2021 H5 Convincing Language in Statements

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Convincing Statements 

05 February

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Convincing Statements 

05 February

1. Intro: what causes English mistakes? 

2. Prepping statements / practice with vocab

3. Vocab game: how expansive is your vocabulary knowledge? 

4. Practicing statements: how successful are they, content wise and language wise? 

5. Little instruction: what language use is successful?

6. Refining statements

What causes Louis's mistakes?

Breakout Rooms Exercise

Introduce a topic and an opinion about it based on one of these four titles: 

1. Europe can only fix its relationship with Africa if it exorcises its colonial ghosts
   
2. History suggests we may forget the pandemic sooner than we think
   
3. What a picture of Ocasio-Cortez in a bikini tells us about the disturbing future of AI
   
4. Alexei Navalny has been jailed. But he'll still be spooking Vladimir Putin
   

Do not consult the articles.

PAY ATTENTION TO LANGUAGE. Consider audience - purpose - tone: 

• A: our class
  
• P: convince us that your topic and opinion are relevant and worth discussing
  
• T: formal 
  

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Breakout Rooms Exercise

Introduce a topic and an opinion about it based on one of these four titles: 

1. Europe can only fix its relationship with Africa if it exorcises its colonial ghosts
   
2. History suggests we may forget the pandemic sooner than we think
   
3. What a picture of Ocasio-Cortez in a bikini tells us about the disturbing future of AI
   
4. Alexei Navalny has been jailed. But he'll still be spooking Vladimir Putin
   

How can you improve it language wise and content wise to make it more convincing? 

What convincing language have you heard?

What of the style (APT): What was effective and why?

Convincing Statements 

LANGUAGE

• linking words: but vs however; yet vs nevertheless, that's why vs consequently 
  
• argumentative language: as a result, therefore, in my opinion, because, since, subsequently, consequently, that's why, however, moreover, although..., he states, the author proposes
  
• descriptive language: a bad example vs a terribly unfit example
  

Follow-up Exercise

Read two articles in full, you should be able to introduce and explain them convincingly: 

1. Europe can only fix its relationship with Africa if it exorcises its colonial ghosts
   
2. History suggests we may forget the pandemic sooner than we think
   
3. What a picture of Ocasio-Cortez in a bikini tells us about the disturbing future of AI
   
4. Alexei Navalny has been jailed. But he'll still be spooking Vladimir Putin
   

Select at least two quotes per article that you can use. 

Make sure you understand the full text: summarise it in your own English words (at least 150w.) 

Brainstorm about a theme for your speaking assignment. 

Study exam vocabulary 2. 

What was the best part of this lesson? What question would you still like to ask?
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