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Now, we will focus on exploring tables. This type of GOs is very popular to students and
teachers. Therefore, it is necessary for you, as professional EFL teachers, to understand
about how to comprehend and present information in tables.
What are tables? What is the purpose of presenting information in tables? How to read tables?
How are information presented using them?
First, watch this short video. It provides you with information about what tables are.
Now, you know what is meant by tables. Next, read Text 1 below to find answer to the
above questions. There are two exercises you need to complete based on your
understanding of Text 1.
1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/video/lists-and-tables
Text 1
2
Reading Tables
The table below shows the average temperature highs and lows in Jamaica (measured in
degrees centigrade) each month.
You could be asked questions about this table. To find answers you should read along the
row and down the column. Usually you’ll only need to find the correct information in the
table and give a report, although you could be asked to make a calculation using
information in the table.
Examples
Which month of the year had the highest average daytime temperature in Jamaica?
Reading down the Average daytime temperature column, you can see that
August has a temperature of 33°C.
What is the difference between the highest average daytime temperature in December and
the lowest average nighttime temperature in December?
Here you will need to find the row for December and look across to get the
lowest and highest temperatures for that month, then subtract the lowest
temperature from the highest temperature to find the difference: 31 – 21 = 10°C.
2
Modified from http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/ma36list-e3-f-introduction-to-lists-and-tables
A Do these exercise and quizzes to check your understanding of the explanation in Text 1.
B Study the following table and do all the exercises that follow.
3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/worksheet/ma36list-e3-w-reading-tables
4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quiz/ma36list-e3-quiz
Look back at the previous Table. Match each of the sentence in the above exercise with a
country in the table.
5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/lists-and-tables/resources/e3
6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/lists-and-tables/resources/l1