1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:03,940 Now let's move forward and look at another academic task. 2 00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:05,980 Number one graph chart type. 3 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:10,250 We're now going to examine the table strategy. 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:15,170 Looking at the introduction, general overview and specific details. 5 00:00:17,890 --> 00:00:25,840 First of all, as you know, with the task one strategy, academic task one strategy, we have to paraphrase 6 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:31,500 the introduction to a general overview and have to specific detail paragraphs. 7 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:36,670 The examiner is going to be looking for your organisation, and this is one great way that you can show 8 00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:37,090 it. 9 00:00:38,940 --> 00:00:44,520 Now with the introduction in general overview, let's talk about timing a little bit because that's 10 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,100 so important for the Isles exam. 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:55,140 First of all, you want to take 2 minutes and just look over the graph, chart, diagram or process. 12 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,300 Look at everything that you have to do. 13 00:00:57,330 --> 00:01:00,060 What am I going to use for my general overview? 14 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:04,770 What information can I pull, pull out and use for the introduction? 15 00:01:05,130 --> 00:01:09,210 How am I going to separate this into two specific body paragraphs? 16 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:14,970 Take the time to organize those thoughts, because if you do, you can write much faster. 17 00:01:15,540 --> 00:01:21,090 You're going to write your introduction in 2 to 3 minutes, and also your general overview is going 18 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:22,710 to be done in 3 minutes. 19 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:31,230 So these first three parts analyzing the grab chart process, 2 minutes, introduction max 3 minutes. 20 00:01:31,230 --> 00:01:33,870 General Overview Max 3 minutes. 21 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:40,320 So really what we're talking about is roughly about 8 minutes maximum to take care of these first three 22 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:40,980 parts. 23 00:01:43,850 --> 00:01:46,190 Now here we're looking at a table. 24 00:01:46,550 --> 00:01:53,720 And for some students, the table can be quite daunting because as you can see, we have a lot of information, 25 00:01:53,720 --> 00:02:01,280 there's a lot of data that we can play with and compare and contrast, but you don't need to compare 26 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,960 and contrast everything. 27 00:02:03,140 --> 00:02:09,350 So our first step is let's look at what it says in the description, the general description they give 28 00:02:09,350 --> 00:02:16,310 us, keeping in mind that you cannot copy what they're doing, you don't want to copy what they're doing. 29 00:02:17,930 --> 00:02:19,820 So we look at that information. 30 00:02:19,820 --> 00:02:25,580 We're dealing with fair trade of copy, coffee and bananas, 1999 2004. 31 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:35,000 We have five countries coffee and we have 1999, 2004 in millions of euros, and then also for bananas, 32 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,160 the same five countries. 33 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:45,320 So we're going to take that information and create a really well written introduction sentence. 34 00:02:47,140 --> 00:02:52,870 Then we also have to look at this and decide, well, what are we going to utilize to create our general 35 00:02:52,870 --> 00:02:53,710 overview? 36 00:02:54,310 --> 00:02:58,780 So with a general overview, we're looking at the main trends that we can see. 37 00:02:59,020 --> 00:03:01,150 So we're looking at 1999 for coffee. 38 00:03:01,150 --> 00:03:02,920 What's the highest in the lowest? 39 00:03:03,730 --> 00:03:04,930 Which three are the highest? 40 00:03:04,930 --> 00:03:06,340 And which two are the lowest? 41 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:08,470 The same for 2004. 42 00:03:08,710 --> 00:03:12,650 What are the highs and the lows for bananas? 43 00:03:12,670 --> 00:03:15,580 The general trend in 1999. 44 00:03:15,610 --> 00:03:17,050 Which ones were the highest? 45 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,490 Which ones were the lowest? 46 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:20,740 Same for 2004. 47 00:03:21,310 --> 00:03:25,060 That's the kind of information you use in a general overview. 48 00:03:26,230 --> 00:03:34,240 So what we're going to do right now is I'm going to first show you my introduction, but what I want 49 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:41,690 you to do is go ahead and stop the lecture and write your own introduction. 50 00:03:41,710 --> 00:03:48,730 Write your own introduction because this will give you an opportunity to be able to compare your writing 51 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:55,450 to mine, to be able to look at what you've done and see if you're using the same information that I'm 52 00:03:55,450 --> 00:04:00,490 using to write the introduction, or if you have missed something that you should have stated in your 53 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:01,390 introduction. 54 00:04:02,050 --> 00:04:05,130 So right now, set your clock for 3 minutes. 55 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:08,920 Stop the lecture and write your introduction right now. 56 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,890 Let's take a look at my introduction. 57 00:04:15,690 --> 00:04:17,130 So it states. 58 00:04:17,130 --> 00:04:24,300 This report relates to two tables presenting fair trade coffee and banana sales data measured in millions 59 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:30,270 of euros from 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. 60 00:04:31,450 --> 00:04:31,810 There. 61 00:04:31,810 --> 00:04:33,790 We have an introduction. 62 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:40,580 We have all the information that we need to be able to score very, very well. 63 00:04:42,430 --> 00:04:47,020 And now we're going to go ahead and move forward with writing the general overview. 64 00:04:47,350 --> 00:04:51,970 As I told you earlier, look at the coffee table. 65 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,530 Look at 1999, in 2004, and look for the highs and the lows. 66 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:58,990 Look at the banana table. 67 00:04:59,110 --> 00:05:01,300 Look for the highs and the lows. 68 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,130 So go ahead and set your clock on 3 minutes. 69 00:05:06,610 --> 00:05:11,060 Write your general overview and then compare. 70 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,180 This is a comparison exercise. 71 00:05:13,630 --> 00:05:18,730 Compare the information you use to write the general overview to what I use. 72 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:24,370 Now it's possible we may have some different items we look at in terms of a general overview. 73 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:28,000 And you may use different vocabulary that I use. 74 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:33,760 But try to look at my writing and look for ways that you can improve what you're doing. 75 00:05:34,750 --> 00:05:40,000 So go ahead and set your clock on 3 minutes and you should write your general overview now. 76 00:05:43,850 --> 00:05:44,380 Okay. 77 00:05:44,390 --> 00:05:45,740 Let's take a look at mine. 78 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:50,970 So here we have my general overview. 79 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:57,690 By and large, coffee sales mushroomed in all countries between 1999 and 2004. 80 00:05:58,110 --> 00:06:04,560 On the other hand, while monetary exchange involving involving bananas climbed in three territories, 81 00:06:04,830 --> 00:06:10,080 it fell in Denmark and Sweden on the whole in 2004. 82 00:06:10,110 --> 00:06:13,620 The UK conducted the highest levels of exchange for coffee. 83 00:06:15,350 --> 00:06:22,880 Now, this language that I've highlighted in yellow, this language is the type of language that lets 84 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,780 the examiner know you're writing a general overview. 85 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:28,400 Right. 86 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,890 This is that language says I'm talking about things in an overall perspective. 87 00:06:35,060 --> 00:06:37,340 Now, what makes the difference in the score? 88 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,920 Look at my language that I'm using. 89 00:06:40,130 --> 00:06:42,890 The word mushroomed means increase. 90 00:06:44,710 --> 00:06:45,040 Here. 91 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,960 I said the word country's here. 92 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,330 I said the word territories. 93 00:06:48,340 --> 00:06:50,590 I'm showing vocabulary range. 94 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:53,050 Here. 95 00:06:53,050 --> 00:06:55,180 I'm talking about monetary exchange. 96 00:06:55,570 --> 00:06:57,580 Instead of using the word sales. 97 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,880 The highest level of exchange. 98 00:06:59,890 --> 00:07:02,560 Another way of wording it or phrasing it. 99 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:09,630 Also, you'll note that I'm using the words or verbs in the past tense. 100 00:07:11,330 --> 00:07:12,440 Mushroomed. 101 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,510 Ed climbed. 102 00:07:14,540 --> 00:07:16,310 Ed conducted. 103 00:07:16,340 --> 00:07:17,030 Ed. 104 00:07:18,350 --> 00:07:23,000 Finally, when you look at this paragraph, do you see any weak verbs? 105 00:07:23,570 --> 00:07:25,970 Do you see any weak B verbs? 106 00:07:26,570 --> 00:07:28,400 Is our was were. 107 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:34,520 Have having the auxiliaries have has having had those weak verbs. 108 00:07:34,820 --> 00:07:36,830 Create low scores. 109 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,350 Use strong verbs. 110 00:07:39,350 --> 00:07:41,780 If you use strong verbs, you're going to score better. 111 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:44,750 But there we have it, everybody. 112 00:07:45,230 --> 00:07:49,550 We have an introduction and we have a general overview. 113 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:57,140 These are the first two paragraphs that I need you to write and to write them with mistake free sentences.