‫Hello and welcome to Section three of this course, where we'll be really focusing on alt writing task
‫to in this lesson, I'll be covering all the basics to introduce to you what I am writing task to is
‫I'll also show you the five different question types that you might see in alt writing task two.
‫And I'll also quickly show you the four part structure that we use to answer all questions in this part
‫of the ALP's text.
‫As with all my lessons, it's really important that you do take some notes and I'm going to make a short
‫quiz to test your knowledge at the end of this lesson.
‫Here is some key information to introduce Eilts writing task to to you.
‫You must write an essay about a given statement and question, it may be that you have to agree or disagree
‫with this statement or it could be that you discussing both sides of an argument, whereas task one
‫is a factual report.
‫Test two is more about giving your own opinions and ideas.
‫In its writing test two, there is a minimum word count of 250 words, I strongly suggest you don't
‫write 500 words or more.
‫A lot of students make this mistake and it means that they don't meet their time limit and can't complete
‫their essay.
‫There's a recommended time limit of 40 minutes, which means altogether Alt's writing will take one
‫hour to complete 20 minutes for task one and 40 minutes for task to.
‫As I stated previously, I am writing to is worth double the point of Alt's writing task one for this
‫reason to achieve a high school in writing task to is very important.
‫Finally, there are five types of questions that you could get in writing task to now, if you are studying
‫from other websites of courses, it may be that they teach for five or maybe six questions.
‫But I like to teach it as five questions.
‫So this is the key basic information about writing task to I'm now going to quickly show you the four
‫step sequence to organize our answer as this will help us to understand the five question types.
‫In this four step structure, we have an introduction to supporting paragraphs and a conclusion pretty
‫simple, I recommend that most students stick to this structure to help you organize.
‫Your essay will be going into a lot more detail about the four step structure later on in this section
‫of the course.
‫But it's good to see now to help us really understand the five question types.
‫Let's move on and take a look at the five question types now.
‫One of the most popular questions you could be given is an agree or disagree question here, you will
‫have to give your opinion on agreeing or disagreeing with the statement, and you can only choose one
‫to either disagree or agree.
‫Here's the example question using a computer every day will have a negative effect on children.
‫Do you agree or disagree?
‫It's very important that you clearly show your opinion, whether you agree or disagree.
‫Let's see how we can organize our four part structure for this question.
‫So you'll have your three part introduction and there'll be a lot more on that later in the course,
‫then you'll give your two reasons in the supporting paragraphs as to whether you agree or disagree with
‫the statement.
‫And then you give a summary and your own opinion in the conclusion.
‫Again, only choose to agree or disagree.
‫Our next question type is advantages and disadvantages, where you have to discuss the benefits and
‫drawbacks to any given topic.
‫Let's take a look at the question.
‫Many young people are travelling abroad to find work.
‫What are the advantages and disadvantages of leaving your country to find work?
‫As with all ties to questions, our three part introduction remains the same in your first supporting
‫paragraph.
‫You can give an advantage in your second supporting paragraph, you can give a disadvantage.
‫It's why our essay will be equal and balanced for the advantages and disadvantages in our conclusion.
‫You give your summary and it may be that you're asked to give your opinion.
‫Not all of these questions will do that.
‫But if they do ask you your opinion, you could add two to three sentences in your final paragraph stating
‫how you feel about the statement.
‫Next up, we have the discussion question where you have to discuss two different points of view and
‫then give your own opinion.
‫Here's the question, some people believe that the best way to reduce crime is to increase the length
‫of prison sentences.
‫Other people, however, believe there are better methods to reduce crime, discuss both views and give
‫your opinion.
‫And here's our structure in the first supporting paragraph, you can discuss Viewpoint one, and in
‫the second supporting paragraph you can discuss the other viewpoint given in the statement question
‫in the conclusion, summarize and give your opinion.
‫Our fourth question is called the problem and solution.
‫The Internet has transformed our society, but has also created new problems.
‫What are some serious problems associated with the Internet and what solutions can you suggest now?
‫You may be thinking, what if you are not an expert on the topic in the statement question, for example,
‫in this question, what if you don't know a lot about the Internet?
‫Well, try to think logically and think of some solutions that you could suggest that might help fix
‫problems.
‫Here is our four step structure.
‫So much like the other question tonight, the introduction and conclusion remain pretty much the same.
‫Our first supporting paragraph is where we can discuss all of the problems associated with the statement.
‫And our second supporting paragraph is all about our ideas on solutions to fix the problems.
‫Now onto number five, which is the two part question, some parents by their children, whatever they
‫ask for, is this a good way to raise children?
‫What consequences might this have for the child as they grow older?
‫Now, it's quite easy to see that there are two questions or two question marks in this question type.
‫So our structure has to change slightly to address this.
‫Let's see the structure now.
‫Of course, the three part introduction remains the same, our first supporting paragraph is for question
‫one and our second supporting paragraph is for question two.
‫And in our conclusion, which summarize and don't give an opinion.
‫So that's all for the five question times on Eilts writing test two, I hope you made some notes, because
‫now we're going to move on to a short quiz.
‫Here are your five question times, I will show you three questions and you need to pause the video
‫and decide what question type I am showing you.
‫Question number one.
‫Overpopulation in many urban areas is becoming a major issue worldwide.
‫What are the causes of this and how could the situation be improved or is the video now and decide which
‫question type this is?
‫This question is, in fact, a problem and solution Question time, so well done if you've got that
‫right.
‫Next up for question number two, scientists and technology experts appear to be more valued by modern
‫society than musicians and artists.
‫To what extent do you agree?
‫Pause the video now.
‫OK, that video is, in fact, and agree or disagree question.
‫And now for question number three.
‫Some people believe that exercise is the key to a healthy life, while others feel diet is more important.
‫Discuss both sides and give your opinion.
‫That was maybe a little easier to work out than it was, in fact, a discussion question.
‫That brings us to the end of our first video in Section three, all about Eilts writing task to quickly
‫review your lesson notes.
‫And if you feel ready, I will see you in the next lesson.