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Teacher’s notes

Level Advanced
Time 45minutes
Aims • tofocusstudents’attentionontypesof writing

• togiveguidanceandpracticeinbuildingvocabularyforessaywriting

Before you start
• Makeacopyof theworksheetforeachstudent

You will also need
• Copiesof theOxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7th edition

EssAY WriTing

Terminology

Procedure
Atthebeginningof thelesson,brainstormdifferenttypesof writtentext–thesemight
include:essay,composition,report,review,leaflet,article,letter,memo,email.Then
distributetheWorksheet.

Terminology
Sslookatthetermsintheboxin

Task Aontheirworksheetand,individuallyoringroups,

matchthemtothedefinitions.Theycanchecktheiranswersinthedictionarywhenthey
havefinished,oryoumaywantthemtousethedictionaryentriestohelpthemcomplete
thetask.
Feedbackasaclasscouldincludesomediscussionaboutthetypesof writingthattheterms
relateto–e.g.subheadingsandbulletpointsmightbeusedinareport;source,quotation,
acknowledgeandbibliographymostlyrelatetoacademicwriting.

Key
a.register

b.subheading

c.quotation

d.source

e.tone

f.acknowledgement g.bibliography

h.readership

i.bulletpoint

Preparing to write

LookingatTask B,Sswillrealizehowtheycanusethelanguagefromagivensourceasa
startingpointfortheirownwriting.Readtheessayquestionasaclassandbrieflydiscussthe
mainideasitcovers–i.e.whetheradvancesintechnologyonlybenefitpeoplelivinginrich
countries.
Usingthevocabularychart,Ssthentrytocompletetheintroductoryparagraphindividually
orinpairs.

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Key
Inthepastfewyears,therehavebeenhuge

technologicaladvanceswhichhave

completelychangedthewayweliveinthe

developedworld.However,whilstweareable

todobusinesswitheachothermorequicklyandconvenientlyviatheInternetorenjoy
onlineentertainment,thelatesttechnologyisoftentooexpensiveformanypeopleliving
indevelopingcountries/nations.

Task C
Makesurethatstudentsworktogethertodiscusswhichwordstochooseandwhattype
of informationtheycanfindaboutthemintheirdictionaries.Monitorandpointthemin
therightdirectionwherenecessary.Studentscanusetheformatasabovefornotingthe
languageortheycoulduseadifferentmethodthatsuitsthem,suchasspiderdiagrams.
Getfeedbackasaclass,buildingupacollectionof usefullanguageontheboardand
allowingstudentsfromdifferentgroupstosharewhattheyhavefound.Checkthatthey
haveunderstoodthemeaningandusageof anywordsorphrases.

Writing task
Either:

Getstudentstoworkindividuallyorcooperativelyintheirgroupstowritethefirst

paragraphof thetasktheyhavebeenworkingon.Encouragethemtousesomeof the
languagetheyhavegathered.
Or:

SettheessaytopicfromTaskAorTaskBashomework.Youmaywishtopointoutthe

informationaboutessaywritingonppR50-51intheOxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
7th edition

tohelpstudentstostructuretheiressays.

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EssAY WriTing
Terminology

Task A

Matchthewordsinthebox,connectedwithwriting,tothedefinitionsbelow:

subheading register tone bibliography source

quotation readership acknowledgement bulletpoint

a thelevelandstyleof apieceof writing,thatisusuallyappropriatetothesituationthatit

isusedin

b atitlegiventoanyof thesectionsintowhichalongerpieceof writinghasbeendivided
c agroupof wordstakenfromabook,article,etc.andrepeatedbecausetheyareinteresting

oruseful

d aperson,bookordocumentthatprovidesinformation,especiallyforapieceof writtenwork
e thegeneralcharacterandattitudeof sthsuchasapieceof writing
f astatement,especiallyatthebeginningof abook,inwhichthewriterexpressesthanksto

thepeoplewhohavehelped

g thelistof books,articles,etc.thathavebeenusedbysbwritinganarticle,etc.
h thetypeof peoplewhoreadaparticularnewspaper,typeof book,etc.
i aniteminalistinadocument,thatisprintedwithasquare,diamondorcircleinfrontof

itinordertoshowthatitisimportant

Preparing to write

Weoftenusesomekindof writtensourceasastartingpointforapieceof writing–oneormore
textsthatwehaveread,informationfromtheInternet,aletteroradvertwearereplyingto,or
simplyanessayquestion.Thelanguageusedinthesourcecanbeaveryusefulstartingpoint.

Task B

Lookattheessayquestionbelowandnotehowthestudenthasexploitedthelanguagetouse
intheirresponse:

Can developing countries benefit from advances in new technology?
TheInternethaschangedthewaywedobusinessandentertainourselves.Nowthere’sa
wholenewwaveof newtechnologiesbeingdeveloped,butistechnologyadvancingtoo
quickly?Willthenewtechnologiesmakeforabetterworldorwilltheyjusthelpthefew?

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Vocabulary Chart

Keyword/phrase

Wordfamily

Relatedwords

Collocations/structures

developingcountries

thedevelopedworld developingnations/economies

benefit(verb)

benefit(noun)
beneficial(adj)

benefitfrom/bysth
stand tobenefit

advance(noun)

advance(verb)
advanced(adj)

anadvanceinsth
technologicaladvance

technology

technological
technologically

hightechnology
informationtechnology
thelatesttechnology

business

commerce,trade

dobusiness(withsb)

entertain

entertainment

develop

development
(noun)

Belowisthefirstparagraphof theessay–usewordsfromabovetocompletethegaps:

Inthepastfewyears,therehavebeenhuge

_____________________

advanceswhichhave

completelychangedthewayweliveinthe

_____________________

world.However,whilstwe

areabletodobusiness

_____________________

eachothermorequicklyandconvenientlyviathe

Internetorenjoyonline

_____________________

,the

_____________________

technologyisoftentoo

expensiveformanypeoplelivingindeveloping

_____________________

.

Task C

Ingroups,lookattheshorttextbelowintroducingatopicfordiscussion.Readthetextand
pickout5-6keywordsandphrases.Lookthemupinthedictionaryandmakenotesabout
collocations,structures,otherwordformsetc.asinTask B.

Worldtemperaturesrosebyabout0.6degreeslastcenturyandthe1990swerethe
warmestdecadeonrecord,accordingtotheInternationalPanelonClimateChange.
Scientistsexpectthispatterntocontinueandpredicttheearthwillhavewarmedby
1.4–5.8Cby2100.
Risingglobaltemperaturescouldleadtomeltingof thepolaricecaps,risingsealevels
andchangesintheworld’sweather,especiallyanincreaseinextremeweatherevents
suchasdroughts,heatwaves,stormsandflooding.
Have you noticed changes in your environment? How do you think climate change
could affect you?