Hướng dẫn làm bài ĐỀ THI IELTS 18/06/2020

Report Plan:

• Paraphrase paragraph: annual average spending>average amount spent annually; in 1985, 1995 and 2005>in three different years
• Overview/summary paragraph: (1) women spent the most on clothes (2) spending on clothes by boys and girls was relatively constant
• Paragraph 3: report and compare the spending figures on clothes by women and men, including the trends over the period
• Paragraph 4: report and compare the figures and trends for spending by boys and girls

Essay Plan:

• Introduction: refer to the task question.  Why? There are financial and social factors.  My opinion: the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
• Paragraph 2 – reasons why (1) families have more money if the woman works and then has children later (2) divorce, single-parent households, no extended family to help – these things motivate women to have children later
• Paragraph 3: – disadvantage many women want to have children earlier because they bring happiness.  Advantage:  having children later means having fewer children, and this helps reduce population pressure (e.g. China’s one-child policy).
• Conclusion:  the reasons are economic and social.  The advantages outweigh the disadvantages