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In this episode we look at the language of description. We will talk about businesses and different ways to discuss economic information.

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Hello. I’m Margot Politis. Welcome to Study
English, IELTS preparation.

Today we’re going to talk about businesses,
and different ways to discuss economic information.

We’re going to listen to an interview with
the head of a large clothing company.

Then we’re going to look at how he describes
the success of his company.

Here’s Derek O’Neill.

Well, we’ve said before that we’ve had consistent
growth over the last four to five years. We’ve

delivered EPS growth in excess of 20% over
the last three years. You know, growing earnings

at 25, 30, 35% forever becomes impossible.
I think we end up owning US GDP in about 2023

with 25% growth.

We’ve registered that 15 per cent is our plan
and we think that’s a good target.

We’re very happy with our level of sales.
We grew sales in the US in girls’ wear at

50 per cent and we think that’s a fantastic
performance, so we’ll stand by those numbers.

We’ve had solid momentum in that market for
four or five years and we expect that momentum’s

going to continue.

OK. So today we’re going look at the language
of description, particularly describing economic

information.

In formal academic writing, it’s important
to use impersonal, objective language when

describing things.

Notice that in the interview, Derek O’Neill
often begins his sentences with We’ve, short

for we have.

Using phrases like I’ve or we’ve is very common
in spoken English.

Well, we’ve said before that we’ve had consistent
growth over the last four to five years. We’ve

delivered EPS growth in excess of 20% over
the last three years.

He says:
We’ve had consistent growth.

We’ve delivered growth in excess of 20 per
cent.

We’ve had solid momentum in that market.

How would you turn these sentences into more
formal descriptions?

Take the first sentence: we’ve had consistent
growth.

Generally the first person forms of I and
we are not used in more formal writing, or

when describing economic data.

We’d use an objective form: there is, there
are,

there has been, or there will be.

So, “We’ve had consistent growth,” becomes,
“There has been consistent growth.”

Look at this one: We’ve delivered growth of
20%.

That becomes: There has been growth of 20%.

Now listen to him again.

We’ve had solid momentum in that market for
four or five years and we expect that momentum’s

going to continue.

He said:
We’ve had solid momentum.

We expect that momentum is going to continue.

We’ve had, we expect.

How could you write that information in a
formal way?

We’ve had solid momentum.
There has been solid momentum.

We expect that momentum is going to continue.
It is expected that momentum is going to continue.

So looking for the use of the first person
is a good way to tell whether someone is discussing

information in a formal or informal way.

You should remember that in an academic context,
you always need to include evidence to support

your opinions or descriptions.

You should try to always include data to explain
and support what you’re saying.

Data is information, especially facts and
figures – numbers, percentages, and dates.

In formal language, you need to include data
to support your arguments.

Listen to the data Derek uses.

We’ve delivered EPS growth in excess of 20%
over the last three years. You know, growing

earnings at 25, 30, 35 per cent forever becomes
impossible. I think we end up owning US GDP

in about 2023 with 25% growth.

We’ve registered that 15% is our plan and
we think that’s a good target.

He mentions a variety of facts and numbers,
but he also describes how the data has changed

– that is, the degree or type of change.

To describe data, there is a variety of word
choices.

You can use both adjectives and adverbs – words
that describe.

Of course, adjectives describe things, and
adverbs describe actions.

So you’ll need both nouns and verbs for your
descriptions.

For example, you might use nouns like the
rise, the increase, or the growth.

Listen to Derek again.

Well, we’ve said before that we’ve had consistent
growth over the last four to five years.

They’ve had consistent growth.

He uses an adjective, consistent, with a noun,
growth.

Let’s look at a table.

To describe numbers going up, we can use nouns
like the rise, the increase, or the growth.

And to describe numbers going down, we can
use the drop, the decrease.

Then we’ve got adjectives to describe those
nouns – like rapid, slow,

slight, dramatic, sudden or consistent.

And we can put these together:
a sudden rise, a slight decrease,

a sudden drop, a consistent growth.

But, there’s another way of describing these
changes.

We can use verbs and adverbs.

Many nouns like the rise, the increase, the
growth can be used as verbs:

to rise
to increase

to grow
to drop

to decrease

And many adjectives can become adverbs –
rapidly

slowly
slightly

dramatically
suddenly

consistently

By using these new words, we can describe
data by using verbs and adverbs.

We can say to rise suddenly, to decrease slightly,
to drop suddenly, to grow consistently.

So look how these phrases change:
a sudden rise, becomes to rise suddenly

a slight decrease, to decrease slightly

a sudden drop, to drop suddenly

And look at how sentences can be changed to
fit these different phrases:

It has grown consistently
There has been consistent growth.

It’s important to always use a variety in
your written work. Sometimes use verbs and

adverbs to describe data, and sometimes use
adjectives and nouns. It will make your English

sound much better.

OK, listen to the clip again, and then we’ll
try to put together all the things we’ve looked

at today. Listen for personal descriptions,
simple verbs, and descriptions of data.

Well, we’ve said before that we’ve had consistent
growth over the last four to five years. We’ve

delivered EPS growth in excess of 20% over
the last three years.

We’ve registered that 15% is our plan and
we think that’s a good target.

We’re very happy with our level of sales.
We grew sales in the US in girls’ wear at

50% and we think that’s a fantastic performance.

He finishes by commenting on the data, and
its significance for the company.

OK, let’s go back over the steps we’ve looked
at today.

When you’re making an argument, it’s important
to support your case – you must include data

or facts.

Make sure you discuss this data – use objective,
impersonal language.

Describe changes to data by using a variety
of noun/adjective, and verb/adverb combinations.

And finally, comment on the data, using formal
objective language.

And that’s all for Study English today. Don’t
forget to keep reading, writing, speaking

and listening to English as much as you can.
And why not try to rewrite some conversational

English into more formal academic styles.

I’ll see you next time for more IELTS preparation.
Bye.

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