Task 3 M5 LA3

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TASK 3: UNDERSTAND THE MAIN POINTS OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN CHARTS

Now, we will focus on exploring charts. This type of GOs is also popular to students and
teachers. Therefore, it is necessary for you, as professional EFL teachers, to understand
about how to comprehend and present information in charts.

What are tables? What is the purpose of presenting information in tables? How to read
tables? How are information presented using them?

First, watch these short videos. It provides you with information about what charts are.

 Graphs and charts1

 Types of Graphs. Pamela Shoemaker2

A Bar Charts3

You can display information in the form of a bar chart. Bar charts show data in a visual
and easy to read way.

Below are the results of the survey of ‘Pets owned by people in Tregain Street’ shown as
a bar chart:

A bar chart can be used to compare figures. Below is a bar chart with two bars or
columns for each category (type of pet). This type of bar chart is known as a dual bar
chart. The key on the right-hand side of the bar chart shows that the blue (shaded) bars
represent the men’s answers and the red (lined) bars show the women’s answers.

1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/video/graphs-and-charts
2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ASmUsK_-5w
3
Modified from BBC. (2018). Graphs and charts. Retrieved from Skillswise: English and Maths for Adults:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/graphs-and-charts/resources/e3
Key points

A bar chart needs a title. The title tells you what the bar chart is about. In this example
the title is ‘Survey of pets owned by people in Tregain Street’.

The horizontal axis is the line which goes along the bottom of the chart. It should have a
label. Here the horizontal axis is labelled ‘Types of pet’. Each of the bars should also be
named, for example here they are labelled ‘dog’, ‘cat’ etc.

The vertical axis is the line which goes up the left-hand side of the chart. It too should be
labelled, in this case the label is ‘Number of pets’.

Reading bar charts

To read the bar chart below you need to look at the scale on the vertical axis and then
read across to the top of each bar.

In this bar chart each bar is labelled, and you can read that:

 12 people owned dogs

 6 people owned cats
 7 people owned hamsters
 4 people owned rabbits
 1 person owned other type of pets

If your bar chart does not have lines like those in the above example, then you may need
to use a ruler to help you read across to the scale.
Did you notice the marks on the scale? The difference between each mark on the scale is
2, so we say the scale goes up in divisions of 2. Can you see that the ‘hamster’ bar is half
way between divisions? So, the number of people who own hamsters is halfway
between 6 and 8, which is 7. Sometimes bar charts can be shown with horizontal bars. In
this case, you will need to check the length and not the height of the bars to read the
scale. For example:
Task 3: Understand the main points of information presented in charts

A Do these exercises and quizzes to check your understanding of graphs and charts

Extracting information from bar charts: football results

Answer the following questions using the bar chart above:

No Questions Answers

1. Who scored the most goals? Dimitar

2. How many goals did Carlos score? 19 Goals

3. Which three players scored ten goals? Johan, Wayne, and Salomon

4. How many more goals did Dimitar score 9 Goals

than Didier?

5. How many players scored more than 15 Two players (Carlos and Dimitar)
goals?
Graphs and charts: Entry 3 quiz

LEVEL A

Graph for questions 1-3.

Look at the graph of monthly average temperatures recorded in Jamaica over a
year.

1. Which month had the highest average temperature?

A. June
B. July
C. August
2. Which month had the lowest average temperature?
A. January
B. February
C. March
3. April and May have the same average temperature as June and July.
A. True
B. False
Chart for questions 4-6.
Look at the chart of car sales.
4. Which make of car was the most popular?
A. Nissan
B. Vauxhall
C. Peugeot
D. Toyota
5. Which 2 makes of car sold over 150 each?
A. Toyota and MG Rover
B. Toyota and Vauxhall
C. Vauxhall and Peugeot
D. Peugeot and MG Rover
6. Which was the lowest selling make?
A. Land Rover
B. BMW
C. Jaguar
Text for questions 7 – 10

7. Here's how I spent the past 24 hours? Match the table and pie chart to find out
what I spent the most time on.
A. working
B. sleeping
C. getting dressed
8. I spent more time on meals than travel and getting dressed combined.
A. True
B. False
9. I spent less time watching TV than on doing my household chores.
A. True
B. False
10. What did I spend the least amount of time doing?
A. swimming
B. getting dressed
C. household chores
LEVEL B

1. Choose the graph that best fits with this statement: "House prices rose in
January and February, fell slightly in March and are now holding steady ".

D.

2. Choose the graph that best fits with this statement: "The TV licence has been
frozen for the next 3 years".

A.

3. Choose the graph that best fits with this statement: "This car has excellent
acceleration".

C.

4. Choose the graph that best fits with this statement: "The price of groceries is still
rising".

B.
Venn Diagram fro questions 5 – 8.

5. Look at the Venn diagram. Which country is in the United Kingdom but not in Great Britain?
A. Northern Ireland
B. Republic of Ireland
C. Ireland
6. Look at the Venn diagram. How many countries are in included in the United Kingdom?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
7. From the Venn diagram, can you identify the 2 nations that make up the british Isles?
A. Great Britain and United Kingdom
B. United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
C. Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
D. United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
8. Look at the Venn diagram. Northern Ireland is part of Ireland as well as the United Kingdom.
A. True
B. False
Chart for questions 9 &10

9. What service does the Council spend on the most?

A. Cultural, Environmental and Planning Services
B. Education Services
C. Adult Community Care
10. What percentage of the Council's income is spent on Education?
 A. less than 15%
B. more than on Children and Families
C. less than on "other" services

Now, study this other bar chart carefully to answer the questions listed below.

(1) What does the chart provide information about?

The chart provides the means of transport used by International visitor to New
Zealand during visit
(2) What is the commonest means of transport? What percentages of visitors use it?
The commonest means of transport is car with 69% use a car
(3) Which two means of transport are used almost the same amount? What
percentages of visitors use them?
Plane and Coach are used almost the same amount with 32% of plane and 31% of
coach
(4) What is the fourth most popular means of transport? What percentages of visitors
use it?
The fourth most popular means of transport is Train with 20% visitors use it.
(5) Which means of transport is used least? What percentages of visitors use it?
Boat is used least with 8% of visitors use it.
(6) Overall, which is more popular: private transport or public transport?
Private transport is more popular than public transport.

B Line and Pie Charts

In the previous section, you have studied about Bar Chart. Now, learn also about other types
of charts: the line and pie charts here.
 Extracting and interpreting data from line graphs
 Pie charts
 Analyzing Graphs, Diagrams and Statistics. Blue

Now, let’s check how much you understand the lessons. Do the following exercises. When
you finish, check your answer with the answer key.
Reading line graphs

Answer these questions based on the line chart that follows.

(1) What information does the chart provide?
The chart provides the information about montly temperature of three cities for one
year
(2) What is the most possible purpose of the chart?
To describe to compare it temperature changes of three cities in a year.
(3) Which month has the highest average monthly temperature in the three cities?
What is the temperature height?
June is the highest average monthly temperature in three cities and it is 34 0C.
(4) Which month has the lowest temperature in Cairo? What is the average temperature
for Singapore for the same month?
It is January in Cairo. It is 260C in Singapore
(5) Which city has the most extreme temperature difference throughout the year? What
is the minimum temperature? What is its highest one?
New Delhi has the most extreme temperature difference throughout the year. The
minimun temperature is 140C. The highest one is 340C.
(6) Which city has the most stable temperature? What is the lowest temperature for this
city? When does it happen?
Singapore has the most stable temperature. The lowest temperatue for this city is
260C. It happens in January.

Reading pie charts

Answer these questions based on the pie chart that follows. Match the questions in the
right column with the best answer from the right column.
(1) What is the main reason for visiting New  for a holiday
Zealand?
(2) What percentages of visitors go to New  29%
Zealand to see friends and family?
(3) What does the figure 13% refer to?  the number of people who
go to New Zealand on
business
(4) What is meant by other on the chart?  other reasons
(5) In general, do more people visit New Zealand  for pleasure
for work or pleasure?