Unit 4
Writing
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Writing strategie
Structuring a paragraph
• Each paragraph should cover one main idea or topic.
• Introduce the topic in the first sentence of each paragraph. This is called the topic sentence.
• Explain your ideas in more detail in the next sentences of the paragraph.
• Summarise and conclude your ideas in the last sentence of the paragraph.
Skimming
- Skimming a text means going through it quickly to get an overall idea of the content. We are not interested in details or any specific information while skimming.
To write a summary, you need to become adept at skimming for important material.
• Explain the content in no more than two sentences.
• Write down keywords.
• Read it again and lightly cross out detailed or repeated information.
• Note down one sentence to represent each paragraph.
• Create a thesis statement to start your summary (go through the
sentences you have written and write a general statement that explains the main idea).
Useful language:
It is understood that...; It is often suggested that...; Many people believe that...; It is evident that...;
For this reason...; It could be argued that...; Thus it can be seen that...
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