Transport and car use in Edmonton

The diagrams below give information on transport and car use in Edmonton. 

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

The pie chart shows four modes of transport in Edmonton and the percentage use of each by people living in the city.

The table illustrates the reasons why the residents of Edmonton use their cars.

Overall, cars are used in preference to other means of transport.

The principal reason why people use their cars in the city is commuting to work.

It is clear from the percentages shown in the pie chart, that travel by car is the highest figure, at 45%.

This is followed by LRT at 35%, while travel by bus or taxi each represent only 10%.

The table compares five reasons why people use their cars in Edmonton.

The reasons given relate mainly to work, with a figure of 55% for commuting and 45% for business.

However, taking children to school is also high on the list, at 40%.

Using the car for shopping is recorded at 15% and the same figure is given for leisure activities.

Sample #20

As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom.

model answer:

There have been immense advances in technology in most aspects of people's lives, especially in the field of education.

Nowadays, an increasing number of students rely on computers to research for information and to produce a perfect paper for school purposes.

Others have decided to leave the original way of learning to get knowledge through online schools.

These changes in the learning process have brought a special concern regarding the possible decrease of importance of teachers in the classroom.

Some people believe the role of teachers started to fade because computers have been helping some students to progress in their studies quicker than when compared with an original classroom.

For example, in the same classroom, students have different intellectual capacities, thus some would be tied to a slow advance in their studies because of others’ incapacity of understanding.

In this way, pupils could progress in their acquisition of knowledge at their own pace using computers instead of learning from teachers.

However, the presence of a teacher is essential for students because the human contact influences them in positive ways.

Firstly, students realize that they are not dealing with a machine but with a human being who deserves attention and respect.

They also learn the importance of studying in group and respect other students, which helps them to improve their social skills.

Moreover, teachers are required in the learning process because they acknowledge some student's deficiencies and help them to solve their problems by repeating the same explanation, giving extra exercises or even suggesting a private tutor.

Hence, students can have a bigger chance not to fail in a subject.

In conclusion, the role for teachers in the learning process is still very important and it will continue to be in the future because no machine can replace the human interaction and its consequences.