Page 5 - Academic English Course - PRE Intermediate

ACADEMIC ENGLISH

TASK 3

FOR AND AGAINST

You are going to discuss the following essay question:
Do we need rules in society?
Think of arguments for and against. Make notes below.

Arguments for Arguments against

Now look at your notes, have you used modal verbs? Underline them. Do they CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS
strengthen your arguments? Can you make your arguments any stronger?

You are now going to take a side. With a partner decide who is for and who is
against and use your notes to debate the issue.

n Use discussion language
n Use opinion language

Now join with another group and decide which pair is for and which pair is
against. Use your notes and ideas to debate the issue further.

Did you have similar ideas to the other group?

TASK 4

ESSAY ADVICE
Imagine you are going to write an essay about your ideas.
Read the following statements on writing an essay. Discuss with your partner and
decide if these are true or false.
1) You should get straight to the point in an essay. People should know immediately what
you think about the topic. There is no need to write an introduction to the subject.

2) At the start of an essay you need to create a ‘Thesis statement’. This is the fact or idea
you want to explain or prove in the rest of your essay. It is the main focus of the essay.

3) The middle part of your essay is called the body. This must be at least 2 contrasting
paragraphs.

4) Each paragraph should have a topic sentence. This shows the main idea of the paragraph
and tells the reader what to expect in each paragraph.

5) The end of your essay should bring your ideas together in a ‘conclusion’. You should not
start to discuss new information in the conclusion but you could maybe leave the reader
with a rhetorical question.

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