Reasons for Choosing a University Bar Chart: Literacy Rates, 1990 and 2000. Bar Chart: Changes in Meat Consumption, USA, 1950 to 2000. Bar Graph: Women, number of babies, and education: Suggested Answer 1 Bar Chart: Money spent per week on public transport, by age, UK, 2002. Marriages, Divorce, Remarriage Bar Chart: Money spent per week on Holidays, by age.
Reasons for Choosing a University How foreign students choose which university to go to in the UK? The graph below, from an excellent set of exercises from OneStopEnglish.com gives some of the reasons for choosing a university Bar charts giving reasons why foreign students choose to study in the UK (Click for the Acrobat download from OneStopEnglish) Unscramble the sentences Here are the fifteen sentences, ready for you to paste into word and unscramble You will have to delete some, put them into paragraphs and add some extra or linking information The chart shows 11 first year students from overseas chose a particular university Good language support comes at 20 percent Language of tuition is top of the survey 95% At 95 percent of the sample, Language of tuition is the main a university The survey of 1,000 first year overseas students at universities in the UK Good language support at 20% is the factor least when making a choice about which university to attend 7 Language of tuition a reason by nearly five times as many students as Good language support, at 95% and 20% respectively The top three reasons are Language of tuition, Quality of teachers, Up-to-date teaching facilities, According to the graph, the main reason the language of tuition 10 The various factors into two groups, namely those related to teaching and nonteaching related 11 While around 95 percent of the students gave the language of tuition as the main reason for choosing a university, modern teaching methods 12 The cost of accommodation at 80 percent the cost of tuition at around 75 percent 13 Eighty percent of the sample mentioned the cost of accommodation as a reason for choosing a university for the cost of tuition 14 the cost of accommodation and the cost of tuition than Location at 80% and 75% respectively 15 Good language support was stated by only 20 percent of the sample as a reason for choosing a university at 30 percent Reasons for Choosing a University The chart shows 11 reasons why first year students from overseas chose a particular university The survey of 1,000 first year overseas students was carried out at universities in the UK The top three reasons are language of tuition, quality of teachers, up-to-date teaching facilities, respectively Language of tuition comes top of the survey at 95% Another important reason is teaching facilities About 90% of students mentioned this as a reason The third top reason was the quality of the staff This also accounted for 90% of student choices The reputation of the university was also a crucial factor About 70% of the respondents picked this as a reason for their choice of school Non-teaching related reasons were also important Cost was a major factor More than three-quarters of the students said that cost of tuition was an important reason for choosing a college A similar number picked a college based on accommodation costs The friendliness of a university was given as a reason by two-thirds of students Some factors were relatively unimportant These included good language support, at only 20% of students, and modern teaching methods, at 30% In conclusion, the reasons for choosing a particular university can be divided into teaching-related reasons and non-teaching reasons, but the most important factors are language, the quality of the staff and facilities, and cost The chart shows 11 reasons why first year students from overseas chose a particular university The survey of 1,000 first year overseas students was carried out at universities in the UK The top three reasons are language of tuition, quality of teachers, and up-to-date teaching facilities According to the graph, the main reason is the language of tuition At 95 percent of the sample, it was the main reason most students gave for choosing a university The second biggest factor was quality of teachers, at 90%, followed by facilities, also at 90% Non-teaching factors were also important Tuition costs were quoted as a reason by 75%, and location was mentioned by 70% of students The cost of accommodation is also an important factor for 80% of respondents Almost two-thirds of students said that the friendliness of the university was important In conclusion the various factors can be divided into two groups, namely those related to teaching and non-teaching related However, the most important are the language and the teachers Bar Chart: Changes in Meat Consumption, USA, 1950 to 2000 The chart shows changes in the quantities of meat and poultry (chicken turkey, etc) eaten in the USA between 1950 and 2000 The graph shows changes in the amount of chicken and beef eaten in the USA over the last 50 years Overall, beef consumption is declining, while Americans are eating more and more chicken The biggest change in the graph is the increase in poultry consumption This soared from just 12 kilograms per person per year in 1950 to almost 50 kilograms in 2000, increasing four times The biggest increase was between 1990 and 2000, when it jumped almost by half, from just 35 kilos to almost 50kg That was the period when poultry consumption overtook beef for the first time The other trend in the graph is the decline in beef consumption Although more beef was eaten in 2000 than in 1950, at 40 kilos per person per year compared to 32 kilos in 1950, there has been a big drop since 1970 Sales of beef peaked in 1970 at almost 50kg and have declined steadily since then In conclusion, Americans are eating much more meat overall than they were in 1950, but the proportion of chicken and turkey products has increased sharply, while beef consumption is declining in importance 195 words Literacy Rates: Suggested Answer Bar Chart: Literacy Rates, 1990 and 2000 The chart shows literacy rates for men and women in selected countries in 1990 and 2000 The graph shows changes in literacy rates in different countries between 1990 and 2000, for men and women Overall more and more people are able to read, and there have been significant improvements for women, although they lag behind men in literacy The most obvious trend in the graph is that women have lower literacy rates in most of the countries in the graph For example, in Bangladesh in 1990, 45% of men could read and write, but only 25% of women The difference was even bigger in Pakistan, with 50% of men being literate but only 20% of women Even in Kuwait and China, slightly more men than women could read and write The second biggest trend in the graph is the improvement in literacy between 1990 and 2000 In all countries shown, figures for both men and women improved The biggest change was in Pakistan, from 49% of men in 1990 to 57% over the ten year period Even in countries with relatively high literacy rates, such as China or Brazil, there were significant increases for men However, the increases in literacy rates for women were much higher In Egypt, the percentage of non-illiterate women jumped from 35% to 44%, and in Pakistan from 20% to 28% over the decade In conclusion, almost all the countries in the graph have a long way to go before achieving 100% literacy rates, and women in particular need support in order to increase their reading ability However, all countries improved over the ten years, and women appear to be catching up even in the lowest countries Bar Graph: Women, number of babies, and education: Suggested Answer The graph shows figures for the number of children that women have depending on their education level Overall, as women become more educated, they have fewer children A main trend in the graph is that family size varies widely In Niger, family size for women with no education is 7.8 In contrast, in Guatemala, the number of children for women who have completed secondary education is as low as 2.6, and a similar pattern call be seen in Haiti Four of the countries in the graph, Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines and Jordan have almost the same number of children for women with secondary education, at about 3.5 kids However, the main pattern in the graph is that there are huge differences inside countries depending on the education of women For example, in Niger, women without education have 7.8 children, but women who have completed secondary school have only 4.6 children The gap is even bigger in Guatemala Women without education have almost three times the number of children, at 7.1 compared to only 2.6 There are also huge differences in Yemen and Haiti In some of the other countries, the difference is not so great For instance, in Jordan, the difference in family size between women with no education and secondary is only child Overall, although there are big differences between countries, the biggest difference is made by education Bar Chart: Who Uses the Internet? The chart shows the percentage of Internet users by age between 1998 and 2000 Write a short description of the graph Complete the sentences In 1998, less than one Internet user in twenty was _ The majority of users in 1998 were _ Children _ for only 2% of users in 1998 Between 1998 and 1999, the proportion of children using the Internet _ The percentage of older adults using the internet _ between 1998 and 1999 Overall, there was a steady _ in the percentage of 16- 30 year olds using the Internet 7 By 2000, older users ten percent of the total number Together, children and older users comprised almost of the total number of Internet users Bar Chart: Money spent per week on Holidays, by age The chart shows spending in pounds per week by age on holidays in the UK and holidays abroad (in other countries) in the UK in 2002 The graph shows spending per week on holidays inside and outside the UK by different age groups in the UK Overall, middle-aged travelers spend the most on vacations The biggest spenders on overseas holidays are the 50-64 age group They spent over £15 a week, compared to £14 for the next group (30-49 years olds) and £12 a week for the 65-74 year olds The lowest spending group on overseas holidays were elderly adults, at less than £4 a week All age-groups spent much more on overseas holidays than on domestic tourism For young adults, the difference in spending was very noticeable They spent less than £2 a week on UK holidays, but almost £10 visiting overseas locations Travelers in the 50-64 year old age group spent five times as much on traveling to foreign destinations as they did on travel in the UK, at £15 compared to just £3 Only in the elderly age-group was the difference less marked, although the group which spent most on UK travel was the 65-74 year old age group, at £4 In conclusion, spending on both UK and foreign travel appears to rise up to age 64, but declines sharply after Bar Chart: Money spent per week on public transport, by age, UK, 2002 The chart shows spending in pounds per week by age on public transport (rail, bus and taxi) in the UK in 2002 Public transport expenditures for British commuters (model answer) This bar chart illustrates how many pounds sterling five age groups in Britain spent weekly on three forms of public transport in 2003 Overall, the older people get, the less they spend First, the youngest, those under 30, spent about 6.3 pounds per week on taxis The group age 30-50 spent almost as much, and those 50-65 marginally less, around 5.9 quid In contrast, the 65-75 year olds put out less than half that and the eldest group only about 1.5 pounds weekly Turning to rail transport, again the youngest group allotted the most for this form of transport, nearly pounds weekly The two groups covering 30-65 years averaged approximately 2.2 while those over 65 spent, again, about half that Finally, bus took the smallest proportion of the transportation budget, roughly 1.7 quid for people up to 65 The last two groups spent slightly more on bus than train To sum up, cabs took the lion’s share of the transportation budget for all In general, those of working age spend significantly more on public transport than the elderly Marriages, Divorce, & Remarriage The graph shows statistics for first marriages, divorces and remarriages in the UK Write a short description of the chart From: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/xsdataset.asp?vlnk=120&More=Y Download in Excel (Right-click, save to your desktop) More detail Here is a more detailed version of the information above: Here is the official description of the graph above, from the UK National Statistics office Changes in household and family patterns reflect changes in the partnering and marital status of the population over time Marriage is still the usual form of partnership between men and women However, the total number of marriages in the United Kingdom has fallen from a peak in 1972 In 1997 there were 310 thousand marriages, among the lowest figures recorded during the twentieth century The number of first marriages has decreased substantially since its peak in 1970 In 1997 there were 181 thousand first marriages for both partners, less than half the number in 1970 Slightly over two-fifths of marriages in 1997 were remarriages for either or both partners Early in the twentieth century remarriage was relatively uncommon, but since the 1960s the number of remarriages has increased While most of the few remarriages at the turn of the century in England and Wales involved a widow or widower, more recently at least one partner remarrying has usually been divorced These trends were notably accentuated following the implementation of the Divorce Reform Act 1969 in 1971