1. The Study and Production of Texts
Semester 2
Lesson 2

2. Start Language Practice section Further reading:
HOMEWORK Lesson 1
Reflect on today’s lesson – make notes & start keeping a Data Commentary section in your Writing notes
Start Language Practice section
Further reading:
news/2018/mar/05/immigrant-home-office-british- citizenship-hostile-environment

3. For next lesson (for Test 2)
4. Study The Language of Data Commentary p.5 – p.9
5. Read and study the text on p in preparation for next lesson
6. Reflect

4. Different word classes to say same thing
The Language of
Data Commentary
Different word classes to say same thing
Verbs to increase / to rise to decrease / to decline / to fall to level off to fluctuate Adjectives upward / downward gradual / dramatic Nouns high / low trend steep an increase / a decrease a rise / a fall Adverbs gradually / dramatically

5. Turn to p5

6. The three main moves in Data Commentary:
Location Element and Summary Statement
Highlighting Statements
Comments

7. Location Element and Summary Statement
This line graph/bar graph/pie-chart/table shows…
The x-axis/y-axis represents…
The shaded/dark/light area indicates…
Table 1/Figure 1 shows/compares/presents...
The results of… are shown/can be compared/are presented in Table 1/Figure

8. Highlighting Statements & Comments
Main body of your new text
Highlight one point at a time and comment each point immediately OR
Highlight all your points and then comment on all the points in one section
A mixture of this approach

9. Look and study the data
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10. Example 1

11. Example 2

12. Example 3

14. The language
of data commentary
in action
Turn to p10

15. Articles
world-university-rankings/2017

16. Top 5 in Italy

17. Turn to p11

19. The time period
The peak
The stability
of the number
of postgraduates

20. The lowest ‘Total work’
The highest ‘Full-time paid work’
The lowest ‘Full-time paid work’
corresponds to highest ‘Part-time paid work’
4. Highest voluntary work

21. Turn to p11

23. HOMEWORK

24. HOMEWORK Lesson 2
Read and study the articles on p14– p20for next lesson
Complete sections of the Homework task on p21

25. p21 Homework Task 1. Go to http://www.theguardian.com/uk
2. Enter Datablog in the search box
3. Select and article which you think interesting and which has a lot of supporting data
4. Study the article, make notes and be prepared to talk about it in a group in class.
5. In the following lesson you will present your article and then hand it in with your accompanying presentation notes at the end of the lesson as your first homework task.

26. This may be useful
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27. The End