• Seyed Foad Ebrahimi

  Author

This study analyzed the thematic organization types in the Task 2, essays, of the
writing section of the IELTS test. To meet this end, thirty Task 2 essays with a score of 8 and 8.5
were selected. Then, the data were analyzed based on Halliday’s (1994) model of thematic
organization. The findings revealed that the selections of the theme types were directly imposed
by the nature of the genre of essay writing. This means that the writers were required to select
the theme types in a way which help meeting the general goals of this genre. The findings could
be used in the IELTS preparation writing classes to help the writers, especially EFL novice
writers, to achieve satisfactory scores in the Task 2, essays, of the writing section of the IELTS
test.

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