ABSTRACT
Section 2 places a stronger emphasis on the communicative side of academic writing. It contains tasks based on writing for particular purposes, which have a wide-ranging appeal use across a variety of genres and subject areas. The section includes, in particular, the following parts:
1. 1. Argumentative writing and counter-argumentation 2. 2. Expressions of stance 3. 3. Comparing and contrasting 4. 4. Giving reasons, identifying causes and effects 5. 5. Writing about problems and solutions
This section not only addresses lexico-grammatical devices and formulaic expressions used to perform particular rhetorical functions; it also has a strong emphasis on the communicative purpose of writing, which is highlighted through concordance search tasks which draw students’ attention to the communicative function of lexical and grammatical forms, such as:
Expressing differences in strengths of claim and degrees of certainty: hedges, boosters
Presenting arguments and counter-arguments
Expressions of opinion and evaluative language
Self-mention: using/avoiding personal pronouns
Communicative function of tense forms
