1️⃣ 9.16 Listen to a student talking about the college photography club. What problems is the club facing?
Answers limited amount of individual help, small room, not enough equipment
2️⃣ Read the Writing task and model answer on page 47. Which points made by the speaker in Exercise 1 are mentioned?
Answers increasing membership, talks, teacher’s help, studio, fi eld trips, hobby – career
3️⃣ Study the Writing box. Has the writer of the proposal followed all the advice? Complete the phrases with the words from the box.
address confident consideration doubt enable ensure key lacking maintain priorities purpose urge
Answers Yes, all the advice has been followed. 1 purpose 2 priorities 3 key 4 lacking 5 ensure 6 address 7 enable 8 doubt 9 maintain 10 urge 11 confi dent 12 consideration
WRITING | A proposal
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Introducing a proposal
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The aim of this proposal is to ...
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The 1......................of this proposal is to evaluate/outline/recommend/suggest ...
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Giving information about the current situation
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One of our main 2..........................is ...
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A3...............aspect of what we do is...
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What is 4.....................at the moment is...
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Recommendations and benefits
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This would 5.....................that...
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Providing additional space would 6.....................the issue of...
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Extra investment would 7...................us to...
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There is no 8........................that...
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Concluding
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There is a real need for...
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To 9......................the current... it is essential that...
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I would 10.....................you to consider...
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I feel 11.......................that you will consider this proposal favourably.
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I would hope that you will give this proposal your full 12.........................
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4️⃣ In pairs, go back to the model text and find examples for each point of the advice in the Writing box. Find some key phrases to add to the box.
Answers Introducing a proposal: I shall explain how … Giving information about the current situation: In addition to this, we … Recommendations and benefi ts: An attempt must be made to … Concluding: We believe that we should …
5️⃣ Read the comment by a member of an amateur dramatic society. In pairs, discuss what else could be done to increase membership, and why joining a drama group might be a good idea.
Numbers down again! I think it’s because we don’t put on enough plays and people get fed up and bored. They want to act and do stuff, don’t they? Also, we’ve got to advertise more – we haven’t even got a website! Such a shame. Drama gets all sorts of different people working together and really helps out the shy ones. Plus, it’s great for future public speakers!
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6️⃣ WRITING TASK Read the Writing task. Use the ideas from the comment and your discussion in Exercise 5 to write your proposal for the committee.
Your amateur dramatic society needs to attract more members. As a member of the society you have been asked to write a proposal for the committee. In your proposal, you should explain why you think membership has gone down and make recommendations about how more members could be attracted to the club.
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