Sample Outline for a Five-Paragraph Essay
Title: Impacts of Globalisation on Thai Culture
I. Introduction
A. Introductory statement: Definition and outlook of globalisation, and initial factors driving globalisation to expand.
B. Thesis statement: It can be argued that globalisation contributes both positive and negative impacts on Thai culture.
II. Body
A. 1st Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): Foreign languages have been exposed to Thai society.
1. Advantages: knowledge of foreign languages as a pathway to international communication, global relations and competitions in the world’s stages.
2. Disadvantages: a blend of foreign languages into Thai language causing a distortion in pronunciation, sentences and structures, and a replacement of some Thai words with foreign words.