Ielts writing Task 1 + 2

No personal opinions. If you read an essay and
it gives you 2 impersonal opinions, you don’t expect that it focuses on one
side. You expect that it tells you “I don’t know what my opinion is. I’m
looking at both sides.” If I wrote an essay that in the introduction it said
“smart phones are very popular nowadays. I think Apples make the best
smart phones.” 
Do you think I’m spending the whole paragraph talking about
how great Samsung is?
No. When I give you a clear personal opinion, you
know I’ve already made my decision and I’m going to talk about that
decision. On the other hand, when I give you 2 impersonal opinions. When I
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say “nowadays, smart phones have become very popular. Some people really
like Samsung. However, a lot of people like apples.” 
Do I have a clear
personal opinion here? 
No, you don’t know what my opinion is, you don’t
know what I think. Therefore, I’m signaling to you that I don’t know what I
think. I’m going to spend my essay talking about both of these things.
So exactly that, 
in the introduction
, 
you are basically giving me 
the context
and 
2 main ideas
. What the first one is, and what the second one is. You are
signaling what the main ideas are.
Now I expect in the 
body paragraphs. 
In the body paragraphs, you are going
to 
give the reader the supporting ideas to support the main ideas
, and that’s
exactly what you are going to do. You are going to write 
2 body paragraphs
.
One body paragraph 
will be talking about the reasons for one opinion
. 
The
other body paragraph 
will be the reasons for the other opinion
. And they will
look a lot like part 3 speaking. The same structure that you use for part 3
speaking, you will use for task 2 writing.
Conclusion. 
What do you do? 
It’s easy. You can certainly 
remind the reader
of what the topic was
. 
You can paraphrase yourself basically, you will
paraphrase the sentence you wrote in the introduction
. The first sentence of
the introduction might look very similar, but not identical to the first sentence
of your conclusion. Then you 
rephrase and summarize the two opinions
.
Example: “In conclusion, studying abroad is very popular these days. Some
people claim that causes home sickness and it’s too expensive, while other
people think it creates opportunities for education and personal
development.” You just told me the two main ideas from the both sides.
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