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LESSON SUMMARY
Writing Lesson 4. TABLE
Strategy
DYNAMIC TABLE
Overview
Needed information:
- Trend (increase/decrease)
- Order (highest/lowest)
Useful structures:
- Overall/ In general/ Generally,….
- It can be seen that/ It is noticeable that
- As illustrated/ shown by the table,….
Notes:
Don’t report data or state your opinion in overview
Body
Body paragraphs of Dynamic table should be divided by:
- Category: upward, downward trend
- Time:
+ Beginning – Mid point: Report data + Trend/Comparison
e.g. The price of coffee A, which was at € 1.10 per cup in 1990, increased slightly to € 1.50 in
2000.
+ Mid point - End: Report data + Trend/ Comparison
e.g. Coffee C, which was the most expensive brand in 2000, at € 3.50, witnessed a small drop
in price, ending at € 3.20 in 2010.
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STATIC TABLE
Overview
Needed information:
- Order (highest/lowest, vertical, horizontal)
Note: Use the language for comparison.
e.g. Petroleum products were the least – favored fuel type in Asian countries, except for
Thailand.
Body
Body paragraphs could be divided:
- By row: Report data + Comparison
E.g. In terms of press advertising, the expenditure of Renault stood at $ 45 million dollars, which
was nearly 6 times higher than the figure for Vaux.
- By column: Report data + Comparison
How to group data
- Highest & the second highest data:
e.g. In terms of TV advertisement, the expenditure of Certirizine stood at 70 million, followed
by 65 million of Vauxhall.
- The equal data:
e.g. The budget for Radio advertising was equal in all 4 brands, at 15 million each.
- Folded data: (2/3/4 times)
e.g. In terms of Press advertising, Renault surpassed the figure for Vauxhall by nearly 6 times,
at 45 million and 8 million respectively.
- Approximate data: (2/3/4 times)
e.g. The data for A and B were approximately the same, at 5 mil and 5.5 mil, respectively.
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VOCABULARY BOX
English CEFR Level Phonetics Meanings
Fertility (n) NA /fərˈtɪləti/ Tỉ lệ sinh
Budget (n) B2 /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ Ngân sách
Automobile (n) B2 /ˈɔːtəməbiːl/ Xe hơi
Expense (n) B2 /ɪkˈspens/ Chi phí
Campaign (n) B1 /kæmˈpeɪn/ Chiến dịch
Institution (n) B2 /ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn/ Tổ chức
Minority (n) B2 /maɪˈnɔːrəti/ Thiểu số
Freight (n) C1 /freɪt/ Vận chuyển hàng hóa
Cargo (n) C1 /ˈkɑːrɡəʊ/ Hàng hóa trên tàu
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