MoDULE BCTY Focus on.writing Interpreting and comparing data . Bar charts 1 _ In Task 1 you have to think about both the meaning of the data in the task > Focus on IELTS pages 17 and the language you need to describe it. and 33 perme TAS el Heal the Wing task below and look at the bar chart. Answer these 1 What information does the horizontal axis show? How many sectors are there? What does each bar represent? 2. What information does the vertical axis show? 3. Does the diagram show changes or differences? (Look back at Module A page 11 to compare.) Can you use language like increase and decrease when reporting the data? 5 Whatare the main similarities and differences between the countries? 6 What grammatical structures do you need to use in your description? rs WRITING TASK 1 Distribution of employment by sector ‘You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart gives information about the percentage of workers in different sectors of employment in three countries at different stages of economic development. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown. agricultural ical Seroe Write at least 150 words. [hispanic CSnia ‘COMPARING DATA 2- Use the information in the Writing task to fill the gaps with words from the Dox. Use each expression once only. ‘as asmany fewer largest _ highest a larger percentage lowest proportion majority more developed most more 1, In Japan the roportion of the workforce is in the service sector, 2 India has many .. people employed in the agricultural ‘sector than either Japan or Brazil, but it has . workers in the industrial sector, 3. Brazil has workers in the agricultural sector . it has in the industrial sector. 4 In India, people work in the agricultural sector. 5 The of workers in Brazil are in the service sector. 6 The of Japanese workers are employed in the agricultural sector. 7 Ofthe three countries, Japan has the ‘employees in the industrial sector. 8 Countries which have . percentage of economies seem to have Scanned with CamScanner> roous Berry USING PARALLEL 3 EXPRESSIONS ‘THEINTRODUCTION warTiNc THE DESCRIPTION 5 In Writing Task 1, you need to take special care to avoid repetition of words and phrases. Match the expressions below with parallel expressions from the box. the majority of the same number of the largest percentage of the fewest the lowest percentage of the workforce the working population 1. the highest.prenention of. largest pereantage 2. people employed 3. an equal number of 4. the smallest proportion of Ifyou simply copy your introduction directly from the Writing task on the question paper, this will not be considered as part of your writing. Instead ‘you need to reword or paraphrase — the information. This isan important academic skill. ‘Underline the most appropriate words to rewrite the introduction from the task, ‘ ‘The chart 1 gives information about / compares / presents the 2 percentage of workers / majority of workers / proportion of the workforce employed in 3 different sectors of employment / agriculture, industry and service sectors / different industrial sectors in 4 three countries / Japan, Brazil and India / three economically different countries. ‘Now complete the main body of the description by filling in the gaps with appropriate expressions, Use two words for each answer. First of al, we can see that both Japan and Brazil have the 1 ofthe workforce in the service sector (61% and 50% respectively). But while Japan ha 2, aemnnneenennnemeem people employed in the agricultural sector with only 735 ofthe working population, ant 3 of Brazilians work in the agriculture and industry sectors (25% in each). sworfore, amoung to 61%, Is employed in the agricultural sector HES nnn OF enployes work in industry and the remaining 27% are in the service sector. Scanned with CamScannerwoourscry ENDING THEDESCRIFTION 6 _In Writing Task 1, it is a good idea to end your answer by summarising the ‘main information shown by the diagram. You are not required to explain this information, ‘Which of the two conclusions below is a better ending for the description in Exercise 5? tn conlsion, we can see tat Japan and Brazil have more workers inthe Industrial and service sector, Tis is because they have more industrialised economies and so the workers have more disposable incomes and require ‘more senices, which makes the service setor grow. I contrast, agriculture in these countries is more mechanised so that fewer workers are needed. ‘Overall the data indicates that counties with more devdoped economies have higher proportion of workers inthe industrial and service sectors than inthe agricultural sector | LOGICALLINKS 7 Underline the logical links that are uséd to help organise the description in 5 Exercises 5 and 6, ‘Example: First of all (CHECKING YOUR WORK 8 There are five things you should check your answer for, before you edit the Janguage. Complete these questions. ‘and not just copied it? and used figures as examples? . to describe the data? statement, not an explanation? words? 1 Have you reworded th 2. Have you focused on the main 3. Have you used appropriate verb 4. Have you ended with a 5. Have you written at least ‘USING FIGURES 9 a Read the description in Exercise 5 again. Why are some of the figures in brackets and others not? b_ Now read the sentences below and correct them. 1 Brazil has the same proportion of workers in the agricultural and industrial sectors, 25% in each. 2. In Brazil and Japan the majority of workers 50% and 61% respectively work in the service sector. 3 Japan has the most workers in the industrial sector and the fewest in the agricultural sector, 32% and 7%. : 4, India has the fewest workers in the service sector at 27%. ‘Thie lowest proportion of Indian workers 11% are in the industrial sector. EDITINGFORLANGUAGE 10 a Read these extracts from students’ responses. Find five common mistakes and match them to the list below. lia has highest p es vomkes in the agricultural “actor and Brazil has more sorkers inthis sector as Japan 6 of rpanese workers employed athe sera sil Bei has fuer empl ts sect, and priperton in na is owes ofall thre contra, ‘Common mistakes 1 Misuse of comparative/superlative forms 2 Active/passive verb confused 3 Incorrect punctuation Scanned with CamScanner