Task 1

The chart gives information on the percentage of women going into higher education in five
countries for the years 1980 and 2015.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

The chart presents statistics on female students enrolling in higher education in 1980 and
2015. The measurements refer to 5 countries, including the UK, the USA, Australia, South
Korea and France.
Australia and France have the smallest fluctuation in enrolment statistics from 1980 to 2015.
Namely, Australia enrolled around 58% of female high school graduates in higher education
in both time periods, whereas France enrolled around 50% of the female high school
graduates in higher education in 1980 and a slightly higher percent in 2015.
In the UK and the US, the trend is different with the percentage of women enrolling in higher
education increasing by 20% in both countries from 1980 to 2015. In other words, UK
enrolment went from 35% to 55%, whereas USA enrolment went from 38% to 58%. Finally,
South Korea has the lowest enrolment rate in both time periods in comparison to all other
countries, with the percentage moving from 14% in 1980 to 30% in 2015.
Overall, we see that Australia, USA, UK and France all have similar enrolment percentages
in 2015, with some of the percentages advancing more in some countries and less in others,
over the course between the two time periods. South Korea is sort of an outlier following its
own trend, which documented the lowest enrolment percentages for both time periods.

Task 2

Students are becoming more and more reliant on the Internet. While the Internet is
convenient, it has many negative effects and its use for educational purposes should be
restricted.
How far do you agree with this statement?

The internet has provided students of all ages with various benefits in their education, ranging
from basic computer literacy to usage of advanced programs. On another note the internet has
vast libraries of content, and unfortunately some of it is inappropriate for students, especially
the younger students. So therefore, in education both the benefits and the drawbacks of using
the internet should be acknowledged and addressed.
Firstly, I definitely don’t support the idea that internet access should be completely
eliminated in education. We now live in a computer-based society, information technology is
fast and reliant and part of everyday business activities. So students are definitely going to be
dependent on the internet when they become full-time employed adults. Therefore, the
youngest students in education, should learn basic internet literacy to give them the
knowledge foundation. Moreover, as they get older they should engage in more serious
learning via the internet such as learning software for specific professions and purposes.
Overall, the internet opens a lot of doors to knowledge, communication, and ultimately the
functionality of modern society, so it is normal that students are reliant on it and the internet
must be accessible in all educational instances.
In contrast, much of the internet content can be dangerous to students. We mentioned the
importance of basic internet literacy, which comes in handy when teaching the students to
recognize the difference between what is useful educational content and what is harmful
content. In addition to that, there should be security restrictions on certain websites and
software in educational instances so that various content or even people can’t reach the
students. In other words strong cyber security.
In conclusion, there are some negative effects from open internet accessibility for students,
especially the youngest, but these can be protected for by systematically addressing them in
education, from raising awareness on these topics to installing cyber security modules.
However, internet should not be banned from education as its benefits on student developing
skills and learning new knowledge, outweighs the negative effects. Therefore, I would agree
on the argument of certain internet restrictions in education, but not inaccessibility.

 For exercise 1, you can group your data (find common denominator) based on:
o Volume (absolute value of numbers or something similar, from highest in
volume to lowest)
o Trends (upward, downward, high or low data fluctuation)
o Years, chronological reporting
o Reporting based on industry or feature etc.

 For exercise 2, once you determine your hypotheses you need to make a relationship
between them and the main point (applies to speaking too):
o Contrast and comparison
o Multiple positive statements
Don’t complicate the text, make it simple and technically impeccable, think of grammar,
adequate vocabulary.
Main prompts
H1 H2
Support arguments Support arguments Support arguments Support arguments