Lecture2-string.ppt

Lecture 2
TASK 1
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Introduction
Types
- line / string
- bar
- cake
- form/ list/ table
- flow chart
- sketch map
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Requirements
Transformation of info.
- charts/ diagrams to words
- precise & complete
Features
- descriptive
- objective
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Testing Aims
observing
analyzing & summarizing
explaining
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String Diagram
Key points
- highest and lowest
- general trend
- intersections
- 1,2,3-string
Other requirements

- rich expressions
- diversified patterns
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Procedures
Step 1: Comprehension of the subject
- tasks to fulfill:
(1) reporting the main features
(2) parisons (2 or 3 lines)
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Step 2: Writing
(1) Beginning: generalization (topic, time, trend)
eg: The graph shows/ describes …
(2) Body:
- general trend
- details/ key points
(3) Conclusion: summary
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PART I: Beginning
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Beginning: example 1
Tasks to fulfill
- a report
- describing the info.
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Topic: unemployment rates
(in Japan, the UK and Canada)
Time: between 1983 to 1992
Trend: Japan – low and constant
The UK – to drop first, and then grow
Canada – ditto
Details: intersections
- parison between the UK and Canada
Eg: parison of unemployment rates in Japan, the UK and Canada between 1983 and 1992 shows that …
the rates in Japan remained relatively low and constant,
while the other two countries underwent considerable changes.
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