YINGYU ZHU &

DR. HARRY H. ZHANG

HIS College: Melbourne

Dr. Harry H. Zhang obtained his PhD (English Language Education) from The University of
Melbourne and holds NAATI accreditations in English – Chinese translation (two directional)
and interpretation (two directional). Dr. Zhang has taught IELTS preparation, English writing
EAP, ESL/EFL, and translation in a number of tertiary institutions in China and such English-
speaking countries as Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. Dr. Zhang’s expertise and
research interests are: IELTS Testing, SFL, EAP, ESL, research methods, translation theories
and practice, and simultaneous translation. Dr. Zhang’s some fifty publications are primarily in
those research areas.
IELTS 7+ Myths Busters

Academic Writing

YINGYU ZHU & DR HARRY H. ZHANG

Preface

This book was written for EFL/ESL learners as well as native English speakers who wish to
migrate to or work in English-speaking countries such as the US, UK, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand, and who wish to score 7 or more in the IELTS academic writing module. The
book grew out of the author’s some 20 years of English language teaching experience in
Australia and New Zealand, particularly preparing students to sit the IELTS test. The purpose of
the book is to provide candidates with the proficiency, strategies and skills as well as the practice
essential to sitting the IELTS academic training module.

The book consists of three parts. The first part is devoted to Task 1, focusing the development of
proficiency and skills needed to achieve 7 or above. The first part covers key strategies, skills as
well as language resources for writing an academic report based on a Task 1 topic. The second
part deals with the challenges faced by candidates seeking to score 7+ in Task 2. The third part
provides 7 sets of writing tests. Also included in the appendices is some general information on
the IELTS test. Materials on writing rubrics and generic structures are abundant in this book.

Depending on how well a candidate masters the content and techniques introduced in this book,
the results may vary. A good, solid command of this book, coupled with the practice
provided, will lead a candidate all the way to Band 7 and beyond.
HIS College Australia, Melbourne, Victoria 3204

© 2016 Hesheng ZHANG email: aozhongshe@yahoo.com.au

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restricted copying.

First published in 2016

ISBN: 978 – 0 – 9803688 – 0 – 2

Contents

Day 1: Familiarising with Academic Writing Tasks

Day 2: Tackling IELTS Writing Task 1
Day 3: Familiarising with the Schematic Structure for Writing Task 2
Day 4: Introduction, Body and Conclusion Close-up
Day 5: Input of Essay Rubrics - common and advanced expressions
Day 6: Topic Sentence Patterns for Different Kinds of Essays
Day 7: Generic Structure Templates and Graded Writing Samples

Appendix I Sample Reading and Writing Tests

General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 1
General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 2
General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 3
General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 4
General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 5
General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 6
General Practice Test: Reading and Writing 7
Appendix II General Information
A 7-DAY IELTS CRASHER
Ming PAN
8.5

IELTS 8, China IELTS 8, China

My name is Zhan Huilin. In order
to migrate to Australia, I had
taken the IELTS test a few times.
I even got 9 for reading and
listening, but had been unable to
get 7 for writing. A few training
sessions with Dr Zhang helped to
me to achieve this goal.
Many thanks, Dr Zhang for your
wonderful teaching. You are the
best IELTS teacher I have ever
had. I wish my friends could have
a chance to study with you, so
that they can achieve their goal a
lot faster.

Xuan XIE 8 Jingjing CHEN 8 Yanli XU 7.5

Naif 7.5 Xin LI 7.5

IELTS 7.5, Sueyeon,

IELTS 8
Korea
Wojtek, Poland I would like to say Harry is best
I’m Wojtek from, and teacher I have ever had. He is
would like to thank always pinpoint the problems and
Harry for teaching me put them right. Without his help, I
IELTS writing. would not be so quickly doing my
Without his creative degree course now.
teaching, I could not
have achieves such
good result.

IELTS 7, Japan IELTS 7, China, Ben LI

My name is Mika and I IETLS 7, Korea I had made a few attempts to
am from Japan. I studied My name is Kim and I come from IETS 7 the purpose of migration.
for IELTS with Harry Korea. I just like to take this For various reasons, I failed to
for 1 term. And thanks opportunity to say thank you to get 7 for writing. Then I turned
to his excellent teaching, my IELTS teacher Harry. It was to Dr. Zhang for help. After a
I got 7 for writing and his great teaching that enabled me couple of tuition sessions, I
now I am doing further direct entry into the course I am miraculously got 7! I am now
study in Australia. doing. living permanently in Australia.
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