Hi, all! I've been doing some self-studying and I recently stumbled upon IELTS Advantage's six-hour course on IELTS Writing Task 2.
I've finished the entire video, and now I'm not quite sure if I should unlearn some habits. Before discovering the video, I had been using A*I tools to guide me during practice and grade my essays. These tools recommend that I should come up with 2-3 ideas/advantages-disadvantages/problems-solutions.
However, Chris from IELTS Advantage suggests that it's better to just think of one and develop those by elaborating thoroughly and providing examples in the body paragraphs (instead of merely listing down ideas and not developing them fully). I agree that it's a good strategy as it eliminates thinking time and it allows you to showcase your coherence and cohesion.
I applied this earlier in my problems-and-solutions essay and asked A*I to evaluate it. A*I gave me a 7.5 and recommended that I should discuss at least two problems and solutions. Now, I'm not completely sure what to follow. What do you guys think?