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1. U1 L1 - Can you write a reflection on survey results about the ‘new normal’?
2. U1 L2 Can you share self-care tips?
3. U1 L3 - Can you tell a doctor how you feel?
4. U1 L4 Can you write a letter about your feelings?
5. U1 L5 Can you give your opinion about an article?
6. Unit 1 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 1–5
7. PC L1-L5 Unit 1 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 1 to 5
8. U1 L6 Can you counterargue politely?
9. U1 - L7 Can you follow instructions to use a device or an app?
10. U1 L8 Can you explain a problem with a device or an app?
11. U1 L9 Can you summarise an article about an educational topic?
12. U1 L10 Can you answer questions about an educational topic?
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15. U1 L11 Can you describe data presented in a graph?
16. U1 L12 Can you understand a report?
17. U1 L13 Can you describe the origin of a special event or celebration?
18. U1 L14 Can you talk about a global problem and how to fix it?
19. U1 L15 Can you express your opinion about an educational issue?
22. U1 L16 Can you write about your experience with remote teaching?
23. U1 - L17 Can you talk about your experience with remote teaching?
24. U1 L18 Can you give written instructions on how to use an app or a program?
25. U1 L19 Can you organise notes taken on teaching English as a lingua franca (ELF)?
26. U1 L20 Can you share your perspective about teaching English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)?
28. Unit 1 – UNIT TEST
Unit 2 - What the future holds
1. U2 - L1 Can you report an interview or a documentary about climate change?
2. U2 - L2 Can you talk about the weather?
3. U2 - L3 Can you present an oral summary of an interview?
4. U2 - L4 Can you write a poem?
5. U2 - L5 Can you write a letter to your future-self?
7. Unit 2 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 1 to 5
8. U2 - L6 Can you talk about the future of teaching?
9. U2 - L7 Can you present an argument?
10. U2 - L8 Can you develop an argument?
11. U2 - L9 Can you say what learning a language will be like in 2050?
12. U2 - L10 Can you talk about your hopes for education?
15. U2 - L11 Can you develop an argument orally?
16. U2 - L12 Can you summarise the main message of a diagram/graph?
17. U2 - L13 Can you check students’ understanding?
18. U2 - L14 Can you express your opinion about a film?
19. U2 - L15 Can you express your opinion about a current issue?
20. Unit 2 | Self-assessment | Lessons 11–15
22. U2 - L16 Can you retell a story?
23. U2 - L17 Can you recommend a book?
24. U2 - L18 Can you plan the future of your teaching career?
25. U2 - L19 Can you review an academic book?
26. U2 - L20 Can you write a letter about your progress in the course?
28. Unit 2 – UNIT TEST
29. Certificado de Conclusão

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U1 L11 Can you describe data presented in a graph?
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In this lesson, you’re going to work on reading and writing skills.
Lesson objectives
Read and understand data presented in a graph and its description.

Identify and use language chunks and vocabulary to describe data in a graph.
Describe data presented in a graph.
Reading
Pre-Reading
1. Read and answer the questions in your notebook.
a. How many higher education institutes are there in your town? How many of them are public and how
many are private?
b. Why do you think there are more private colleges and universities in Brazil than public ones?
2. Look at the pictures of different graphs and match them to the kind of graph they
represent.
a.
b.
c.
d.
a. Line graph
b. Pie chart or circle chart
c. Bar graph
d. Exploded pie chart
🎉 Correct answer!
3. Choose the sentences that best summarises the main features of a graph.
It simplifies the information of a survey.
It’s a diagram to present data using visual elements.
It illustrates the content of a text.
It’s usually used in areas as: economics, statistics, science, math, business, etc.
The elements of a graphic are: title, numbers and data, captions, axes, and a source.
It can show mathematical data using elements such as: lines, shapes, bars, colors, circles, etc.
Confirmar
While reading
4. Read the text about Brazilian Higher Education and click on the true information
according to the text.
Extracted from: MONROY, Carlos; MCNALLY, Ryan; TRINES, Stefan. Education in Brazil.
World Education Services, 14 November 2019. Available at:
https://wenr.wes.org/2019/11/education-in-brazil. Accessed on: 12 February 2022.
Every year, 69 public and private institutions are created.
In 2018, there were 1,234 new private institutions compared to the year 2000.
The number of public and private HEIs are increasing at different rates.
The graph illustrates how many people enroll in private institutions and how many enroll in
public ones.
The graph predicts the amount of people who will be enrolled in higher education by 2019.
In Brazil, there are 70 per cent more private institutions than public ones.
Confirmar
5. Read the graph and text below and write (T) true or (F) false.
Extracted from: SURVEY on learning environments: Results. School Education Gateway, 5

November 2019. Available at:
https://www.schooleducationgateway.eu/en/pub/viewpoints/surveys/survey-on-learning-
environment.htm. Accessed on: 12 February 2022.
a. The graph represents the survey questions the respondents were supposed to answer.
b. The graph represents the answers that were given to questions.
c. Each respondent chose three options presented in the graph.
d. Respondents were presented with nine options, of which they were supposed to choose one.
e. The graph visually represents the changes respondents would like to see in the learning
environment.
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6. Which three changes to the learning environment would you most like to see?
0/10000
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7. Complete the sentence gaps using information from the graphs presented in Activities
4 and 5.
quantify • illustrates • bar graph • tracks • compare • line graph
a. The graph in Activity 4 is a while the one in Activity 5 is a horizontal
b. The objective of the graph in Activity 4 is to the trend changes to higher
education enrollment, while the graph in Activity 5 is to the respondents’ answers
between different learning environments.
c. The horizontal bar graph the answers given by the respondents.
d. The line graph the movements, the changes in the numbers of HEIs during a
period of time.
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Glossary
staggering: impressionante
flux: fluxo
merger: fusão
open slots: vagas abertas
surroundings: ambientes
Looking at the genre

A graph is an illustration or a diagram used to present large amounts of quantitative data that need to be
analysed, compared, and read quickly. Graphs are often used by researchers, teachers, doctors, businesspersons,
and journalists to represent facts and figures, statistical information, profit and loss, polling information, etc.
Graphs can be found in newspapers, magazines, internet, researches, etc.
Learning tip
The answers to the previous questions will be included in the forum and you’ll have a chance to interact with
other participants.
Language Focus | Vocabulary | Language chunks to describe graphs
1. Read parts of the text again. Choose the words and expressions used to refer to
positive movements.
‘By 2019, private institutions represented a staggering 88 per cent of all Brazilian Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs), or 2,238 institutions in total. Between 2000 and 2018 alone, the
number of private HEIS increased by 1,234, or approximately 69 per year. […]
[...]
By comparison, the number of public HEIs has grown only slowly, by just 123 over the two
decades. This means that for every public institution in Brazil, there are now more than seven
private institutions. […]’
Extracted from: MONROY, Carlos; MCNALLY, Ryan; TRINES, Stefan. Education in Brazil.
World Education Services, 14 November 2019. Available at:
https://wenr.wes.org/2019/11/education-in-brazil. Accessed on: 12 February 2022.
by comparison
in total
staggering
over
has grown
increased
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2. Click on the option that rephrases the sentences without changing their meaning.
a. ‘[…] Between 2000 and 2018 alone, the number of private HEIs increased by 1,234, or
approximately 69 per year. […]’
In 18 years, the number of private HEIs fell by 1,234.
In 18 years, the number of private HEIs rose by 1,234.
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b. ‘[…] the number of public HEIs has grown only slowly, by just 123 over the two decades. […]’
The number of public HEIs ascended dramatically, by just 123 over the past 20 years.
The number of public HEIs ascended calmly, by just 123 over the past 20 years.
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c. ‘[…] While there are some religious, predominantly Catholic, and philanthropic non-profit
universities, 70 per cent of private HEIs are run for profit. […]’
While there are some religious, initially Catholic, and philanthropic non-profit universities, 70
per cent of private HEIs are run for profit.
While there are some religious, mostly Catholic, and philanthropic non-profit universities, 70 per
cent of private HEIs are run for profit.
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d. ‘[…] … Brazil’s higher education system is in constant flux due to frequent acquisitions and
mergers of private HEIs. […]’
Brazil’s higher education system is always improving because of frequent acquisitions and
mergers of private HEIs.
Brazil’s higher education system is always changing because of frequent acquisitions and
mergers of private HEIs.
Confirmar
3. Use the words given to complete the sentence gaps.
increase • climbed • improvement • higher
a. The number of students enrolled in higher education institutes have over the
past 18 years in Brazil.
b. We have experienced a rise in education enrollment during the pandemic.
c. There has been an of 30% in higher education of new students enrolled since
2000.
d. Have you seen any in the learning environment in your school?
Confirmar
4. Complete the sentences in order to write the opposite of the ones in Activity 3.
fallen • slip • plunge • decrease
a. The number of students enrolled in higher education institutes have over the
past 18 years in Brazil.
b. We have experienced a in higher education enrollment during the pandemic.
c. There has been a of 30% in higher education of new students enrolled since
2000.
d. Have you seen any in the learning environment in your school?
Confirmar
5. Match the verbs to their corresponding nouns.
to climb an ascent
to ascend a slip
to improve a dip
to deteriorate a climb
to worsen an improvement
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6. Drag and drop the verbs into the correct columns.
to increase to decrease to ascend to fall to plunge
to decline to recover to rise to deteriorate to climb
to improve to worsen
Positive movement
Negative movement
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Language tip
The language used in graphs, diagrams and tables is related to movement to demonstrate trends to describe
data. Whether this movement is positive, negative, large, small, fast or slow
7. Put the words in the correct order to form phrases.
higher education institutes of the past years.
drastically The number has over
private increased
quality education. has been in the
improvement of There a steady
higher
seen the past over in the
a decline three months. Unfortunately, we've
enrollment of public institutes
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Outcome
Writing
What: A description of a graph
Goal: Write a description of a graph, summarising the information presented.
1. You’re going to write a description of a graph, summarising the data presented in it to

the teachers’ association online newspaper. Choose a graph that refers to an educational
topic you find interesting or relevant. Use your notebook to write down the main
information of the overall idea of the graph.
2. Use your notes from Activity 1 to write the description of the graph. Remember to:
Identify the main ideas of the graph:
a. What is happening or what has happened.

b. The main changes over time.
c. The most noticeable thing about the graph.
d. The pattern over a period of time.
e. The pattern for different places or groups of people.
f. Read and make the necessary changes to your description draft.
3. Write the final version of your graph description in the space below.
0/10000
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18/11/2023, 17:07 U1 L11 Can you describe data presented in a graph?

| Curso Online Nova Escola

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Unit 1 - It's gonna be ok!

2. U1 L2 Can you share self-care tips?

3. U1 L3 - Can you tell a doctor how you feel?

4. U1 L4 Can you write a letter about your feelings?

5. U1 L5 Can you give your opinion about an article?

6. Unit 1 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 1–5

7. PC L1-L5 Unit 1 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 1 to 5

8. U1 L6 Can you counterargue politely?

9. U1 - L7 Can you follow instructions to use a device or an app?

10. U1 L8 Can you explain a problem with a device or an app?

11. U1 L9 Can you summarise an article about an educational topic?

12. U1 L10 Can you answer questions about an educational topic?

13. Unit 1 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 6–10

14. PC L6-L10 Unit 1 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 6 to 10

15. U1 L11 Can you describe data presented in a graph?

16. U1 L12 Can you understand a report?

20. Unit 1 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 11–15

21. PC L11-L15 Unit 1 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 11 to 15

27. Unit 1 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 16–20

28. Unit 1 – UNIT TEST

Unit 2 - What the future holds

1. U2 - L1 Can you report an interview or a documentary about climate change?

2. U2 - L2 Can you talk about the weather?

3. U2 - L3 Can you present an oral summary of an interview?

4. U2 - L4 Can you write a poem?

5. U2 - L5 Can you write a letter to your future-self?

6. Unit 2 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 1–5

7. Unit 2 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 1 to 5

8. U2 - L6 Can you talk about the future of teaching?

9. U2 - L7 Can you present an argument?

10. U2 - L8 Can you develop an argument?

13. Unit 2 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 6–10

14. Unit 2 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 6 to 10

15. U2 - L11 Can you develop an argument orally?

16. U2 - L12 Can you summarise the main message of a diagram/graph?

17. U2 - L13 Can you check students’ understanding?

18. U2 - L14 Can you express your opinion about a film?

20. Unit 2 | Self-assessment | Lessons 11–15

21. Unit 2 – PROGRESS CHECK – Lessons 11 to 15

22. U2 - L16 Can you retell a story?

23. U2 - L17 Can you recommend a book?

25. U2 - L19 Can you review an academic book?

27. Unit 2 | Self-Assessment | Lessons 16–20

28. Unit 2 – UNIT TEST

29. Certificado de Conclusão

Intermediário - B1.2 > Etapa 15

In this lesson, you’re going to work on reading and writing skills.

Read and understand data presented in a graph and its description.

1. Read and answer the questions in your notebook.

b. Pie chart or circle chart

d. Exploded pie chart

It simplifies the information of a survey.

It’s a diagram to present data using visual elements.

It illustrates the content of a text.

Every year, 69 public and private institutions are created.

Extracted from: SURVEY on learning environments: Results. School Education Gateway, 5

b. The graph represents the answers that were given to questions.

c. Each respondent chose three options presented in the graph.

quantify • illustrates • bar graph • tracks • compare • line graph

a. The graph in Activity 4 is a while the one in Activity 5 is a horizontal

b. The objective of the graph in Activity 4 is to the trend changes to higher