1 | − make an INTRODUCTION (state the problem) | | Nowadays many people believe that … People have various preferences … It goes without saying that … Yet / Although … But / Nevertheless, … | 2 | − express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion | | In my opinion, / As for me, I believe I strongly believe that Firstly, / First of all, / To start with, … (argument 1) As a result, / Consequently, … What is more, / In addition, / Moreover, … (argument 2) For example, / For instance, … Finally, / Eventually, … (argument 3) Thus, / Therefore, … | 3 | − express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion | | However, some people … Nevertheless, some people have a different point of view. They say / claim that … Furthermore, they insist that … Despite my respect for their opinion I can’t share it. The problem is that they don’t mention some weak points in their arguments. In particular, … / Besides,… | 4 | − explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion | | Nevertheless, … I cannot agree with this because … However, I do not think … On the contrary, … I also disagree that … / Besides, … I am afraid, however, that … | 5 | − make a CONCLUSION restating your position | | All things considered, / All in all, we can’t but admit that though (negative aspects) it plays a valuable part in our life and (positive aspect). Personally, I believe that … In conclusion, … Nevertheless, … Nevertheless, I must admit that … | | 1 | − make an INTRODUCTION (paraphrase the problem) | | There are … There is no doubt that … In other cases … Are they right? But is it really so? | 2 | − express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion | | From my point of view, … / To my mind, … I completely agree with this view for a number of reasons. The prime reason is that … Another thing that attracts me to soaps is … To begin / start with, … Besides, … / In addition, … What is more, / More than that, … I also think / believe that … because in this case … As a result, … | 3 | − express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion | | Unfortunately, … / Another argument for…is … They also say that … They also believe that … Actually, … / Additionally, … / What is more, … On the other hand, … It is often assumed that … Of course, / As a matter of fact, … Moreover, … / In addition, … | 4 | − explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion | | I think … I personally believe that … For me, … But this is not true because … Besides, … As a result, … | 5 | − make a CONCLUSION restating your position | | To sum up, … It is difficult for adults to admit that … In my opinion, … From my point of view, … Therefore I think we should … In conclusion, I strongly believe that … Instead, … So we may say that … | |