The chart compares the changes that took place between 2001 and 2006 in relation to the percentage of overseas students who graduated from universities in Canada. In 2001, the proportion of students from other countries who graduated in Canada ranged from three percent in Ontario to seven percent in New Brunswick. Nova Scotia had the second highest percentage at 6.5. Five years later, the figures for most provinces had risen by two to three percent, with the exception of Alberta. There, figures fell by one percent to just over four percent. A closer look at the chart reveals that significant growth occurred in New Brunswick, where the figures rose from seven to just under 12 percent. However, the biggest increase took place in British Columbia, where the percentage of graduates more than doubled,  reaching almost 11 percent in 2006. over this five-year period, some parts of Canada experienced a considerable increase in their proportion of overseas graduates, although New Brunswick remained  the province with the highest percentage overall

Bài mẫu band 8.0+ cho đề thi ngày 12/12/2015

Topic:
People should follow the customs and traditions when people start to live in a new country. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Sample band 8.0+

Upon commencing(1) a new life in a foreign country, people often face a dilemma(2) of whether they should stick to their cultural values or adhere to(3) the local lifestyle. Although living up to the standards(4) of one’s cultural background is legitimate on a certain level, I still believe that adaptation to the host country’s traditional practices(5) is sorely essential to immigrants. 

On the one hand, I agree that under various circumstances the adoption of new ways of living seems to be a headache, especially when it comes to long-standing values and religious matters(6). For example, an Asian family who has moved to the US would find public kissing highly inappropriate as they were taught how to express their emotions differently during their early phase of childhood. Such a standard has been profoundly imprinted on(7) their minds and can hardly be compromised. Additionally, the existence of unique cultural beauty within immigrants’ communities would be put at stake(8). When people are exposed to foreign lifestyles(9) every day, there is a chance of complete cultural assimilation(10) which potentially leads to the disappearance of traditional beliefs and behaviors among certain groups of expatriates(11).

On the other hand, I am inclined to the idea of immigrants’ adjustment(12) to their way of living in order to fit in the local community. The first point worthy of note is that such adaptation would help those people integrate(13) more quickly into the new setting. Obviously if a person leads a bizarre lifestyle(14), he will not be able to get on well with(15) his neighbors.Compliance with(16) the host nation’s social norms and conventions(17) can also eradicate the worry of social conflicts(18). Expatriates who are unwilling to adhere to the new cultural ideas and behaviors might have to face the hostility(19) from the locals and suffer from the sense of isolation(20) from society. 

In the light of both possible responses to such the matter of cultural adherence from immigrants as analyzed above, it seems to me that expatriates should learn to adapt themselves to live in harmony(21) in the exotic community bycomplying with(22) its traditional conventions. 
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Useful vocabulary & expressions:
1. To commence sth: Bắt đầu cái gì đó
2. To face a dilemma: Đối mặt với tình huống khó xử
3. To adhere to: Tuân theo cái gì
4. To live up to the standards: Sống theo chuẩn mực nào đó
5. Adaptation to the host country’s traditional practices: Sự thích ứng với những tục lệ truyền thống của quốc gia mới
6. Long-standing values and religious matters: Những giá trị lâu đời và những vấn đề tôn giáo
7. To be imprinted in/on: Hằn sâu vào tâm lý ai đó
8. To be put at stake: Trong tình hình nguy hiểm
9. To be exposed to foreign lifestyles: Tiếp xúc với lối sống nước ngoài
10. Cultural assimilation: Sự hòa nhập văn hóa
11. Expatriate: Người di cư
12. Adjustment: Sự điều chỉnh
13. To integrate into: Hòa nhập vào cộng đồng
14. To lead a bizarre lifestyle: Có lối sống kì lạ
15. To get on well with: Hòa đồng với ai đó
16. Compliance with: Sự tuân theo cái gì
17. Social norms and conventions: Những ý niệm
18. Hostility: Sự hằn học
19. The sense of isolation: Cảm giác bị cô lập
20. To live in harmony: Sống hòa hợp
21. To comply with: Tuân theo cái gì

Topic:
In many countries, government spent a large amount of money on improving internet access. Why is it happening and do you think it is the most appropriate use of government money?

Bài mẫu band 8.0

A huge proportion of national budget is allocated to providing people with easier access to the Internet. There are several reasons for such spending and, in my view, this is not the most suitable way to use state money.

The government understand how the Internet benefits the lives of their citizens and also the limitation of access to the network in a number of places across their countries. The Internet has proven powerful in dispensing educational services and general knowledge about all aspects of life, not to mention the fact that it could facilitate communication between even continents. There is no arguing why governments pay much heed to the development of the network, just as to boost the overall quality of life for their people. Additionally, perhaps the inaccessibility of the Internet in many areas, especially disadvantaged ones for which mountainous villages in Vietnam could be brought up as a prime example, has the government draw a conclusion to pour their money into improving the Internet.

Much as those analyzed points above, I still believe large financial spending on such a field could, sometimes, be seen as unproductive or even counter-productive. In fact, only half of the world population has Internet connection; and even if the government were able to expand the network, it would be, I believe, hardly reachable for the rest of the world for the time being. The result would not be equivalent to the enormous amount of governmental funding. Instead, there are some other areas that authorities could invest in as a pre-requisite complement before supplying a widespread network. Constructing schools and deploying qualified teachers to areas that are used to the absence of the Internet and are unaware of the benefits it might offer could be more promising.

In conclusion, there are two main explanations for governments’ special attention to improving the Internet access; and I think this is not the most optimal way to spend money.

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Useful vocabulary:

1. A huge proportion of national budget: Một phần lớn ngân sách nhà nước

2. To dispense educational services and general knowledge about all aspects of life: đem đến những dịch vụ giáo dục và kiến thức chung về tất cả các khía cạnh của cuộc sống

3. To pour their money into improving the Internet: Đổ tiền vào nâng cấp Internet

4. To be equivalent to the enormous amount of governmental funding: Cân xứng với khối lượng kinh phí khổng lồ từ chính phủ

5. To be used to the absence of the Internet: Quen với việc không có Internet