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Structuring the Talk.pdfSocial Purpose
"You and your learning partners will <locate and discuss>..........."
Content Purpose
".....you’ll need to work together to listen and take good notes to complete the assignment [social purpose]."
Language purpose
"You’ll use technical terms to explain your examples to your group, including..........."
Words are posted on the board so that the students can see as well as hear them.
Language Frameworks Ex.
According to this article, a zero-tolerance policy is (necessary/unnecessary) because.........First, the author states that ....... In addition, the author argues that ....... I agree with the author’s claim that ........ However, I dis- agree with the claim that ......... In my opinion, .......
What’s your opinion?
In my opinion, a <zero-tolerance policy> is (necessary/unnecessary) because....... First, the author states that ....... In addition, some argue that ...... I agree with the author’s claim that ....... It is important to acknowledge that some will argue that ........ While this argument has some merit, it is not as strong because....... In summary, I believe a zero-tolerance policy is (necessary/unnecessary) because .........
Math Language Framework Ex:
• My answer is because .............
• Another way to solve this would be ........
• The solid figure is a........ because....... it has.......... vertices, ........edges and .......faces.
• My answer is ........... This answer is reasonable because ...............
• In order to solve this problem, I need to know............
• I agree with.......... , however.........
• If................. then ..............
• Why did you choose that operation? (clarification) I chose that operation because.............. . (justifying your solution)
• Another way to solve this problem is........ .
• I used .........(strategy) to solve .........(equation) because (rationale).........
• My answer is correct because I checked my work by..............
Science Language Framework Ex:
• In order to understand ............., we need to explain.........first.
•....... is directly related to ....... because ..
• While some have argued that ............., others have stated ..............
Objectives
• The purpose of this study was to ..............using a test of ..................
• The hypothesis of the researcher was......
Method
• The subjects included .....................
• The test chosen to prove the hypothesis was..............because ............
• The data were collected by ..................and analyzed using.................
Results
• The purpose of this study was to ........
• The data were analyzed using.............. as a statistical means to reduce bias.
• The results of the experiment were .........
Discussion
• The findings were significant because ......
• The hypothesis that .......would result in ......was (proven/disproven) because ........
• A limitation of this experiment is ............ It could be further strengthened by .................
• A future line of research in .....................could result in ...................
• In order for this to occur, it would be necessary to..................