Material Detail

Helps students understand that connectors are basically transition words - provides

lists of connecting words and cohesive devices.

CEFR Activity:

Reception / Reading

Production / Writing

Production / Speaking

Can-Do Statements:

Can write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors,

such as "and", "but", and "because".

Pragmatic communicative competence – coherence: Can link a series of shorter,

discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points.

|| National Framework of EFL for Higher Education in Israel: Intermediate Level

Educational value of this material:

Understanding different types of connectors - transition words that signal a shift

in the argument, contrast or opposition, emphasis or agreement, purpose, result

or conclusion – can help readers predict what will come next.

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