Different Kinds of Conjunctions in Writing
Aim: |
to help make students aware of the meaning of different categories of conjunctions |
Target Audience: |
students |
Relevance to IELTS: |
General Training Writing Task 2 |
Organisation: |
groups |
Materials needed: |
Worksheet ; a discursive topic written on the board supplied by the teacher or the students (e.g. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Internet cafes). |
- Ask students to match the lists of conjunctions to their function, then when they have finished discuss their answers and give feedback.
- Ask students to add to each category any other suitable conjunctions they can think of.
- Ask students for their answers and list correct ones on the board in their categories.
- Ask students to look at the discursive topic and note down any ideas they have for the advantages and disadvantages, as well as any examples of them.
- Ask students for their ideas for the advantages and examples of them. Note four of them under ‘advantages’ on the board, together with the examples . Then do the same for ‘disadvantages and examples of these.
- Ask students, one at a time, to construct an ‘oral composition’ on this topic from the board i.e. one student starts with the opening sentence of the introduction, a second student continues the introduction, a third student gives the first advantage, a fourth an example of it etc. As they talk, point at the conjunctions to ensure they incorporate them where necessary.
- Ask the students to do the same activity as in 6 in small groups.
- Ask the students to write the composition individually for homework.
