WRITING

Task 1 – Session 1
 A. Task 1
- Task 1 typically involves writing a report on data shown in a
graph or chart.
- Main types of chart and graph include:
+ Pie chart
 A. Task 1
- Task 1 typically involves writing a report on data shown in a
graph or chart.
- Main types of chart and graph include:
+ Pie chart
+ Line graph
 A. Task 1
- Task 1 typically involves writing a report on data shown in a
graph or chart.
- Main types of chart and graph include:
+ Pie chart
+ Line graph
+ Bar chart
 A. Task 1
- Task 1 typically involves writing a report on data shown in a
graph or chart.
- Main types of chart and graph include:
+ Pie chart
+ Line graph
+ Bar chart
+ Table
 A. Task 1
I. Pie Chart
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior The given pie chart demonstrated the relative proportion of
College in 1980 students having each of the four language categories as their
mother tongue in Bakersfield Senior College in 1980. Overall, it
is apparent that the majority of the student body primarily spoke
English.

Going into details, it can be easily observed that native English

speakers accounted for a major portion of the student population
of Bakersfield at a staggering 70 percent. Coming at second
place with a significant margin was Urdu-speaking students with
only a little over one fifth the number of English’s. Following
that, Chinese stood at a humble 9 percent, securing its third
place. Lastly, all other languages took up a collective 6 percent
of the chart.
 A. Task 1
I. Pie Chart Native languages at Bakersfield Senior College in 1980
 A. Task 1
I. Pie Chart 1. Structure
* Opening
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
The given pie chart demonstrated the relative proportion of
College in 1980
students having each of the four language categories as their
mother tongue in Bakersfield Senior College in 1980. Overall, it
is apparent that the majority of the student body primarily spoke
English.
 A. Task 1
I. Pie Chart 1. Structure
* Opening
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
The given pie chart demonstrated the relative proportion of
College in 1980
students having each of the four language categories as their
mother tongue in Bakersfield Senior College in 1980.

-> Introduce the content of the graph

* Verb for description * Noun phrase for description
showed the ratio of
illustrated the proportion/percentage of
depicted data/statistics on
provided information about
helped to visualize research/survey results on

Example: The provided pie chart illustrated the percentage of

students having each of the four languages as their mother
tongue…
 A. Task 1
I. Pie Chart 1. Structure
* Opening
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Introduce the content of the graph
College in 1980
Overall, it is apparent that the majority of the student body
primarily spoke English.

-> Give an overview of the data

+ Comment on the highest value(s)
“... the majority of the student body primarily spoke English.”
+ Comment on the lowest value(s)
“...Chinese was the language with the lowest independently
documented number of speakers.”
+ Comment on the trend
“...a significant part of Bakersfield undergraduates were native
students at the time.”
 A. Task 1
I. Pie Chart 1. Structure
* Opening
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Introduce the content of the graph
College in 1980
Overall, it is apparent that the majority of the student body
primarily spoke English.

-> Give an overview of the data

* Conjunctions * Optional grammar structures
Overall, ... the impression is that ...
On the whole, ... it is notable that ...
At a glance, ... it should be noted that ...
Upon initial inspection, ... one may infer that ...
Looking at the numbers, ...
As can be observed, ... *
Apparently, ... *

Example: Upon initial inspection, it is notable that the majority

of the student body primarily spoke English.
 A. Task 1
PRACTICE
* Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
-> Give an overview of the data

“The pie chart demonstrates usage of social media among

different age groups in Jamestown in 2018...”

“...Overall, it is apparent that people aged 13 to 25 accounted for

the largest portion of social network users.”
“...Overall, it seemed that people over 55 were especially hesitant
to use online social platforms.”
“...Overall, it appeared that people used social media less and less
the older they were.”
 A. Task 1
1. Structure
I. Pie Chart * Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Give an overview of the data
College in 1980
* Body
- Reporting the data
Going into details, it can be easily observed that native English
speakers accounted for a major portion of the student population
of Bakersfield at a staggering 70 percent. Coming at second
place with a significant margin was Urdu-speaking students with
only a little over one fifth the number of English’s. Following
that, Chinese stood at a humble 9 percent, securing its third
place. Lastly, all other languages took up a collective 6 percent
of the chart.
 A. Task 1
1. Structure
I. Pie Chart * Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Give an overview of the data
College in 1980
* Body
- Reporting the data
Going into details, it can be easily observed that native English
speakers accounted for a major portion of the student
population of Bakersfield at a staggering 70 percent. Coming
at second place with a significant margin was Urdu-speaking
students with only a little over one fifth the number of
English’s. Following that, Chinese stood at a humble 9
percent, securing its third place. Lastly, all other languages took
up a collective 6 percent of the chart.
 A. Task 1
1. Structure
I. Pie Chart * Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Give an overview of the data
College in 1980
* Body
-> Reporting the data
* Verb for description
accounted for
made up
took up
constituted
comprised
contributed to
stood at
landed at
 A. Task 1
1. Structure
I. Pie Chart * Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Give an overview of the data
College in 1980
* Body
-> Reporting the data
* Vocabulary for proportions
Number + percent
- Benchmark:
50 percent -> half of one in/out of two
33 percent -> a third one in/out of three
25 percent -> a fourth one in/out of four
20 percent -> a fifth one in/out of five
 A. Task 1
1. Structure
I. Pie Chart * Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Give an overview of the data
College in 1980
* Body
-> Reporting the data
* Vocabulary for proportions:
- Approxination:
roughly / approximately / about / in the ballpark of
just over / a little over / over / more than
just under / a little under / less than

- Generalization
-> a / the majority
-> a significant part / portion / proportion
-> a minority
-> a small / insignificant / trivial / negligible amount
 A. Task 1
1. Structure
I. Pie Chart * Opening
-> Introduce the content of the graph
Native languages at Bakersfield Senior
-> Give an overview of the data
College in 1980
* Body
-> Reporting the data

Going into details, it can be easily observed that native English

speakers accounted for a major portion of the student population
of Bakersfield at a staggering 70 percent. Coming at second
place with a significant margin was Urdu-speaking students
with only a little over one fifth the number of English’s.
Following that, Chinese stood at a humble 9 percent, securing
its third place. Lastly, all other languages took up a collective 6
percent of the chart.

-> Report data by rankings

 A. Task 1
The pie chart below shows the percentage of ad spending by different kinds of
PRACTICE media in India from 2012 to 2017.
* Opening Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
-> Introduce the content of the graph make comparisons where relevant.
-> Give an overview of the data Write at least 150 words.
* Body
-> Reporting the data
 A. Task 1
Writing:
The pie chart provided information on how money was spent to advertise
products and services in India divided by different medium. Overall, the type
of ad that received the most spending was TV.

Firstly, the two largest categories were ‘TV’ and ‘Print’. To be more specific,
The financial investment on TV was 43 percent. Next, 38 percent was the
amount of money which were spent on printed ads.

Following that, the next three data all did not exceed 10 percent. In details,
the money which was spent on Radio advertisement was 7 percent. Then, the
digital advertisement spending took up 6 percent of the chart. After that, the
money which people invested on outdoor advertisement stood at 5 percent.

Lastly, the final statistic did not even appear on the chart. More specifically,
the financial spending on cinema advertisement accounted for 1 percent
 A. Task 1
HOMEWORK
The pie chart below shows the nutritional composition of a baked potato.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
 A. Task 1
PRACTICE
The pie chart below illustrates the different types of smartphones used by attorneys in the U.S. in one year.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
Write at least 150 words.