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Structuring a passage Introduces the main idea and provides context Para 1: Asking a question Draw the readers’ attention to the topic Do we organize our thoughts in different ways because of the culture we belong to? The idea of different cultural thought patterns was first put forward by an American professor of applied linguistics, Robert Kaplan, in the 1960s. Read passage in Reading across culture and find examples to match the function of each paragraph. Para 2: Kaplan’s cultural thought patterns Structuring a passage Provides examples to illustrate the main idea For example, whereas native speakers of English usually went straight to the point when writing an essay, other students did not. Para 3: Exemplification Refers to a reaction against the main idea Para 4: Diagrams Uses visual material to express the main idea To illustrate the patterns, Kaplan used a series of simple diagrams. This view attracted a lot of criticism. Para 5: Criticism Structuring a passage Gives limited support to the main idea But Kaplan’s work at least reminded us that to be able to write effectively in English, it is not enough to master structures at sentence level. Para 6: One supporting idea Adds further support to the main idea What’s more, most of us would probably agree that people from different cultural backgrounds do have different ways of presenting arguments… Para 7: Another supporting idea Semi-controlled practice Individual work: Write a short passage about learning to write or speak in a foreign language. 1. Draw the readers’ attention to the topic with a question What’s the most difficult part of learning a foreign  language? 2. Introduce the main idea Many students think writing is one of... 3. Give support to the main idea Perhaps this is because… Semi-controlled practice 4. Give some examples relevant to Chinese learners For example, Chinese students have to learn... 5. React against the main idea But you can make progress