Discoursive Practice Opinions - For & Against
Discoursive Practice Opinions - For & Against
Discoursive Practice Opinions - For & Against
Clive Oxenden
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Christina Latham-Koenig
Clive Oxenden
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Writing
EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION
a Read the title of the magazine article. Do you agree or Community service is the best
disagree? Then quickly read the article and see if the punishment for young people
writer's opinion is the same as yours.
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A REPORT
a Read the report on restaurants. With a Eating out in London
partner, and think of suitable headings for
This report describes various options for students
paragraphs 1, 3, and 4.
who want to eat out while staying in London.
b You have been asked to write a report 1
on either good places for eating out
or entertainment in your town for an Fast food - The majority of fast-food restaurants are cheap
English language magazine. With a partner, and clean and the service is fast, but they are often noisy and
plan the content. crowded, and of course t he food is the same all over the world.
1 Decide which report you are going to write. World food - London has restaurants offering food from many
parts of the world, for example India, and China. These are often
2 Decide what headings you can use to divide
relatively inexpensive and have good-quality food and
up your report.
a nice atmosphere.
3 Decide what information to include under
each heading. 2 Value far money
c Write 120-180 words, organized in three
Gastropubs - These are pubs which serve high-quality food
or four paragraphs with a heading. Use a but tend to be slightly cheaper than the majority of mid-range
neutral/ formal style, and use expressions restaurants. Generally speaking, t he food is well-cooked and
from Useful language for generalizing. some have very imaginative menus.
Writing