In this episode from our e-Book on the language of presenting in English (free for Premium Members), we’ll look at how to describe the trends show by a chart or graph.

A trend is the general direction or tendency of a metric or measurement – upward, downward, flat, fluctuating, peaking, bottoming out, and so on. So, you’ll be learning how to use these and many more terms for describing your charts and graphs in fluent, vivid sentences so that you can present your data with maximum impact.

Listening Questions:

1) Which company has the largest share of the market at the beginning of 2006?

Pat says “Sirus has the biggest slices of the pie.” This is an idiomatic expressions meaning Sirus has the largest share of the market.

2) How does Pat describe his own company’s performance in 2006?

Pat says Ambient was “struggling,” or trying hard, to “catch,” or equal, CallTell. Despite added competition from CallTell’s new budget models, Ambient was able to “hold its ground,” or maintain its share of the market.

3) How big is the “others” group share of the market in Spring 2007?

The combined “others” group had grown to over 25% of the European market by Spring 2007.

Premium Members		Online activities (Members / Free Trial)
	Podcast	Describing Trends – Listening Quiz
		Describing Trends – Gap-fill Exercise
	Phrase-Cast	Describing Trends – Dialog & Vocabulary
		Describing Trends – Introducing Visuals
	Study Notes	Describing Trends – Overview of Trends Language
		Describing Trends – Downward Trends
	Teachers/Groups	Describing Trends – Upward Trends
	Email for info	Describing Trends – Fluctuating Trends
		Describing Trends – Minimizing / Maximizing
		Describing Trends – Vocabulary Review
		Describing Trends – Flashcards – Trends
		Describing Trends – Flashcards – Vocabulary