Shadowing Practice: 2027 Guide to IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Chats and tables, maps and diagrams can be tough,
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but I'll show you what really matters in IELTS academic writing task 1 and how to write a clear,
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simple answer that can score a band 7 or higher.
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I've taken IELTS multiple times myself, I worked with former IELTS examiners,
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and these are the exact techniques that help our students improve their writing scores from 6 .5 to
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So let's start with the chart and table.
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There is quite a bit of information here, but to write the introduction we need to understand what the two visuals show.
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The pie chart tells us about the age groups of people who use a spot center.
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The table shows how satisfied they are with its facilities and services.
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Now, let's introduce both in one sentence.
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The pie chart shows the age groups of adults surveyed at a sports centre,
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while the table summarises their satisfaction with its facilities and services.
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notice that the question just says the results of a survey
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and we've explained what those results actually are
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and express the information in our own words that's what you should do you should paraphrase the task
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and don't fear
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that you need a different word for everything a spot center
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can stay as a spot center keep the meaning accurate
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and move on
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because we have a much more important decision to make what this information tells us overall
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you have about 20 minutes for the whole task
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and task 2 is worth twice as much towards your writing score
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so don't spend too long perfecting this first sentence in your task one.
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Here is our plan.
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We write an introduction, an overview and then two body paragraphs.
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In this answer one body paragraph will describe the pie chart and the other the table,
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the simplest possible structure.
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And your complete answer needs to be at least 150 words long
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and the body paragraphs give you space to explain the details.
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But before those details we need to give the reader a general picture of what the information means and that's your overview.
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And depending on the task you summarize the main trends, differences or stages.
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Here we want to explain what we've learned about the users and their satisfaction with the center.
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And it's easy to underestimate this part.
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You might concentrate on getting every number right and every sentence right, but without a clear overview,
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you're still missing an important requirement for a high score.
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Let me show you what that is.
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It, or your answer, presents a clear overview.
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The data are appropriately categorized and the main trends or differences are identified.
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You see, you need that clear overview.
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And that comes from task achievement which assesses how well you answer the task.
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And it's one of four criteria examiners use and will look at the others as we write.
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So let's work out what our overview should say.
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First of all, look at the pie chart.
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Do you see how much of it are occupied by two younger age groups?
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Together they take up most of it, don't they?
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The older groups have much smaller shares, so we can already say that most users are younger adults.
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If we check the figures,
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we see that 42 % are aged 18 to 24 and another 27 % are aged 25 to 35.
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So, together, if we add the two numbers together,
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that's 69 % or over two -thirds of users under 35.
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Now, look at the table.
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We need to cover these two.
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And if you find tables a bit difficult to read, start with the headings.
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We have very satisfied, Fairly satisfied or like moderately reasonably satisfied and not satisfied, very unhappy.
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Look down the first column.
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In every row, the largest percentage is here and are very satisfied.
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Then we have another group who are fairly satisfied.
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So most people are satisfied.
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All the dissatisfied users are in the last column and the figures there range from zero,
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like zero unhappy customers, to 21%.
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So most people are satisfied with every aspect of the center, right?
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And now we can add the main differences.
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Staff receive particularly good ratings, 94 % are very satisfied.
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The most dissatisfaction is with changing facilities and the range of fitness classes.
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So we're interpreting the information here and that's something you should do.
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Saying that satisfaction is high is supported by our table.
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At the same time saying that the changing facilities are too small
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or maybe too dirty would be a guess
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because the table doesn't tell us why people are dissatisfied so don't add that extra information.
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Okay let's write our overview.
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Overall younger adults make up the majority of users
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and satisfaction with the center was generally high staff helpfulness received the highest ratings
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while changing facilities and the range of fitness classes attracted the most dissatisfaction.
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We already used while in the introduction, so here we could say whereas.
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Anyways, we've explained the overall picture and the main differences in two sentences.
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The individual percentages can come in the body paragraphs.
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And now you might think we just need to list those percentages and we're done.
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But how you select and present them matters to your score.
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So let me show you how to write a strong first body paragraph.
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Quite often I see answers where students try to report all the numbers without missing any information.
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And in this case, the body paragraph would sound like this.
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The percentage of users aged 18 to 24 was 42%.
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The percentage aged 25 to 34 was 27.
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Those aged 35 to 44 and so on.
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Every figure is correct, but we haven't explained what these numbers tell us.
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And this is a common mistake in Task 1.
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Reporting accurate figures matters, but you need to select and highlight the key features.
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For a band 8, you need to show that key features are skillfully selected and clearly presented,
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highlighted or illustrated.
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Let me show you what this means in simple terms.
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I call this approach describe then support.
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So you make a point about the information and then you use figures to support it.
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So my point is over two -thirds of users
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or the majority of users were under 35
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and now we support it with 18 to 24 year olds forming the largest group at 42%.
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Again, we don't just say 42%, we say this is the largest group.
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So, we immediately know that younger adults make up most of the users.
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We can compare that with the older groups.
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By comparison, people aged 35 to 44 accounted for 17%.
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Those aged 45 and over represented just 14 % together with the oldest group aged 55
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and over making up the smallest share at 6%.
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Notice what we've done with the last two groups.
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So 8 % and 6 % together make up 14%, so we've grouped them.
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And then we've pointed out that the oldest group is the smallest.
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We haven't reported every percentage separately, but the main differences are clear.
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And that's what I want you to practice.
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Decide what you want to tell the reader, then choose the figures that help you explain it.
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There is another requirement we can demonstrate in this paragraph.
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Your vocabulary.
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The resource is sufficient to allow some flexibility and precision.
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So that's a band 7 requirement.
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The examiner wants to see you can express your meaning accurately and use some variety.
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And in our answer, the expressions like forming the largest group, accounted for, represented, making up the smallest share,
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they all help us describe the proportions without repeating exactly the same wording in every sentence.
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So that's flexibility.
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But be careful about changing words.
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For example, in our task we're describing sports center users.
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Calling them athletes would change the meaning because we don't know if they're all athletes. Be careful.
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A more impressive sounding word can actually make your answer less accurate.
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If you've been watching the video so far thinking, I understand everything when I see it, but I'm not sure I could write like this myself.
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Well, this is a skill and you can learn it.
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I can walk you through every step.
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How to analyze each task.
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How to choose the key features.
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We used a simple plan and just a few questions to do that.
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And how to turn all this into a clear answer.
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In my IELTS academic pack we cover the whole process step by step, task by task, which isn't possible here on YouTube.
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And you can learn how to write answers that get a higher score.
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I'll link it below if you'd like to have a look.
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And right now we're not gonna look at the second body paragraph to save some time
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because I would really like to show you our next task, the maps.
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The way you approach this one is slightly different
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and I want to show you what to pay your attention to to get a high score.
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So we need to describe changes to a place
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and I'm going to show you some useful structures to help you with that.
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We have a college cafe.
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Before it was redesigned and how it looks now.
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And overall for our answer we can use the same structure.
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An introduction, an overview and two body paragraphs.
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There are different ways to organize those body paragraphs
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and to be honest any of them can work as long as your description is logical and easy to follow.
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In my answer I'm going to describe the original cafe in the first paragraph
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and then focus on the changes in the second
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and in this video i want to show you that second paragraph the changes
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so have a look at the maps can you see on the first one two staff dining rooms
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now one is a takeaway food area
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and the other is a coffee bar someone could write there is a takeaway food area
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and a coffee bar but that doesn't tell us what happened to the rooms
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that were there before
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so here is how we can show the change the two
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staff dining rooms have since been converted into a takeaway food area
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and a coffee bar converted into means changed for a different use.
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And we told the reader what was there before and what it has become.
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The sentence also gives us a useful grammatical structure.
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Let me show you our third assessment criterion, grammatical range and accuracy.
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It reads, a variety of complex structures is used with some flexibility
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and accuracy and this applies to every task one you need some variety in your sentences
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while keeping control of your grammar the rooms have been converted so we're using the passive voice
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that's present perfect passive we're interested in what happened to the rooms not in who carried out the work.
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The builders converted or have converted the rooms.
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The rooms have been converted.
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Now let's describe the next changes.
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The original serving area now provides hot meals, while a salad bar has been added along the left -hand wall.
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So we've connected two pieces of information to clauses with while so we have one complex sentence the first part describes
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what the serving area provides
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and the second describes a new addition remember the examiner assesses
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accuracy as well as range next recycling bins have replaced the original bin on the opposite side.
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And now two new doors lead to an outdoor sitting area with a barbecue at its left hand end.
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So we've described the changes and given enough information for the reader to locate them.
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And we have a mixture of sentence structures which is great for your grammatical range and accuracy score.
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Now let's look at the diagram.
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This time we're going to describe a process.
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And again there are a couple of features
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which are specific to this task
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and I'm going to show you what to pay your attention to to get a high score.
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Here is our task.
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This diagram shows how a rain shadow desert forms.
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If you haven't heard of this before, that's expected.
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You don't need any knowledge about the task, let's just follow the arrows together.
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The information is all there.
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So we start with winds coming from the sea, the air moves up the mountain, clouds form and rain falls.
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And then the air continues over the mountain and reaches the inland area where we see the desert.
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So no rain left.
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For my body paragraphs I'm going to divide the process into two parts.
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What happens before the peak and what happens after the peak.
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And that gives each paragraph a clear topic and helps the examiner follow the process.
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So let me show you the first paragraph.
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Remember, your complete answer needs to be at least 150 words.
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And that may be a bit of a difficulty with diagrams.
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If you just write short sentences describing the labels, your answer may be too short.
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You need to develop them into slightly longer, fuller sentences explaining how the stages connect.
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And this brings us to the fourth criterion, it's called coherence and cohesion.
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Basically, how logically your answer is organized and how easy it is to follow.
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And read this requirement.
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Information and ideas are logically organized and there is a clear progression throughout the response.
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So the examiner should be able to follow your description easily.
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And it starts with putting the information in the logical order.
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We do this by dividing the process into two parts and also by describing the stages in order.
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So let's connect the stages within our first paragraph.
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The process begins when winds carry moist air from the sea towards the coast.
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So, we've established where the process starts.
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The next stage.
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As this air reaches the mountain, it's forced upwards along the windward slope.
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And windward is the side facing the wind, as you can see on the image.
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And notice how this sentence connects to the previous one.
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This air.
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We know it's the moist air we've just mentioned.
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And it refers to the same air.
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These are references.
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These small connections help the writing flow.
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And you don't need to begin every sentence with first, next and then, which would be a bit too repetitive.
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Okay let's have a look at the next sentence.
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The rising air gradually cools and clouds begin to form above this side of the mountain.
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Ok, let's move on.
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Rain then falls from these clouds, so the air loses moisture before reaching the peak.
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So, then shows there is a next stage and we can actually put it inside the sentence.
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Rain then falls or we could say then rain falls
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and again we use these clouds and
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so to show the result that's how we link all our ideas our stages together
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and that's exactly what makes the description easy to follow
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and the examiner will be paying attention to
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that in the second body paragraph we would continue over the peak and describe what happens on the other side.
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All the assessment criteria we looked at today apply to every task 1 answer
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and in my IELTS academic pack you can learn how to meet each requirement and achieve a higher score.
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These are the courses that helped so many of our students get a 7
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or 7 .5 in writing and finally pass their test.
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Check them out, I'll link them below.
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And if you'd like to try a full lesson,
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watch this video on how to write a perfect introduction for every type of academic writing task 1.
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Thank you so much for watching me today.
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Good luck with your preparation and your exam.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “2027 Guide to IELTS Academic Writing Task 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: task, paragraph, answer, sentence, write. Este vídeo tiene 231 frases y 2590 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 21:46. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 119 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
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| paragraph sustantivo | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | párrafo, parágrafo |
| satisfy verbo | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | satisfacer |
| overview sustantivo | /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/ | resumen, visión de conjunto |
| examiner sustantivo | /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/ | examinador |
| percentage sustantivo | /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ | porcentaje |
| convert verbo | /kənˈvɝt/ | convertir |
| chart sustantivo | /t͡ʃɑɹt/ | chart |
| requirement sustantivo | /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/ | exigencia, requisito |
| cloud sustantivo | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | nube, nimbo |
| connect verbo | /kəˈnɛkt/ | conectar, empalmar |
| reader sustantivo | /ˈɹi.dɚ/ | lector, lectora |
| accuracy sustantivo | /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/ | tino, acierto |
| satisfaction sustantivo | /sætɪsˈfækʃən/ | satisfacción |
| diagram sustantivo | /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/ | diagrama |
| select verbo | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | seleccionar, cribar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
| carry out verbo | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | llevar a cabo, llevar al cabo |
| point out verbo | señalar, apuntar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Together they take up most of it, don't they?
- Notice what we've done with the last two groups.
- This time we're going to describe a process.
- If you haven't heard of this before, that's expected.
- We know it's the moist air we've just mentioned.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've taken · we've explained · we've learned |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are identified · are occupied · is supported |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who use · structures which is |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 46 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, don't, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, accuracy /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/, satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, flexibility /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, slope /sloʊp/, skillfully /ˈskɪlfəli/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overview /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/, convert /kənˈvɝt/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/, impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/, whereas /(h)wɛɹˈæz/, resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como paragraph, satisfy, overview.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.