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IELTS Writing Compact
GRAPH REVIEW
(Academic Task 1)
Alireza Ramedani
(IELTS cert., TESOL cert., TEFL cert., D.O.S with RP)

To Atiyeh, my dearest

About the Author
Alireza Ramedani has been a very active language instructor for the
past ten years. He has taught in several language institutes, colleges
and universities and has supervised a couple of them for the last ten
years.
With a bachelor's degree in English language and literature and a
master’s degree in TEFL from a prestigious university (FUM) he is more
than qualified to run almost all types of language courses. However, to
further his career, he has participated in di ff erent workshops such as
one held by Sussex Downs. He also graduated from a TESOL course
ran by Sussex Downs in collaboration with Sanjesh, Imam Reza
University and Iran IELTS with a merit degree. He has passed some
courses held for IELTS examiner candidates.

Preface
This book is the result of over 10 years of teaching IELTS writing skills in Rah
Pouyandegan Language School as well as a couple of other institutes in
Mashhad. I must confess that some excerpts are chosen from different other
books. I was not very resourceful when it came to finding pictorials. As a result
I used parts of their printed material. My purpose here was to create a to-the-
point and complete account of how task 1 and task 2 of IELTS writing modules
should be dealt with. Most books I have taught are either not cohesively sound
or unnecessarily detailed. When it comes to exam preparation in Iran, the
milestone is concision and simplicity. This set of materials attempt to prepare
individuals within the context of a classroom or in the comfort of their homes for
those who prefer to self-study.
Alireza Ramedani
Winter, 2012

Acknowledgement
I must thank the management of Rah Pouyandegan International Language
School as well as all my coworkers for their support in the process of compiling
this piece of work.

Dear Teachers and Students,
The IELTS Academic Task 1 Writing is not an easy part of the exam. Describing a
graph well in 20 minutes is not something most people can do straight away whether
they are English speakers or not. The fact that it is in a foreign language for you as well
does not help. Practice is the magic word though. Even good English users need
practice with IELTS practice tests and it could mean all the difference between pass
and fail. There is limited practice available and it's quite expensive.
The Task for the IELTS Academic Task 1 Writing
Basically the IELTS Academic Task 1 Writing is an information transfer task related to
the factual content of an input text, graph, table or diagram. It can be combinations of
these inputs. Usually you will have to describe the information given in 1, 2 or 3 inputs
but sometimes you will have to describe a process shown in a diagram. Here you are
required to write a minimum of 150 words.