1 សាកលវិទ្យាល័យបាត់ដំបង

University of Battambang
Course : General English ( Building Skills)

Lecturer: Sran Louth

Major: Law

Foundation year

Room: 007
June 2018
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Session 1

Introduction to Writing
3 Group Discussion (By colors)

 What is writing?

 Is writing important?

 What is the purpose of writing?

 What do we write?
 What is writing?

• The process of communicating thoughts and ideas in a readable form (Reid,

2013)

• For academic writing, it refers to all written form created for the purpose of study

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• Source: Chin P. Reid S. Wray S. & Yamazaki Y. (2013). Academic Writing Skills
1 Students Book. Cambridge University Press.
 Is writing important?
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What is the purpose of writing?
to inform
to explain
to instruct
to describe
to relate with others
to share secrets
etc.
6 What do we write?
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Writing a Paragraph
8 What is a paragraph?

 A group of sentences about a topic

 A paragraph should have a topic sentence that states the

main idea, the supporting sentences that explain more
about a topic.
9 A paragraph looks like:
10 What is a topic?

 A subject or what that you learn or talk about.

 What you will write about.

 Example:
 -Favorite food
 -Your hobby
 -A trip to Siem Reap
11 Circle the correct main topic below.
1. apple mango fruit banana
2. cat animal dog elephant
3. milk coffee tea drink
4. garlic vegetable carrot potato

Answer: 1. fruit 2. animal 3. drink 4. vegetable

12 What is a sentence?

 A sentence is a group of words that contains at least a subject and a main verb
and expresses a complete thought.

 A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period (.), a question mark
(?), or an exclamation mark (!).
13 Example
 It is hot today.

 He looks tired, but he never get sick.

 I love Kampong Som because it is beautiful.

 Does she like ice cream and chocolate?

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 I can’t believe it!
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What is a Topic Sentence?

 A complete sentence
 Tells the main idea of a paragraph
 Usually is the first sentence in a paragraph
15 Example

 Dara is a good student .

Topic Controlling idea

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Topic Sentence= Topic+ Controlling idea
16 What is a controlling idea?
 What you want to tell more about the topic
 Tells what the paragraph will say about the topic.
 -it can be verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc.

Example:
• My uncle is very good at sports.

• Battambang is an interesting place to visit.

17 Write the topic or controlling idea to make a
good topic sentence.
 1. Angkor Wat ………………………………………………..

 2. ………………………..is a very important language for

communicating around the world.
 3. …………………………makes me healthy.

 4. My favorite …………………………is vegetables.

18 What are supporting sentences/details?

 Explain more about the controlling ideas stated in the topic sentence.

 Give the reasons and more examples to support the topic sentence

 The supporting points and specific details are in the middle/body of

the paragraph
19 Think, Pair, Share

 Write three reasons to explain why Dara is a good student.

-Topic Sentence: Dara is a good student.
-Supporting sentences:
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
Reason 3:
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What is a Concluding Sentence?
 Repeats the topic sentence in different words, but keeps the same meaning

 Summarizes the supporting points

 States of the opinion

 Usually is the last sentence of the paragraph

 Signals:
 In my opinion, / I think ……..
 In conclusion,……..
 In brief, ……..
 To summarize/ to sum up,……
21 Think, Pair, Share

 Write the concluding sentence for the paragraph.

 Dara is a good student. The first reason is that he never

comes to class late. He always comes early. The second reason is
that he gives respect to the teacher and pay attention to the lessons.
The last reason is that he often gets good marks for every subject.
For example, he is good at math and English. So, I
think………………………………………………………………..
 Thank you