Describing presentation visuals challenge
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
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Describing presentation visuals challenge
Use as much of the language below as you can to describe some presentation visuals, ticking them off as you use the words and phrases. Your teacher will tell you if you can also draw extra things on the visuals and/ or search for visuals that you can use more language to describe.
Ask about any language which you couldn’t use, are not sure that you used correctly, etc. Then work together to think of drawings and/ or mimes to represent as much of the language as you can. The parts in italics can probably be drawn and the parts that are underlined can probably be mimed, but you don’t have to stick to those if you don’t want to.
Ask about any things which are underlined or in italics that you couldn’t think of a mime and/ or drawing for. Then change groups. Without speaking, draw and/ or mime vocabulary below until your partner guesses which thing you are trying to represent.
Brainstorming stage
Without looking below, write as many suitable words and phrases as you in each category.
Starting to describe the visuals/ parts of the visuals
Giving an overview/ Picking out key points
Comparing with other data
Commenting on the data (predictions, cause and effect, good and bad points, etc)
Changing topic
Compare with below. Other language is possible, so check if you write something different.
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Starting to describe the visuals/ parts of the visuals
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The The biggest The main The first This
The bottom The top The left-hand side The middle The right-hand side
The other The next The accompanying
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artist’s impression/ mock-up calculation (bar/ pie/ flow)chart cross section design diagram drawing/ sketch family tree (mathematical) formula (bar/ line) graph illustration/ image list map mind map organogram photo plan view/ birds’ eye view quotation slide (… by…) table text video |
comes from consists of describes explains gives illustrates includes is based on is made up of means represents shows simplifies stands in for summarises was made by was made to
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a selection of changes in data on details of figures on information on key some stats on trends in what I found out what is known what we know
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(vertical/ horizontal) arrow (horizontal/ x/ vertical/ y) axis (vertical/ horizontal) bar box/ cell (speech/ thought) bubble bullet/ bullet point (1st/ 2nd/ right-hand) column decimal figure/ number/ statistic fraction key (dotted/ solid/ dashed) line (squiggly/ straight) line part/ section percentage phrase (in bold/ italics) ratio Roman numeral (top/ 2nd/ middle/ bottom) row segment stick man symbol (underlined) text (in capitals) |
Giving an overview/ Picking out key points
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Overall, From the beginning to end of the … given During the time period shown, Looking at the whole… Looking at the overall trend, As soon as you look at…, Without needing to look too closely,
As you can (probably/ hopefully) see (Right/ Around) here/ At this point If you look at what I am pointing at, In the part that I am pointing at Following my finger/ cursor/ pointer, It might be difficult to see but If you know what you are looking for, If you look at this the right way, Looking more closely at…
In the centre/ middle, In the (top/ bottom) (left/ right) corner, In this area/ section/ part,
Above…, Below…, Next to…,/ To the left/ right (of…), At the bottom/ top (of…), In the bottom/ top half of… Within that,
Turning to/ Moving onto/ As for…,
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what stands out is you can (clearly) see what jumps out at you is the most important thing to look at is the key to everything is it should be obvious that obviously clearly it is noticeable that you should notice
what I should point out is I’d like to draw your attention to
there is
you should be able to make out something you might miss at first glance is
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Comparing with other data
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Describing similarities |
Describing differences |
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Similarly absolutely identical/ exactly the same virtually identical almost the same very similar share… have… in common |
In contrast In complete contrast However but Compared to…,…/ Comparing… and…,… much/ far …er considerably/ substantially more… somewhat …er slightly more… totally different/ have nothing in common (almost completely/ very) different (almost) opposite |
Commenting on the data (predictions, cause and effect, good and bad points, etc)
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This (is) |
definitely will must almost certainly probably likely may/ might could possibly almost certainly not definitely not should thought to said to predicted to forecast to expected to can unlikely/ probably not
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due to/ caused by/ follow cause/ lead to/ result in/ followed by affect affected by solve solved by cause issues with reflect improve prove suggest disprove grow/ expand/ rise/ climb (steadily/ at the same rate) boom/ explode/ jump/ leap/ rocket/ soar/ shoot up double/ triple/ increase …fold creep up/ go up slightly halve drop/ decrease/ fall/ sink/ shrink/ decline/ go down collapse/ crash/ plummet/ dive/ plunge/ plummet accelerate/ increase exponentially slow down/ increase but not at the same rate (dip and) rebound/ bounce back/ recover/ pick up fluctuate/ be unsteady/ experience turbulence flatten out/ level off/ stabilise stay flat/ remain steady (reach a) peak (and then fall back/ slip back) catch up with/ match overtake fall behind |
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One The A(n) |
inevitable likely probable possible potential conceivable
main major large substantial minor |
advantage/ benefit/ good point/ positive aspect/ selling point disadvantage/ drawback/ bad point/ negative aspect
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of this…
of… |
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Changing topic
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Turning (our attention) to…/ Moving onto…/ As for… Now, let’s look at…/ Next, I want to focus on… |
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