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The document provides an overview of Writing Task 1 for dynamic charts, emphasizing the importance of summarizing trends and orders in data. It includes a template for constructing an overview and examples of how to contrast trends and highlight superlatives. Additionally, it outlines the structure and scoring of the IELTS Reading Test, detailing question types and reading strategies.

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Lesson 5

The document provides an overview of Writing Task 1 for dynamic charts, emphasizing the importance of summarizing trends and orders in data. It includes a template for constructing an overview and examples of how to contrast trends and highlight superlatives. Additionally, it outlines the structure and scoring of the IELTS Reading Test, detailing question types and reading strategies.

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LESSON 5

WRITING TASK 1: DYNAMIC CHART (OVERVIEW)

READING: OVERVIEW

A. Writing Task 1: Dynamic Chart (Overview)


I. General knowledge:
- 2 – 3 sentences might sum up the overall trend.
+ Trend
+ Order (Focus on the highest group)
II. Template:
- Sentence 1: Trends (Mostly contrast)

What is the most striking when looking at the data is that…, whereas…

NO NO NO: upward / downward trend

- Sentence 2: Order

It is also notable that/ Notably…

III. Sample:

The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United
Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.

- Over the period shown:


+ Italy & Portugal: increased significantly/ drastically / markedly /
pronouncedly
+ the UK and Sweden: decreased (by varying degrees)
+ the UK: the highest throughout
- Overview:

What is the most striking when looking at the data is that the amounts of
carbon dioxide released per head in Italy and Portugal increased significantly
over the period shown, whereas those in the UK and Sweden witnessed falls.
It is also notable that the UK still remained the nation with the highest
individual CO2 output.

- Useful structure:
+ Contrast trends: ... increased significantly, whereas ... witnessed a
fall.
+ Highlight a superlative: ... remained/ placed at the
[highest/lowest/biggest/smallest]...
IV. Practice:

Question 1: The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each
day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.
Question 2: The graph below shows the average time spent by four car manufacturers to
produce vehicles at their US factories.

Question 3: The production levels of main fuels in a European country from 1981 to 2000.

Question 4: The line graph shows the percentages of Australian exports with four countries.
Question 5: The chart below gives information about car ownership in the UK from 1975 to
2005.

Question 6: The graph below shows the percentage of people by age group visiting the
cinema at least once per month in one particular country between 1978 and 2008.
Question 7: The graph below shows the production levels of the main kinds of fuel in the UK
between 1981 and 2000.
Question 8: The graph below shows the production of three forest industry products in a
European country, namely timber, pulp, and paper from 1980 to 2000.
B. Reading: Overview

I. General information

Topic Details

- Đánh giá mức độ đọc hiểu:


Purpose of the
+ Từ vựng
IELTS
+ Ngữ pháp
Reading Test

Ex: Provided that… = If…

- Đánh giá khả năng phân tích với bài đọc cho sẵn

- 3 phần, dễ đến khó (từ vựng, ngữ pháp, bẫy, loại câu hỏi)
Sections and
- 40 câu hỏi
Questions

Duration

- 60 phút

- Passage 1: 16-17 phút

- Passage 2: 17 phút

- Passage 3: 27 phút

- Không bị trừ điểm câu sai

- Sai chính tả không được điểm


Scoring
II. Band score
- 35 - 36

+ Pas 1

III. Question types & Classification

1. Types

- Matching headings
- Matching Information
- Matching features
- Multiple choices
- T/ F/ NG
- Y/ N/ NG
- Summary Completion/ Note Completions/ Table Completion/Short answer
- Flowchart Completion/ Diagram Completion
- Matching sentence Endings
- Sentence Completion
2. Classification

- Detail - Main idea


- In order - Out of order

IV. Reading strategy

1. General Technique

- Đọc câu hỏi + hướng dẫn trước

- Xác định dạng câu => Xác định bài nào dễ, bài nào khó

=> Đi từ dễ tới khó

- Gạch chân keywords

- Tìm keywords đó/ paraphrase của nó trong bài

- Giới hạn khu vực có thể chứa đáp án (1-3 câu)

- Chốt đáp án luôn

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