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A Genre-Based Analysis of IELTS Writing Task 2 #756

Sat, Nov 21, 10:45-11:10 JST | Zoom 6
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The presenter will report the results of a genre-based research to questions and model essays for IELTS Task 2 in order to illustrate crucial factors to compose quality essays for this task. For analysis, 56 questions and 30 essays have been extracted from Cambridge IELTS Practice Tests. The presentation will clarify major topics and question types for Task 2, followed by suggesting an ideal essay structure and linguistic features.

Yasunori Matsuzono

Yasunori Matsuzono

Meiji Gakuin University
I am an associate professor for the Faculty of Economics at Meiji Gakuin University. For more than ten years, I have taught TOEFL and IELTS preparation classes, and I have published six TOEFL preparation textbooks, two IELTS preparation textbooks (will be published in December, 2020), and one English learning book intended for those who are supposed to study abroad in English-speaking countries. My research interests lie in genre-based teaching approaches and discourse analysis.