The 2016-2017 version of this book marks the 5th update since this work was first released in 2010. The purpose of this book has always been to provide the IELTS candidate with a brief but actionable summary of how to write an effective essay in the Task 2 portion of the Academic and General IELTS exams.
This book should act as a supplement to the candidate’s repertoire of IELTS Writing resources. Although a helpful guide, candidates should couple what they learn from this book with active practice and personal feedback from an IELTS Writing coach. For candidates that do not have access to guidance, free feedback may be received from the ‘Post your writing’ section of the IELTSNetwork.com forum.
This book deserves an applause, the author has perfectly deciphered the winning IELTS structure, with his decades of IELTS prep advantage. The Entire book is golden, it instills in us a format that can be used in any essay structure. Using the cookie cutter template, would help us set the foundation and drive us in the right direction. His analysis of article structure is perfect and impeccable. The FAQs at the end of the book and the Foreword are impressive. NO page of this book is written as a space filler, every page adds value to the reader and pushes him to adopt to the template provided by the author. If I had taken the IELTS exam without reading this book, I would have scored a lot less.