherwise they will
find it much more difficult as adult job-seekers.
- There has been consistent growth in the number of positions for which speaking another
language is either required or recommended.
- I believe that in order to improve their future prospects, children should be taught a
second language as a fundamental part of their education.
- In today's global world, people who are bilingual or multilingual have an enormous
advantage in many areas of life.
- On a more practical note, today's young people will one day have to step out into a
competitive job market, and those who can speak another language will have a significant
advantage.
- The most obvious reason to know more than one language is to communicate.
- The arguments presented above make it clear how important it is for children to learn
another language.
- With overseas travel becoming ever more common, and countries becoming increasingly
multicultural, it is likely to be crucial for young people to be able to communicate with
speakers of other languages.
- This may be while travelling abroad, or interacting with visitors to one's own country.
Answer
In today's global world, people who are bilingual or multilingual have an enormous advantage
in many areas of life. I believe that in order to improve their future prospects, children should
be taught a second language as a fundamental part of their education.
The most obvious reason to know more than one Language is to communicate. This may be
while travelling abroad, or interacting with visitors to one·s own country. With overseas travel
becoming ever more common, and countries becoming increasingly multicultural, it is Likely
to be crucial for young people to be able to communicate with speakers of other languages.
Learning the language of a country is also the best way to develop an understanding of the
culture of that country, and so by Learning a second language children are on the right path
to become the global citizens of tomorrow.
On a more practical note, today's young people will one day have to step out into a
competitive job market, and those who can speak another language will have a significant
advantage. There has been consistent growth in the number of positions for which speaking
another language is either required or recommended. Children should learn while they are young, when it is easy to do so; otherwise they will find it much more difficult as adult
job seekers.
The arguments presented above make it clear how important it is for children to learn
another language. It is the responsibility of parents and teachers to prepare young people for
the world they will meet as adults, and introducing them to a second language is an integral
part of this.
(269 words)
How did you go? The ideas should have logically developed from the introduction to the
conclusion. The linking words and devices should also have helped you to put the sentences in
order. They should act like signposts, telling the reader the direction of the ideas.
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