In this page the students can follow a tutorial made by the Spanish team on how to write a good article in English.
REMEMBER:
Don't forget to use Free of rights illustrations! The best is of course to take your own photos or to create personal illustrations.
For advanced students a link to Brigitte Collomb's website to find another Tutorial:
http://www.bridgets-english-pages.com/methodelecrit/how-to-write-an-article.pdf
Useful words to express your opinion:
To my mind ... / in my view... (à mon avis)
As for me ... (quant à moi)
From my point of view ...
As far as I am concerned ...
It seems to me that
I think / feel / believe that ...
Personally ...
In my opinion ...
I can't help thinking that ... ( Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser que)
I am convinced that ... (Je suis convaincu que)
My feeling is that ...
AND LINK WORDS:
| Emphasis - Especially
- Also
- In particular
- Furthermore
- In addition
- Indeed
- Of course
- Certainly
- Above all
- Specifically
- Significantly
- Notably
| Time & Sequence - Later
- After
- Before
- Then
- Next
- Soon
- Finally
- First, second…
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| Comparison - As …as
- As if
- Equally
- Similarly
- Like
- In the same way
- Comparable
- In like manner
- Alternatively
- Unless
- Despite this
- By the way
| Contrast - But
- However
- On the other hand
- Otherwise
- Unlike
- Conversely
- At the same time
- In spite of
- Whereas
- While
- Yet
- Apart from
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| Illustration - Such as
- In this case
- For one thing
- For instance
- For example
- In the case of
- Illustared by
- As an example
- An instance
- In other words
| Cause and Effect - Therefore
- So
- Because
- Thus
- Hence
- Due to
- As a result
- Consequently
- For
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| Addition - As well as
- Further
- Furthermore
- and then
- And
- Too
- Furthermore
- Also
- In addition to
- Not only – but also
- Or
| Direction & Place - Here
- There
- Over there
- Beyond
- Under
- To the left
- In the distance
- Opposite
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