IBS Cambridge

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

WELCOME TO THE LESSON

AGENDA FOR TODAY:

- ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING 

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH

- (BRAIN TEASERS)

- DESCRIBING TRENDS

CENTRAL EXAM INVITATION

- Everyone got their invite with all the information from examenbureau generieke vakken?

- When is your exam?

- Do you have any questions?

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH UPDATE

- General English (you can follow B2/C1 course at Deltion and later take the exam). This requires some additional time for self-study 

- Cambridge Business (preparation for this exam during lessons, you can sign up for this exam in April next year and take it sometime in June)

www.cambridgeenglish.org

www.cambridgeenglish.org

BRAIN TEASERS

- You will get a sheet of paper with 2 riddles to solve.

Good luck!!!

WELCOME TO THE LESSON

PLAN FOR TODAY:

- PRESENTATIONS?

- YOU NEED 1 MORE GRADE (formatief toets 2)

- DESCRIBING TRENDS/CHARTS (toets 2 - 22 juni)

DESCRIBING TRENDS

The topic for today is analyzing charts/graphs and decribing trends

Probably in the future you will need to present some business figures/data

WHAT KIND OF VISUAL AIDS can we use do describe figures/trends?

What is this chart called?

What is this chart called?

What is this chart called?

INTRODUCING VISUAL AID

This pie chart/bar chart/table/line chart/graph

SHOWS....

OUTLINES....

DEPICTS....

ILLUSTRATES.....

the company's turnover/results between 1990 and 2010.

DESCRIBING TRENDS

After that introductory sentence it's time to observe/describe some trends we see on the chart.

• UPWARD MOVEMENT 
• DOWNWARD MOVEMENT
• NO MOVEMENT
• CHANGE IN DIRECTION

DESCRIBING TRENDS

words to describe
upward trends
(increase...)

UPWARD TREND

• increase
• go up
• rise
• grow
• reach a peak
• surge
• skyrocket 

DOWNWARD TREND

words to describe
downward trend
(decrease)

DOWNWARD TREND

• decrease
• fall
• plunge
• plummet
• go down
• decline
• drop 

NO MOVEMENT

• keep/remain stable
• hold... constant
• stablize

CHANGE OF DIRECTION

• bottom out
• level off/flatten out
• stop falling/rising

PRACTICE TIME - 

WELCOME TO THE LESSON

PLAN FOR TODAY:

Your results from the central exam 

describing trends (revision and extra practice) 

REVISION

Let's see how much you still remember from the last lesson about describing trends 

forms.office.com

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRACTICE DESCRIBING CHARTS BY DOING A WRITING OR A SPEAKING ACTIVITY?

1. WRITING
2. SPEAKING

DESCRIBING CHARTS - steps

DESCRIPTION - step by step

1. Introduce the  graph.

Write what it illustrates (what does each line represent?)

2. Give an overview.

Briefly summarize what happens on the graph

3. Analyze trends 

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY

Describe the graph and upload your answer in FORMS (link on the following slide)

Write around 100 - 150 words

forms.office.com

WHAT IS IT?

1. FLOW CHART
2. PIE CHART
3. DIAGRAM

WHAT IS IT?

1. BAR CHART
2. TABLE
3. PIE CHART
4. LINE CHART

WHAT IS IT?

1. BAR CHART
2. PIE CHART
3. LINE CHART

DESCRIPTIONS

Thanks for your assignments

DISCUSSING TRENDS 

Open your books on page 108

DISCUSSING TRENDS - group/pairwork

HOUSE PRICES

NUMBER OF OLDER AND YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION

RESULTS IN SCHOOLS

UNEMPLOYMENT

IMMIGRATION

INTEREST RATES

groupwork/pairwork

- do some quick research online

- find a suitable chart/graph

- prepare your analysis

- present

www.cbs.nl

HOMEWORK

ex 4 and 5 p.111

QUIZ TIME

- Different code for LessonUp