Hướng dẫn làm bài ĐỀ THI IELTS 18/05/2019

Report Plan:

• Paraphrase paragraph: shows>compares; percentage>proportion; adult population>adults; different categories>various sectors
• Overview/summary paragraph: (1) highest % of adults employed was in business and medical sectors (2) the % of those working in the engineering, medical and self-employed categories went up
• Paragraph 3:  report and compare figures and trends in the engineering, medical and self-employed sectors
• Paragraph 4: report and compare figures and trends in the other sectors.

Essay Plan:

• Introduction:  refer to the task question and give my opinion – largely negative
• Paragraph 2:  positive aspect – it may provide useful information e.g. choice of a holiday destination (give personal example)
• Paragraph 3:  negative aspects – (1) disturbs privacy – telesales (give personal example); (2) it persuades people to buy things they do not need and cannot afford – celebrity endorsement technique; (3) it may make false claims about the product
• Conclusion:  advertising is largely negative – results in stress and false dreams.