Difficulties of IELTS Writing Module Experienced by Test-Takers: A Case Study in Tishk International University Continuous Education Center
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https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v9i4p287Keywords:
IELTS Test, IELTS Writing, Descriptive and Argumentative WritingAbstract
IELTS test has four sections, and writing is one of them as a productive skill. In this test, writing has two tasks, and the first one is descriptive writing while the second is argumentative type. Both of them have their own peculiarities, and candidates of IELTS test come across different challenges. In the study we conducted, we focused on most outstanding challenges that the candidates revealed during the 50-hour course. As a result, we prepared a questionnaire inquiring these challenging points for them. It seems they have some difficulties in writing these tasks, and since these tasks require some extra academic skills, the candidates cannot learn them in their past education, so they need to struggle extra to gain these skills to be able to write in IELTS test.
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