Essay structure plays a critical role in achieving High Band score. Coherence and Cohesion is one of the assesment criteria for evaluating IELTS bands.

If your Essay structure is well-organised and you achieve good lexical resources, provide the response for the complete topic and write with Grammar, you will definitely achieve the desired score. Naturally, to achieve higher band score, like 8 or 9, you have to be excellent in all areas that are considered for evaluation.

Ultimate structure that will fit into every IELTS Essay Writing Question

In order to achieve high score your essay must contain :

1) Introduction Paragraph

• Sentence 1 – General Statement.
• Sentence 2 – Paraphrase of the Question.
• Sentence 3 – Thesis.

2) Body Paragraph 1

• Sentence 1 – Heading Sentence of paragraph
• Sentence 2 – Use Connector + Idea 1
• Sentence 3 – Explanation of Idea with example
• Sentence 4 – Connector + Idea  2
• Sentence 5 – Explanation of Idea with Example
• Sentence 6 – Closing

3) Body Paragraph 2

• Sentence 1 – Use Connector + Idea 1
• Sentence 2 – Explanation of Idea 1 with example
• Sentence 3 – Connector + Idea  2
• Sentence 4 – Explanation of Idea with Example
• Sentence 5 – Closing

4) Conclusion Paragraph

• Sentence 1 – Paraphrase Thesis statement (As in Introduction)
• Sentence 2 – Summarize Key point + Your opinion
• Sentence 3 – Final Thought

If you stick to the above structure, you will definitely satisfy the high Coherence and Cohesion criteria.

Sample Task to Understand the concept better

Essay Topic :

“Some people believe that teaching children at home is best for a child’s development while others think that it is important for children to go to school. Discuss the advantages of both methods and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.”

Sample Answer :

Introduction Paragraph (General Statement + Paraphrase of the Question + Sentence 3 – Thesis)

General Statement – With advent of Technology, educational paradigms are constantly evolving.Paraphrase –  Advocates of homeschooling emphasize its personalized learning and safe environment whereas proponents of Traditional Schooling highlight the importance of socialization. Thesis – The debate over this topic is a complex one with compelling arguments from both the sides. This essay will explore the advantages of both educational approaches and will conclude with my personal viewpoint.

Body Paragraph 1

Heading – Homeschooling offers plenty of benefits that can significantly impact the learning experience. Connector – To begin with, Idea 1 Onine education can offer personalized learning experience. Explanation of Idea with example For example, a recent study done by Husuzuki Foundation of Japan highlights that with the online learning platforms 95% of the students study the same topic with different approach whereas the same topic is taught in same manner to 100 % of the students. Hence children are not able to understand the basic concept. Connector 2 + Idea 2 Moreover, homelearning enables a secure and nurturing environment where parents can monitor the child behavior and protect the child from potential bullying. Explanation of Idea 2 with example For instance, 83% students of Mondelz School of London reported that they have faced the issue of bullying personally in their school life and 78% of the students had the recent experience within last month. Conclusion Hence, majority of people prefer the culture of studying from home.

Body Paragraph 2

Connector + Idea 1 – Nevertheless, Traditional Schooling on other hand provides enormous opportunities of socialization that any home scholor cannot get throughout his life. Explanation of Idea with example  In one of the recent example, Boston University analyzed a batch of students with mixed strength of students studying from home and bunch of children who were going to regular school and they found that home scholors have an extremely weird behavior and they were reluctant to coordinate in teams. This is very bad for future industries. Connector 2 + Idea 2 Additionally, Schools offer access to wealth of resources including specialised teachers and counsellors who can analyze the child behavior and guide them to pick the next course.To illustrate 81% parants of home scholars were unable to guide them chosing the right path and the students relied on internet research for understanding the market trend. They failed to pick a right career path which coud have been best based on their skillset.

Conclusion

Paraphrase Thesis The debate between traditional schooling and home education is multifaceted and does not have a straightforward conclusion. Summary + Personal opinion In my opinion, there should be a balance between the learning environment. Adaption of the hybrid cutlture can be the effective solution, where 2 days can be reserved for online classes whereas 3 working days students should attend the physical lectures. Final Thought This will surely be the most effective way of imparting education & can help in paving the path of success for the new generation.

Must Read : Only Article that will help you master the skill of IELTs Essay writing.

IELTS Essay writing is the Task Number 2 for both Academic and General Training Test takers. The intreresting point is that both categories of Test Takers face equal challenges while working on this question. Most common issue is the generation of ideas for the topic asked in the exam.

Problem

Unable to generate ideas for writing an effective Essay for IELTS writing Task 2.

Root Cause

1) Un-related Topic

This is the most common reason of not having enough points for writing the essay. People usually get a topic which is not related to their field. For example, a Doctor appearing for IELTS exam gets a topic of advancement in Artificial Intelligence. The test taker becomes clueless for some time and then writes whatever comes in mind.

2) Never practiced a similar question before

This is a fact which will remain forever valid. Nobody can practice all topics. Most of the test takers get stressed out after seeing a question which they are reading for the first time.

Do not worry !! We have an interesting solution that will surely solve your problem.

Solution : Mastering Idea Generation Technique for Essay Writing Task

IELTS Conqueror has developed a comprehensive protocol that will enable you to generate unlimited idea for Writing Task 2. We call it as PESTHEL approach, where :

• P – Political
• E – Economical / Economy
• S – Social
• T – Technical / Technology
• H – Health
• E – Environmental
• L – Legal

The key rule is whichever topic you get, you have to start identifying the points related to the topic which have relation to the PESTHEL approach. To understand better, let us consider the following example :

Suppose you get a topic to write an essay for the topic related to advancement in AI, the steps you have to follow are.

Think of the key points that are related to Artificical Intelligence which are related to :

1. P (Political) – Your idea could be that politicians can hire tech companies which will use AI to study demographic behavior of a specific region and plan the action campaign accordingly. Other point could be that political parties can use AI for identifying the lesson learnt from past political failures.
2. S (Social) – When you consider the social angle, you can think of the problems that AI will bring to the society. For example, the robots will replace the human in jobs. With AI like Face swapping and voice changer, people can harm the social image of anyone and can create an atmosphere of hate.

Similarly, you can think of all aspects and generate enormous number of ideas.

• Economical
  • Reduction in Human errors in industries with advancement of AI.
  • One robot can replace multiple humans
• Technology
  • New Innovation in field of Medicine Science that could possibly cure deadly diseases.
• Health
  • Advanced robotic surgeries with more precision and success rate.
  • Effective and fast diagnosis of illness
• Environmental
  • Identifying natural occuring chemical compounds that can convert Co2 to O2.
• Legal
  • Fake Videos and Voice.
  • Faster analysis of court case by AI.

This is just an example, you can generate countless ideas with this approach. Just give it a try. Moreover, it is important to note that whatever ideas you generate, you should stick to the following rules as well :

1. You have to proceed step by step and think sequentially.
2. It is not necessary that you think and write about all the points. The idea is to enable generation of multiple ideas without putting much effort.
3. Ideas could be negative or positive and you can use them effectively in your Essay.

Once you are ready with the ideas, the next step is to fit your ideas in the effective Essay structure. Here it the link for the article.