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Language Skills 4.3
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Today's lesson
The CPE writing exam Corona style
Feedback on the essays
Synonyms & Latinates
Writing an article
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The exam
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What feedback did you get on your essay this week?
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Music plays a certain role in society. This role may vary if considered in other fields like education, or profession.
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It’s hard to find a place with total silence, where no soft beat is heard and the sound of a powerballad won’t take you away to faraway places.
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Music is something that is in everyone’s lives.
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There is just one thing, music is not taken as serious as it should. Think about the song of Abba, ‘Thank you for the music’, it is important to appreciate music more seriously as it is done now.
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If you would ask me what I think about this matter, I can agree with both writers in that music needs to get a higher status in society.
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Use Synonyms:
to avoid repetition
to show off your level of English
to make a good impression
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How many synonyms can you name for "interesting"... write them down!
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What about "excellent"
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You can also do this with movie titles. Which movie is a synonym of "Ferrous Fellow"?
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Latinate Words
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Latinate "get better"
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Latinate "get ahead"
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CPE Writing Part 2: The Article
usually intended for publication in a newspaper, magazine or journal
written for a wide audience
may include amusing stories, reported speech and descriptions
written in an interesting or entertaining manner
opinions and thoughts, as well as facts
less formal style than a report
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An article can :
describe an experience, event, person or place
present an opinion or balanced argument
compare and contrast
provide information
offer suggestions
offer advice
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A realistic article should consist of:
an eye-catching title which attracts the reader’s attention and suggests the theme of the article.
an introduction which clearly defines the topic to be covered and keeps the reader’s attention.
the main body of two to five paragraphs in which the topic is further developed in detail.
The conclusion - summarising the topic or a final opinion, recommendation or comment.
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Remember
Before you begin writing it is important to consider:
where is the article going to appear - in a newspaper or magazine?
who are the intended readers - a specific group such as students or teenagers, or adults in general?
what is the aim of the article - to advise, suggest, inform, compare and contrast, describe, etc.?
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Next week: Reading Week (no lesson)
Homework: WF 5 and 10 (90-91; 174-175) Hand in 25th May