Cómo escribir una opinión equilibrada — model paragraph on climate change

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IntroductionUnit: Theme 3 — Communication & WorldGCSE

This introduction covers Cómo escribir una opinión equilibrada — model paragraph on climate change within Global issues + environment for GCSE Spanish. Revise Global issues + environment in Theme 3 — Communication & World for GCSE Spanish with 13 exam-style questions and 12 flashcards. Use this page as part of a wider topic revision path rather than treating it as an isolated fact. It is section 4 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

📚 Cómo escribir una opinión equilibrada — model paragraph on climate change

AQA Paper 4 writing tasks on global issues often ask you to give an opinion on a problem and suggest solutions. The model paragraph below hits all six elements examiners look for — study the structure labels, not just the Spanish.

El calentamiento global es, en mi opinión, el problema más urgente que enfrenta nuestro planeta. Se produce principalmente por el uso excesivo de combustibles fósiles y la deforestación. El efecto invernadero provoca sequías e inundaciones cada vez más frecuentes. Sin embargo, hay soluciones. Debemos usar energías renovables como la energía solar y la eólica. Además, es importante reducir el consumo de plástico y reciclar más. Si todos actuamos ahora, es posible salvar el planeta para las generaciones futuras.

Structural element Spanish phrase used Why it scores
Opinión en mi opinión Discourse marker; signals personal voice
Causa se produce principalmente por... Impersonal reflexive + cause = sophisticated structure
Efecto provoca sequías e inundaciones... Links problem to consequences; shows range of vocabulary
Contraste sin embargo Connective; moves from problem to solution
Soluciones debemos... / es importante... Two different obligation structures = range
Conditional si todos actuamos ahora, es posible... Si + present + present = higher-level grammar

This 6-sentence model covers: opinion, cause, effect, contrast, solutions, and conditional — the full AQA mark-scheme for global issues writing.

Practice questions for Global issues + environment

  • A. poverty
  • B. pollution
  • C. drought
  • D. inequality
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los refugiados
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la pobreza
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