ILLITERACY
Presented by Doan Manh Hieu
Xuan mai high school
UNIT 5.
Many families in remote areas do not have enough money to send their children to school.
Many children in remote areas cannot read and write because they are not sent to school.

There are not enough schools in remote, especially in mountainous areas.
Roads, especially in mountainous areas, are not quite good for children to take to school.
What problems does this diagram show us?
Look at this diagram and answer the question given.
Look at the table and answer the questions given.
Literacy rates in Fancy country from 1998 - 2007
(F: female; M: male)
1. What does the table describe?
 It describes the literacy rates in Fancy country from 1998 to 2007.
2. Did the literacy rate in the Lowlands fall in both males and females?
 No. It increased.
3.What about the literacy rates in the Midlands and Highlands?
 The literacy rate in the Midlands fell down steadily. In the Highland, the number of literate males increased but fell down in the number of literate females.
- rate (n): tØ lÖ
- gradual (a)/gradually (adv):
= step by step: dÇn dÇn
in contrast (exp.)
= on the contrary: tr¸i l¹i
- steady (a)/ steadily (adv):
mét c¸ch ®Òu ®Æn
vary (v) = change (v) thay ®æi
- on the increase (v) = going up
New words/phrases:
Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each space of the following paragraph.
The table describes the literacy rates of the population in different parts of the country of Fancy from 1998 to 2007. As can be seen, they (1)...................... considerably between 1998 and 2007. In the Lowlands, there was a gradual (2) ...................... In the number of both males and females who were literate. In contrast, the literacy rate in the Midlands (3) ...................... steadily in both males and females. In the Highlands, the trend for literacy rate was (4) ...................... from the other regions. While the number of literate males (5) ...................... Sharply between 1998 and 2007, the number of literate females fell (6) ...................... This data may help the researchers or planners make suitable plans for educational development in each area of the country.
went up rise different
declined dramatically varied
varied
rise
declined
different
went up
dramatically
Write a paragraph of about 100 words, describing the information in the table below.
Literacy rates in Sunshine country from 1998 - 2007
1. What does the table describe?
2. Does it describe the past, the present or the future?
3. Which region had the lowest rate in each year?
4. Did the literacy rate in the Lowlands increase or decrease from 1998 to 2007?
5. What about the literacy rates in the Midlands and the Highlands?
Useful language:
- The table shows / describes ...
- As can be seen from the data in the table, ...
Conjunctions:
- In contrast, = On the contrary, = Meanwhile,
- On the whole, = In general,
An outline:
* The table describes the literacy rates in…..
* The general trend: varied considerably.
* Details: + Lowlands: increased slightly from 1998 -2004, sharply in 2007.
+ Midlands: increased steadily.
+ Highlands: decreased gradually.
* Conclusion: on the increase in Lowlands and Midlands.
on the decrease in Highlands.
Literacy rates in Sunshine country from 1998 - 2007

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TABLE DESCRIBING
What does the table describe?
What is the general trend?
How is each item?
- What is the conclusion?
Write a short paragraph describing the following chart.



The numbers of students in school Y from 1990-2005
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