Although there may be some arguments in favour of this, I do not agree that retirement based solely on age should be mandatory. Some people are of the opinion that when a person becomes eligible for a state pension, then he or she must necessarily stop working and enjoy what many like to call a few “golden years” in peaceful retirement. More of that later, perhaps not today but in the next time we talk. I’m thinking of the classic 4 paragraph task 2 essay with 2 main or body paragraphs in between the introduction and conclusion. I have 3 pretty good arguments, I hope, against the idea that retirement should be obligatory and I have 2 or 3 points that could be used in favour of compulsory retirement. I have a position and I need to defend it. I’ve spent a few minutes thinking about this topic and I’ve decided that I don’t entirely agree with the statement. There are those that believe that people should not be allowed to continue working after their official retirement age. I’m going to give you an IELTS task 2 topic but, rather than the entire 250 plus word essay which would be too much, just a part, the opening paragraph.Īctually, my topic is one I have adopted and adapted from on Task 2 writing topics. So, let’s have a look at an example of how cohesion and coherence work together. Sample Cohesive and Coherent Task 2 answer ![]() But beware of the Band 6 who may use these devices mechanically or incorrectly.ĭevices and their ranges suggest something we can identify, something a lot more tangible perhaps than “it just feels right”. For us mortals, with our 7s and 8s, then we must cover all aspects of cohesion well (Band 8) or at least have a good range of cohesive devices at our disposal even if we might sometimes over or under use some of them. That’s if you’re going for a Band 9 by the way. The task 2 descriptors mention that if our cohesion is really good, then we (that is, the reader) won’t even be aware of its perfection. The architects and builders will tell us that if coherence is the building, then cohesion is the bricks and mortar. Now if we have the plan and structure of our essay all worked out, we need to make sure that all the bits and pieces are linked together appropriately and effectively. Our writing should follow a logical order. When something in there looks out of place. It’s something that just looks right, it’s consistent, it’s what many call logical and I guess it’s when something is not coherent is the time when we understand better the meaning of coherence itself. There are many who call coherence a building, a finished structure and yes, I can see that too. ![]() It is the essay as the end product of what was in your mind when you started planning your answer. So, when we look over the writing task descriptors and find in the Coherence and Cohesion section it mentions “ideas and information” and arranging this information and these ideas “clearly” and/or “logically” as well as organising them into paragraphs, it’s telling us we should be thinking and planning, giving shape to our eventual written product from the very beginning making connections, seeing how the pieces fit together to make a whole, yes, a coherent whole. 50%.Īnd, and this is really big AND, at that interpreting the question, planning stage, we are already thinking about which keywords and expressions we should include in the essay and probably thinking too perhaps about sentence construction. The rest, from that first encounter with the task itself, to the planning stage and ensuring that the final draft fulfils the particular task requirements, falls under the domain of Task Achievement and Coherence and Cohesion. ![]() Only the writing part in terms of the actual construction of sequences of sentences and choosing words to go in them, refer pretty much exclusively to the Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy features described in the exam descriptors. IELTS Writing, and it’s Task 2 I’m concentrating on today although the same could also be said about Task 1, is just a very specific test where the candidate has to read the question, understand what it means, know how to approach it, plan the answer to it, write the answer by fulfilling the requirements of the question at all times and, because it’s all in English, respect the rules and customs of the language both syntactically and semantically. If you can write sentences that are free from grammatical errors, or as free as possible, and If your range of vocabulary is such that you have more than enough words, both general, everyday ones and some specialist vocabulary, then what else do you want? You can communicate in writing and that’s it, surely. That’s what language is anyway: Grammar and vocabulary. When you’re writing, the important things are your grammar and the vocabulary you use. In this episode, we discuss why coherence and coherence are worth 25% of your IELTS score.
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