Imagine
that you are doing a project on what young people in Zetland mainly
expect from university education. You have found some data on the
subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the table
below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on
the subject of the project.
The opinion poll question:
What
do you mainly expect from university education?
Expectations:
Learning about a future job 54%
Trying what your future job is
like 18%
An interesting social life 16%
Making useful
connections 7%
Improving communication skills 5%
Write 200-250 words.
Use the following plan:
make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
select and report 2-3 facts;
make 1-2 comparisons where relevant and give your comments;
outline a problem that can arise with studying at a university and suggest a way of solving it;
conclude by giving and explaining your opinion on the importance of university education for young people.
University education is an important period in young people’s life. I am doing a project on what young people in Zetland mainly expect from university education. I have found a table with the results of some opinion polls. I am going to comment on the data and express my opinion on the subject of the project.
According to the table, 18% of the surveyed young Zetlanders expect to try what their future job is like. Another point to consider is that 16% of the respondents believe that they will have an interesting social life at university. It is also clear that 7% of those surveyed mainly expect to make useful connections from university education.
Looking more closely at the table, I can note than an option ‘Learning about a future job’ (54%) as young people’ s expectation about university education is 49% more popular than