This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 1610. How to make sense of statistics in English

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You want to have interesting conversations in English about current events and issues, but do you

freeze when someone throws out a number? Today, get a four-step framework for listening to statistics,

understanding them, and responding in a group English conversation.

Hey, Lindsay, how are you?

Hey, Michelle. Doing great. How's everything going? What's shaking?

Everything. Everything is good. Everything is good. Today, we are getting into numbers.

Oh, that is my least favorite thing. Oh, man. Sometimes I wish I were more analytical.

Yeah. I mean, this is going to definitely be tricky, dealing with numbers like this. I mean,

we are going to be talking about commentary on statistics, explaining statistics, if someone's

having this conversation, right? So you are going to hear a clip today from our conversations

and coffee programs. And this is a clip where Jessica is going through some statistics like she's

talking about sharing of facts, sharing numbers. And she's going to be making some hypotheses

we have some comments. So this is a whole group discussion about this. So in this clip,

you're going to really hear a lot. It's going to be good. And we're going to give you a strategy

in just a second that we want you to listen for these things while you listen for the clip.

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