Thursday, 29 November 2012

Writing: Unemployment amongst young people

When you write a composition, first you need to provide ideas (have interesting ideas about the topic). Then it is necessary to organise them in paragraphs, using appropriate connectors. Finally you need to include an introduction and a conclusion.
Remember that the language must not be informal.
Imagine you are required to write the following composition: Unemployment amogst young people. Here you have some ideas you could include in your composition. It is not necessary to include all of them. Don't include the less important ones.

Ideas  (the topic ideas are underlined)

-Causes:
               - Crisis.
               -Many youngsters left school to work in the constrution area.
                            -non qualified workforce.
-Consequences:
              -Young people stay at their parents' home longer / have no money
                           -get married and have children later.
                                        -population become older.

              -More qualified young people go abroad to find a job.
                           -Lack of qualified/creative workers/enterpreneurs in Spain.

-Possible solutions:
              -Grants / non qualified students go back to school.
              -Loans at low interest rates for young enterpreneurs who set up new businesses.


Organisation:
-Introduction (general view about this issue)

-Body
          -Causes
          -Consequences
          -possible solutions

-Conclusion (brief opinion about the future, for example)

Body: Try to write each paragraph using connectors.

Reasons: The main reason why   /     In addition     /         As a result

Consequences:   Since    /   Therefore     /    Consequently

Solutions:   so that      /    also

Final step:
-Write the introduction and conclusion.
-Revise to check that there are no mistakes.

Use of vocabulary
There is some vocabulary that could be useful in most compositions. Here you have some words. Try to learn them.
-Achieve a goal/achievement (alcanzar un objetivo)
-make people aware of /raise public awareness (despertar la conciencia ciudadana)
-bear in mind (tener en cuenta)
-a large amount of (una gran cantidad de)
-carry out a project (llevar a cabo un proyecto)
-pass a law (aprobar una ley)
-increase (incrementar)
-put pressure on (presionar)
-proposal (propuesta)
-be concerned about...(estar preocupado/interesado por)
-Increase/Decrease (go up/ go down)
-Avoid (evitar)
-Encourage  (animar, incentivar)
-Currently / nowadays  (actualmente)
-The lack of   (la falta de)
-Take measures   (tomar medidas)
-Develop   (desarrollar) Development (desarrollo)
-Improve   (mejorar)
-Etc

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