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Okay.

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Let's go ahead and review the standard writing strategy.

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A task one writing formula for all the questions.

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One formula for all the questions.

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So let's go ahead and go over that.

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This is a universal strategy.

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That means this strategy that I'm going to teach you works for every question type.

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There is no separate strategy for a bar chart and then a different one for the process.

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It's the same strategy and that's something very beautiful to have when you're going to take the writing

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tests for the ILS exam, because when you walk in there, you only need to have mastered one strategy

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that you have worked tirelessly on, applying to all the different question types.

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Now, in the very beginning, what you need to do is be able to analyze the question.

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You're going to take about 2 minutes and really read the summary in titles.

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Review the summary while you're reviewing the summary.

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Think about or write down words that you might paraphrase as you might paraphrase or synonyms that you

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might use.

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Also, note all of the different categories, units and labels is a measured in years.

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Are they using thousands?

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Millions?

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Note those categories, units and labels.

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I say labels because when you're dealing with a map or a process, you're dealing with labels.

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And then third, in terms of analyzing the question.

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Look at the graph, chart or table.

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And try to determine what are going to be the comparison points or angles that I'm going to talk about

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in attack.

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I'm going to relate together.

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Right.

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Try to get all of them.

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Try to get as much of that information as you can within a two minute time period.

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A two minute time period is perfectly fine for you to make little notes on your test booklet at the

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top or on another page somewhere.

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This kind of information, if you need to.

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But step number one is take 2 minutes and analyze the question.

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Now in terms of the standard task one answering strategy, we're going to number one paraphrase the

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introduction, then write a general overview.

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Finally give a specific detail, paragraph number one in a specific detail, paragraph number two.

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Okay.

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So let's talk about the strategy for the introduction, because I want you to I want you to have a really

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clear understanding of what the examiners expect you to do with the introduction.

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You have to talk about this introduction in your own words.

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Do not mess up your score by copying the summary verbatim word for word.

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This first paragraph is where you're going to state exactly what's being illustrated or compared.

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Make sure that you rewrite it in your own words.

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This will make the examiners very, very happy.

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Basically, the way I want you to think about it is you're at work.

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And you're in the meeting and you have to present this information to your boss or to your manager.

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Or to a professor.

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And with the introduction, that person has to really understand.

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This is the general information that's going to be discussed in more specific detail later on.

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Now the introduction is very short.

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Most of the time it's just one sentence and you should be able to get through it in roughly about 2

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to 3 minutes.

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Now we have the general overview.

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The general overview is not something that you leave out.

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I've seen students leave out the general overview and then they ask me, why did I get a six or 5.5?

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And I'll say, Did you do a general overview?

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No.

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Well, that's the reason why examiners expect to see a general overview.

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You have to describe 2 to 4 main general features of the graph or chart.

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These features are those that are obvious.

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It rolls the first five years, then steadily fell over the next decade.

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This overview is its own independent paragraph.

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Do not blend it with the introduction.

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It is an independent paragraph.

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Also, no numbers in the overview, no specific percentages, no numbers.

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We do not discuss that in a general overview.

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Now let's go ahead and move on and discuss the specific details and comparisons.

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Now we're finally going to explore the numbers and details through direct, relatable comparisons.

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You're going to write two paragraphs, not one, two paragraphs of specific details.

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You're not going to compare every single thing that you see.

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Find interesting details.

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Interesting comparisons that you can make.

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OC.

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You have to refer back to that data or data and really discuss it in an interesting way, making those

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comparisons.

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If you're doing a process or a map, you will be discussing similarities and differences.

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Make sure you use really good comparison vocabulary.

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I'm going to attach some documents that really give you all of that great vocabulary that you can start

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trying to use.

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Now students ask me this from time to time.

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Do I have to write a conclusion?

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No.

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I'll say again, no, you do not have to write a conclusion.

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The conclusion is unnecessary.

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Because you're writing a general overview.

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The General, the conclusion would basically repeat almost that same information as a general overview.

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Your job with a formal report such as this when you're describing a graph or a chart or process, is

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you're not going to write a conclusion.

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Also, you're not giving any opinion or interpretation of the data, so there's no conclusion to write.

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Do not write a conclusion.

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Now, are you asking me?

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Can you get penalized for it?

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Probably not.

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But you're wasting time.

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You're not going to get any bonus for it.

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It's not necessary.

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Also, when you write the conclusion you could possibly affect the cohesion and coherence because you're

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splitting information with the general overview.

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Now, if somebody were to write a conclusion where it said something like this will conclude my report

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of the of this will conclude my report of the data between the years of 2000 and 2020.

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If it's just a basic sentence like that.

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That's not going to.

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That's not going to.

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Definitely not going to hurt your score is probably not going to really help it also.

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But there's nothing wrong with that.

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But again, it's not something that's necessary.

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Now if you're wondering what does a typical.

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Academic writing tasks one look like in terms of the full report.

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And here you can see on the left side you can see this bar chart and on the right side you can see what

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a typical level 8.5 to 9 standard academic task one writing looks like.

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Here you see a lot of sentence variety, a lot of linking language.

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We have four paragraphs.

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The paragraphs are very well organized in sequence in terms of the information for paragraphs three

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and four.

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Here I only wrote nine sentences.

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I have 200 words and I wrote nine sentences, that's all.

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Nine sentences.

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Now, of course, I'm writing these compound complex sentences.

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But that's why this score is going to be perfect.

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You're showing high English level, and you can do that if you practice being great.

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That's what you need to do.

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Practice being great.

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If you go ahead and write a lot of simple sentences, you're going to go ahead and get a simple five

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or 5.5 because you're not showing talent.

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Now in the upcoming lectures.

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In these upcoming lectures, I will be going over specifically the different question types.

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I'll be writing in real time.

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Writing a bar chart.

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The Introduction.

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The general overview.

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Specific paragraph one.

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Specific paragraph two.

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And then I'll do the same for a pie chart, a line graph, a table.

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A two different charts question.

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A map and a process, walking you through step by step.

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How to write the Introduction Overview.

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Specific paragraph one and specific paragraph to.

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By the end of this section of the course, you're going to know exactly, exactly how to do great on

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academic writing, task number one.

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Thanks a lot for joining me again.

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I'll talk to you soon.