http://www.dcielts.com A teacher&#039;s guide to IELTS preparation Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 A teacher's guide to IELTS preparation no http://www.dcielts.com/blog/writing-blog-3/ielts-writing-part-1-pie-charts-a-video-lesson/ http://www.dcielts.com/blog/writing-blog-3/ielts-writing-part-1-pie-charts-a-video-lesson/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:10:30 +0000 Dominic Cole http://www.dcielts.com/?p=1155 http://www.dcielts.com/blog/writing-blog-3/ielts-writing-part-1-pie-charts-a-video-lesson/feed/ 2 <p>This post contains a long training video on how to analyse a pie chart for IELTS writing part 1. In it, I look at and suggest how to approach a part 1 question. In brief, my tips are:</p> <ol> <li>See the big picture: do not get lost in the detail – it is a summarising task</li> <li>Learn to identify the correct details to support the main points</li> <li>Think about the correct language to use by reading the question carefully – often this language is explaining and comparing language</li> <li>Decide how to organise the information</li> </ol> <p>For an explanation of how to use these tips in practice, here is my video lesson:</p> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="640" height="400" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=640&containerheight=400&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/Pie%20charts%20for%20IELTS.mp4" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showall" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="base" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/" /><param name="src" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/mp4h264player.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=640&containerheight=400&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/Pie%20charts%20for%20IELTS.mp4" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="400" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/mp4h264player.swf" base="http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/" allowscriptaccess="always" scale="showall" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=640&containerheight=400&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/teacherdominic/folders/Camtasia/media/9e29fca8-d1a5-41fa-8356-7ec6723985e4/Pie%20charts%20for%20IELTS.mp4" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" quality="high"></embed></object></p> <form style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post">Enter your email address:</p> <input style="width: 140px;" name="email" type="text" /> <input name="uri" type="hidden" value="dcielts/NGSY" /> <input name="loc" type="hidden" value="en_US" /> <input type="submit" value="Get free mail updates" [...] This post contains a long training video on how to analyse a pie chart for IELTS writing part 1. In it, I look at and suggest how to approach a part 1 question. In brief, my tips are: See the big picture: do not get lost in the detail – it is a [...]