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Writing 6 (Viết 6 - Proficient)

Question 1
The charts below show reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the
US in 2009.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

You should use examples to illustrate your ideas.

You should spend about 35 minutes on this question.

Question 2
Write an essay of at least 250 words to answer the following question.

Many people believe that social networking sites (such as Facebook) have a huge
negative impact on both individuals and society.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge
or experience.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this question.

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 Expected responses

Question 1
Important parts Examples
1. Introduction • Introduction: The bar chart and pie chart give
• Write an introduction information about why US residents travelled
(paraphrase the topic) and what travel problems they experienced in
the year 2009.
• Write an overview (point out 2
key features) • Overview: It is clear that the principal reason
why Americans travelled in 2009 was to
commute to and from work. In the same year,
the primary concern of Americans, with regard
to the trips they made, was the cost of travelling.
2. Body paragraphs • Body 1: Looking more closely at the bar chart,
• Divide the body into 2 we can see that 49% of the trips made by
paragraphs. Americans in 2009 were for the purpose of
commuting. By contrast, only 6% of trips were
• Each paragraph reports main
visits to friends or relatives, and one in ten trips
data, followed by evidence.
were for social or recreation reasons. Shopping
Students must compare and
was cited as the reason for 16% of all travel,
contrast data.
while unspecific ‘personal reasons’ accounted
for the remaining 19%.
• Body 2: According to the pie chart, price was
the key consideration for 36% of American
travellers. Almost one in five people cited safety
as their foremost travel concern, while
aggressive driving and highway congestion
were the main issues for 17% and 14% of the
travelling public. Finally, a total of 14% of
those surveyed thought that access to public
transport or space for pedestrians were the most
important travel issues.

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Question 2 (Argumentative essay)
Important parts
1. Introduction
• The introduction engages the
reader’s interest. It personalizes the
topic or shows why it is important
for the reader to know about it.
• This background information helps
the reader understand different
perspectives.
• The thesis statement at the end of
the introduction states the opinion
of the writer (choose agree or
disagree)
2. Body paragraphs
• The topic sentences support the
thesis statement
• Each body paragraph begins with a
topic sentence that states one idea.
• The sentences that follow support
the idea in the topic sentence. These
supporting sentences include
details such as examples,
descriptions, reasons, and facts.
• Students should include
counterargument and refutation in
the last paragraph.
Examples
• Background information: The advent of
social networking sites, mainly Facebook and
Instagram, in the early decades of the 21st
century have transformed the ways that
people interact with their friends and
community.
• Thesis statement: I am in complete agreement
that they have had a negative overall impact
on both individuals and society.
• Main idea 1 Social networking sites hurt
individuals by replacing more active forms of
enjoyment with transitory, unhealthy self-
esteem boosts. In the past, people were more
likely to take up an active hobby such as
painting, playing a sport or learning a
musical instrument. Over time those hobbies
increase self-esteem, provide hours of
enjoyment, and can be seen as active and
healthy to varying degrees. Facebook and
Instagram replace not only the time spent on
worthwhile hobbies but users also get stuck
in a feedback loop which gives them
temporary bursts of dopamine in place of
longer lasting feelings of accomplishment.
• Main idea 2: Just as social media has
undoubtedly hurt individuals, it has also
taken its toll on society. It is a common
refrain to hear older people complaining
about how generations today are narcissists,
glued to their phones. There is an element of
truth in this. Social networking sites, coupled
with smartphones, allow people to withdraw
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 Important parts Examples
and be anonymous in public places. Over
time people will come to feel they have less in
common with their fellow man and society
will become fragmented and more insular
with deeply complex political, individual and
social consequences.
3. The conclusion restates the thesis In conclusion, the rise of social networking
statement using different words and platforms has hurt individuals and society
language. greatly. In order to combat this, governments
and parents should at least better regulate their
availability to children and young teens.