Prime Time 5/6, Writing, Arbeitsheft

69 Grouping ideas Ideas related to the education of teenagers 1. Certain people believe that girls should stay at home and raise children instead of taking a job. 2. People who are out of work might feel tempted to commit a crime to be able to survive. 3. In some countries civil wars stop children from going to schools because schools have been closed down. 4. Schools do not have enough money for teachers, materials, equipment, the upkeep of buildings, electricity, heating, etc. 5. People with little education can easily be fired. 6. Schools are often far away and the way to school is dangerous. 7. Unskilled people only get badly paid jobs. 8. The talent of gifted people might be wasted. 9. If children can’t go to school, all the mem- bers of a family suffer in the long run. 10. Less educated people often get badly paid jobs, which are some- times dangerous and/ or a health hazard. 11. Uneducated poor people cannot afford medical treatment, which leads to further health problems. 12. People are forced to buy cheap, unhealthy food to pay for school fees. 13. Poor people can only afford bad schools for their children who then drop out early. 14. In many families it is important that the children also earn money to survive. 15. Clever people from poor backgrounds would rise to the top. 16. Uneducated people find it hard to take part in the political process. 17. Quality school education should be freely available. 18. For poor people school education is often too expensive. 19. Poor pupils should be able to get scholarships. 20. Teacher education programmes should be improved. 21. Incomes would rise. 22. More taxes would be paid. 23. Educated people would be more mobile. 24. Schools should receive more funding. 25. Political decisions would have to be explained much better. 26. Educated people are normally more immune to manipulation. 27. Girls often cannot go to school for reasons of tradition. 28. It is hard for uneducated people to fight for their rights. a) Group the sentences above. Use the categories below. 1.  Reasons for not going to school: 2.  Negative consequences if people do not go to school: 3.  Positive effects if people have the opportunity to go to school: 4.  Measures to be taken to improve the situation: b) Write a well-structured report about the topic and find a title. 4.2.5 Coherence and cohesion Coherence means that a text deals with one topic in a logical and consistent way that is easy to read and understand. The author only focuses on one idea at a time and moves on to the next by linking the sentences and paragraphs. One idea follows logically after another (e.g. as a time sequence) to create a context. Cohesion describes how words and sentences are linked with each other to form a paragraph and finally a whole text. This can be done in various ways: •• Using the same word again. •• Using pronouns as substitutes. •• Using determiners (e.g. the, this, that, these, those) •• Using synonyms. •• Using the same sentence structure. •• Using conjunctions etc. as transitions. 60  Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv