The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The line graph displays the
number
of students
from Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore
who stayed in Australia for study purposes from 1982 to 2000. Overall
, it can be seen that the number
of overseas students
increased over the time period
.
At the beginning of the period
, while
Malaysia had around 5000 students
staying in Australia, the others had none. Despite a steady upward trend during the entire 18-year period
, Malaysia finished at the lowest rate of all the countries.
Hong Kong and Singapore
started their increase both around the year 1987. Unlike Singapore
, whose number
of overseas students
had a slow and steady gain from there, Hong Kong's number
of students
in Australia spiked to 5000 students
in a single year. Apart from an increase in 1889, it remained constant from 1888 to 1895, when it started a fluctuation until it rose to almost 20000 in 2000.
Finally
, Indonesia's number
had a similar pattern to Singapore
. It started with a steady growth in 1984, followed by a notable rise from 1994 to 1997 and ended up with almost 25000 students
after a 3-year period
of fluctuation.Submitted by marianiculescu1103 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, students, singapore, period with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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