The chart shows the results of surveys in one African country asking teenagers the main reasons for using their phones between 2016 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart shows the results of surveys in one African country asking teenagers the main reasons for using their phones between 2016 and 2019.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
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The pie charts illustrate the primary reasons behind teenagers' phone usage in one African country from 2016 to 2019.
Although
a slight decline in 2017, social media usage was by far the major cause of why young people use their mobile phones. In 2019 it end up with a 6% rise when compared to 2016. Meanwhile, phone calls were the least popular reason for teenagers to use their phones, with ratios around 10% over the years. As the usage of social networks increased, the proportion of teenagers mostly using their phones for digital cameras
also
grew gradually. In 2016,
this
figure was at 15% and remained stable in the following year.
Subsequently
, it rose to 18% in 2018 and
further
to 20% in 2019. Email,
by contrast
, was declining consistently throughout the years. It used to be the second highest primary reason in 2016, which accounted for 25% of the total youngsters, decreasing dramatically to only 19% in 2019.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • noticeable shift
  • communication preferences
  • considerably declined
  • functionalities
  • reflecting global trends
  • emerging trend
  • educational use of technology
  • diversification
  • traditional communication
  • digital forms of communication
  • instant messaging
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