Academic Task 1
When practising for academic writing task 1, many people focus on describing data and numbers.
However, it is also important to focus on tenses and how to accurately describe changes over time.
These might be changes in data, or changes in a geographical area or a building.
You can also practise identifying the main trends or patterns using the following technique. Find a
writing task 1 question and record yourself describing only the main trends in no more than two or
three sentences. You must not give any specific details, such as percentages or numbers. Ask a
friend to listen to the recording and draw what you have described. If their drawing shows the most
important points or patterns, then you have done a good job of identifying the main trends. If you
don’t have a partner to work with, listen to the recording yourself a few weeks later to see if you can
recreate the main trends using only your description. Repeat the exercise until you are happy with
the result. Finally, write an overview of the main trends you described.
Use this same idea to help complete the task and practise the language needed to accurately
describe visual information. To do that, record yourself again, but this time describe the information
Academic
Task
1
When
practising
for academic writing
task
1,
many
people
focus on describing data and numbers.
However
, it is
also
important
to focus on tenses and how to
accurately
describe
changes
over time.
These might be
changes
in data, or
changes
in a geographical area or a building.
You can
also
practise
identifying the
main
trends
or patterns using the following technique. Find
a
writing
task
1 question and record yourself describing
only
the
main
trends
in no more than two or
three
sentences. You
must
not give any specific
details
, such as percentages or numbers. Ask
a
friend
to listen to the recording and draw what you have
described
. If their drawing
shows
the
most
important
points or patterns, then you have done a
good
job of identifying the
main
trends
. If
you
don’t have a partner to work with, listen to the recording yourself a few weeks later to
see
if you can
recreate
the
main
trends
using
only
your description. Repeat the exercise until you are happy
with
the
result.
Finally
, write an overview of the
main
trends
you
described
.
Use
this same
idea
to
help
complete the
task
and
practise
the language needed to
accurately
describe
visual information. To do that, record yourself again,
but
this time
describe
the
information