English for Academics : Presenting Factual Information

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Students are able to describe and present factual information


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Learning : Presenting Factual Information Sri Lestari, S.Pd ., M.Hum .

OBJECTIVE Identifying topic, main idea, purpose, factual information Identifying statistics and time references Identifying and writing simple sentence

Understanding text Topic Factual information Purpose Main idea

Read the text about Internalization of Higher Education Pdf internalization of higher education

Understanding text Topic : what the text about, the style the text written in Purpose : who the text is written for, the reason for writing Main idea : The most important thing that the author wants to communicate The most important thing that the author wants to communicate

TOPIC VS MAIN IDEA Consist of one or two words General subject Include in title Consists of 1 sentence Specific and comprehensive Include in text or paragaph

Purpose To entertain : imaginative words To inform : provide facts about topics to prove writer belief (instruct, describe, explain) To persuade (ads, movie review, academic arguments, political speech)

How to find Purpose Is the text a novel, a story, or a poem? If the answer is yes, its purpose is probably to entertain. Does the text offer a set of facts? If so, its purpose is probably to inform. Does the text provide a series of steps to accomplish a specific task? If so, it is a text that instructs. Does the text tell how something works? If so, its purpose is to explain. Does the text provide sensory details that allow the reader to form a mental picture? If the answer is yes, it is probably a text that describes. Does the text attempt to change the reader's opinion about something or encourage the reader to act in a particular way? If so, it is probably intended to persuade

Check Article 1, 2, 3 Find topic, main idea and purpose

Factual Information Presenting key facts using statistics (information shown in numbers and time references. Example :   Tertiary education represents 34% of today’s global market for education, and more students travel abroad for their university studies than ever before.

Note down what information statistics a-g refer to 34%..................................................................................................... 4 million................................................................................................. Around 20%............................................................................................ Over 140............................................................................................... Over 40%............................................................................................... Over 20%............................................................................................... Less than 5%..........................................................................................

Identify the information that states which countries are the most popular with foreign students provide the highest number of international students.

Present Simple, Past Simple, and Progressive Present Simple Talk about facts and situations which are generally true. Tertiary education represents 34% of today’s global market for education, and more students travel abroad for their university studies than ever before. Past Simple Events or completed situations in the past Nine hundred years ago, students from around Europe travelled to the first universities in Bologna, Paris, and Oxford

Present and Past Progressive Something in progress now This number is steadily increasing Today, the vast majority of universities worldwide are following the US model. Something not complete at a time in the past By the 1990s, popular Western universities were becoming more financially-driven and were beginning to act more like business.

Practice : Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form –present/past/progressive 1. From 1975 to 2010, the number of international students worldwide………….(increase) by over 400% from fewer than one million to over four million. The figure ……………….. (double) to two million in the 25 years to 2000 and then ……………..(double) again in the ten years from 2000 to 2020. Today, the figure ……………………(increase) at an even faster rate. Latin America, Oceania, and Asia ……………. (experience) the biggest increases in the number of overseas students.

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