KUS1101-ENGLISH I SI

Pie Charts

Juli Yanti Damanik, S.S.,

M.TESOL
Dosen Teknik Bioproses

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Outline

• Review

• Objective of the lesson

• Skill: Describing pie charts

• Practice

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 Review

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Objective of the lesson

• You are able to describe a pie chart using proper English expressions.

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 Pie Charts

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331210253_Evaluating_Advanced_Persistent_Threats_Mitigation_Effects_A_Review

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Outline in describing a pie chart

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 Outline
1. Introduction and general overview

2. Body paragraph

3. Closing






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Common expressions
Introduction: in simple present tense
1. The pie chart is about…
2. The pie chart illustrates/demonstrates/shows… (what, where, when)



General Overview
1. As can be seen from the pie chart,…
2. According to the chart,…
3. Based on the chart, it can be said that the main target of hackers are
banking and financial industry. 


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Common expressions
Body Paragraph
1. As can be seen from the pie chart, fashion items accounted for roughly 25 % of the
products people purchased via online platforms in 2019.
2. The percentage of data breach cases in manufacturing industry was twofold in 2018
compared to the cases in 2017 which comprised 35 percent of the total number.



Closing
1. It can be concluded that…/in conclusion…
2. Finally…
3. The data indicates that.…




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Using number in describing a pie chart
1. 50 % = Fifty percent = Half of ….
2. 1/3 = one third of…
3. About/around/roughly 15 percent of…
4. The percentage of information system graduates who chose to work in business
from 2000 to 2005 was just over 62 % of the total.
5. Exactly half of the resources…
6. Twofold…threefold…
7. Etc.

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Using verbs in describing a pie chart

1. Make up
2. Account for
3. is/was
4. Comprise of…

P.S.

Write in simple past tense if the data was in previous years.

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Let’s notice the outline
E-commerce Trends in Indonesia-2019

The pie chart shows the trends of e-commerce in Indonesia in 2019. The data is presented based on
shoppers’ spending categories: fashion, electronics and physical media, furniture and appliances, travel,
and hobbies. To start with, it can be seen from the pie chart that the most purchased product in
Indonesian online shopping platforms was in the travel category which comprised of exactly 45 percent of
the total.

Then, as you can see, the electronics and physical media was the second category that Indonesian
buyers spent their money on after travel. It was one fifth of the total percentage. Next, take a look at the
furniture and appliances category which was just slightly under 16 percent of the purchase. Another
category, fashion, accounted for fewer purchases which was 11.25 percent. Finally, products related to
hobbies made up about 8 percent of the total transactions.

Therefore, the category with the highest sale in e-commerce platforms in Indonesia in 2019 was the travel
category while the lowest was hobbies category.

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 Practice:
Pre-class activity on ecourse
Collaborative writing: Describing a pie
chart

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 Next Week:
Data Security (2)

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References
Glendinning, E. H., Lansford, L., & Pohl, A. 2013. Oxford English for careers: technology for engineering & applied sciences
(special edition) student’s book, Oxford : Oxford University Press.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331210253_Evaluating_Advanced_Persistent_Threats_Mitigation_Effects_A_Review

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