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The best way to ensure the growth of children is to make parents take
parenting courses. Do you agree or disagree?

Phân tích
Đây là một chủ đề cụ thể và ít ra, liên quan đến “Children & Family”. Đã có một vài lần
chủ đề tương tự được lấy làm đề thi Viết cho kỳ thi IELTS. Một số đề cùng chủ đề như:

• Caring for children is probably the most important job in any society. Because of this, all
mothers and fathers should be required to take a course that prepares them to be good
parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?
• There are more and more parents working full time. Some people argue that childcare
centres are the best in taking care of young children. Others think grandparents are better
carers. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Với dạng đề bài “The best way” rất quen thuộc này thì người viết có rất nhiều sự lựa
chọn để phát triển bài. Người viết có thể dành 2 đoạn thân bài để chứng minh rằng việc
bố mẹ tham gia lớp học kỹ năng nuôi dạy con cái là cách tốt nhất cho sự phát triển của
trẻ em. Hoặc người viết có thể không đồng ý và đưa ra những cách tốt hơn hoặc phản
biện rằng việc ép bố mẹ tham gia những khóa học này là vô lý.

Dưới đây là một cách tiếp cận và phát triển ý cho đề bài này.

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Introduction
Step
Mở bài giới thiệu chủ đề và đưa ra ý
kiến cá nhân không đồng ý với quan
điểm đưa ra ở đề bài.
01
Body 1
Đoạn thân bài thứ nhất bàn luận
rằng tham gia vào những khóa học

Step này sẽ trang bị nhiều kĩ năng và kiến

thức trong việc nuôi dạy trẻ.

02 Ngoài ra cũng giúp bố mẹ hiểu được

cách giải quyết với những đứa trẻ
Body 2 cứng đầu, đặc biệt là trong độ tuổi
vị thành niên.
Đoạn thân bài thứ hai lại đưa ra một
lập luận đối nghịch đó là bố mẹ có
thể học được cách chăm sóc con cái
một cách tự nhiên khi làm cha mẹ. Step
Thứ 2 đó là nhiều bố mẹ đã có kinh
nghiệm chăm sóc con cái qua quá 03
trình trưởng thành và sự ảnh hưởng
văn hoá của họ. Cuối cùng là bố mẹ
nên có quyền được tự do chọn lựa
có tham gia khoá học hay không.

Conclusion
Step
04 Kết bài khẳng định và tóm tắt lại
đại ý của toàn bài viết.

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Bài mẫu
Some people believe that parents should be made to undertake parenting courses in
order to guarantee that their children develop well. Personally, I disagree with this idea
and will outline the reasons below.

On the one hand, parenting courses could equip parents with necessary skills and
knowledge to help them deal with raising their children. For example, many first-time
parents can be overwhelmed by the responsibility of caring for their new born infant.
Without proper instruction, they do not know how to handle or care for their baby most
effectively. Parenting courses could help parents to overcome these common problems.
Similarly, many parents have a great deal of trouble dealing with troublesome teenagers
who are misbehaving while going through adolescence. Parenting courses could also
help parents to better understand and deal with these issues.

However, while parenting courses could provide a lot of good skills and information to
parents, many people would argue that parenting is an innate skill that every mother
and father can naturally access once they have a child. For example, many mothers
instinctively know how to hold and care for their child as soon as it is born. In addition,
many people have their own ideas about what good parenting involves due to their own
upbringing, and cultural influences. Lastly, many people would consider it ridiculous
that people should be forced to attend parenting courses as people should be free to
make their own decisions.

In conclusion, although parenting courses could provide some beneficial outcomes

for both parents and children, I believe that it should be up to the parents to decide
whether or not they wish to participate in such courses.

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Estimated Overall Band Score: 8.5

TR 8.0 CC 9.0 LR 8.0 GRA 9.0

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Từ vựng
1. To undertake parenting courses: Tham gia khoá học nuôi dạy trẻ
2. Equip parents with necessary skills and knowledge: Trang bị cho bố mẹ kĩ năng
và kiến thức cần thiết
3. Proper instruction: Sự hướng dẫn đúng đắn
4. New born infant: Trẻ sơ sinh
5. Adolescence: Giai đoạn thanh thiếu niên
6. An innate skill: Một kĩ năng bẩm sinh
7. Their own upbringing: Quá trình nuôi dưỡng
8. Cultural influences: Những ảnh hưởng về văn hoá

Áp dụng luyện tập

Ngoài cách phát triển ý theo bài mẫu trên, người viết có thể phát triển bài này theo
các hướng sau:

Đồng ý với quan điểm của đề bài Không đồng ý với quan điểm của đề bài

Nhiều cặp vợ chồng có xu hướng ra ở Bắt buộc tham gia khoá học làm cha mẹ
riêng với bố mẹ hoặc chuyển đến sống là hoàn toàn không thực tế vì rất nhiều
xa bố mẹ ở các thành phố lớn. Do đó rất bố mẹ bận rộn với công việc và họ sẽ
khó để nhận được sự hỗ trợ từ ông bà. không thoải mái khi tham gia.

Nhiều cặp vợ chồng kết hôn và có em
bé trong độ tuổi rất trẻ, vậy nên việc
tham gia khoá học làm cha mẹ sẽ giúp
họ có sự chuẩn bị tốt hơn và tránh được
những vấn đề liên quan đến việc chăm
sóc con cái.
Không cần thiết. Vì học làm cha mẹ có
thể học từ rất nhiều nơi: thành viên
trong gia đình, bạn bè, Internet và môi
trường xung quanh.

Các ý tưởng trên đều có thể được lấy ra để phát triển cho các đề ở mục “Phân tích đề
bài”.

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The table below shows expenditures of four car companies on advertising in the
UK in 2002.

Renault

Rover

Vauxhall

Cetirizine

Bài mẫu
The table shows the amount of money that four car manufacturing companies spent on
different forms of advertising in the UK, in 2002.

It is clear that Renault spent the largest amount of money on advertising during 2002.
In addition, TV advertisements were by far the most popular advertising format, while
the opposite was true for cinema advertising.

In 2002, Cetirizine allocated $70 million for TV advertisements, while the figure for
Vauxhall was slightly lower, at $65 million. Meanwhile, $59 million was spent on TV
commercials by Renault, and only $45 million by Rover. In terms of press advertising, the
amount of money spent by Renault was again largest, at $45 million, slightly higher than
that of Rover, at $38 million. In contrast, Vauxhall and Cetirizine only spent $8 million
and $12 million on press advertising, respectively.

Of the other forms, advertising in cinemas and outdoors incurred the lowest costs, with
less than $10 million spent by each company. It is also notable that expenditure on radio
advertising by all car manufacturers was similar, at $15 million each.

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Estimated Overall Band Score: 8.0

TA 9.0 CC 8.0 LR 7.0 GRA 8.0

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Speaking

Part 1
Accomodation

Are you living in a house or a flat?

Currently I’m living in a rented flat on Phao Dai Lang Street. It’s not so far from my
workplace, only about 2 kilometers.

How long have you been living there?

Less than a year. Before I moved to this flat, I had been living with my parents but it’s too
far from my workplace and the traffic there was always terrible. It took me a long while
to find this place but I’m pretty happy with it now.

What do you want to change about your neighborhood?

Hmm... That’s an interesting question. Actually I’ve never thought of this before. My
neighborhood is pretty good I think. It’s quite civilized, and the location is convenient
for me to travel to work. I don’t think I want to change any of these.

Holiday
Are there a lot of holidays in Vietnam?
Let me see…quite a lot. I mean, there’re holidays almost every month, and sometimes
these holidays are to celebrate the most ridiculous things. But I’m fine with that, you
know, I have more days off from work!

What do Vietnamese people like to do during holidays?

I think most Vietnamese people want to stay at home and relax to recover after hard
days at work and school. I also notice that families in the city often go on a picnic during
these days.

Từ vựng
1. civilized: văn minh
2. ridiculous: nực cười, vô lý

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Describe an important historical event

• What event it is
• When it happened
• Who or what was involved in it
And explain why you think it is an important historical event.

I would like to tell you about one of the most important past events to me. That is the
time when President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, establishing
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

History lessons at school in Vietnam might be boring, and not so many students pay
attention to their teachers’ words in history classes, but I’m sure there’s one thing about
history that all students in Vietnam remember. That is the date of the day marking our
freedom. September 2nd 1945 was a glorious day. Thousands of people gathered at the
Ba Dinh Square to listen to the Declaration of Independence.

You know, in the past, our country was invaded and colonized for a very long time by
different nations, but we never forgot our traditions and customs, and always tried to
fight the enemies to reclaim our independence. Our biggest enemy might be China, but
the hardest one to fight was France. They colonized us for almost 100 years, feasted
on our people’s blood and sweat. Most Vietnamese people back then were farmers.
They were uneducated and had to bow to their inhumane land lords. Despite the great
disadvantages, they were still able to unite and keep fighting bravely. Millions of them
died, but their heroic actions live forever. And as you can guess, we finally took back our
freedom.

From that day up until now, every Vietnamese person has the right to proudly say that he
or she is free. I mean, I’m truly grateful to all the soldiers who overcame great hardships
and fought with their lives so that I can enjoy a better life now.

Từ vựng
1. Glorious: huy hoàng
2. Reclaim independence: giành lại độc lập
3. Inhumane: vô nhân đạo, dã man

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How is history taught in Vietnam?
Gợi ý: Đọc và chép, ít hình ảnh, thiếu lôi cuốn, học sinh buồn ngủ, không nhớ được gì…
It’s just terrible. I mean, most students are given a history book full of text and unnecessary
details of some wars, written in a way that attract little interest. During all my years at
school, my history teachers’ job was to read the whole text out loud and make sure that
their students write everything down in their notebook. It’s really boring and tiresome!

Is there any difference between teaching history through books and movies?
Gợi ý: Dạy qua sách: Nhiều chữ, không hấp dẫn đối với trẻ em; Dạy qua phim: Sống
động, nhiều màu sắc, dễ tiếp thu hơn
I feel lucky you mentioned that. I’ve always dreamed of one day when history in my
country are taught via movies and video documentaries. That way students might feel
more excited and finally be able to pay attention to the knowledge they are learning in
class. By presenting history in the form of images and videos, I believe history classes
can achieve their original purpose – to teach history instead of lulling students to sleep.

Why are there many children who do not like to learn history?
Gợi ý: Sách lịch sử thiếu những câu chuyện hấp dẫn. Sách lịch sử quá nhiều chữ, ít hình
ảnh. Cách dạy nhàm chán, đọc chép, không lôi cuốn.
There are two reasons in my opinion. The first reason is that most of them are not mature
enough to feel interested in battles and wars that happened in the past. I mean, they are
too young and are more keen on animated movies and video games. The second reason
is the way that history is taught in most countries nowadays. I hold a strong belief that
if schools change the way they teach history, things will be a lot different.

Estimated Overall Band Score: 8.0

FC 8.0 P 8.0 LR 8.0 GRA 8.0