Hướng dẫn làm bài ĐỀ THI IELTS 07/03/2019

Report Plan:

• Paraphrase paragraph:  show>compare; proportion>percentage; different>various; commodities>goods
• Overview/summary paragraph:  (1) % spent on housing, food and luxury goods rose (2) % spent on clothing and travel/transport declined
• Paragraph 3:  report figures and compare trends for housing, food and luxury goods
• Paragraph 4:  report figures and compare trends for spending on clothing and travel/transport.  Expenditure on entertainment was stable.

Essay Plan:

• Introduction:  refer to the task question; state that there are important reasons, but also possible solutions
• Paragraph 2:  reason 1 – prison as punishment, not rehabilitation; reason 2 – influence of dangerous criminals on other offenders
• Paragraph 3:  solution 1 – provide education/training in prison to help ex-offenders find jobs;  solution 2 – isolate dangerous criminals who will encourage others to re-offend
• Conclusion:  there are important reasons, but solutions are possible.