IELTS Writing Task Rubric

When preparing students for the writing section of the IELTS, I often emphasize the rubric. Understanding the rubric and exactly what is being assessed is a very helpful way for candidates to achieve the bands they need. In this post, I want to go over the rubric for the IELTS writing tasks.

The IELTS writing tasks assess these four different aspects:

To get the band you need in the IELTS, keeping the rubric in mind is important. You can find the rubric and details on descriptors for each band here:

IELTS Writing Task 1: https://www.ielts.org/-/media/pdfs/writing-band-descriptors-task-1.ashx

IELTS Writing Task 2: https://www.ielts.org/-/media/pdfs/writing-band-descriptors-task-2.ashx