Scribd
Upload
233 views

Transcoding - Bar Diagram

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.

Uploaded by

Samyak Doshi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
233 views

Transcoding - Bar Diagram

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.

Uploaded by

Samyak Doshi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 17

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

You might also like