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Practice 5: Rewriting a paragraph

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 Rewriting a paragraph Any organisation that allows researchers to interview its employees has the risk of raising ethical issues. For instance, the employees may feel obliged to give positive answers to questions instead of their honest opinions, beacuse they are afraid of their bosses finding out what they really think. Traditionally, this causes the reputation of the organisation to suffer, making it the duty of researches to ensure that this is avoided. Furthermore, they must make clear why they are doing the research and mantain the anonumity of everyone involved using false names. If this is not done, there is a good chance of the validity of the whole research project being threatened.

Practice 4: Self-editing, peer-editing and proof-reading

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Self-editing Peer-editing Proof-reading 2 Practice B Re‐write the text with all the errors corrected. Capital punishment is the most awful penalty that the State can employ. Although its use has declined worldwide in the next 50 years, it is still practiced in a significant number of countries, including China and the United States. Despite this, it has strong opponents and supporters, leading a fierce debate about its effectiveness. On the other hand, the supporters of capital punishment argue that it deters criminals from committing big crimes such as murder, because they know that they risk dying themselves. Although critics argue that most murders are committed without planning, and that researches shows that the murder rate is not higher in countries which do not have the death penalty, they also say that everyone should have a chance to reform, which may be achieved by a long period of imprisonment, and that state execution is an inhumane act. You can see that this is a subject t...

Practice 3: My first paragraph

 Cultural appropriation as a fashion statement Nowadays, society normalizes cultural appropriation as a fashion statement. According to multiple studies, cultural appopiation happens when a person uses elements from a culture  they do not belong to without understanding it's symbolism. Traditionally, some examples of co-optation are when a privileged person dresses up as a minority as a costume or for the aesthetic of it. Despite this being extremely disrespectful towards the members of those cultures, today's society normalizes this appropriation, especially in the world of fashion.

Practice 2: Organizing paragraphs

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  1 Paragraph structure ■ Discuss the following questions. • What is a paragraph?  A paragraph is a group of sentences that follow a same theme. • What is the normal length of a paragraph? Traditionally, the length of a paragraph oscilates                                                                                        between four and five lines.   • Is there a standard structure for paragraphs? A paragraph usually consists of a topic sentence, an explanation, a few examples and a conclusion.    • How is a paragraph linked together? A paragraph is linked together with connectors and phrases. 2 Example paragraph ■ Study the paragraph below. It is from the introduction to an essay titled ‘Should home o...

Practice 1: Narrowing the topic and brainstorming ideas.

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Narrowing the topic Technology: How to prevent child grooming on the Internet Parties: Parties for people who have tested positive on Covid Feminism: How trans women suffer the patriarchy Anime: The influence of anime in modern animation Brainstorming Listing Chinease food! Traditions: Tea tradition, etiquette, desserts traditions, chopsticks, rice, urban legends surrounding food in China. History: The British & Chinese food market, the American influence, Chinese dinasties Social: Take away culture, Wangfujng streetmarket, influence of China's economy in food, Wuhan. Fashion! Galas & awards: Met gala, VMAs, Fashion week, Grammys Fashion capitals: Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Madrid & London Brands: Gucci, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Women Secret, Coco Chanel Dark side of fashion: models & anorexia, laboour explotation, insane beauty standarts caused by social media, cultural appropiation as a fashion statement Cubing      Cinema: Description: The cinema is a...