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Unit 2: Human Resources

This document provides materials for additional activities to accompany a lesson on describing graphs in presentations. It includes four graphs (A-D) lacking titles or labeled axes. Students are asked questions to predict the graphs' content and trends. They then listen to a presentation by Colin and identify which graph corresponds to each of his three figures. The document also contains extracts from Colin's presentation with blanks to be filled using time, trend, amount, and slide reference phrases provided in a box. Students complete the extracts and check their work by relistening to the audio.

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Unit 2: Human Resources

This document provides materials for additional activities to accompany a lesson on describing graphs in presentations. It includes four graphs (A-D) lacking titles or labeled axes. Students are asked questions to predict the graphs' content and trends. They then listen to a presentation by Colin and identify which graph corresponds to each of his three figures. The document also contains extracts from Colin's presentation with blanks to be filled using time, trend, amount, and slide reference phrases provided in a box. Students complete the extracts and check their work by relistening to the audio.

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Professional English

Cambridge English for

Human Resources
UNIT 2
additional activities
Describing
graphs in presentations

a You are going to listen to the first part of Colins presentation to Hans again

(pages 2021 of the Students Book). Before you listen, look at the graphs below
(AD) and discuss the following questions.
1 What important information is missing from the graphs?
2 What kind of information do you think each graph might be showing?
3 How might you describe the trends in each graph?
6
A5
C
46
35
24
13
02
1
0

6
5
46
35
24
13
02
1
0

Q1 Q2 Q3
Q1 Q4
Q2+Q1
Q3+Q2
Q4 +Q1 +Q2
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 +Q1 +Q2

Q2 Q3 Q4 +Q1 +Q2
b Listen Q1
to Colins presentation and say which graph (A, B, C or D) represents
Colins description of:

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

2.4 Complete the following extracts from Colins presentation with the phrases
in the box. Then listen and check your answers.
20 years or more
a slight dropa total ofas the chart in
for the lastfor the last twofurther analysis, as shown in
has risen year on year bypast trendswill see sales return to

1 Labour turnover a
years has been running at just 3%, and 25% of
our workforce have b
service.
2 However, a
Figure 1 here, shows that 6% of the workforce is
projected to retire next year and that b
25% of the current
workforce will retire within the next five years.
3 Next, we looked at a
and, apart from b
three years
ago, our total number of employees c
around 5%.
4 But, youll be pleased to know that, as shown in Figure 2, wages have remained
roughly in line with inflation and have been on hold
six months.
5 Thirdly, we looked at projected sales, and although weve had two of our lowest
quarters at the beginning of this year, Manuela is very optimistic that Q1 next year
a
last years levels, b
Figure 3 shows.

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Professional English

Cambridge English for

Human Resources
UNIT 2
additional activities

Teachers Notes

a Students work in pairs or small groups to answer the questions.


Suggested answers

1 None of the graphs has a title so it is not obvious what the purpose of each
graph is. The axes on the graphs are not labelled (A, B and C) and so it is not
clear what values are being described.
3 A shows a steady decline over two time periods, after which it levels out; B
shows an overall rising trend; C shows a steady increase; D shows that the
category 29 years covers almost half of all cases (though as yet it is not
clear what this refers to).

b Students listen to Audio 2.4 and answer the questions.


2.4 page 95

Answers
Figure 1 is C
Figure 2 is A
Figure 3 is B

c Ask students to look at the ten phrases in the box and say if they can divide
them into groups according to what they think their function might be.
Suggested answers
(various alternative answers are possible)
time: for the last / for the last two
trends: past trends / has risen year on year by / will see sales return to
amounts: 20 years or more / a slight drop / a total of
referring to the slides: as the chart in / further analysis, as shown in

Then ask students to complete the five extracts using the phrases in the box.
Students listen again and check their answers.
Answers
1 a for the last two
2 a further analysis, as shown in
3 a past trends
c has risen year on year by
4 for the last
5 a will see sales return to

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b 20 years or more
b a total of
b a slight drop

b as the chart in

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