VIETTESOL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2025

It is likely that IELTS essays pose significant challenges for Vietnamese candidates due to their complexity and the high damand of language manupulation. Consequently, improving IELTS essay writing has been a major concern for both teachers and learners of English language. Model essays, which are widely considered effective writing techniques in English language teaching, have a profound impact on the development of writing skills. This paper delves into Quang Nam University English majors’ difficulties in learning IELTS writing essays and their perception of using model essays in writing practice. A combination of questionnaires and interviews is employed as an instrument to gain insights into the students’ challenges, attitudes towards academic IELTS writing task 2, their evaluation of the deployment of model essays in writing practice, as well as their overall understanding of the features of high-quality model essays. Based on the findings, the paper proposes practical implications for implementing appropriate strategies related to model essays, with the aim of enabling English majors to produce well-structured and compelling IELTS essays, thereby improving their performance in academic writing.