April 14th – write for your reader / audience (Module 1)

Explain a problem in society in Japan. Give your opinion.

Steps: identify who your reader or audience is? What situations might you be preparing a response – written or spoken

Problem: University students have things that affect ability or performance (work load). Some students are effected and burn out, which means they can not do all the work and may quit or suspend learning.

You are writing an article for the University newspaper.

  • think of the scope of your audience;
  • who are they, is everyone the same / different – make a small chart
  • care about audiences own ideas, experiences, opinions… decide who you are writing to???

Writing format;

  • introduce the problem by asking a question to your audience
  • give main point one to explain the problem (one problem)
  • support sentence to main point one: give an example (real-life situation)
  • give main point two to explain the problem (same problem)
  • support sentence to main point two: give an example (real-life situation)
  • give a solution to the above main points