The graph below shows the hours of teaching per year done by each teacher in four different countries in 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the hours of teaching per year done by each teacher in four different countries in 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart shows the average working
hours
for primary, middle and high
schools
of
teachers
in four different countries in 2001. In general, the
hours
of teaching in the upper secondary and the lower secondary were higher than that of the others.
Teachers
in the
USA
worked longer
hours
than those in Japan,
Spain
, and
Iceland
. The length of work for primary
schools
in the
USA
was the highest amount of time (about 750
hours
), followed by the average working
hours
in
Spain
, with 650
hours
. The equivalent figure for
Iceland
stood at around 600
hours
.
This
was
also
the lowest figure for primary.
Teachers
in the
USA
spent the largest amount of time (at 1000
hours
) in lower secondary
schools
, which was nearly double
of
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that in
Iceland
. Japanese and
Spain
teachers
worked at middle
schools
for over 700
hours
and about 650
hours
, respectively. The highest amount of time for teaching at high
schools
in the
USA
was about 1100
hours
, followed by the figure for
Iceland
(approximately 810
hours
), compared with 800
hours
in
Spain
and 700
hours
in Japan.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • annual hours of teaching
  • teaching workload
  • educational systems
  • teacher-student ratio
  • significantly
  • slightly
  • noticeably
  • gap
  • highest/lowest number of hours
  • compare
  • contrast
  • reflect
  • variations
  • distribution of teaching hours
  • average
  • respectively
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