One reason is that, over the last thirty years, most language teachers have changed the way they teach. The emphasis is no longer on analyzing and learning individual grammar points or memorizing vocabulary. The emphasis is on commu-nicating in the target language in a meaningful way | B Writing the Body of the Response Sample Outline Body Paragraphs Lesson 23 Writing the Integrated Response 627 Sample Introduction The article and the lecture are about the use of animals in medical experiments. The author of the article Professor White claims that although there have been protests and demonstrations animal testing is needed to minimize people s suffering. However the lecturer argues that this kind of research is just not ethical in any situation. The organization of the body of your response should usually follow that of the lecture. Each of the three paragraphs of the body should focus on one of the points made in the passage and the corresponding point that is made in the lecture. Remember that you should not use any outside information in the body or anywhere else. In other words you should not bring in information about the topic that you may have read in a book magazine or Web site or that you may have heard about in a class or on television or radio. Below are three sample body paragraphs based on the Preview Test. 1. Passage says important to minimize suffering. conditions .etc. dmpracrice .JM. lLhumane. .Inadeq anesth abuse. 2. Psge .no. . .humans .. . etc. 3. Psge Important .. . Pas tear .gem. theory. . j . . . . .i .tes. j. . morphine. Writing 628 Section 4 Guide to Writing Sample Body Paragraphs The author states that laboratory animals should be protected from pain whenever possible and that that they should kept in sanitary safe conditions. Experiments the author claims do not have to involve cruelty. The lecturer disputes this idea. She says that the actual treatment of experimental animals is generally not compassionate. Animals are deliberately infected with horrible sicknesses or treated with poisonous chemicals. She says that laboratory animals are not .
