You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar charts below show the number of hours each teacher spent teaching in different schools in four different countries in 2001. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. Writing task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar charts below show the number of hours each teacher spent teaching in different schools in four different countries in 2001.

Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below.

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

You should write at least 150 words.

Writing task 1
The graph compares the
time
a teacher uses when teaching
students
at different institutions in 4 nations in 2001.
Overall
it is immediately apparent that more
time
is allocated to
students
at the higher levels than those in the lower stages. The
USA
spent the most
time
on learners at all stages compared to the other countries.
To begin
with, teachers spend more
time
teaching
students
at higher educational levels compared with their junior counterparts. The
USA
spends close to 1200
hours
teaching Upper Secondary whilst about 500
hours
less than
this
time
is utilised by Japanese tutors to educate learners at the same level. Interestingly, Spain spends as much
time
as Iceland
on
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this
same student category at 900
hours
. With regards to primary schoolers, they are taught within the shortest possible
time
. 600
hours
is
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are
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allocated by
Japan
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teachers to these pupils.
Likewise
Spain and Iceland,
where
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just over 600
hours
and nearly 600
hours
are given to these learners. Meanwhile, the
USA
uses 150
hours
higher than the average
time
in
the
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other countries for
tuition
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the tuition
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of primary school children. Turning to the lower secondary school
students
, the
USA
spends 1000
hours
whilst both Japan
Iceland
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and Iceland
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allocates
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allocate
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just above half
this
time
to these
students
. Spain
on the other hand
spends 750
hours
on them.
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Basic structure: Change the fifth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words time, students, usa, hours with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fifth paragraph.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • bar charts
  • number of hours
  • teaching
  • schools
  • countries
  • 2001
  • teachers
  • main features
  • comparisons
  • overview
  • average
  • year
  • difference
  • significant
  • range
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