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2. Laura’s plan Intro Catalan in education: differenttootherlaws- unfair Language = culture, saveonetosavetheother Lawsunfair- similar todictatorship Conclusion What do youthink?

3. Lastweek’stask- What are thekeywords? TASK: Youhaverecentlyreadan article aboutthestate of the Catalan language and decide to respond to it. Readtheextractfromthe article below and composeananswer to the editor of the magazine: “ The Catalan language is goingthroughitsveryown crisis, whichmay be evenmorealarmingthantheone in thefinancialworld. In the capital of Catalunya, wordsaredisappearingfasterthaninsectspecies in theAmazon and at thisrate total extinctionappears inevitable. The legislationdesigned to protectit is hardlyeffectiveenough to resuscitatethisbeautifulbutdyingbreed” Write a 320-360 wordreply.

4. Lastweek’stask- What are thekeywords? TASK: Youhaverecentlyreadan article aboutthestate of the Catalan language and decide to respond to it. Readtheextractfromthe article below and composeananswer to the editor of the magazine: “ The Catalan languageis goingthroughitsveryown crisis, whichmay be evenmorealarmingthantheone in thefinancialworld. In the capital of Catalunya, wordsaredisappearingfasterthaninsectspecies in theAmazon and at thisrate total extinctionappears inevitable. Thelegislationdesigned to protectit is hardlyeffectiveenough to resuscitatethisbeautifulbutdyingbreed” Write a 320-360 wordreply.

5. Compare Key words: Catalanisexperiencing a crisis Thelegislationisineffective Laura’s Plan: Intro 2. Catalan in education: differenttootherlaws-unfair 3. Language = culture, saveonetosavetheother 4. Lawsunfair- similar todictatorship 5. Conclusion

7. There are twokeytopicstorespondto: Catalanisexperiencing a crisis Thelegislationisineffective

8. These are alsotwo of yourparagraphs PLAN P1: introduction- reasonforwriting P2: CatalanLanguage Crisis-Isitreallythatbad? Yes/No, because.. P3: Legislation- isitineffective? Yes/No, because…… P4: yourowntakeonthelaws, e.g.they are unfair/necessary/more flexible THIS IS YOUR EXTRA IDEA- INCLUDE AFTER YOU’VE DEALT WITH THE TASK! P5: conclusion- look forward toreadingotherreaders’ views, etc