MBA IELTS: Laura (writing task 1) 13.7.9

ATTENDEES
        ✓Laura

OBJECTIVE

• Revise essay structure
• To learn the structure of Task 1 responses
• To practice responses to several Task 1 responses

MATERIALS
        ✓        Information for Candidates March 2009
        ✓        New Insight into IELTS
                ❑        Writing Unit 1 p.95
                ❑        Writing Unit 2
                ❑        Writing Unit 3
                ❑        Writing Unit 4

        
NOTES
The pie chart shows the percentage of different products sold by Bob’s music store.

The chart shows the ways student travel to school in B A S. There are three different means for getting to school, car, walking, and public transport. The major trend is that more than half of students in B & A use the car to get to school, whereas singaporean students prefer public transport.


The graph shows the significant growth of car owners in the last forty years. The popularity of owning a car in Britain has risen dramatically; rising by roughly 5 million owners every 10 years.The number of....between 1970 and 1980.


The diagram shows the process of Co2 transmission from fuel, into the air and then the oceans. The CO2 is damaging the coral and plankton in the deep oceans. With more C02 being absorbed into the oceans, the acidity levels will rise to very dangerous levels by the year 2100.
(fossil fuels spreading into the air, creating posionous gas, which then polutes the oceans.)


The graph shows the significant rise in the number of tourists visiting Brazil between 1995 and 2000 (inclusive).In this period the number of tourists increases by over 150%.


The table shows the fluctuations in the number of Japanese travelers going abroad between [from] July 2005 and [until] May 2006 (inclusive). August and September seem to be the most popular months for tourists to have a holiday, probably because of the school holidays during these months.

The graph shows the dramatic fall in the percentage of new employees hired between 1997 to the present. The major trend is the decline in this number by a factor of three over the period.

The graph shows the slow increase of average weekly office working hours in the period 2000 to the present. The major trend is the steady increase in average working hours by 25%.


The graph shows the significant rise in the sick leaves costs for a company from 2000 to the present. The major trend is a fivefold increase in these costs over the period concerned.

1. 2000 - 2003
2. 2003 -2005
3. 2005-present

the figure increases threefold = 3 x 3 = 9

HOMEWORK



VOCABULARY
means (methods) = the way or system used to do something: “the ends justify the means”.
succinct / concise = to the point
laconic = short worded - Laconia
“brevity is soul of wit” shakespeare = brevity // brief
fluctuations = the ups and downs.
factor = multiplyer