Reading Chart and Graph
English for Bussiness
Created by Bunga Astra Gracia, S.Sos., M.M.
English for Business
Meeting Material Meeting Material
1 Review of Tenses 8 Bussiness Telephoning
2 Making Arrangement 9 Exchanging & Checking
Information
3 Request & Inquiry Letter 10 Dealing with Complain
4 Order & Sales Letter 11 Job Description
5 Introduction Company & 12 Job Advertisement
yourself
6 Presentation Skills 13 Application Letter & CV
7 Trends : Chart and 14 Job Interview
Graph
Reading Charts and Graphs
When we usually read Chart and Graph there are 3
main part of information to remember
1. The introduction
“This Graphs show..…”
“ This Chart represents….”
2. The topic
“….the total number of sales…”
“…the result of our product effectiveness..”
3. The time frame
“…over the past 3 months…”
“…..between 2010 and 2013…”
There are 4 basic trends for Graph
• Upward movement
• Downward movement
• No Movement
• Change in Direction
Graph can vary in DEGREE
• A little
• Little by little
• Moderately
• Significantly
• Considerably
• substantially
Graph can also vary in SPEED
• Slowly
• Slightly
• Gradually
• Rapidly
• dramatically
Example
“ This Graph shows sales of product X from January to December
2012. As you can see, overall sales have increased gradually from
10.000 units in January to 25.000 units in December. Sales
decreased slightly between May and June, but grew from August
to October …”
Example
Example
This Graph shows the new home sales from March
2012 to December 2013
As you can see, sales fluctuated all year. The
peaked in March and January at 465K sales, but soon
sales dropped suddenly in June
Sales quickly recovered by September where
reached 460K once again
Exercises :
• What does the line graph show?
• How can you describe the number of sales between
January to February?
• In which month did sales peak?
Exercises :
• In which month did sales drop to the lowest?
• Did sales in this month drop : slightly moderately
significantly ?
Exercises :
• In which month did sales decline significantly?
• In which month did sales soar/ skyrocket?
