I work as a Dyslexia Support Tutor for The Open University and a local university. A large percentage of my role is to teach my adult students how to write and punctuate properly because this was not taught at school. Grammar has been missing from UK education for too long and it's time it was brought back.
Much of what we write and talk consists of recycled groups of words that we have read or heard from others (frames). My concern is that some adults have little exposure to reading prior to starting their jobs or FE/HE course which has an impact on their writing skills, ‘Those students who are already most experienced at reading and writing texts will be most able,’ (Martin & Rose, 2007).
Right then...what follows is my personal experiment to see if this forum can supply some frames for uni students that can be used in essays for media, art history, business (whatever!!)
What I would like you to do is the following:
1) Firstly, think about your subject and using one of the following frames (below), copy it and add in your words.
2) Paste in your comment in the comment box
The frames:
There is increasing concern that some ... are being disadvantaged .....
Debate continues about the ……
This concept has recently been challenged by ……. studies demonstrating …….
One of the most significant current discussions in ......
The debate continues to take place between .... concerning ......
The controversy about using .... evidence for ....
Questions have been raised about ....
from www.phrasebank/manchester.ac.uk
YOU MUST USE AN ANONYMOUS STYLE NAME.
