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Lesson7:Task2– AgreeorDisagree

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Important!• Writedownyouranswertothequestiononthenextpageand

sendittoyourteacherBEFOREthelesson.

• YoushouldsendtheanswertoyourteacherusingtheSkimaTalk Message feature(250-300words).

Homework

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Exercise1:Task2– AgreeandDisagree

• Somepeoplearguethatacademicpathways,suchasattendinguniversity,aretheonlyroutetogettingagoodjob.

• Discussthisviewandgiveyouropinion.

REMEMBER:• Task2requiresalongerresponsethanTask1.Youshouldspend40minutes

onthisanswer.• Theexaminerislookingforabalancedargumentaswellasyourownopinion.

Writeatleast250words.

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TipstoAnswer:Structure

Paragraph1:byintroducingthetopic– paraphrasethequestion.

Paragraph2:Chooseapositiontoargueforfirst;agreeordisagree.Discussthesupportingargumentsforthisposition.

Paragraph3:Next,arguefortheoppositepositionandthepresentsupportingarguments.

Paragraph4:Finally,summarise thesubjectmatterandgiveapredictionorrecommendation.

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TipstoAnswer:Vocabulary

REMEMBER:ReadingEnglishmagazinescanhelpyouwithansweringTask2questions.Recommendations include:• NationalGeographic• TheEconomist• BBCWorldNews

Useful Phrases Example

Tobe relatedto Thereisnodoubt thathighereducationisstronglyrelatedtosuccessinsomeindustries.

Tobearguablethat Itisarguable thatonedoesnotneedadegreeinordertogetagood job.

Tobegrounds forbelievingsomething

There aregrounds tobelievethatexperienceisbetterthanstudying.

Thisisnotnecessarily true It isnotnecessarilytruethathavingadegreeguaranteesyouajob.

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