TASK 1 - Beginning to the End

TASK 1 - Beginning to the End

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW

BODY PARAGRAPHS

LANGUAGE (approximations, comparisons, paraphrases)

TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

As we go through this lesson, write short notes on your PDF version.

• The first thing we're going to look at is the INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

• Look at the exam question (I've coloured it blue)

• We're going to use paraphrase that using synonyms, changing the word order, changing the grammar.

• We also want to use information that we find on the graph itself.

Multiple Select

The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia.

Choose all the words we can use instead of shows.

• compares

• illustrates

TIP

• The bar chart compares

• the diagram illustrates

• Be careful when using synonyms, you don't want to use a word that is strange or doesn't fit the context.

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Look at the graph

Is there any other information we use in our introduction?

Multiple Choice

What kind of graph is it?

• pie chart

• bar chart

• table

• line graph

• process chart

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Open Ended

Use all that information to write your introduction now.

INTRODUCTION EXAMPLE

The line graph illustrates the changing trends in the numbers of students, in 1000s, who visited Australia for education from four different countries between 1982 and 2000. 

The Overview

Pick out the key features (1-4)

Multiple Choice

Looking at the graph's timeline, what tense do you think you'll use?

• Past

• Present

• Future

Multiple Choice

Looking at the graph, what would you say the overall trend is?

• rising

• falling

• fluctuating

Open Ended

Write your overview here. Remember to begin with a capital letter.

Example Overview

Overall it is evident that visitor numbers from all four countries increased over the time period. 

BODY PARAGRAPHS

Think about a logical way that you could present this information.

One paragraph for Malaysia.

One paragraph where you compare Hong Kong and Singapore

One paragraph for Indonesia

MALAYSIA

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Multiple Choice

Is this figure the same for the other three countries?

• Yes

• No

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Open Ended

Using the information you have just learned about Malaysia, Write your paragraph. Remember to include data, approximations and comparatives.

Body Paragraph 1

At the start of the period, while Malaysia had around 5,000 students per year visiting Australia, the other countries had none. However, though remaining at the highest number up until 1990 and increasing after this, visitor numbers from Malaysia finished at the lowest levels of all the countries, at approximately 17,000.

Body Paragraph 2

Comparing Hong Kong and Singapore

Multiple Choice

In what year did students from Singapore and Hong Kong start arriving in Australia?

• 1982

• 1984

• 1986

• 1987

Multiple Choice

While Singapore showed a steady increase over the period, what pattern would you use to describe the trend for Hong Kong?

• fluctuating

• steady

• decrease

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Open Ended

Using the information you just learned about Hong Kong and Singapore, write your second body paragraph. Remember to add data, trend language and comparatives where you can.

Body Paragraph 2

The lack of student visitors continued for Hong Kong and Singapore up until 1987. At that point arrivals from Singapore gradually increased over the years, culminating in nearly 20,000 visitors per year in 2000, while arrivals from Hong Kong showed a more erratic pattern, fluctuating after 1996 and finishing at about 19,000 per year.

Body Paragraph 3

Indonesia

Multiple Choice

Looking at the student movements for all the countries, what could we say about Indonesia?

• it had the smallest change

• it had the biggest change

• it didn't change at all

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the overall trend for Indonesia?

• falling

• fluctuating

• rising

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Open Ended

Use your answers to those questions to now write a paragraph about Indonesia. Remember to include your data, approximations and comparatives where you can.

Body Paragraph 3

However, the biggest change was seen in numbers coming from Indonesia. Though this started low, arrivals kept increasing over the years. Numbers peaked in 1998 at approximately 28,000, before dropping to final arrival numbers of 23,000, which exceeded all the other countries.