Dear all,
Please remember that in academic writing, there are different genres (jounal, essay, letter, etc.) and some of them can be more impersonal. When you write about a research project, even though you can use "I" sometimes through the text, passive voice and reference by nominalization are more common.
There are a number of issues with immigration worldwide. Chile has received (has been host to) a great number of migrants. A great number of migrants has arrived in Chile in the past few years...
Remember it is important to include more formal discourse markers
Furthermore, in addition, moreover
In contrast, in spite of, although
whereas, while, etc.
To conclude
Let's finish the task for Monday 21
Today the idea is to write about a piece of research you would like to carry out.
First of all you could present the background info. Context
Secondly the actual problem you want to investigate
Then you could refer to other authors who have addressed this topic elsewhere
What typer of research would you carry out? How?
Remember to try to incorporeate discourse markers.
200 words minimum :=
Below you can see a sample of an essay (another form of academic writing) Notice the distance between writer and reader.
Below you can see a sample of an essay (another form of academic writing) Notice the distance between writer and reader.
It is true that all of the major systems around the world, whether they are to do with
government, welfare or education, are based and reliant on computers. I do not, however,
believe that this has created excessive risks.
Before the advent of computers, human society survived very well. It is true that if all computers crashed, this would cause huge problems but it would only mean that we would go back to the situation that we had before. People would suffer, maybe I would too, but the world would not end. Reliance on certain systems is the price that we pay for progress.
The very idea that all computers could crash is ludicrous anyway. All places which deal in life and death situations have back up generators that can provide power in the event of a power cut. Power cuts are only temporary and if something happened that completely destroyed the electrical systems of a country, such as nuclear war, people would have far more important things to worry about. Computers are now reliable and we have armies of technicians who can repair or replace faulty systems. Things can and will go wrong but this would happen whether we were reliant on computer systems or on humans. The difference is that computers will make fewer mistakes from day to day!
In conclusion I would therefore say that I disagree with the idea that our reliance on computer technology has created a dangerous situation. I believe our lives are better and safer because of this reliance.
Before the advent of computers, human society survived very well. It is true that if all computers crashed, this would cause huge problems but it would only mean that we would go back to the situation that we had before. People would suffer, maybe I would too, but the world would not end. Reliance on certain systems is the price that we pay for progress.
The very idea that all computers could crash is ludicrous anyway. All places which deal in life and death situations have back up generators that can provide power in the event of a power cut. Power cuts are only temporary and if something happened that completely destroyed the electrical systems of a country, such as nuclear war, people would have far more important things to worry about. Computers are now reliable and we have armies of technicians who can repair or replace faulty systems. Things can and will go wrong but this would happen whether we were reliant on computer systems or on humans. The difference is that computers will make fewer mistakes from day to day!
In conclusion I would therefore say that I disagree with the idea that our reliance on computer technology has created a dangerous situation. I believe our lives are better and safer because of this reliance.
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