Teaching the Memetic-based IELTS Writing Task1 in an International Education Institute

As one of the four basic skills of IELTS, writing can not only measure the quality of students' language output, but also exercise their comprehensive ability to use language. In the actual teaching activities, there are many problems in students' compositions, such as illogical, simple sentence pattern. The researcher embarked on this study because of the absence of literature on Memetic-based IELTS writing task 1 teaching. It aims to answer the following: 1) the challenges of students for studying IELTS writing task 1. 2) The changes in students’ IELTS task 1 test scores before and after the implementation of the intervention. 3) The changes in students’ ability of IELTS writing task 1 before and after the intervention. The study used a mixed-method: quantitative and qualitative. It utilized a survey questionnaire and an interview guide. While paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test were used for hypothesis testing. The findings show a significant difference in students’ IELTS writing task 1 test scours (p=0.000) and a significant difference in students’ ability of IELTS writing task 1(p=0. 000) before and after the implementation of the action. The research proves that the combination of memetic and IELTS writing task 1 teaching can effectively help students master writing methods, can improve students' writing ability.