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    Life skills teacher’s notes A1+ Unit

    Understanding statistics 2b 14 This exercise requires students to do some


    writing, so consider pausing at appropriate points to
    SELF STUDY give students time to complete their answers.
    If students are working alone, note that 3b, 4a, 4b Answers
    and the REFLECT ON IT box all have open answers. If 1 people in the east of Australia
    possible, give self-study students the opportunity to
    2 people in the west of Australia
    show you their answers and work, or to exchange their
    answers and work with other students. 3 people from Italy, Germany and Greece
    4 the average age

      Before watching 3a 14 This exercise is more challenging as it focuses on


    some language that students may not have come across
    WARMER
    before (e.g. were born, the coast). Once again, it will
    Write STATISTICS on the board and ask the class: help students if they can compare their answers in pairs
    What are they? To help them answer this question, so they can help each other to recall and make sense of
    provide prompts like these, or help them to express things they heard.
    other things they want to say:
    Answers
    They’re …
    1 one person for every 2.9 square kilometres
    They tell us about …
    2 85% are on the coast
    1 The exercise reviews the statistical terms students will 3 27%/6 million people were born outside Australia
    need to understand the video. Point out that the words 4 one in six people is over 65
    and phrases on the right generally tell you how to say
    3b Give students the following prompt to help them
    the numbers and symbols on the left.
    express themselves when they react to the statistics: I
    Answers think it’s surprising that … because …
    % – per cent
    4,000 – four thousand   After watching
    4,000,000 – four million 4a This exercise develops the life skill by getting
    39 – just under 40 students to produce some statistical descriptions of
    41 – just over 40 their own country. Encourage students to write their
    2 4 6 – average ideas individually and then pool their ideas with their
    – one in four classmates. You could get a volunteer to write the
    4km2 – four square kilometres statistics on the board, but only do this if everyone
    agrees on them.
    4.4 – four point four
    4b SKILLS 4 LIFE  The idea behind this activity is to use
      While watching statistics in a fun way by getting them to imagine their
    class is a country. Students could do step 1 together
    VIDEO SKILLS: Think before you watch and vote on the best name for their new country. They
    This focus introduces a key sub-skill (or strategy) – using could then work in pairs to do step 2 before comparing
    your knowledge or common sense to make predictions their information as a whole class. Step 3 could be a
    about what you’re going to hear, and thus increasing competition to see which pair or group of students can
    your chances of understanding things. produce the best poster to present statistics related to
    their new country.
    2a 14  VIDEO SKILLS  Ask students to read through the video
    skills box before doing this exercise. If your students REFLECT ON IT
    have seen the video before, ask them to choose their
    answers before watching and then watch to check them. The idea here is to encourage students to think about
    To reinforce the sub-skill, students should compare their why so many people dislike statistics. To provide
    predictions in pairs and discuss any differences. support, if needed, write prompts on the board:
    They’re boring/difficult/confusing.
    Answers
    I don’t/can’t understand them.
    1 23.4
    2 east

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