All right.
So this is going to be a live class for the academic writing task number one.
First of all make sure that everybody can hear me if you can hear me please type yes and let me know
that you can hear me OK.
Yes.
OK good.
All right so in this class we're going to be really for this class is not is this class isn't really
about strategy.
This class is more about application of strategy if you want to have more detail and more in-depth in-depth
information about Task One strategy.
You need to watch the lectures in the you Demy course they really break down strategy and really break
down writing how to write paragraphs in terms of the different paragraphs.
I'm going to do a brief introduction of the strategy I'm going to review some examples about the strategies
so you can see it in action.
And then I'm going to give you guys an opportunity to actually practice this.
This is all about application.
The purpose of the live classes is for application of strategy not teaching strategy teaching strategies
already done and is already done inside of the lectures.
So today you're going to have an opportunity to practice what we teach in practice what you learn.
So you need to make sure that you have some paper and pencil next to you because I'm going to show a
graph or chart on the screen.
Eventually you need to write your essay.
I will give you 20 minutes to write an essay.
And then for some of you if you want to want me to look at your essay.
You can take a picture of your essay take a picture of your essay with your phone after you get done
writing it and then email that to me.
I will convert it to a PTF and show it on the screen so that I can you I can evaluate it or take a look
at it and see see if you've read if you're doing it correct.
Are there any people that are that there are other people that want me to look at their essay today
if you if you do you know type a message that says like I do
OK good good good.
So as I say it what you're going to need to do just to repeat the instructions what you're going to
need to do is you're going to need to write your essay on paper I'm going to give you 20 minutes like
the real exam is like a real exam setting a real exam application.
I'm going to give you 20 minutes to write your essay.
OK.
And after those 20 minutes what I want you to do is to take a picture of it with your phone and then
e-mail that picture to me.
I will then convert that picture to a PTF and we will look at it in class.
And then after that I will show you my my my essay report and you can compare to what you did and we
can review mine also.
OK.
So before I get started with a brief introduction of task one and applique and some examples of the
strategy in application.
Does anybody have any questions.
No.
Like I said in the beginning this class is academic I'll task one.
This class is academic take task one.
I have done other live classes to have a class for the general already and as I've told other people
that if you want to see those previous classes live classes they were done for the general.
Send me an email.
I will send you the link so you can watch their previous live class.
But this specific class is for the Academic Task one.
All right.
So it does not apply to the general.
There are other general classes that have already been done and record it and you can watch those.
OK.
You need to send me a e-mail.
I'm not going to I can't copy an e-mail right now.
You need to send me an e-mail.
OK.
All right.
So let's go ahead and get started.
All right so as we know with Isle's test number one is is out there.
They want you to write 150 to 200 25 words.
150 is the maximum to 25.
I mean 150 is the minimum 225 is the suggested maximum.
It could be more than that but you know you want to be around that about 20 minutes to do it.
In total it's usually about 10 to about 10.
About 10 to 11 sentences all your writing to be honest with you when you're doing task number one.
You have three main goals your first goal is you need to explain then graphing your own words tell them
what the whole thing is about your second goal or second paragraph is that tell me the general comment
points on the graph where the chart or the process or the map.
Right.
And your third part are two specific paragraphs that compare the details.
So how many parts are there.
There are four parts four parts four parts four parts not three parts not two parts not one part.
There are four parts.
It doesn't matter if it is a map a chart a table a diagram.
It does not matter.
It is always four parts.
That's one good thing about this strategy that I'm teaching you is that it is applicable no matter what
it is.
OK.
So what are the four parts of your introduction.
Does one sentence to two sentences maximum.
And like I say a desk on the scale that's going to talk about what is the whole graph chart table about
your second paragraph is your general overview paragraph which is two to three sentences.
Then you have a third paragraph which is a specific comparison's three sentences fourth paragraph specific
comparisons.
Comparisons are spelled wrong here.
And that is three sentences.
And then the conclusion if you want a conclusion is not necessary.
OK.
Is not necessary but if you want the conclusion a conclusion is one sentence.
OK.
You don't have to have one though.
When you're writing an essay or report an essay or a report is like a inverted pyramid.
Right.
It starts off from general and goes down and just into specific.
That's how all writing is whether it's task one or task to you write like an inverted pyramid.
What do I mean by that.
We'll look at what I just explained to you.
You start off telling me what is the thing what is the whole thing about.
Right.
So is Al why.
Very general what is the whole thing about.
Then it comes in a little bit more.
What are some of the general common things that we see in common.
Then it gets much more specific.
What are some specific comparisons all the way down to a point of conclusion if you needed to have one.
Right.
So that's all writing is when it even even for the task number two is the same way.
It's an inverted pyramid.
That's how you know when somebody is doing good writing.
General to specific.
All right.
The majority of what they ask you is either going to be a line graph a table or a pie chart or a bar
chart.
Sometimes I might ask you for a process or a diagram.
Today we're going to be or it could be a map.
Today we're going to be looking at a diagram or diagram and and also looking at a bar chart.
So those are the two things we're going to look at today.
All right now Language is important in the course I give you a vocabulary list is very important that
you be able to show a variety of language is very important that you're able to use synonyms.
So because you have to remember what you're graded on this is a this is an English test right.
It's an English test so you have to the higher the higher skill level in English that you demonstrate
the better your score is going to be right.
Two people can write four parts but if one person is writing it very very simple and the other person
is writing in much more academic.
They're going to get a higher score.
M.K. is about the quality of your writing.
That's what you have to always think about.
It's about the quality of your speaking when you're speaking.
Quality matters.
That's what you have to focus on.
All right so now I'm going to move into some just to show you some examples of of of charts or graphs
with the with the with the report or essay right next to it so you can see we can see all four parts
and you can also see that it doesn't matter what type it is is always four parts no matter whatever
whatever type it is it's always the same for parts.
Before I move on does anybody have any questions.
Is the academic test similar to the general yes.
The academic tests the listening is the same the speaking is the same writing task too is the saying
task one is different for the general and the academic and for the reading they have the exact same
question types however.
However for the general the reading passages are much easier in terms of the language right.
That's the difference.
So I hope that answer that question.
OK.
Oh wait a minute everybody.
You guys didn't your you guys remind me I've been talking and talking and talking and you guys did not
see the screen did you.
Well nobody nobody reminded me you guys didn't you guys didn't see you guys are not seeing the screen
were my people that were here before me.
All right.
So now can you see the screen.
Yes.
Now you can see the screen.
All right.
So this is what I was talking about before in terms of the writing task one.
Now some some of you just had you know know there was something to display.
I will I asked them to divest some of you all were in the previous class.
You guys know them some suppose that you're supposed to see the screen.
Yes OK.
This was the information from earlier in terms of the the amount and and the three goals in terms of
explaining the graphic in your own words of general information that to pair the two specific paragraphs.
This was how many how many parts your introduction is one sentence to maximum.
You have the general overview the specific comparison paragraph not a specific comparison paragraph
conclusion paragraph conclusion if you want it this is what I was talking about in terms of writing
goals.
General to specific I was showing you an inverted pyramid.
OK.
That did that which is how you're supposed to write OK.
And then these were the majority of the quite type of questions they ask.
And the ones that are rarely asked process or process for some type of diagram diagram also that they
work well when I say diagram that also can fit into a map right.
They also fit into math.
OK.
So I'm sorry for not showing you that earlier.
I need to press the button to share the screen.
But it is in there.
And now you see it.
And if you want to go back and take a look at this information.
This course is being recorded.
This class is being recorded so you can watch all this information later on.
OK so let's look at some examples.
Right.
So hold on one second let me ask this question.
Hard to avoid.
Sometimes I have difficulties with using how to use verbs.
Massimo I don't I'm not you know as part of this course Bassma you can actually Simbi essays to look
at is hard for me to give you advice because I haven't seen your writing before.
Right.
So you're going to have to send me something so I can take a look at it ok.
Cause I'm not sure what you mean by you having trouble using like most verbs
I'm not sure how to avoid generalization.
Well in your in your third and fourth paragraphs you have to make specific comparisons so you have to
compare numbers.
Right you have to compare numbers.
So the way you avoid generalization is really use specific vocabulary.
Don't use general vocabulary OK and envoy avoid general language like something anything you know that
kind of general language you want to avoid.
There's always a specific vocabulary word that can capture what you're talking about.
Well verbs and to ask one one of the best things to do Bassma is read examples read examples and look
at how the verbs are used and then you need to model that.
So here we look at a line graph you see that you see the the format is right there for you to look at.
The format is right there and we have our our opening sentence which is what it's all about.
Then the general information than specific comparison paragraph where we have 1960 to 1970 in 1970 in
1980 and then our next specific comparison's paragraph from 1980 to 1990 in 1990 to 2000.
Right.
This is all you have to write.
What is all about the quality the quality of the sentences.
Right.
So I'll give you one minute to read this one one minute minute 30 seconds to take a look at this one.
And if you have any questions about this one you know let me know.
But we see the format that I was talking about the four part format and you're going to see as I'm going
through this from page to page it doesn't matter what it is it doesn't matter what type it is.
OK.
We're still looking at the four par pair of four part report.
OK.
Now if you want to have some more time to read this and analyze it and look at it look at it.
When I upload this into the course of course you can stop the recording and right here and look at it
and read it very carefully.
If you want to.
OK.
But we have those four parts OK.
So does anybody have any questions about what they see here on the screen right now.
OK let's go to the next one.
Right here we have a bar chart.
OK.
And for this bar chart we have the exact same four part process
right.
Jim was the whole thing about first paragraph.
Second thing.
What are the general points that we see are specific comparisons for specific comparisons.
So I'll give you a minute or so to look at this one and 2.
And if you have any questions about anything or road or anything that I said in writing.
All right let's go down to another one.
But as you see here we have the saying is the same process the same four part process.
Here we have a table
right.
And in this table we have four parts for this one for this table.
I did.
I didn't write the fourth paragraph OK.
I did write the fourth paragraph for this one.
But if you could see in the third paragraph that the third paragraph is covering from 2015 to 2030 if
I had wrote the fourth paragraph and it would cover from 2030 to 2070.
All right.
But you would have those four part.
So for this one the fourth part was not written or has not been written yet but we have are we would
need to add in that.