1. Lecture 5
Writing practice

2. Task 1 Description Task 1 Description
You should spend no more than 20 minutes on this task.
It is often claimed that women have achieved greater freedom and have access to the same opportunities as men. The pie charts below show some employment patterns in Great Britain.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the charts below.
You should write at least 150 words.

4. Model
The two pie charts show the proportion of makes and females in employment in 6 broad categories, divided into manual and non-manual occupations. In general, a greater percentage of women work in non-manual occupations, and the reverse is true for men.
In the non-manual occupations, while a greater percentage of working women than men are found in clerical-type positions, there is a smaller percentage of women than men employed in managerial and professional positions. The percentage of women employed in other non-manual occupations is slightly larger than the percentage of men in these occupations.

5. Model
In manual employment, the biggest difference between the two sexes is in the employment of craft workers, where makes make up 21% of the workforce and females just 4.5%. Furthermore, the percentage of women working as general labourers is very small, only 0.5%. there is not a great deal of difference between the percentage of men doing other forms of manual work (28%) and women in other manual work (32%).
In conclusion, the two charts clearly show that women do not have the same access as men to certain types of employment.

6. Topic essay Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Advertising influences people’s behavior in a negative way.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Your writing should be about 200 words.

7. Model
People see a lot of advertising in newspapers and magazines, on signs, and on television. Today people even see ads in the movie theater! All of this advertising influences people’s behavior in a negative way. It influences how people spend their money, how they look at themselves, and how they communicate with other people.
Advertising influences how people spend their money. People sometimes buy things they can’t afford or don’t need. I read a story of a family that bought a computer for their children,, but they were living in a tent. They didn't even have electricity for the computer.people spend too much because they have to be better than everyone else. In my country, weddings are a big industry, and families spend too much money because of advertising. This is a negative influence of advertising.

8. Model
Advertising affects how people view themselves. Sometimes it makes people feel bad if they can’t buy something. For example, a lot of sports and movie stars advertise shoes, clothes, and so on. Children see this on television and pressure their parents to buy it. There are a lot of crimes because teenagers kill to get designer clothes. Also, teenagers start to smoke because they think this looks cool, moreover, some girls want to be tin like girls in the ads.
Finally, advertising changes people’s communication.i hear a lot of little children saying the phrases they hear on television. They also sing the songs from the commercials. Also, advertising influences spelling. I have seen “night” spelled like “nite”. Therefore, advertising has a negative effects on the ways that people speak and write English.
Advertising has a lot of good points. It is a way to sell things in a capitalist country. However, there are also a lot of bad influences on people’s behavior because of advertising.

9. Issue
"People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic."
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the above opinion. Support your opinion with reasons and examples.

10. Criteria for issue writing:
i) A well-developed essay that is logical and coherent; ii) An essay that demonstrates critical thinking skills; iii) An essay which uses varied sentence structure and vocabulary; iv) An essay that uses the language of standard written English; v) An essay that is free of mechanical errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization; and vi) An essay that follows the conventions of standard written English.

11. Outline Introduction: Yes
Evidence 1: attitude affected by the people round you. Language, topics about pop stars
Evidence 2: public survey result: modern reading habit: 90% fast reading, 10% in-depth reading
Evidence 3: classic works encourage cultivation of internal characteristics. It doesn't mean people at that time were not affected by immediate situation.
Conclusion.

12. Argument
The following appeared in a letter sent by a committee of homeowners from the Deerhaven Acres to all homeowners in Deerhaven Acres. "Seven years ago, homeowners in nearby Brookville community adopted a set of restrictions on how the community's yards should be landscaped and what colors the exteriors of homes should be painted. Since then, average property values have tripled in Brookville. In order to raise property values in Deerhaven Acres, we should adopt our own set of restrictions on landscaping and house painting."
Write an argument about it.

13. Check the ideas Landscape Exterior color Property value
Dissatisfied with the old rule: it does not go well with the rise of property value.
Like what?
Establish new status and sports facilities
Design of front yards and back yards
Use bright color
Against: problems lies in the new investment in the change rather than the change itself.

14. Outline
Introduction: knowledge the reasonability of the proposal and state the problem.
Reasonability 1: relationship between the landscape and the value.
Reasonability 2: advantages of landscape standard in the community
Problem: why people don’t invest.
Solution: persuasion before working out the new set of restrictions.