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Enrolment Graph Description

Instructions:

The chart shows 1) ________ fluctuations 2) ________ 3) ________ numbers 4) ________ international students attending 5) ________ Sydney International Language Centre 6) ________ 2001.
At 7) ________ start 8) ________ 9) ________ year numbers 10) ________ quite high at 170, this 11) ________ because there 12) ________ 13) ________ large number 14) ________ students 15) ________ University Preparation (UP) before 16) ________ March intake. The student population remained 17) ________ same until 18) ________ end 19) ________ February when 40 graduated from ELI and took up their offers 20) ________ Bachelors and Masters courses. In both April and May, 15 extra students enrolled into ELI courses. There 21) ________ 22) ________ sharp increase 23) ________ June when 20 new students entered UP courses. In July there 24) ________ only an increase 25) ________ five students 26) ________ 27) ________ Winter course intake 28) ________ at 29) ________ end 30) ________ July and this 31) ________ too late for students who 32) ________ entering university 33) ________ 34) ________ second semester. In comparison to 35) ________ first semester, there 36) ________ 37) ________ sharp drop 38) ________ numbers 39) ________ 50 students left, leaving only 135 students 40) ________ ELI for August. From here until 41) ________ end 42) ________ 43) ________ year there 44) ________ 45) ________ steady rise 46) ________ student numbers to 47) ________ peak 48) ________ 180 49) ________ December.
Overall 50) ________ shows steady growth when compared to 51) ________ 2000 enrolments.


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