Open AccessThe Influence of Single-Clause Sentences on IELTS Writing Task 2 Band Score
Author(s) -
Thanh Tan Tran,
Dinh Minh Dang Truong
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of tesol and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2768-4563
DOI - 10.54855/ijte2202012
Subject(s) - computer science , task (project management) , natural language processing , linguistics , set (abstract data type) , relative clause , test (biology) , artificial intelligence , range (aeronautics) , sample (material) , engineering , paleontology , philosophy , chemistry , systems engineering , chromatography , biology , programming language , aerospace engineering
This research aims to investigate the frequencies of single-clause sentences (SS) and multi-clause sentences (MS) used by IELTS test-takers in writing task 2 and the relationship between their use of single-clause sentences and band score in this section. The researcher used the descriptive comparative research design and the quantitative method design with convenient sampling with fifty (50) sample essays mainly sourced from the set of Cambridge English IELTS Academic books. After collecting the data, the researchers analyzed the data using statistical and descriptive analysis. The result shows that the percentages of single-clause and multi-clause sentences in the range between 0 and 6.0 bands are relatively equal. On the other hand, these percentages in the range of 6.5-9.0 have a significant difference. Additionally, the results of Pearson Correlation Analysis show that the frequency of single-clause sentences has an insignificant negative relationship with the IELTS writing task 2 band score. Therefore, IELTS writing task 2 compositions with more single-clause sentences are potentially graded with a lower band score.