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Week 3 - Pie Graphs

The document provides guidance on describing pie charts, including common language used such as "the pie chart shows" or "the chart provides information about". It also gives examples of proportions like "a quarter", "a half", and "a third" that can be used. Sample descriptions are given for different pie charts, with guidance on highlighting the largest and smallest portions and summarizing the overall data presented.

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Week 3 - Pie Graphs

The document provides guidance on describing pie charts, including common language used such as "the pie chart shows" or "the chart provides information about". It also gives examples of proportions like "a quarter", "a half", and "a third" that can be used. Sample descriptions are given for different pie charts, with guidance on highlighting the largest and smallest portions and summarizing the overall data presented.

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BAHASA INGGRIS LISAN

Pie Chart
A. What is a Pie Chart?
• A pie chart is a circular graph that is divided into sections to
demonstrate numerical proportions. Each slice the pie chart
shows the quantity/proportion of section it represents.

• This chart illustrates how many quantities of one data element,


the bigger the slice, the more data for that element.

• Pie chart is also very widely used in the business world as this
chart can easily show the most popular and least popular data.
B. Common Language Used to Describe Pie Chart

1. Introducing the graph

• The pie chart shows information on ….

• The chart provides information about …

• The above chart explain about …

• The pie chart describes ….

Note: You can also use other verbs such as give, illustrate, compare, draw to introduce
your chart.
B. Common Language Used to Describe Pie Chart
2. Useful phrases

All fraction and proportion phrases given in chapter 1 can also be used in describing a pie
chart.
73-74%- nearly three quarters/Approximately three quarters
23-24%- Nearly one quarter/almost a quarter
51%- just over a half
67%- just over two third
19% - just under one fifth
1-3%- a small fraction
80%- a large/significant fraction
73%- a large/significant proportion
16% a small minority/proportion
3%- an insignificant minority/portion
B. Common Language Used to Describe Pie Chart
3. Useful Expressions
• Here are some examples of how to arrange your word for describing large portion in pie
chart:
 It is clearly seen that Young learners get the largest fraction of the social media users,
while kids is the smallest.
 The Sales of our new product stood at 56% in June 2021.
 It is nearly a third = the percentage is around 60%
 It is over a half of ……. = the percentage is around 51-54%
 Here are some examples of how to arrange your word for describing large portion in pie
chart:
• A small proportion
• Exactly 29% of the respondents
• Around a quarter of the people = the percentage is around 25%
• The sales for June were only 11%
B. Common Language Used to Describe Pie Chart

4. Telling proportion

A quarter 25% ¼
A half 50% ½
A third 33% 1/3
Two thirds 66% 2/3
Three quarters 75% ¾
Two Fifths 40% 2/5
One fifth 20% 1/5
C. How to Describe a Pie Chart

1. When you want to present a data in form of pie chart, it will be better for you to group
the data into two group.
2. Identify the major trend of the information in the pie chart (which one is the major
group)
3. Find out if you have similar portion of information in your pie chart.
4. When you present data in a pie chart, you can do the following things:

 read the heading of you pie chart. Tell the audience, what is the pie chart about.
 show the connection of each portion in the chart. You can focus on the similarities and
differences.
 Highlight the most important proportion of the data presented. Which one is the
biggest and the smallest. Mention the percentage.
 Last you can summarize the data presented in the pie chart
D. Sample of Pie Chart
The description for the above pie chart can be as follows:
E. Exercise

Look at the following pie chart. Describe it in front of the class.

1. The teaching experience of lecturers who are interested in EMI (English-Medium


Instruction) from Politeknik Negeri Batam, 2020.
E. Exercise
2. The skills needed by lecturers of Politeknik Negeri Batam to develop their skills in
teaching with EMI.

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