tailieunhanh - Teaching academic ESL writing part 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'teaching academic esl writing part 5', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 28 CHAPTER 2 Less common writing tasks include Expanded definition least common in medium-length and out-of-class assignments Process analysis in such disciplines as political science economics sociology psychology accounting marketing and management hardly ever found in out-of-class assignments Fact-based exemplification of concepts and theoretical premises and constructs overall least common in both in-class and out-of-class assignments Not found in any assignments narration description in the disciplines or English courses In general the frequency of rhetorical patterns does not seem to differ greatly among the writing tasks in undergraduate and graduate courses. Specifically cause-effect essays can be found in over half of all written tasks in in- and out-of-class assignments with exemplification process analysis and definition being comparatively least common. Exposition rhetorical tasks require writers to explain or clarify the topic subject. In general terms exposition is entailed in expressing ideas opinions or explanation pertaining to a particular piece of knowledge or fact. For example 1. What nonverbal cues communicated the most conflict in the newlywed study Psychology Epstein 1999 p. 291 2. Discuss the various types of accounting information most companies routinely use. Business Zikmund Middlemist Middlemist 1995 p. 447 3. Which forms of government predominated among the Italian city-states In the end which was the most successful Why History Perry et al. 2000 p. 322 Cause-effect interpretation tasks deal with establishing causal relationships and are based on causal reasoning. Most assignments of this type include a discussion or an explanation of a cause-effect relationship among events or problems identification of causes or effects and a presentation of problem solutions in the case of problem-solution tasks. Examples of cause effect interpretation assignments can be 1. Pabst Blue Ribbon was a major beer company when I was in college. However .