Writing Task 1

The line graph illustrates the proportion of people accessing to computer network in three countries Mexico, Canada and the USA over a period of ten years from 1999.

Looking at the graph, the general trends of three lines are upwards despite different paces. It is noticeable that the users of America and Canada were nearly twice as many as those from Mexico.

In 1999, the number of people using the Internet in three countries saw a significant rise. However, the figure for Mexicans accessing to online network is the lowest, at approximately 5%, followed by Canadians and Americans, with over 10% and nearly 25% respectively. While Mexico showed a steady growth from 1999 to 2002, Canada witnessed a sharp rise in the Net users and the USA was at the same pace as Canada.

Since 2001, the number of users going on the World Wide Web in Mexico and Canada had been in a dramatic increase whereas that of America had been in a slight growth until the mid - nineties when it nearly remained constant at around 80%. Despite having similar trend with Mexico and the USA, the percentage of Internet usage of Canadians rose at a fastest pace and by 2009, nearly 100% Canadians used the Internet