Writing

Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the percentage of self-employed workers of the total workforce in five
countries in 1998 and 2008.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Writing Task 1 Model Answer

The given column graph illustrates the percentage of workers who were doing their own

work, out of all employed people in five countries, in 1998 and 2008. It is manifest from the

graph that the Turks and Greeks were more interested in entrepreneurship than the

Russians, Slovakians and the Czechs.

The percentage of self-employed people from the Russian Republic, Slovakia and the Czech

Republic was 5%, 7% and 11% respectively, in 1998. However, in just a decade the

percentage rose in all three countries and reached 7%, 12% and 14% respectively, by 2008.

The people of Greece and Turkey doing own business were 43% and 56% respectively, but

decreased to 35% and 39% respectively by 2008.

Overall, it is interesting to see that although the percentage of entrepreneurs in the Russian

Republic, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were much lesser than those in Greece and

Turkey, their interest in doing their own work grew with time. Whereas, the people of

Greece and Turkey were much more who were running their own business, but their interest

in doing their own work dwindled with time.

Writing Task 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Schools should stop using books for teaching children as they find them boring, and use films, TV
and computer instead.
To what extent do you agree with this?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.

Write at least 250 words.

Writing Task 2 Model Answer

I definitely agree with the given statement, which says that the use of books should be replaced by
computer and TV in schools, as students find them uninteresting. I believe that films, TV and computer
are better educational tools, and are more engaging for the students.

There are many reasons why multimedia tools have an edge over the traditional book. To begin with,
the most important job of every school is disseminating knowledge, which can be done by multi-media
or by written form through the traditional books, but the absorption of written material is insufficient
and lackluster in today's scenario. Children need something, which can stimulate their interest and keep
them engaged. The computer can stimulate and educate students better than books or speech alone
ever could. Electronic search mechanisms can help students find passages instantly, which would be
hard to find in a book, unless they remembered precisely where to look. Multiple windows allow
students to keep multiple passages in front of them simultaneously. Further, through such media there
could be immediate exchange of ideas with other students across the globe, which could be very
exciting for the students.

Furthermore, such a practice of using these computers and classrooms would ensure that students all
over are receiving the same education in the same way, and this could prove very useful especially when
there is lack of good teachers, such as in remote areas. Nobody wants to go to the remote areas to
teach. As a result, the children are taught by local teachers, who have themselves not received a very
good education. So, those children can never shine and compete with children of big cities, even if they
have the ability in them. This situation can be fought with, by the introduction of computer, TV and films
in schools. Very few good teachers could cater to a wider network of schools in remote areas with the
help of these tools. Finally, it would be good for the environment because paper would be used less.

To sum up, I reiterate my opinion by saying that it is the need of the day to familiarize students with
multimedia gadgets in schools right from school days and definitely these AV aids have an edge over the
printed book as far as piquing the interest of today's students in concerned.