First Year
Semester 2
Lesson 4
HOMEWORK Lesson 3
Readings p17 – 21
STUDENT A
read
p17 - 19
STUDENT B
read
p20 - 21
COHESIVE
DEVICES
COHESIVE DEVICES are those
elements of text which hold
language together, by giving
structure, meaning, direction and
purpose to the text.
• Lexical cohesion (repetition of words and use of
word chains/families/fields/nets)
• Grammatical cohesion (e.g. pronoun or article
reference)
• Conjuncts or Linking words (e.g. and, no
wonder, nevertheless, so)
• Paragraph structure (topic sentence,
explanatory sentence and concluding sentence)
• Tense consistency
• Repetition
• Anaphoric Reference (backward reference)
• Cataphoric reference (forward reference)
With a partner, try putting the following text in the
correct order. There is one extra sentence.
a) Cotton
b) But, in the cotton fields, the bolls are picked before this can
happen.
c) Pure textiles like cotton are rare today.
d) Cotton grows best in warm, wet lands, including Asia, the
southern United States,India, China, Egypt and Brazil.
e) Cotton is a very useful plant.
f) Inside its round fruits, called bolls, are masses of white fibres.
g) When the fruits ripen, they split and the fibres are blown
away.
a) Cotton
b) But, in the cotton fields, the bolls are picked before
this can happen.
c) Pure textiles like cotton are rare today.
d) Cotton grows best in warm, wet lands, including Asia,
the southern United States,India, China, Egypt and
Brazil.
e) Cotton is a very useful plant.
f) Inside its round fruits, called bolls, are masses of white
fibres.
g) When the fruits ripen, they split and the fibres are
blown away.
Cotton
Cotton is a very useful plant. Inside its round
fruits, called bolls, are masses of white fibres.
When the fruits ripen, they split and the fibres are
blown away. But in the cotton fields, the bolls are
picked before this can happen. Cotton grows best
in warm wet lands, including Asia, the southern
United States, India, China, Egypt and Brazil.
(from Pocket Encyclopaedia by A. Jack)
The following are some clues that might have helped you put the
sentences in the correct order.
Word chains/families/fields/nets: cotton, plant, fibres, fields….
Repetition: Inside its round fruits….When the fruits ripen…
Pronoun reference: Cotton is a very useful plant. Inside its round
fruits…
Article reference: …masses of white fibres…the fibres are blown
away.
Use of linkers: But in the cotton fields…
Layout: Cotton title usually goes at the start.
Lexical
Cohesion
The Institute of Cancer Research, a specialist
unit within the University of London, came top
overall by that measure, with nearly 92% of its
research in the four- and three-star categories
that are likely to attract research funding. Just
over 87% of the research produced by Oxford
was given the top two ratings, but the volume of
research means it will still attract the largest
funding of any institution. Prof Andrew Hamilton,
Oxford University’s vice-chancellor, said he was
delighted by the results.
The three main moves
in Data Commentary:
1. Location Element and Summary
Statement
2. Highlighting Statements
3. Comments
Turn to
p7
(1) Location statement (1 sentence)
(2) Highlighting Statements (e.g. 3 points)
Statement 1
Statement 2
Statement 3
(3) Comments / Elaboration of data
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
1
• Statement 1 & Comment 1
Highlighting
Statements
• Statement 2 & Comment 2
+
Comments
together
• Statement 3 & Comment 3
2
• Statement
• Comment 1
All 1Highlighting Statements
then
• Statement 2
• Comment 2
followed
by
• Statement 3 All Comments
• Comment 3
3
Most important point Type 1
Minor points Type 2 A Mix
Opening
paragraph
1
2
location
& highlight point
location
& highlight point
1
2
3
all comment
OR
location, highlight
& comment
location, highlight
& comment
Finishing
paragraph
3
location, highlight
& comment
Refer to
more than
one chart
at a time
Concluding a
data commentary text
•
•
•
•
•
In general,…
On the whole,…
In the main…
To sum up,…
To summarise…
It’s what you say
AND
how you say it.
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/esl/resources/
writing-data-commentary/
HOMEWORK
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_
the_year_open_data_went_worldwide
HOMEWORK Lesson 4
1. Reflect
Thursday group
2. Revise
NEXT WEEK
AULA
7 VSR
3. Revise
some
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