i. Review and analyze related texts. While reading descriptions of tables/figures, pay attention to how professional authors write.

ii. See how professional authors select the significant and comparable results.

iii. Focus on how they present the information.

iv. Analyze how they organize their description.

v. Focus on their use of academic and technical vocabulary.

vi. See how professionals use language accurately.

i. You will find writing handbooks (such as the first four units in the writing section of Jakeman, V. & McDowell, C. (2008). New insight into IELTS. Cambridge: CUP) useful.

ii. You will also find online sources useful for improving your writing. Check out the following, for instance: http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/ielts-table.html, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/

iii. Improve your grammar skills using books (such as Azar and Hagen’s English Grammar series published by Pearson Longman) and online materials (such as http://www.myenglishlab.com/azar.html; https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/15-common-grammar-gripes-avoid.html; and https://www.quill.org/)

i. Practice makes perfect. There are very helpful online sources that help you practice writing for free, such as https://www.elanguages.ac.uk/los/eap/introduction_to_describing_graphs_and_tables.html