How to Describe A Process Diagram.ppt

1、How to Describe A Process Diagram,By group 9 （姜冉冉 彭歡 曹漢麗）,To begin, look at this question: The following diagram illustrates the process that is used to manufacture bricks for the building industry. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where rel

2、evant.,A process will have anumber of stagesthat are intime order. So you should start at the beginning, and describe each stage through to the last one. In the example above, this is fairly clear. It begins with the digging of the clay, and ends with delivery. Processes are not always this clear, a

3、nd you may have to look more carefully to spot the beginning, and there may also be two things happening at the same time. So it is important that youlook at other sample processesto get a good understanding of how they can vary.,Introduce the Diagram As with the task , you can begin byparaphrasing

4、the rubric: The diagram explains the way in which bricks are made for the building industry. As you can see, this has been taken from the question, but it has not been copied. You need to write it in your own words.,Highlight the main points A process diagram is different to a line, bar, pie chart o

5、r table in that there are not usually key changes or trends to identify. However, you should stillgive an overviewof what is taking place. As there are no trends to comment on, you can make a comment on, for example, thenumber of stages in the processand how itbegins and ends: Overall, there are eig

6、ht stages in the process, beginning with the digging up of clay and culminating in delivery.,Giving the detail Now you need to explain the process diagram, and there are two key aspects of language associated with this:,Time Connectors A process is aseries of events, one taking place after the other

7、. Therefore, to connect your stages, you should use time connectors. Here is the rest of the answer with the time connectors highlighted (notice that you simply go from the beginning to the end of the process):,To begin, the clay used to make the bricks is dug up from the ground by a large digger. T

8、his clay isthenplaced onto a metal grid, which is used to break up the clay into smaller pieces. A roller assists in this process. Following this, sand and water are added to the clay, and this mixture is turned into bricks by either placing it into a mould or using a wire cutter.Next, these bricks

9、are placed in an oven to dry for 24 48 hours. In the subsequent stage, the bricks go through a heating and cooling process. They are heated in a kiln(窯） at a moderate andthena high temperature (ranging from 200c to 1300c),followed bya cooling process in a chamber for 2 3 days.Finally, the bricks are

10、 packed and delivered to their destinations.,These connectors are the same you would use to write agraph over timewhen you explain a series of changes. These are some common process diagram connectors: To beginFollowing thisNextThenAfterAfter thatBefore*SubsequentlyFinally,The Passive When we descri

11、be a process, the focus is onthe activities, NOT the person doing them. When this is the case, we usethe passive voice, not the active.,Varying your Language Sometimes it may be appropriate just to use the same language that you are given in the IELTS process diagram to describe it, but you should try to vary i