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Part 1 Essay EXAM HELP

• Reword others' opinions if used as support.
EXAMPLE QUESTION • Add reasons to support your opinions and
► Unit 1 pp12-'l 3, Unit 6 pp66-67 examples to justify your arguments.
You have listened to a radio discussion on how to get communities more • Use linking expressions to connect ideas
involved in environmental issues. You have made the notes below: within and across paragraphs.
• Try and make your conclusion persuasive.
Ideas for making communities more
aware of environmental issues Read the task carefully. OVER TO YOU
Be careful to include
• easy recycling system ------1--1 the correc numbe Now write your own answer to the task.
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Include everything required in the task and
• 'clean-up' groups points from the notes.
use the Exam help to check your work.
• leaflets
Some opinions expressed in the discussion: USEFUL LANGUAGE
'The recy cling system is so complicated at the
moment. If the council could make it easier to Introduction
follow, ...' Many people today think ...
'I think distributing advice leaflets to people's Nowadays there is a problem with ...
homes is the best system.'
It could be said that ...
'Surely, we need something active to appeal
to young people like small groups in schools Presenting an argument
and colleges.' For this reason, ... Although ...
As a result, ... While . .
Write an essay for your tutor discussing two of the ideas from your notes.
This is due to ... Many people feel ...
You should explain which idea would be more effective in making
communities more aware of environmental issues, giving reasons to On the other hand, .. . According to ...
support your opinion. In contrast, ...
You may make use of the opinions expressed in the discussion, but you
Conclusion
should use your own words as far as possible.
I am in favour of ... On the whole, ...
Write 220-260 words.
It seems to me that .. . Overall, ...
EXAMPLE ANSWER
Everyone is very concerned about the environment nowadays, but not everyone Use your introduction to
considers the environment on a daily basis. In fact, sometimes it is quite the opposite, so explain what the essay will
we need to look at how we can get everyone actively involved with environmental issues. discuss in general terms.

I think we can try and make it easier for people to contribute to helping improve their Remember to use
environment. Firstly, I believe it would be a good idea to create very straightforward topic sentences at the
leaflets with some clear and simple advice that everyone can follow. These could be beginning of each
dropped directly into people's homes. In this way, local residents will definitely see them paragraph.
and may even, for example, keep the leaflet in their kitchen as a checklist to follow.
When you are explaining
Another immediate way to involve communities would be to set up 'clean-up' groups.
why your chosen idea
These groups could not only do occasional cleaning of neglected areas such as parks but is the most effective,
members could also train to become mentors who go into schools and make students remember not to repeat
aware of how they can help. the same points you made
about this idea in earlier
Overall, I would suggest that having clean-up groups may be the most effective route
paragraphs.
to involving people more widely in environmental issues because it is is very active and
so likely to encourage young people's involvement. And these people will be the next
generation who will be responsible for the environment, so to train them is vital.

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