1. Writing 1
Lesson 8

2. Homework for today P. 10 task 1 P. 19, task 3 P. 21 tasks 1, 2, 3
Read P. 22, 23 and do task 1
Check answers in Word doc ‘Answers homework for lesson 8’
Read ‘Foreign language learning’, check vocabulary and bring to class

3. A Topic Sentence
The idea or thesis the paragraph is going to focus on should be clear from the first or second sentence. This helps to guide the reader and allows them to understand the purpose of each paragraph.

4. Cohesion
The information a paragraph contains must be easily understandable to a reader. A good writer will repeat key words or use synonymous words. Pronouns can replace nouns in previous sentences and transition words help to link points.

5. Adequate Development
The topic should be discussed as fully as possible. The length will vary from paragraph to paragraph, depending on the author's purpose, but writers should be wary of paragraphs that only have two or three sentences. It is more than likely that the paragraph is not fully developed.

6. Unity
The entire paragraph should concern itself with a single focus. If it begins with one focus or major point of discussion, it should not end with another or wander within different ideas.

7. Paragraph Topic sentence  Development  Support
Link to subsequent paragraph

8. Text: Foreign Language Learning
Purpose of text
Audience
Presumed knowledge
Framework
Paragraph structure
Cohesion
Lexis

9. Paragraph 1 Identify topic sentence
Explain purpose of information in para. 1
Identify any instances of presumed knowledge
Lexis: group words that are synonymous or contain similar meaning

10. Lexical nets
language
exams
university
state
time
school

11. Language modern languages French German Spanish Language Trends report
language entries language
teaching of languages subjects

12. Language Trends report
The story of the decline of in UK universities is by now familiar: the numbers taking modern foreign language degree courses fell 16% between and  Although the numbers stabilised last year, this month, the OCR exam board announced it is to discontinue GCSEs and A-levels in , and The latest annual , meanwhile, found schools are not preparing for more GCSE or A-level despite the new Ebacc – intended to see 90% of pupils take a suite of five core GCSEs including a by With the
in school declining, academics are asking themselves what universities can do to keep departments viable and the alive.
modern languages
French
German
Spanish
Language Trends report
language entries
language
teaching of languages
subjects

13. State
decline fell stabilised
declining viable alive
Time
  last year
this month latest annual

14. Universities
UK universities
modern foreign language degree courses
academics universities departments
Exams
OCR exam board GCSEs A-levels
GCSE A-level Ebacc
five core GCSEs
School
numbers numbers schools
pupils school

15. The story of the decline of modern languages in UK universities is by now familiar: the numbers taking modern foreign language degree courses fell 16% between and  Although the numbers stabilised last year, this month, the OCR exam board announced it is to discontinue GCSEs and A-levels in French, German and Spanish. The latest annual Language Trends report, meanwhile, found schools are not preparing for more GCSE or A-level language entries despite the new Ebacc – intended to see 90% of pupils take a suite of five core GCSEs including a language by With the teaching of languages in school declining, academics are asking themselves what universities can do to keep departments viable and the subjects alive.

16. Lexis: state and time decline (1) fell (2) stabilised (3)
declining (7)
viable (8)
alive (8)
expansion (23)
gap (23)
initiatives (26)
positive outcome (27)
(2)
(2)
last year (3)
this month (3)
latest (4)
annual (4)
by 2020 (7)
now (11)
this year (13)

17. Lexis: school and exams
numbers (1)
numbers (3)
schools (5)
pupils (6, 24)
school (7)
OCR exam board (3)
GCSEs (4, 5, 6, 24)
A-levels (4, 5, 18)
Ebacc (6)
Five core GCSEs (6)

18. Lexis: language Language Trends report (4) modern languages (1)
French (4)
German (4)
Spanish (4)
Language Trends report (4)
language entries (5)
language (6, 14, 18, 20, 24)
teaching of languages (7)
subjects (8)
languages (11, 16)
language experience (19)

19. Lexis: university modern foreign language degree courses (2)
UK universities (1)
modern foreign language degree courses (2)
academics (7)
universities (8, 12, 27)
departments (8)
University language courses (9)
students (9, 15, 16, 19)
ab initio courses (10, 23)
courses (12)

20. Lexis: university minor degree subject (14) university (17)
joint honours language courses (18)
minor courses (19)
minor (19)
joint honours (20)
language departments (25)
Routes into Languages Campaign (25)
tertiary language learning (26)
modern language degree courses (27)

21. Paragraph 2
Cohesion: what information links sentence 1 to the previous paragraph?
There are two instances of exemplification. How are they signalled to the reader?
°°°°°°°°°°°°°
What is the purpose of paragraph 3?

22. Writing
Now write a paragraph of 120 words where you explain the importance of being able to study a language from scratch at Florence University.
Your first sentence should signal a link to the last sentence of paragraph 4 (… universities are trying their best …)

23. Production Planning Remember … Phase 2 Phase 1 write brainstorm ideas
proofread
Phase 1
Planning
brainstorm ideas
organise
work on lexis

24. Homework for lesson 9 P. 10 Task 2 P. 17 Task 3
(Check answers in Word doc ‘Answers homework for lesson 9’)
P. 19 Task 3
Writing task: see slide 22. Print and bring to class