Reading: An Infographic Global Energy Use
Reading an infographic global energy use is a B1–B2 visual-literacy reading skill worksheet. The infographic combines text, charts, and visual elements to communicate global energy data: where energy comes from (fossil fuels vs renewables), where it goes (transport, industry, residential), and how this is changing. Learners read across text and image as a unit, identify key data points, and synthesise the visual argument.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 visual-and-text-integration reading skill.
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What’s inside:
- An A4 infographic-style spread (or annotated text equivalent) on global energy use
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with energy and infographic terms
- Comprehension items: data-finding, trend-identification, synthesis
- Vocabulary-in-context: data and energy lexis
- Writing follow-up: write a short paragraph summarising the infographic’s key points
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Infographic reading at B1–B2 requires bidirectional attention — reading the text and image simultaneously. Data vocabulary: proportion, percentage, share, growth, decline, trend, projection. Synthesis is the central skill: combining multiple data points into a coherent summary.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1 to B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and IELTS Academic Reading. Part of the Practical Reading Skills collection — the natural next step is A Product Description and Advertisement, which extends practical reading into commercial-text territory.
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