Presentational Communication: Structure, Cohesion, and Register Control
What you must know
Presentational tasks require a coherent spoken or written product: a short speech, an email, a diary entry, a blog post, or an opinion paragraph. Marks come from task fulfilment, organization (처음–가운데–끝), cohesion markers (첫째, 둘째, 또한, 반면에, 따라서, 결국), appropriate register, and accuracy in particles and verb endings.
Traps in questions
- Wrong genre register. A diary uses 반말/plain style (-다, -었다); a formal email uses -습니다 and fixed frames (안녕하십니까, ... 드립니다, 감사합니다). Mixing them loses marks.
- Listing without linking. Sentences joined only by 그리고 look weak; use 첫째/둘째, 뿐만 아니라, -기도 하고.
- Opinion without support. State the claim, give a reason (-기 때문에, -아/어서), then an example (예를 들어).
- Particle slips. 이/가 vs 은/는 (new vs known information), 에 vs 에서 (destination vs location of action), and -(으)로 for means.
- Overlong sentences. Two short accurate sentences beat one tangled sentence with three endings.
Rule of thumb
Use the claim–reason–example–conclusion frame for opinions, and keep one register from the first line to the last.
Worked example
Opinion on school uniforms: 저는 교복 착용에 찬성합니다. 첫째, 아침에 옷을 고르는 시간을 줄일 수 있습니다. 둘째, 학생들이 서로 비교하지 않아도 됩니다. 예를 들어 같은 옷을 입으면 친구의 옷값을 걱정하지 않게 됩니다. 따라서 교복은 시간과 마음의 부담을 모두 줄여 줍니다. Each sentence carries one idea, with 첫째/둘째/예를 들어/따라서 doing the linking work.