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Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will:
Luxemburg and Bolivia do not seem to have much in common. The former is a
comparatively prosperous European country; the latter is one of South America’s
poorest states. Both, however, are landlocked, and this has influenced their history in
ways which will be explored below.
Source: Paterson, K. (2013) Oxford Grammar for EAP. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
*Remember that this
can be used on its own
Reference to refer to a whole
idea. Look at the
following example:
• Personal pronouns (check the use of it’s/ its)
• Demonstrative pronouns (this*, these,
that, those)
• The same, both, some and respectively
2. Niles: I'll have a decaf latte, and please be sure to use skim milk.
Frasier: I'll have the same.
3. "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise
up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits
them better."
(Abraham Lincoln)
There are two reasons for the original growth of the cities.
The first was the process of industrialisation, where factories
required new workers.
These are
just a few...
Paragraphs
• Will your reader be able to identify quickly the "topic" of each paragraph?
Source: Purdue Online Writing Lab (2013) Revising for cohesion. Available at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/04/ . Last accessed 11/7/2013.
Academic articles
Hinkel, E. (2001) Matters of Cohesion in L2
Academic Texts. Applied Language Learning.
VoI. 12,No.2, pp. 111-132. Available at:
http://elihinkel.org/downloads/Cohesion.pdf
Last accessed 12/8/2013.