Sumários

no class (health problems)

19 Março 2025, 18:30 John Richard Walker

unfortunately still suffering from flu


Writing a conclusion

18 Março 2025, 11:00 Tânia Joesephine Gregg Lopes da Silva

Students write their conclusion by restating the thesis, bringing the main strands of the body paragraphs together in a synthesis, and ending with future directions for research


no class (health problem)

17 Março 2025, 18:30 John Richard Walker

Unfortunately I had to leave the faculty as I was clearly showing serious flu symptoms


Topic sentences and supporting arguments

13 Março 2025, 11:00 Tânia Joesephine Gregg Lopes da Silva

Students complete an exercise on topic sentences and supporting arguments related to the theme of their essays.

They use the rationale of their introduction as the basis for constructing the first body paragraph of their essay.
Homework: Complete the the three body paragraphs


Unit 4 signposting and metatext

12 Março 2025, 18:30 John Richard Walker

Longer paragraphs in English require more metatext:


* to help the reader to navigate the paragraphs
* to guide the reader towards our arguments

Anna Mauranen quoted in Ken Hyland

categories of metatext for organization: discourse markers