For this unit Refers to Student’s Book pages Writing headlines

  5  a 
Check students’ understanding of 
cohesion
 and 
omission
 and give some examples. 
Students work individually to complete the matching exercise. Point out that 
there may be some disagreement as to which example best illustrates each 
technique.
 Answers
1  c    2  b    3  d    4  a
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UNIT 1 Newspapers Teacher’s Notes
Cambridge English for the Media   Cambridge University Press 2009     
www.cambridge.org/elt/englishforthemedia

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Language note
Cohesive devices are the links between sentences and paragraphs which enablethe 
reader to understand the article as a whole. Cohesion can be achieved in the 
following ways.
l 
The repetition of vocabulary, or use of pronouns, synonyms or general names 
to refer to the same object, for example 
A kangaroo was injured yesterday 
when it was attacked by a shark. The marsupial was hopping near the water’s 
edge when the shark jumped out at the poor creature. Witnesses who saw the 
animal being attacked were stunned
. 
l 
The use of articles (
a
/
the
) to show new/known information (see example above). 
l 
The use of word groups, for example 
The judge sentenced the criminal to 5 
years’ imprisonment. He had been accused of the offence by several witnesses, 
and found guilty by the jury.
l 
The use of collocations, for example 
sentenced to, accused of, found guilty.
 
l 
Variations in word order to put old information towards the beginning of 
sentences, and new information towards the end (see examples above). This 
often requires structures such as passive voice to change the normal word 
order of subject-verb-object. 
l 
The use of linking words such as conjunctions (
and, although
), prepositions 
(
despite, as well as
) and adverbs (
meanwhile, secondly
). 
l 
Omission of words which are clear from the context, typically to avoid 
repetition, for example 
He had been accused of the offence by several 
witnesses and he had been found guilty of the offence by the jury.
    b