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IntelliGene

Published by IntelliGene 2002

Third Published 2003

ISBN 09519582 59

Copyright Sam McCarter

The contents of this book in no way reflect the views of the author

No material from this publication may be reproduced without the express permission of the author

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the following colleagues and friends for their help au and support during the

writing and production of this publication:

Micky Silver, Roger Townsend and Maureen Sorrel

I would also like to thank the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) for the permission to reproduce the writing answer sheet in the Appendix

I would also like to say a very special thank you to Drs Gill and Bruce Haddock for their support and

forbearance

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About the author

Sam McCarter is co-author of A book for IELTS and IELTS Reading Tests, the author of a book on writing,

BPP English for PLAB and Nuffield Stress Tests for PLAB He has also co-authored several other publications

and edited a range of health publications

Sam is a lecturer in academic and medical English at Southwark College, where he organises IELTS courses

for overseas doctors and other health personnel, and courses in medical English, including preparation for

the OSCE component of the PLAB He is also the creator and organiser of the Nuffield Self-access Language

Project for Overseas Doctors and is a free-lance consultant in medical English, specialising in tropical

medicine

Future Publications by IntelliGene

IntelliGene will be publishing a major book on communication skills in medicine by Sam McCarter

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Preface

This book is for students preparing for the Writing Test in the Academic Module of the International English

Language Testing System (IELTS), which is administered by the British Council, the University of Cambridge

Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) and IELTS Australia

The book is aimed at those candidates aiming to achieve a Band Score of 6 or more in the Academic Writing

component in JELTS The book contains six sections: Section 1: Writing Practice for Task 1; Section 2:

Writing Practice for Task 2; Section 3: Checking and Editing; Section 4: Practice Writing Tests; a Key; and

an Appendix

All the graphs and the texts in this publication have been created by the author with the exception of the

drawings in Section 1 Exercise 20

The spelling in the book is British English

All of the names in the publication are fictitious

The book may be used as a supplement to A Book for IELTS by McCarter, Easton & Ash, IELTS Reading

Tests by McCarter & Ash, a book on writing by Sam McCarter, or as a supplement to a course book, or for

self-study

So that you may repeat the exercises in this book, I would advise you to avoid marking the text

Sam McCarter June 2002

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