Tips for process diagram
Process diagrams show how something is done or made. They always show steps/stages.
Here's some advice about how to describe them:
· Try to write 4 paragraphs - introduction, summary of main points, 2 detail paragraphs.
· Write the introduction by paraphrasing the question (rewrite it by changing some of the words).
· For your summary, first say how many steps there are in the process. Then say where/how the process begins and ends (look at the first and last stages).
· In paragraphs 3 and 4, describe the process step by step. Include the first and last steps that you mentioned in the summary, but try to describe them in more detail or in a different way.
· You could describe the steps in one paragraph, but it looks more organised if you break the description into two paragraphs. Just start paragraph 4 somewhere in the middle of the process.
· Mention every stage in the process.
· Use 'sequencing' language e.g. at the first / second / following / final stage of the process, next, after that, then, finally etc.
· Times (e.g. past dates) are not usually shown, so use the present simple tense.
· It's usually a good idea to use the passive e.g. 'At the final stage, the product is delivered to shops' (because we don't need to know who delivered the product).
EXAMPLE
Forecast in Australia
The diagram below shows how the Australian Bureau of Meteorology collects up- to-the minute information on the weather in order to produce reliable forecasts.
The figure illustrates the process used by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to forecast the weather.
There are four stages in the process, beginning with the collection of information about the weather. This information is then analysed, prepared for presentation, and finally broadcast to
the public.
Looking at the first and second stages of the process, there are three ways of collecting weather data and three ways of analysing it. Firstly, incoming information can be received by satellite and presented for analysis as a satellite photo. The same data can also be passed to a radar station and presented on a radar screen or synoptic chart. Secondly, incoming information may be collected directly by radar and analysed on a radar screen or synoptic
chart. Finally, drifting buoys also receive data which can be shown on a synoptic chart.
At the third stage of the process, the weather broadcast is prepared on computers. Finally, it is
delivered to the public on television, on the radio, or as a recorded telephone announcement.
Process diagrams show how something is done or made. They always show steps/stages.
Here's some advice about how to describe them:
· Try to write 4 paragraphs - introduction, summary of main points, 2 detail paragraphs.
· Write the introduction by paraphrasing the question (rewrite it by changing some of the words).
· For your summary, first say how many steps there are in the process. Then say where/how the process begins and ends (look at the first and last stages).
· In paragraphs 3 and 4, describe the process step by step. Include the first and last steps that you mentioned in the summary, but try to describe them in more detail or in a different way.
· You could describe the steps in one paragraph, but it looks more organised if you break the description into two paragraphs. Just start paragraph 4 somewhere in the middle of the process.
· Mention every stage in the process.
· Use 'sequencing' language e.g. at the first / second / following / final stage of the process, next, after that, then, finally etc.
· Times (e.g. past dates) are not usually shown, so use the present simple tense.
· It's usually a good idea to use the passive e.g. 'At the final stage, the product is delivered to shops' (because we don't need to know who delivered the product).
EXAMPLE
Forecast in Australia
The diagram below shows how the Australian Bureau of Meteorology collects up- to-the minute information on the weather in order to produce reliable forecasts.
The figure illustrates the process used by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to forecast the weather.
There are four stages in the process, beginning with the collection of information about the weather. This information is then analysed, prepared for presentation, and finally broadcast to
the public.
Looking at the first and second stages of the process, there are three ways of collecting weather data and three ways of analysing it. Firstly, incoming information can be received by satellite and presented for analysis as a satellite photo. The same data can also be passed to a radar station and presented on a radar screen or synoptic chart. Secondly, incoming information may be collected directly by radar and analysed on a radar screen or synoptic
chart. Finally, drifting buoys also receive data which can be shown on a synoptic chart.
At the third stage of the process, the weather broadcast is prepared on computers. Finally, it is
delivered to the public on television, on the radio, or as a recorded telephone announcement.
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