WEBVTT 00:04.330 --> 00:04.680 All right. 00:04.690 --> 00:12.610 So this is going to be a live class for the academic writing task number one. 00:12.610 --> 00:18.730 First of all make sure that everybody can hear me if you can hear me please type yes and let me know 00:18.730 --> 00:20.220 that you can hear me OK. 00:24.470 --> 00:25.170 Yes. 00:25.280 --> 00:27.290 OK good. 00:27.290 --> 00:34.160 All right so in this class we're going to be really for this class is not is this class isn't really 00:34.160 --> 00:35.950 about strategy. 00:36.130 --> 00:43.580 This class is more about application of strategy if you want to have more detail and more in-depth in-depth 00:44.000 --> 00:47.330 information about Task One strategy. 00:47.330 --> 00:53.000 You need to watch the lectures in the you Demy course they really break down strategy and really break 00:53.000 --> 00:58.940 down writing how to write paragraphs in terms of the different paragraphs. 00:58.940 --> 01:05.460 I'm going to do a brief introduction of the strategy I'm going to review some examples about the strategies 01:05.460 --> 01:07.100 so you can see it in action. 01:07.250 --> 01:11.250 And then I'm going to give you guys an opportunity to actually practice this. 01:11.270 --> 01:13.070 This is all about application. 01:13.250 --> 01:20.010 The purpose of the live classes is for application of strategy not teaching strategy teaching strategies 01:20.060 --> 01:24.010 already done and is already done inside of the lectures. 01:24.020 --> 01:33.080 So today you're going to have an opportunity to practice what we teach in practice what you learn. 01:33.380 --> 01:41.210 So you need to make sure that you have some paper and pencil next to you because I'm going to show a 01:42.290 --> 01:44.930 graph or chart on the screen. 01:45.070 --> 01:47.180 Eventually you need to write your essay. 01:47.180 --> 01:49.060 I will give you 20 minutes to write an essay. 01:50.550 --> 01:54.900 And then for some of you if you want to want me to look at your essay. 01:55.870 --> 02:01.030 You can take a picture of your essay take a picture of your essay with your phone after you get done 02:01.030 --> 02:04.050 writing it and then email that to me. 02:04.150 --> 02:10.030 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 02:10.030 --> 02:12.610 at it and see see if you've read if you're doing it correct. 02:14.770 --> 02:20.070 Are there any people that are that there are other people that want me to look at their essay today 02:20.070 --> 02:24.700 if you if you do you know type a message that says like I do 02:28.310 --> 02:30.850 OK good good good. 02:30.860 --> 02:36.650 So as I say it what you're going to need to do just to repeat the instructions what you're going to 02:36.650 --> 02:45.050 need to do is you're going to need to write your essay on paper I'm going to give you 20 minutes like 02:45.050 --> 02:49.290 the real exam is like a real exam setting a real exam application. 02:49.460 --> 02:52.540 I'm going to give you 20 minutes to write your essay. 02:52.640 --> 02:53.350 OK. 02:53.600 --> 03:00.890 And after those 20 minutes what I want you to do is to take a picture of it with your phone and then 03:00.980 --> 03:03.050 e-mail that picture to me. 03:03.230 --> 03:08.190 I will then convert that picture to a PTF and we will look at it in class. 03:08.240 --> 03:16.520 And then after that I will show you my my my essay report and you can compare to what you did and we 03:16.520 --> 03:17.950 can review mine also. 03:18.160 --> 03:19.180 OK. 03:20.000 --> 03:26.690 So before I get started with a brief introduction of task one and applique and some examples of the 03:26.750 --> 03:29.190 strategy in application. 03:29.270 --> 03:31.800 Does anybody have any questions. 03:44.810 --> 03:45.560 No. 03:45.610 --> 03:51.920 Like I said in the beginning this class is academic I'll task one. 03:52.040 --> 03:55.180 This class is academic take task one. 03:55.340 --> 04:01.520 I have done other live classes to have a class for the general already and as I've told other people 04:02.150 --> 04:07.320 that if you want to see those previous classes live classes they were done for the general. 04:07.340 --> 04:08.460 Send me an email. 04:08.480 --> 04:12.160 I will send you the link so you can watch their previous live class. 04:12.150 --> 04:16.840 But this specific class is for the Academic Task one. 04:17.240 --> 04:17.590 All right. 04:17.600 --> 04:20.680 So it does not apply to the general. 04:20.690 --> 04:26.250 There are other general classes that have already been done and record it and you can watch those. 04:26.330 --> 04:27.000 OK. 04:27.290 --> 04:28.660 You need to send me a e-mail. 04:28.670 --> 04:30.700 I'm not going to I can't copy an e-mail right now. 04:30.700 --> 04:32.120 You need to send me an e-mail. 04:32.240 --> 04:32.810 OK. 04:33.630 --> 04:36.610 All right. 04:36.800 --> 04:38.770 So let's go ahead and get started. 04:43.150 --> 04:46.620 All right so as we know with Isle's test number one is is out there. 04:46.640 --> 04:50.850 They want you to write 150 to 200 25 words. 04:51.070 --> 04:53.690 150 is the maximum to 25. 04:53.700 --> 04:57.700 I mean 150 is the minimum 225 is the suggested maximum. 04:57.700 --> 05:04.080 It could be more than that but you know you want to be around that about 20 minutes to do it. 05:04.210 --> 05:07.300 In total it's usually about 10 to about 10. 05:07.300 --> 05:14.030 About 10 to 11 sentences all your writing to be honest with you when you're doing task number one. 05:14.390 --> 05:20.590 You have three main goals your first goal is you need to explain then graphing your own words tell them 05:20.590 --> 05:26.990 what the whole thing is about your second goal or second paragraph is that tell me the general comment 05:26.990 --> 05:31.140 points on the graph where the chart or the process or the map. 05:31.380 --> 05:31.830 Right. 05:31.890 --> 05:37.190 And your third part are two specific paragraphs that compare the details. 05:37.240 --> 05:39.470 So how many parts are there. 05:39.570 --> 05:49.230 There are four parts four parts four parts four parts not three parts not two parts not one part. 05:49.230 --> 05:51.570 There are four parts. 05:51.570 --> 05:58.710 It doesn't matter if it is a map a chart a table a diagram. 05:58.720 --> 06:00.300 It does not matter. 06:00.420 --> 06:04.390 It is always four parts. 06:04.410 --> 06:09.810 That's one good thing about this strategy that I'm teaching you is that it is applicable no matter what 06:09.810 --> 06:10.790 it is. 06:11.130 --> 06:12.000 OK. 06:12.240 --> 06:15.060 So what are the four parts of your introduction. 06:15.120 --> 06:18.330 Does one sentence to two sentences maximum. 06:18.930 --> 06:24.210 And like I say a desk on the scale that's going to talk about what is the whole graph chart table about 06:25.110 --> 06:30.900 your second paragraph is your general overview paragraph which is two to three sentences. 06:31.280 --> 06:38.100 Then you have a third paragraph which is a specific comparison's three sentences fourth paragraph specific 06:38.100 --> 06:40.040 comparisons. 06:40.050 --> 06:42.630 Comparisons are spelled wrong here. 06:44.800 --> 06:48.880 And that is three sentences. 06:49.140 --> 06:52.450 And then the conclusion if you want a conclusion is not necessary. 06:52.590 --> 06:53.410 OK. 06:53.550 --> 06:57.930 Is not necessary but if you want the conclusion a conclusion is one sentence. 06:57.930 --> 06:58.560 OK. 06:58.740 --> 07:00.190 You don't have to have one though. 07:05.620 --> 07:12.590 When you're writing an essay or report an essay or a report is like a inverted pyramid. 07:12.760 --> 07:13.830 Right. 07:13.840 --> 07:18.380 It starts off from general and goes down and just into specific. 07:18.600 --> 07:24.780 That's how all writing is whether it's task one or task to you write like an inverted pyramid. 07:24.810 --> 07:26.360 What do I mean by that. 07:26.880 --> 07:29.250 We'll look at what I just explained to you. 07:29.250 --> 07:33.860 You start off telling me what is the thing what is the whole thing about. 07:33.920 --> 07:34.450 Right. 07:34.520 --> 07:35.680 So is Al why. 07:35.720 --> 07:39.690 Very general what is the whole thing about. 07:39.860 --> 07:42.040 Then it comes in a little bit more. 07:42.320 --> 07:45.610 What are some of the general common things that we see in common. 07:45.860 --> 07:48.590 Then it gets much more specific. 07:48.650 --> 07:54.950 What are some specific comparisons all the way down to a point of conclusion if you needed to have one. 07:55.070 --> 07:55.620 Right. 07:55.670 --> 08:01.150 So that's all writing is when it even even for the task number two is the same way. 08:01.190 --> 08:03.420 It's an inverted pyramid. 08:03.740 --> 08:06.050 That's how you know when somebody is doing good writing. 08:06.050 --> 08:12.730 General to specific. 08:13.000 --> 08:13.500 All right. 08:13.540 --> 08:18.490 The majority of what they ask you is either going to be a line graph a table or a pie chart or a bar 08:18.490 --> 08:19.240 chart. 08:19.480 --> 08:23.230 Sometimes I might ask you for a process or a diagram. 08:23.260 --> 08:25.610 Today we're going to be or it could be a map. 08:25.780 --> 08:34.120 Today we're going to be looking at a diagram or diagram and and also looking at a bar chart. 08:34.120 --> 08:37.410 So those are the two things we're going to look at today. 08:39.360 --> 08:46.180 All right now Language is important in the course I give you a vocabulary list is very important that 08:46.270 --> 08:53.220 you be able to show a variety of language is very important that you're able to use synonyms. 08:53.220 --> 08:59.390 So because you have to remember what you're graded on this is a this is an English test right. 08:59.440 --> 09:08.240 It's an English test so you have to the higher the higher skill level in English that you demonstrate 09:09.050 --> 09:11.990 the better your score is going to be right. 09:12.000 --> 09:18.030 Two people can write four parts but if one person is writing it very very simple and the other person 09:18.030 --> 09:20.390 is writing in much more academic. 09:20.550 --> 09:22.770 They're going to get a higher score. 09:22.890 --> 09:25.770 M.K. is about the quality of your writing. 09:26.070 --> 09:28.030 That's what you have to always think about. 09:28.240 --> 09:31.180 It's about the quality of your speaking when you're speaking. 09:31.590 --> 09:32.990 Quality matters. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.510 That's what you have to focus on. 09:35.280 --> 09:46.910 All right so now I'm going to move into some just to show you some examples of of of charts or graphs 09:46.910 --> 09:55.460 with the with the with the report or essay right next to it so you can see we can see all four parts 09:56.180 --> 10:02.030 and you can also see that it doesn't matter what type it is is always four parts no matter whatever 10:02.120 --> 10:05.720 whatever type it is it's always the same for parts. 10:05.720 --> 10:09.580 Before I move on does anybody have any questions. 10:12.010 --> 10:16.860 Is the academic test similar to the general yes. 10:16.860 --> 10:25.260 The academic tests the listening is the same the speaking is the same writing task too is the saying 10:26.690 --> 10:32.630 task one is different for the general and the academic and for the reading they have the exact same 10:32.630 --> 10:34.850 question types however. 10:34.880 --> 10:41.780 However for the general the reading passages are much easier in terms of the language right. 10:41.780 --> 10:44.060 That's the difference. 10:44.060 --> 10:46.490 So I hope that answer that question. 10:47.300 --> 10:47.850 OK. 10:52.370 --> 10:54.630 Oh wait a minute everybody. 10:54.650 --> 10:59.810 You guys didn't your you guys remind me I've been talking and talking and talking and you guys did not 10:59.810 --> 11:03.130 see the screen did you. 11:03.430 --> 11:08.990 Well nobody nobody reminded me you guys didn't you guys didn't see you guys are not seeing the screen 11:12.290 --> 11:15.030 were my people that were here before me. 11:24.830 --> 11:25.120 All right. 11:25.130 --> 11:26.840 So now can you see the screen. 11:32.700 --> 11:33.210 Yes. 11:33.210 --> 11:35.200 Now you can see the screen. 11:35.790 --> 11:36.970 All right. 11:37.140 --> 11:42.560 So this is what I was talking about before in terms of the writing task one. 11:42.570 --> 11:47.570 Now some some of you just had you know know there was something to display. 11:47.580 --> 11:50.550 I will I asked them to divest some of you all were in the previous class. 11:50.560 --> 11:55.530 You guys know them some suppose that you're supposed to see the screen. 11:56.590 --> 11:57.600 Yes OK. 11:58.000 --> 12:06.940 This was the information from earlier in terms of the the amount and and the three goals in terms of 12:06.940 --> 12:13.780 explaining the graphic in your own words of general information that to pair the two specific paragraphs. 12:14.510 --> 12:21.830 This was how many how many parts your introduction is one sentence to maximum. 12:21.820 --> 12:27.170 You have the general overview the specific comparison paragraph not a specific comparison paragraph 12:27.170 --> 12:34.240 conclusion paragraph conclusion if you want it this is what I was talking about in terms of writing 12:34.240 --> 12:34.450 goals. 12:34.450 --> 12:38.690 General to specific I was showing you an inverted pyramid. 12:39.070 --> 12:40.030 OK. 12:40.100 --> 12:45.950 That did that which is how you're supposed to write OK. 12:46.040 --> 12:50.850 And then these were the majority of the quite type of questions they ask. 12:50.900 --> 12:58.700 And the ones that are rarely asked process or process for some type of diagram diagram also that they 12:58.700 --> 13:05.240 work well when I say diagram that also can fit into a map right. 13:05.330 --> 13:06.800 They also fit into math. 13:07.130 --> 13:07.760 OK. 13:07.980 --> 13:10.870 So I'm sorry for not showing you that earlier. 13:10.880 --> 13:14.670 I need to press the button to share the screen. 13:15.560 --> 13:17.140 But it is in there. 13:17.180 --> 13:18.280 And now you see it. 13:18.320 --> 13:21.390 And if you want to go back and take a look at this information. 13:21.830 --> 13:23.680 This course is being recorded. 13:23.800 --> 13:27.320 This class is being recorded so you can watch all this information later on. 13:27.620 --> 13:29.590 OK so let's look at some examples. 13:36.190 --> 13:36.520 Right. 13:36.520 --> 13:39.940 So hold on one second let me ask this question. 13:41.580 --> 13:42.570 Hard to avoid. 13:42.600 --> 13:48.310 Sometimes I have difficulties with using how to use verbs. 13:49.470 --> 13:56.880 Massimo I don't I'm not you know as part of this course Bassma you can actually Simbi essays to look 13:56.880 --> 14:00.550 at is hard for me to give you advice because I haven't seen your writing before. 14:01.660 --> 14:02.020 Right. 14:02.020 --> 14:05.340 So you're going to have to send me something so I can take a look at it ok. 14:06.440 --> 14:12.410 Cause I'm not sure what you mean by you having trouble using like most verbs 14:15.900 --> 14:21.010 I'm not sure how to avoid generalization. 14:21.290 --> 14:27.860 Well in your in your third and fourth paragraphs you have to make specific comparisons so you have to 14:27.860 --> 14:29.130 compare numbers. 14:30.330 --> 14:31.740 Right you have to compare numbers. 14:31.740 --> 14:36.730 So the way you avoid generalization is really use specific vocabulary. 14:36.960 --> 14:46.790 Don't use general vocabulary OK and envoy avoid general language like something anything you know that 14:46.830 --> 14:50.530 kind of general language you want to avoid. 14:50.650 --> 14:55.770 There's always a specific vocabulary word that can capture what you're talking about. 14:57.950 --> 15:03.500 Well verbs and to ask one one of the best things to do Bassma is read examples read examples and look 15:03.500 --> 15:09.210 at how the verbs are used and then you need to model that. 15:09.230 --> 15:17.170 So here we look at a line graph you see that you see the the format is right there for you to look at. 15:17.180 --> 15:24.320 The format is right there and we have our our opening sentence which is what it's all about. 15:24.410 --> 15:33.040 Then the general information than specific comparison paragraph where we have 1960 to 1970 in 1970 in 15:33.030 --> 15:41.690 1980 and then our next specific comparison's paragraph from 1980 to 1990 in 1990 to 2000. 15:41.690 --> 15:41.910 Right. 15:41.920 --> 15:43.390 This is all you have to write. 15:43.400 --> 15:48.380 What is all about the quality the quality of the sentences. 15:48.680 --> 15:48.990 Right. 15:49.010 --> 15:55.930 So I'll give you one minute to read this one one minute minute 30 seconds to take a look at this one. 15:56.300 --> 16:00.660 And if you have any questions about this one you know let me know. 16:00.920 --> 16:09.260 But we see the format that I was talking about the four part format and you're going to see as I'm going 16:09.260 --> 16:15.940 through this from page to page it doesn't matter what it is it doesn't matter what type it is. 16:16.320 --> 16:17.210 OK. 16:17.750 --> 16:23.420 We're still looking at the four par pair of four part report. 16:23.790 --> 16:24.860 OK. 16:24.980 --> 16:30.860 Now if you want to have some more time to read this and analyze it and look at it look at it. 16:30.860 --> 16:36.440 When I upload this into the course of course you can stop the recording and right here and look at it 16:36.560 --> 16:38.850 and read it very carefully. 16:39.110 --> 16:40.370 If you want to. 16:40.840 --> 16:41.480 OK. 16:41.600 --> 16:45.380 But we have those four parts OK. 16:45.570 --> 16:49.340 So does anybody have any questions about what they see here on the screen right now. 16:58.410 --> 16:59.910 OK let's go to the next one. 17:08.300 --> 17:10.170 Right here we have a bar chart. 17:10.820 --> 17:11.630 OK. 17:11.900 --> 17:16.280 And for this bar chart we have the exact same four part process 17:19.710 --> 17:20.180 right. 17:20.220 --> 17:23.780 Jim was the whole thing about first paragraph. 17:23.780 --> 17:25.060 Second thing. 17:25.310 --> 17:33.330 What are the general points that we see are specific comparisons for specific comparisons. 17:39.380 --> 17:46.350 So I'll give you a minute or so to look at this one and 2. 17:46.820 --> 18:12.570 And if you have any questions about anything or road or anything that I said in writing. 18:12.900 --> 18:14.640 All right let's go down to another one. 18:14.920 --> 18:26.680 But as you see here we have the saying is the same process the same four part process. 18:26.770 --> 18:27.900 Here we have a table 18:32.670 --> 18:33.470 right. 18:33.900 --> 18:39.430 And in this table we have four parts for this one for this table. 18:39.430 --> 18:39.770 I did. 18:39.790 --> 18:44.000 I didn't write the fourth paragraph OK. 18:44.040 --> 18:45.970 I did write the fourth paragraph for this one. 18:46.050 --> 18:54.240 But if you could see in the third paragraph that the third paragraph is covering from 2015 to 2030 if 18:54.240 --> 19:01.600 I had wrote the fourth paragraph and it would cover from 2030 to 2070. 19:01.630 --> 19:01.910 All right. 19:01.930 --> 19:03.520 But you would have those four part. 19:03.520 --> 19:11.530 So for this one the fourth part was not written or has not been written yet but we have are we would 19:11.530 --> 19:12.430 need to add in that.