hey everyone this is Dori I am a teacher of English
and today I'm going to give you some useful phrases you can use
in your academic writing task 2. Well,
as you know, academic writing task 2 is a little bit
more broad more general in terms of topics
so you have to be able to use a variety of vocabulary
related to different topics, however, here are some useful
linking phrases you can use with any topic
given. Usually, in task 2 you analyse a topic
by discussing about the advantages
or the disadvantages or both so here are some useful phrases
you can use when you describe, when you discuss about
advantages. Okay so if you're going to talk about
for more than one advantages you can begin the first paragraph of the main
for example you can say the first advantage of... I don't know
exercising is the fact that you can keep
fit, the fact that we keep fit alright?
another way to say the same thing would be there are many advantages to
exercising and one of them is keeping
fit, alright another way of stating an advantage
and of course if you want to talk about results
at the same time would be the positive aspects
of are... the positive aspects of exercising are
keeping fit; losing some weight
et cetera et cetera you can put anything there
or you can use you can also use the positive points include
okay if you want to state more than one advantages
you can use the phrase another positive
another advantage is of course I give you all these options
in order for you not to use the same words
all the time and of course if you're talking about
a topic that the advantages are more than the
disadvantages you can state it
in this way; the benefits or the advantages are far more than the disadvantages
Now, let's see some useful phrases
you can use when you discuss about disadvantages
okay when you state disadvantages you can use the same
phrases that we already talked about in the advantages
section but of course you can change your vocabulary so let's check
if you're talking about the first
disadvantage you're going to argue about in your first paragraph
of the main body you can start the paragraph by saying
the first disadvantage of smoking for example
is that it is bad for your health
other phrases would be there are many negative aspects and one of them
is that it is bad for your health
the fact that it is bad for your health you choose your phrasing
instead of saying disadvantages
all the time or you can also say the negative points
include if you are going to state more than one disadvantage
you can say another disadvantage is
or one of the major disadvantages is the fact that
smoking is very bad for your health also
if you want to talk about results you can put it this way
a negative consequence of smoking is...
many illnesses that are associated with it
again you can you can change these phrases
anyway you like according to what you're talking about
and of course if there is a topic that the disadvantages
outweigh the advantages you can state it
in this way just an example the disadvantages
are far more than the positive aspects or the advantages
in this case okay and now last but not least let's see some useful phrases you
to express your own personal opinion on the topic
of course there are various ways you can state your opinion but here
you can say in my opinion never forget
the commas after these phrases
so in my opinion from my perspective coma
in my view, from my point of view, taking into account
or taking into consideration the fact that
smoking is bad for your health I firmly believe that
the governments should take measures
et cetera et cetera or you can also say
I strongly agree or I strongly disagree with the view that
compulsory let's just say I am just giving you examples here randomly
so try to use these phrases now in your writing and you will see that these
phrases will instantly help you express your views better
and what is more your writing will greatly
ok that's it for today, I hope it helps for questions and comments here