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'''How to present a graph''' (Analyse von Tabellen und Grafiken) - neben der Fähigkeit, eine Tabelle oder Grafik zu verstehen und zu interpretieren, muss auch das entsprechende Fachvokabular eingeübt werden.
Quite often there is a '''graph''' a '''table''' or a '''chart'''. Here we can learn to
* '''understand'''
* '''analyse''' and
* '''interpret'''


== Vokabular ==
these charts.
=== Arten von Graphen ===


<center>
== Type of charts ==
{|width="40%" class="wikitable sortable"  
* A '''line chart''' shows changes over a period of time, showing data and trends.
!width="50%"| Deutsch
* A (vertical or horizontal) '''bar chart''' is used to compare different items.
!width="50%"| Englisch
* A '''pie chart''' displays the size of each part as a percentage of a whole.
* A '''table''' is a convenient way to show a large amount of data in a small space.
* A '''diagram''' is a drawing showing arrangements and situations, such as networks, distribution, fluctuation ...
* A '''flow chart''' is a diagram that represents a workflow or process. A flowchart can also be defined as a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm,
 
'''Can you find the matching pairs?'''
 
<div class="memo-quiz" lang="en">
{|  
| flow chart || [[file:Calligra Flow icon.svg|125px]]
|-
| pie chart || [[File:JFreeChart 3D pie chart sample.svg|125px]]
|-
| bar chart || [[File:Bar graph.png|125px]]
|-
| line chart || [[File:Oxygen480-actions-office-chart-line-stacked.svg|125px]]
|-
| table || [[File:Table icon.svg|125px]]
|-
| diagram || [[File:Faenza-x-dia-diagram.svg|125px]]
|}
</div>
 
[[File:Graphs-vocabulary.svg|400px]]
{{clear}}
'''Can you find the correct terms?'''
<div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
This is a line graph with two lines. One is a ''solid'' line (3). The other is a ''broken'' line (4) - you can use this if you can't use different colors. A ''dotted'' line (number 5) is often used to show projections into the future.
 
* The horizontal ''x-axis'' (2) shows often the timeline.
* the vertical ''y-axis'' (1) has got a ''scale'' (6) with units.
</div>
 
== Presenting a Graph ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Introduction !! Topic !! Circumstances   
|-
|-
|Flussdiagramm ||flow chart
| This graph shows … || the results of our products … || over 10 years.
|-
|-
|Tortendiagramm ||pie chart
| The diagram outlines … || the rates of economic growth … || between 2020 and today.
|-
|-
|Balkendiagramm ||bar chart
| This table lists …  || the top ten agencies … || in the industrial world.       
|-
|-
|Balkendiagramm ||line chart
| This pie chart represents…  || the company's turnover …  || for this year in our sector.       
|-
|-
|Tabelle ||table
| This line chart shows … || the changes in sales … ||over the past year.
|-
|-
|Netz ||network
| This chart breaks down … || the sales of each salesman  …|| during the past ten weeks.       
|}</center>
|}
 
== Trends ==
=== ⇗ Upward Movement ===
<div class="grid">
<div class="width-1-2">
verbs
* (to) go up
* (to) extend, (to) expand
* (to) grow
* (to) increase
* (to) raise
* (to) rise (rose, risen)
* (to) progress
* (to) push/put/step up
* (to) boom/soar/climb
* (to) jump, (to) skyrocket   
* (to) reach a peak, (to) peak   
* (to) reach an all-time high       
</div>
<div class="width-1-2">
nouns:
&nbsp;<br>
* (an) extension, expansion   
* (an) increase
* (a) growth
* (a) raise (US), a rise (UK)<br><bR>
* (a) progression<br><br>
* (an) upswing
* (a) boom
* (a) jump 
* (a) peak
</div>
</div>
 
=== ⇘ Downward Movement  ===
<div class="grid">
<div class="width-1-2">
verbs
* (to) go down
* (to) cut
* (to) decrease
* (to) decline
* (to) drop (off)
* (to) fall (off) (fall, fell, fallen)
* (to) reduce
* (to) plunge, to plummet
* (to) collapse
* (to) slump, (to) go bust
* (to) bottom out
</div>
<div class="width-1-2">
nouns:
* (a) cut
* (a) decrease, (a) downswing
* (a) decline
* (a) drop
* (a) fall
* (a) plunge
* (a) reduction
* (a) collapse (dramatic fall)
* (a) slump
</div>
</div>
 
=== ⇒ No Movement ===
<div class="grid">
<div class="width-1-2">
verbs
* (to) keep ... stable
* (to) remain stable
* (to) hold ... constant
* (to) stay constant
* (to) stabilize
* (to) stand at
* (to) remain steady
</div>
<div class="width-1-2">
nouns:
* stability
</div>
</div>
 
=== ⮍ CHANGE OF DIRECTION ===
<div class="grid">
<div class="width-1-2">
verbs
* (to) level off
* (to) level off/out, to flatten out
* (to) stop falling/rising
* (to) stop rising and start falling
</div>
<div class="width-1-2">
nouns:
* (a) levelling-off
* (a) change
</div>
</div>


=== Interactive Exercises ===
[[File:Different-graphs.svg|left|Graphs and trends]]
{{clear}}
'''Look at the graphs and match graph and sentence.'''
<div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
{|
|-
| A. The investment level rose suddenly. || ''Graph 3''
|-
| B. The sales fell slightly in the final quarter. || ''Graph 7''
|-
| C. The R&D budget has stabilized over the past few years. || ''Graph 8''
|-
| D.  At the end of the first year, sales stood at 50 per cent of the present level. || ''Graph 1''
|-
| E.  The price peaked before falling a little and then maintaining the same level.|| ''Graph 6''
|-
| F.  There has been a steady increase in costs over several years.|| ''Graph 4''
|-
| G.  The sudden collapse in share prices has surprised everyone.|| ''Graph 2''
|-
| H.  The share value has steadily declined.|| ''Graph 5''
|}
</div>
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{{How to}}
== See also ==
* [[Diagramme auswerten und interpretieren]]
== Weblinks ==
== Weblinks ==
* [http://englishonline.free.fr/GrammarAndHelp/HowToComGraph/ComGraphDoc.htm  How to comment about a visual aid]
:Presenting a graph (''flow chart'', ''pie chart'', ''bar chart'' etc.), vocabulary (this graph ''shows'', ''outlines'', ''lists'', ''depicts'' etc.) the four basic trends (''upward movement'', ''downward movement'', ''no movement'', ''change in direction'') - anschauliche Seite mit Einsetzübungen
* [http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english/graphs/index.htm Writing about Graphs] (Abu Dhabi Men's College)
:Viele Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen
*[http://adw.hct.ac.ae/site_ilc/sites_ielts/graphsite/index.htm Line Graph Glossary] (Abu Dhabi Women's College)
* [http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/bltrends.htm Business Lesson Describing Trends] (about.com)
*[http://www.eslflow.com/describinggraphstables.html Linkliste] (eslflow.com)
*[http://www.eslflow.com/describinggraphstables.html Linkliste] (eslflow.com)
*[http://www.weberberg.de/skool/cartoons.html Linkliste bei weberberg.de]
* [http://bees4work.pbworks.com/f/Company+Trends+Student.pdf Describing Trends] (onestopEnglish.com)


== Siehe auch ==
* [[Analyse von Tabellen und Grafiken]]
* [[Arbeitstechniken]]
* [[Diagramme]]
* [[Methoden für den Englischunterricht]]
* [[Englisch/Wortschatz]]


 
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Aktuelle Version vom 8. Juni 2022, 06:00 Uhr

Quite often there is a graph a table or a chart. Here we can learn to

  • understand
  • analyse and
  • interpret

these charts.

Type of charts

  • A line chart shows changes over a period of time, showing data and trends.
  • A (vertical or horizontal) bar chart is used to compare different items.
  • A pie chart displays the size of each part as a percentage of a whole.
  • A table is a convenient way to show a large amount of data in a small space.
  • A diagram is a drawing showing arrangements and situations, such as networks, distribution, fluctuation ...
  • A flow chart is a diagram that represents a workflow or process. A flowchart can also be defined as a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm,

Can you find the matching pairs?

flow chart Calligra Flow icon.svg
pie chart JFreeChart 3D pie chart sample.svg
bar chart Bar graph.png
line chart Oxygen480-actions-office-chart-line-stacked.svg
table Table icon.svg
diagram Faenza-x-dia-diagram.svg

Graphs-vocabulary.svg

Can you find the correct terms?

This is a line graph with two lines. One is a solid line (3). The other is a broken line (4) - you can use this if you can't use different colors. A dotted line (number 5) is often used to show projections into the future.

  • The horizontal x-axis (2) shows often the timeline.
  • the vertical y-axis (1) has got a scale (6) with units.

Presenting a Graph

Introduction Topic Circumstances
This graph shows … the results of our products … over 10 years.
The diagram outlines … the rates of economic growth … between 2020 and today.
This table lists … the top ten agencies … in the industrial world.
This pie chart represents… the company's turnover … for this year in our sector.
This line chart shows … the changes in sales … over the past year.
This chart breaks down … the sales of each salesman … during the past ten weeks.

Trends

⇗ Upward Movement

verbs

  • (to) go up
  • (to) extend, (to) expand
  • (to) grow
  • (to) increase
  • (to) raise
  • (to) rise (rose, risen)
  • (to) progress
  • (to) push/put/step up
  • (to) boom/soar/climb
  • (to) jump, (to) skyrocket
  • (to) reach a peak, (to) peak
  • (to) reach an all-time high

nouns:  

  • (an) extension, expansion
  • (an) increase
  • (a) growth
  • (a) raise (US), a rise (UK)

  • (a) progression

  • (an) upswing
  • (a) boom
  • (a) jump
  • (a) peak

⇘ Downward Movement

verbs

  • (to) go down
  • (to) cut
  • (to) decrease
  • (to) decline
  • (to) drop (off)
  • (to) fall (off) (fall, fell, fallen)
  • (to) reduce
  • (to) plunge, to plummet
  • (to) collapse
  • (to) slump, (to) go bust
  • (to) bottom out

nouns:

  • (a) cut
  • (a) decrease, (a) downswing
  • (a) decline
  • (a) drop
  • (a) fall
  • (a) plunge
  • (a) reduction
  • (a) collapse (dramatic fall)
  • (a) slump

⇒ No Movement

verbs

  • (to) keep ... stable
  • (to) remain stable
  • (to) hold ... constant
  • (to) stay constant
  • (to) stabilize
  • (to) stand at
  • (to) remain steady

nouns:

  • stability

⮍ CHANGE OF DIRECTION

verbs

  • (to) level off
  • (to) level off/out, to flatten out
  • (to) stop falling/rising
  • (to) stop rising and start falling

nouns:

  • (a) levelling-off
  • (a) change

Interactive Exercises

Graphs and trends


Look at the graphs and match graph and sentence.

A. The investment level rose suddenly. Graph 3
B. The sales fell slightly in the final quarter. Graph 7
C. The R&D budget has stabilized over the past few years. Graph 8
D. At the end of the first year, sales stood at 50 per cent of the present level. Graph 1
E. The price peaked before falling a little and then maintaining the same level. Graph 6
F. There has been a steady increase in costs over several years. Graph 4
G. The sudden collapse in share prices has surprised everyone. Graph 2
H. The share value has steadily declined. Graph 5
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See also

Weblinks

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