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In The 2nd Paragraph You:: Suggesting Additional Ideas
In The 2nd Paragraph You:: Suggesting Additional Ideas
Advantages
All those I interviewed believe that for students this would be an exciting opportunity to explore a
foreign culture, both in the classroom and socially. Overall, they thought the visit would be
stimulating for the college at a quiet time of the year.
In the 2nd Paragraph you :
– balance the positive and negative points fairly
– you can use numbering or bullet points to highlight main points
– use a range of specific vocabulary or set phrases e.g. Some thought this was …../ other students said
they preferred…
– don’t use a lot of adjectives and dramatic language. A report gives factual information
Phrases you can use to in the 2nd and 3rd paragraph:
Suggesting additional ideas
Another option would be to …
I would also suggest …
Another point to consider is that …
Alternatively…. Moreover. / Furthermore.
Apart from this / In addition to this
Making recommendations
I would strongly / highly recommend …
My first / second recommendation would be to ..
It would be (highly) advisable to …
If my recommendations are followed, then …
The best solution / ideas would seem to be …
Listing ideas
I would suggest the following: … might like to consider the following:
The following are highly recommended: 1….. OR 2. ……….
They gave/ suggested the following reasons:
They made the following points: 1….2…
Reporting findings
It appears that the majority of …
The only problem is that … .
Most …(students seem) … .
Not surprisingly, …
According to …
Disadvantages
Some members of staff are concerned that:
1 there would be insufficient seating in the library at bus times;
2 the visitors might be more interested in enjoying themselves than studying;
3 the restaurant queue would be very slow at lunchtime.
In the 3rd Paragraph you :
– balance the positive and negative points fairly
– you can use numbering or bullet points to highlight main points
– use a range of specific vocabulary or set phrases e.g. Some thought this was …../ other students said
they preferred…