Noun phrases in academic writing
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
ELT: Various topics
Resource type
Complete lesson
Skills
Writing
This EGAP activity raises students' awareness of how noun phrases can be used to provide extra detail in good academic writing. It gives controlled and semi-controlled practice.
It uses simple examples from a wide range of disciplines: economics, archaeology, history, law, philosophy and biology.
The example from the worksheet:
Emerging markets are considered to be volatile.
+ such as those in Africa
+ and Latin America
+ which are dependent on commodity prices
+ by most fund managers
becomes
Emerging markets such as those in Africa and Latin America, which are dependent on commodity prices, are considered to be volatile by most fund managers.
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Review this resourceI found this resource quite useful, as collocation is one of the requirements in advanced students' level of language
10/09/2013
