Vocabulary for Process Diagrams

In this video I’ll show you what vocabulary words you have to use when you’re describing a process

so if you remember this is what our process diagrams look like on the one hand you have process diagrams

where the stages and the steps may not be clearly numbered.

Whereas in other process diagrams the steps and stages will be clearly laid out.

So you may get any of these process diagrams on your task one essay.

So first let’s look at how to describe the composition of the process so in this example we have a process

that shows the lifecycle of a salmon fish.

So when you’re describing this process in your essay generally in the introduction you have to summarize

what the process is about.

So in this case you may say something like the diagram shows how salmon develop from eggs to adults.

So this is one way to describe what the diagram is about.

But you can also use synonyms for the word how for example instead of saying how you can use the phrase

the process by which so you could say the diagram shows the process by which salmon develop from eggs

to adults.

All right.

So you can say how or you can use the synonym for how.

Which is the process by which now if the number of steps or stages is clear in the diagram then you

have to describe the composition of the number of steps or stages in your essay.

So you may write something like this process is composed of three steps.

Now notice that all the words that are in the blue color have synonyms.

So this is one way to describe the composition of the process but instead of the word process you can

also say cycle.

So you can say this cycle is composed of three steps now instead of saying is composed of you can say

is made up of is formed of or is comprised of.

So you can say this process is made up of three steps instead of saying steps.

You can also say stages or phases so you can say this process is composed of three stages now one we’re

describing stages there is a beginning middle and end to any process.

So let’s look at some words and phrases that we can use to describe the different stages in a process

so if you’re describing the beginning of a process or the start of a process then you can use these

words and phrases here initially to begin with and so on if you’re describing the middle stage of a

process you can use any of these words or phrases here if you want to describe that something is happening

at the same time in a process.

For example if two things are happening at the same time in a process then you can use the words and

phrases here next.

If you’re describing the end of a process then you can use the words and phrases listed here.

And finally if you want to say that the process repeats itself then you can use these phrases here.

So that concludes this video on the vocabulary for process diagrams in the next video.

I’m going to show you what vocabulary words to use for describing maps.