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STEP 1: CHECK THESE THREE PARTS CAREFULLY:

1. DESCRlPTıoN

2. T|TLE

3. GRAPH ıTSELF

STEP 2: ANALYSE THESE CAREFULLY:

1. S U BJ ECT: the number of \ \ who _details

the percentage of _ / which_details_
the amoun t ot _ / where details

2. PLACE

3. TıME >>> TENSE

4. other extra info

STEP 3: USE the ıNTRoDUcTloN FORMULA:

The x graph/chart provides statistical data related to

_subject_place time.

(remem ber: PARAPHRAS!NG)

EXAMPLE: BAR CHART (PAGE 1l

1. SUBJECT: the percentage of people who ]ive abroad and have

integration problems
2. PLACE: ---

3. TlME (TENSE): General information (Present Simple)

4. other extra info: 3 age groups, 3 specific integration problems

lNTRODUCTION:
The bar chart provldes statistica l data related to the
percentage of immigrants from three dİfferent age
groups, who reslde in a foreign country and suffer from
three speclflc integration issues.
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FıXED DUTY: Summarize the information by

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comparisons where re|evant.

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(percentage, number, kllowatts, litres etc.)

EXAMPLES:
1) Thepercentage of people increased
dramaticaIly from 7% to 8O96.
2) There was a sharp decline in the
number of students from 50 to 3.
3) A gentle rise of 2% was observed in
the percentage of sales. (rate)
4) A dramatic drop of occured in the
66%
percentage of items exported. (rate)
5) Theamount of electricity consumed
dipped considerably by 45 % (rate)
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number female students from 70 to 10 students.
* The percentage of male students fell considerably by 55%,
in the rate
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of female students.
* The percentage of male students fell considerably by 55%
unlike/in contrast to the rate of females which experienced
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sharp rise of 66%. ;

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* The most dramatic figure etc.

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GENERAL coNCLUSloN + HIGHLlGHT (S)

EXAMPLE (BAR CHART_page 1):

overall, all age groups experience the same

problems to some extent; however,
people
aged 55 and over suffer much more greatly
than others while learning the locat
la nguage.