{"id":614,"date":"2015-03-24T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.caes.hku.hk\/summer\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:41:25","slug":"summer-0004-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/summer\/summer-0004-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CAES26S0004 Introduction to IELTS Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">This course aims to help students improve specific academic writing text types typical in the IELTS writing exam.\u00a0 We will analyse and practise question types for Writing Task 1 and Writing Task 2.\u00a0 Exemplars will be given in order to understand requirements for the higher bands. 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Time<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 57px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>No. of Hours<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 57px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Venue<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 139px\">\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 20.9249%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">CAES26S0004a<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">8 June to 12 June<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Mon &#8211; Fri<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">10am-12:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">12.5 (5 sessions)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">CPD-3.16<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Run Run Shaw Tower<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 139px\">\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 20.9249%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">CAES26S0004b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">8 June to 12 June<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Mon &#8211; Fri<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">2pm-4:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">12.5 (5 sessions)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 139px;width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">CPD-LG.60<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 139px\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.9249%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center;height: 139px\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">CAES26S0004c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center;height: 139px\" width=\"126\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">15 June to 18 June,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">22 June<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7688%;vertical-align: middle;text-align: center;height: 139px\" valign=\"top\" width=\"152\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Mon &#8211; 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