EXAMPLE OF A DIFFERENT FORMAT: REPORT/PROPOSAL

Ni2º PROPOSAL ON EDUCATION (what would you change in the Spanish educational system?) 

To the educational authorities of the Council of Education of Murcia:

We would like to suggest several improvements in our educational systems, which will undeniably lead to better results and bigger achievements in both our students and teachers. The list of suggestions is indicated as follows:

(examples of ideas:)

Avoiding overcrowding in classrooms

The number of students per class is incredibly high and so, not everyone has good opportunities to learn. As a consequence, young pupils do naughty things, speak in class and cannot follow the teacher’s explanations.

Therefore, we would like to have 15 students per class maximum.

Putting students in different classes according to …

Introducing subjects like music, arts…

Increasing the number of teaching hours of …English, Maths

Introducing obligatory training periods in firms as a necessary step for students to obtain their degree

USEFUL STRUCTURES

Students can/ are permitted to/ are not allowed to

Currently, students are supposed to complete 4 years of…

It would be a great idea if students + (V past) had more hours of Spanish.

If students do not pass all the exams, they will not obtain their Baccalaureate certificate.

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 [u1]We should start our writing/article/proposal using these sentences.

 [u2]The style of a proposal/report must be formal

 [u3]The summary of the idea in bold (THE USE OF SUBHEADINGS TO STRUCTURE THE INFORMATION MORE CLEARLY)

 [u4]The explanation of the idea below

 [u5]You can use some of these structures, apart from those we presented in class and those you have in the book.