The chart below shows the amount of time that 10 – 15-year-olds spend chatting on the Internet and playing on games consoles on an average school day in the UK.

The chart below shows the amount of time that 10 – 15-year-olds spend chatting on the Internet and playing on games consoles on an average school day in the UK.
The diagram illustrates the number of times that boys and
girls
who are 10 to 15 years old enjoy chatting online and playing computer
games
during school days in the UK.
Overall
, playing
games
is more popular than chatting on the Internet.
However
, there are specific differences in using time between boys and
girls
. It is clear from the figures of the chart that 85% of lads spend time on
games
while
55%
chat
online.
In addition
, most of them play
games
every day for more than one hour and 10% do for more than 4 hours.
By contrast
,
girls
prefer having conversations online.
According to
the bar chart, almost 70% engage in online
chat
each day, compared to 51% on
games
consoles. Of the
girls
who play on consoles, most of them spend less than one hour,
whereas
most
girls
who
chat
online do so for more than one hour, and nearly 10%
chat
for four hours or so.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • adolescents
  • chatting online
  • games consoles
  • average school day
  • time allocation
  • social interaction
  • gaming habits
  • internet usage
  • preference
  • daily patterns
  • peak times
  • weekdays
  • weekends
  • gender differences
  • trends
  • implications
  • social skills
  • physical health
  • academic performance
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