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    The document provides tips for describing numerical data in writing, including using sequencing words, anaphoric reference, academic vocabulary, and sentence structure. It discusses the main writing skills of describing numerical data, identifying differences and similarities, comparing and contrasting, and identifying and describing trends. It then gives an example of how to summarize a bar diagram showing changing commuting patterns in London from 1960 to 2000 by train, car, tube, and bus.

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    The document provides tips for describing numerical data in writing, including using sequencing words, anaphoric reference, academic vocabulary, and sentence structure. It discusses the main writing skills of describing numerical data, identifying differences and similarities, comparing and contrasting, and identifying and describing trends. It then gives an example of how to summarize a bar diagram showing changing commuting patterns in London from 1960 to 2000 by train, car, tube, and bus.

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    The document provides tips for describing numerical data in writing, including using sequencing words, anaphoric reference, academic vocabulary, and sentence structure. It discusses the main writing skills of describing numerical data, identifying differences and similarities, comparing and contrasting, and identifying and describing trends. It then gives an example of how to summarize a bar diagram showing changing commuting patterns in London from 1960 to 2000 by train, car, tube, and bus.

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    Transcoding – Bar diagram

    • Dr. K. Anbazhagan
    Some tips for describing data
    • Coherence – use sequencing words
    e.g. Firstly, Secondly, Finally
    • Cohesion – use anaphoric reference
    e.g. "this", "it", “they", "and", "but" and synonyms
    • Vocabulary – use a wide range of appropriate and
    academic vocabulary
    • Sentence Structure –short and compact but not
    simplistic
    e.g. correct use of relative clauses.
    The main writing skills includes

    • Describing numerical data

    • Identifying differences and similarities

    • Comparing and contrasting

    • Identifying and describing trends


    Use of transport in London
    Preparation

    • Identify the main trends for each mode.

    • Identify any sudden change in increase or


    decrease.

    • Are there any consistent increase or decrease?

    • Does anything seem particularly significant?


    • Are there any clear relationships between
    modes and percentage of commuters?
    Model answer
    • Paragraph -1 Introduction
    • The graph shows the changing patterns in
    commuting by train, car, tube or bus for
    commuters in London in the years 1960,
    1980 and 2000.
    • The introductory paragraph states the main
    purpose of the chart, paraphrasing the writer's
    own words.
    Use of trains
    Paragraph 2 - Trains
    • The number of people using trains at first
    rose from just under 20% in 1960 to about
    26% in 1980, but then fell back to about
    23% in 2000.
    Use of Tubes
    Paragraph -3 Tubes

    • Use of the tube has been relatively stable,


    falling from around 27% of commuters in
    1960 to 22% in 1980, but climbing back to
    reach 25% by 2000.
    Use of Cars and Buses
    Paragraph 4 Use of Buses and Cars

    • On the other hand, the use of cars increased


    steadily from just over 5% in 1960 to 23%
    in 1980, reaching almost 40% by 2000,
    whereas the popularity of buses has
    declined since 1960, falling from just under
    35% in 1960 to 27% in 1980 and only 15%
    in 2000
    Conclusion
    Paragraph 5

    • The concluding paragraph summarises

    the main findings of the chart


    Comparison
    • The graph indicates the growing use of cars
    for commuting to work between 1960
    ─2000, and the corresponding decline in the
    popularity of buses from being the most
    popular mode of transport in 1960 to the
    least popular in 2000.
    Writing skills required

    • Describing numerical data

    • Identifying differences and similarities

    • Comparing and contrasting

    • Identifying and describing trends


    Thanks

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