Writing Workshop (for 2019) – Warm-up for follow-up pending work (reviews of talks and books we read)
Reviews are descriptive texts because they describe an object, say a talk or a book, or a restaurant, or some amazing spot on the beach. But people writing reviews academically also try to hide their Self when they present facts building their opinion, and in their final recommendation, which is always included so the reader knows if that work is for her or him.
We learn to improve our writing skill when we read and learn to notice things. Textual structure, how things are connected, how language items are used…
A truly interesting exercise if you wish to improve your ability to do oral or written reviews is to read these examples, notice structure and compare that to the theory of writing academic reviews linked above, and then try doing your own, orally at least. Remember to re-use UL and ideas from the reading you do!
This video: just the first two minutes, really, or more, if you skip the examples where she connects the ideas in the essay or talk to recent events in the world.
About the accent: yes, it’s got an accent, Italian, with some influence from US American English. It’s perfectly OK. Her English is great, at the advanced level, so you can use it to learn too. (LoM That it was told us > That we were told)
https://feministlibrary.co.uk/we-should-all-be-feminists-review/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/12/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-wins-pen-pinter-prize
Michelle Ford's 2018-19 C1.1 Course Blog EOI Fuengirola (state-run language education) 