1- The bar graph below shows the different levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men

and women who held them in 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Introductory statement: The graph illustrates the number of males and females who reached different levels of post school tertiary education in Australia in 1999. Overview: In general, both genders had the possibility to gain a post school qualification although some diplomas were preferred by men and others by women. Overall, while a greater quantity of under-graduate degrees and diplomas were held by women in 1999, males tended to dominate masters degrees and postgrad diplomas. Similiarly, the holders of skilled vocational diplomas were overwhelmingly male. Nine out of ten men had a skilled vocational diploma, while just ten percent of women reached that degree and was the least chosen by them. The second diploma with more number of males was the Postgraduate one, which seventy percent of them had. On the contrary, three out of ten female studied a postgraduate course. A masters degree was also required by man with sixty percent, whereas forty percent of women had one. Six-tenths of those who achieved a masters degree were male, whereas only forty percent of women had one. In contrast, there were two the number of diplomas chosen by a large number of female,

Two of the courses mentioned had a higher proportion of females, namely the undergraduate diploma, in which the percentage of women was double that of males and the Bachelors degree where forty five percent of women had it against fifty five per cent of males. the undergraduate diploma in which the number of women doubled the number of males and the Bachelors degree where forty five percent of women had it against fifty five per cent of male.

2. Digital means such as computers and mobile phones are used by many people today to record ideas or share them with others. Some argue that this has a negative effect on peoples writing skills. What is your opinion?
Communication has an essential role in society, in the past people learned and developed their writing skill in order to share their ideas in a written way. Using a pen and a piece of paper was the main way for individuals to divulge thoughts, intentions, plans, resolutions and general information. Meanwhile today, technology has changed dramatically the method human beings use to that purpose and it is through devices such as computers and smartphones that the ideas are shared. First and foremost, technological companies have made great efforts in order to make life easier. The creation of better digital equipment means that the human race has powerful tools in order to express their ideas in a creative, organized and standard form by taking advantage of the keyboard on a computer or a mobile phone. In addition, the information can be available almost immediately because just a click is required to send it, using an internet connection, to anyone anyplace in the world. Furthermore, different programs to communicate are likely to be implemented, words are just one part of this process, and the majority of individuals who are fans of electronics might take pictures and videos to complement their ideas, that is why tech companies have been innovating and creating new applications and programs to be run on mobiles and on computers. What is more is that the latest smartphone allows people to write on its screen using your fingers as a pen.

In my opinion, the writing skills of people cannot be affected by the usage of electronic devices for communications, in fact, I strongly think that by being able to use such devices, people have the opportunity to develop other abilities without losing their capability of writing down by hand when the want to do so.