Why would this be better than just showing the formulas or using just a bar graph?.What is useful about putting information in this format?.Does the graphic seems to show an obvious narrative? Is it contrarian?.What data seems to be surprising or unsual?.What are the key data points, are there drastic changes in the data?.Have students view the graphic analytically in the follow ways: Introduce the graphic and draw conclusions Dictation of famous quotes on the subject.
As you can see there are good examples of vocabulary to use and they’re already categorised. A good example of an infographic for English learners. Original Link to The Denver Post source infoĪ better infographic would be something that tries to summarise an industry, a market, a topic, a concept and provides a variety of graphics which can be discussed and categorised by learners.
For example: While full of details and images, the topic range is limited for an English language classroom. Choosing the right graphic can mean the difference between moving a class with you towards your goal or have them lagging behind incomprehensible statistics.Īvoid images that are data dense and are perhaps designed for a specific topics. Any post discussion would stimulate a discussion led on evidence and challenging the rigor of data while challenging the preformed beliefs of others.Īs we everything in life, not all things are created equal. Meanwhile discussions would thereby include data interpretation, logical formulation of ideas and grading sources from belonging to primary/secondary to measure trustworthiness.Ī quality infographic would allow students to be rooted in data while exploring conceptual ideas. The objective in many infographics is to facilitate ideas, prioritise information, categorise data and contextualise given data. In a business context, infographics can allow for individual creativity for presentations and encourages non-linear discussions, which could then allow participants to brainstorm (encourage thinking our loud) in a less obvious manner. Students who are perhaps struggling to find opportunities to simply practise their fluency and to share ideas amongst a group of differing nationalities and income groups, infographics offer that additional chance. The English language classroom requires extra effort to move away from methodical andĮnglish language (ESL, TEFL etc) teachers can find infographics as a useful tool to make information easily readable and contextualised, as it feeds our natural desire for visual stimuli, and allows students to interact with data in a far less intimidating way but most importantly to allow students to guess and contextualise words and phrases. The rising blue line shows infographics are more popular than pie charts, line graphs and bar graphs according to Google Trends data (Inforgraphics are great way to encourage discussion, but for those learning English (think ESL, TEFL, ESOL, EAL and etc) even more so. Using Google Trends you can easily see (below) the spike in interest for infographics over the last few years. These brightly coloured and heterogeneous images have established themselves as a creative marketing, PR and education tool for displaying data. The era of simple bar charts and graphs are being superseded by newer and more stimulating infographics. Multimedia and visuals are now the mainstay of any workplace which values employee engagement.