WRITING

Task 1 (data diagram)

 OUTLINE OF THIS MEETING

01 About Writing Task 1 Step-by-step practice 04

What are the types Interactive discussion via live chat

02 Criteria Submission 05
How your writing is assessed Submit your writing via email

03 Structure Tips 06
How to organise your writing How to improve your writing skill
 TASK 1

You have to write at least 150

words.
You should spend about 20
minutes.
In this task, you must describe
a visual information, such as:
• Pie chart
• Bar chart
• Line graph
• Table
• Process
• Map
• Mixed-type
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 Task Criteria How responses are assessed

1 Task Did you answer the question fully

achievement and write 150 words?

2 Task • Did you address all the points

response in the question?
• Did you provide a balanced
argument and support your
ideas with evidence and
examples?
• Were all of your ideas relevant
to the question?
• Did you write 250 words?
Both Coherence Is your writing easy to
CRITERIA
•
task and cohesion understand?
• Are your ideas well organised
and clearly linked?
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Task 1 Task 2 effectively?
Grammatical Did you use a wide range of
range and grammatical structures accurately
accuracy and effectively?
 STRUCTURE

Introduction
01 Re-word the summary

Overview
02 Describe the main trends,
differences, or stages

Detail
03 Explain important features
with data.
STEP BY STEP
PRACTICE
Interactive discussion via live chat
 TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The three pie charts below show the changes in

annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981,
1991 and 2001.

Summarise the information by selecting and

reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words

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3 MINUTES
FIND KEY FEATURES
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5 MINUTES
INTRODUCTION
AND OVERVIEW
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INTRODUCTION The pie charts compare changes in the shares of five different items
Paraphrase the question which comprised the yearly expenses of a British school between 1981
and 2001. Overall, while the shares of the three items experienced rises,
OVERVIEW there were declines in the remaining two. Moreover, academic staff
Describe the main trends, salaries contributed the largest proportion of expenditure throughout
differences, or stages the survey, whereas insurance had the smallest share.

DETAIL
Explain important features
with data

Do not use one-sentence

paragraph
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10 MINUTES
DETAIL
 TASK 1
INTRODUCTION The pie charts compare changes in the shares of five different items
Paraphrase the question which comprised the yearly expenses of a British school between 1981
and 2001. Overall, while the shares of the three items experienced rises,
there were declines in the remaining two. Moreover, academic staff
OVERVIEW
salaries contributed the largest proportion of expenditure throughout
Describe the main trends,
the survey, whereas insurance had the smallest share.
differences, or stages
Wages paid to the teaching staff accounted for the most significant
proportion of expenditure in 1981 (40%) and went up by a quarter
DETAIL
before declining slightly. In comparison, the salaries of non-academic
Explain important features
employees were responsible for less than a third of all expenses in 1981,
with data
but their share dipped substantially by 13% over the course of these 20
years.
Do not use one-sentence
paragraph The share of furniture and equipment was initially as high as that of
educational resources (15%), but while the former dropped by 2/3
before rising fivefold, the latter experienced a marked rise after which
it halved, reaching just below 10%. Finally, the contribution of insurance
had risen minimally from 2% to 3% by 1991, before climbing almost
threefold in 2001.
 CHECKLIST
Did you rewrite the The pie charts compare changes in the shares of five different items
description clearly? which comprised the yearly expenses of a British school between 1981
and 2001. Overall, while the shares of the three items experienced rises,
Did you write a broad,
there were declines in the remaining two. Moreover, academic staff
clear overview?
salaries contributed the largest proportion of expenditure throughout
Did you compare important the survey, whereas insurance had the smallest share.
features + use data? Wages paid to the teaching staff accounted for the most significant
Did you organise your proportion of expenditure in 1981 (40%) and went up by a quarter
comparison logically? before declining slightly. In comparison, the salaries of non-academic
employees were responsible for less than a third of all expenses in 1981,
Did you use complex but their share dipped substantially by 13% over the course of these 20
sentences? years.
Did you use advanced The share of furniture and equipment was initially as high as that of
vocabulary? educational resources (15%), but while the former dropped by 2/3
before rising fivefold, the latter experienced a marked rise after which
it halved, reaching just below 10%. Finally, the contribution of insurance
had risen minimally from 2% to 3% by 1991, before climbing almost
threefold in 2001.
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 IMPROVING YOUR WRITING SKILL

Model answers Review Writing buddy

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Self-assessment Practice Time management

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see where there are thinking, not only minutes on Task 1
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