International Students

How to answer: structure and key points

How to answer

1. Open with what the image is and what it shows: its title or topic.
2. Describe two or three main features: the largest and smallest values, or the main stages or parts.
3. Add one comparison or trend in a single sentence.
4. Finish with one sentence on what the image shows overall.
5. Keep talking at an even pace until the time runs out; content matters, but so do fluency and pronunciation.

Key points for this image

This is a grouped bar chart.

• It shows international students in Canada, in thousands, by home country, for two periods.
• China leads, rising from 131 to 301 thousand, followed by India at 96 then 221.
• South Korea and Japan follow, with 119 and 112 thousand in the later period.
• Smaller groups such as Italy, Iceland and New Zealand stay below about 15 thousand.
• Every country shows a higher green bar for 1992-2008 than for 1992-2000.

Conclusion idea: Overall, Asian countries supply most students, and numbers grew for every country shown.

These are key points and a structure written by RealPTE, not a script to memorise: say or write it in your own words.

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