79 A report based on a chart. Read the prompt and do the task below. 25 Your English teacher wants your class to give presentations on a popular topic and has given you three choices. She/He has asked you to find out what you and your classmates would like to talk about and to hand in a report. This is what you have found out: In your report you should: say what kind of topic your classmates are most interested in (1) give possible reasons for their choice (2) suggest how to make the presentations interesting (3) Divide your report into sections and give them headings. Write around 200 words. Now complete the report below. You can use the ideas given in the box. This time try to be a bit more formal by using long forms (I am, they are, it is) instead of short forms (I’m, they’re, it’s). From: [your name] Subject: Presentations on popular TV series Date: Introduction This report will explain what kinds of topics the students of my class are interested in. It will point out reasons for their choices and make recommendations for good presentations. Series – the most popular topic (1) Among the three choices given to my class, presentations on popular TV series turned out to be most popular. In fact, more than half of the students are in favour of TV series, while less than half are interested in popular athletes or leisure activities. Possible reasons for my classmates’ choices (2) … Recommendations for interesting presentations (3) … Ideas for content points (2) + (3): (2) M aybe only a few students are interested in sports, but not in popular sportspeople …/ Leisure activities were presented in lower classes …/ Most students are currently watching [name of a series] … (3) Y ou could present stills from the TV series or show a scene. You could also describe the main character or give reasons for the current popularity of the series. Our choice of topics popular leisure activities popular TV series popular sportspeople Tip for content point (1): Look at the chart: What is the most popular topic and what is least popular among your classmates? For which topic would you use the following expressions? More than half …/About one third …/Just a few of my classmates are interested in … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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