Friday, June 23, 2023

I. IELTS Task 1 Practice

Practice 1

Figures of students majoring in Accounting at HCMC University of Economics

2500

2200
2000
1880
1700 1700
1600
1500 1500 1500
1400
male students
Series 3
1000 1000 1000
900 880

500

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

The chart illustrates the figures of scholars specializing in Accounting at HCMC University of Economics.
Overall, the male scholars have a downward trend while the female students have an upward trend. In late 2014
when female students overtook male scholars. The male student figure remained unchanged from 2014 to 2015.
It then plunged from 1500 down to 1000 scholars in 2016. It again remained stable before slightly decreased to
880 students in 2019. In conclusion, the female scholar figure rose gradually until hit 1700 in early 2016 where
it stay stable until 2017. The figure then suddenly rose and hit a peak before lowered back to 1800 scholars in
2019.

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II. IELTS Task 2 Practice

Practice 2

In recent years, the issue of learning and teaching methods has brought about an array of
controversy. Some are of the opinion that independent learning is beneficial to students in several
ways, whereas others take issue with that point. Which point of view do you prefer?

Write an academic essay to discuss your opinion. Support it with examples and evidence.

Advantages
- find essential silence to get high
concentration
- prevent students from being distracted by
other activities like gossiping.
- determine reference materials or arrange
their own timetable at their discretion.
- the development of hi-tech allows them to
achieve certain profound knowledge by
themselves via the Internet
- Though self-study is not encouraged in
modern education, many students prefer
to choose it as an essential key to their
success at school.
- achieve certain knowledge by themselves
before discussing any topics in class
activities
Disadvantages
- Be short of ideas to deal with a big assignment.
- Find it a bit hard to master presentation skills
without group support.
- Be more likely to give up when facing a hard
task (no competition, no motivation)
- Hard to improve certain communication skills,
particular language skills due to the lack of
frequent group communication
- Learning independently is more common
among advanced students than beginners. To
put it another way, it seems to be beneficial to
certain groups of students, not to all.

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While some believe that the modernisation has made us more reliant on each other, others, however, think
that we are more self-reliant and free from dependency on others as the time has progressed. I believe that
we have become more independent than any time in the history.

People who advocate that we have become more dependent on each other in this modern era often present
the idea that our necessity has increased and we need to interact with far more people due to this. This in a
way requires us to rely on others for our need. For instance, office executives mostly rely on laundry services,
restaurants, house maids, cleaning services and so on to have their necessary works done. In the past, people
used to do most of these tasks on their own. Moreover, the prices of education, house, daily commodities etc.
is skyrocketing day by day and we need to rely on our parents to have those needs fulfilled until we get a job.
When we will become earning members, our parents and children will rely on us. Due to people’s busy
schedule and high ambition, they need to socialise and get to know people from different walks of life and this
creates a wider circle in which people’s interaction and reliance on each other increase.

However, I would agree with the people who opine that modernization has made us free and less reliant on
others. In most countries, young children are trying to support their education and living cost. After a certain
age, they prefer to stay own his own house. The number of nuclear and single parent family proves that
people are less reliant on others. We are free to pick the school, travel to other countries and make our
choices for most of the major events in our life including picking our life partners. The progress of the
technology has made us more self-reliant and we love to take advantages of the modern tools and devices to
make things of our own. For instance, many people these days pick an online lesson than getting admitted to
a training institute. Many of us even have the freedom to work from home and this is a paradigm shift in the
way we earn our living. Finally, the gender equality and women empowerment movements have greatly made
the women free from others reliance and self-dependent and this has all been possible only recently.

In conclusion, though some people think that modern era is the time when we are more reliant on each other,
I personally believe that we are more free and self-reliant instead.

Practice 3: Essay writing

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It is a plain truth that overseas students often suffer significantly from stress. What are the causes
of their stress and feasible solution to/ for it? Write an academic essay of at least 250 words to your
lecturer.

 Fail to complete academic assignments

 Expectation from acquaintances, especially parents
 Lack of immediate support from family as well as close friends
 Pressure from different studying styles and lifestyles in a new environment, namely deadlines,
independent study, presentations, interactions with schoolmates/ classmates from various
cultures and customs, …
 Discruptions in certain relationship
 Inefficient allowance/ be in tight budget/ bear a harsh burden of finance/ be financially self-
supported
 Be confronted with language barriers/ culture shocks

 Be well-prepared for overseas study, particularly in terms of foreign languages and finance
 Be open-minded and sociable to adapt well to changes in ralation to new friendships, education
systems, lifestyles
 Thoroughly investigate/ research details of customs, culture differences, college expectation along
with principles/ rules well ahead of time/ prior to studying abroad
 Keep in close contact with acquaintances and get involved in social club activities in college to get
support
 Be willing to alter studying style/ way of thinking to integrate into a new environment