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You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

The first thing to do when considering your response is to underline the  keywords  in the sentence. What areas should you focus on? EXAMPLE: Many  young people  today  leave  their  own countries  to  work abroad . Discuss the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  working abroad  and give  your own opinion . Incorporate your  own experience . Think about WHAT you really think on the topic: do you want to go abroad ( to leave your own country ) to work or study? What are the advantages for you in going abroad, and are there any disadvantages? What might happen while you are in a foreign country?  Make some notes under the headings  Advantages  and  Disadvantages . These will help when you come to write your essay. A formal writing style is essential. The essay will have at least four paragraphs and you need to understand how to move smoothly from one paragraph to the next....

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

In Writing for a Purpose you can find information and exercises on the following language areas:   Adjectives: personal feelings about a topic Collecting data Defining terms Describing location, structure, procedure Discourse markers (linking devices) Evaluating positions Explaining cause, effect and significance Expressions for arguing, evaluating and reaching conclusions General nouns (for referring back) Giving reasons for choices or decisions Linking expressions Making claims and reaching conclusions Making recommendations Measuring and calculating Nominalised verbs Phrasal verbs Planning choices Quantities Reporting verbs Reporting verbs Reporting what is known or believed Talking about levels of challenge Talking about methods Talking about results Talking about roles Talking about willingness and ability Talking about worry and anxiety       The exercises in Writing for a Purpose develop the following skills and language areas:   Arguing and making clai...

THE IMITATION GAME: ALAN TURING, CREATOR OF MODERN COMPUTING "Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of  who do the things no one can imagine" Alan Turing was a prodigy endowed with incredible stubborness and will power. He succeeded in an apparently impossible enterprise saving thousands of lives during WWII: he invented a machine to decrytp  Enigma, the Germans' secret code, thus boycotting many of their deadly attacks on Britain. He saved all those lives  thanks to his ingenious intuition, algorithms and computing being almost a game to him . He contributed to change the outcomes of a horrifying war,  designing his machine which could compute thousands of figures at a speed a human mind could have never achieved, neither the most brilliant. He is now considered one of the fathers of computer science and a war hero.  More than the mathematician  and the war hero,  The Imitation Game , conveys the portraya...

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

A  "for and against" essay is a formal piece of writing in which a topic is considered from opposing points of view . You should present both sides in a fair way by discussing them objectively and in equal detail. A good essay of this type should consist of: a) an introductory paragraph in which you clearly state the topic to be discussed, without giving your opinion; b) a main body in which the points for and against along with your justifications, examples or reasons are presented in separate paragraphs; and c) a closing paragraph in which you state your opinion or give a balanced consid¬eration of the topic. Note : Opinion words (I think, I believe, In my opinion, etc.) can only be used in the closing paragraph where you give your opinion on the topic. writing a for and against essay

Love it or hate it, modern technology is here to stay.  This set of technology writing prompts will help you think about  ways technology impacts our lives .  What if they had to do without a favorite device or gadget? What if they owned a personal robot? What about wearable technology?  Invite your teens to choose from these prompts and explore the possibilities! 1. Computer Crazy Think about  one form of technology you can’t imagine living without . Is it television? Minecraft? Your smartphone or iPad? Write an essay explaining why you’re so crazy about this technology, and tell what you would do in its place if it were taken away for a week. 2. Past Meets Future Imagine that a time machine has transported you back to an earlier civilization or historical era. Poking through your backpack, you discover some rope, a pocket knife, a roll of duct tape, and three modern technological d...

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Composition: Examples of Complex GRAMMAR STRUCTURES you should be using: Here are some examples of important structures which should be used: Participle phrases and gerunds up front: "Reducing the retirement age would create significant difficulties for pension funds." "Having been bullied at school, I know how psychologically damaging this can be." Passives "It is often forgotten that ..................." "............. is considered to be ............." ".......has been linked with ........" "The conlusion to be drawn is that ............." SOME USEFUL PHRASES FOR ESSAY WRITING Presenting two advantages or disadvantages together: not only ... but ... also not only ... but also Presenting two opposing views: on the one hand, on the other hand Expressing Contrast: nevertheless even so even though however in spite of despite but ...

DOs AND DON'Ts FOR WRITING DOs DON`Ts Spend a couple of minutes thinking of ideas, choosing the best ones and the order you will discuss them in. Try to have a good introduction. This creates the first impression on the examiner, and first impressions are very important. Make sure that each paragraph in the main body of your essay has a clear topic. Develop your ideas by giving arguments for the opinions you mention, and/or giving examples, or drawing a contrast, or by acknowledging the opposite point of view (if you have not planned to do that in the following paragraph). Imagine that you are writing for someone who is not quite as well-informed as you are, so that you really have to make your points clear. Try to use a good range of vocabulary. F ind ways to avoid repetition . U se expressions such...