Argumentative statement
- 2. Education should be free for everyone.
- 3. Gender does not affect learning.
- 4. Why we should learn more than one language
- 5. Exams should be abolished.
- 6. Do you agree that honesty is the best policy?
- 7. ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT • Intended to persuade and convince the audience in terms of communicative functions. •The term “argumentation” is used to define the operation of justifying an opinion or thesis through the reasoning (or argument), with the aim of changing the views of other person or merely communicating our own ideas.
- 8. •Through technology, you are able to read, watch and listened to a lot of information. These information may influence you to believe certain ideas and push you to take some form of action. Some information may also dissuade you from believing or doing for others.
- 9. •Many writes use argumentative text to persuade the readers to agree their points of view. Writer do so, not just by presenting information, but by showing the pros and cons of an issue.
- 10. •In extracting information from an argumentative text, you must be able to note the issue and the supporting (pros) and opposing (cons) opinions about the issue.
- 11. ACTIVITY: Students will decide which topic they will choose to argue. They will be divided into 2 depending on their point of view if they are pros or cons. Topic: •Should abortion be made illegal? •Human beings are becoming slaves of modern technology. •The pros and cons of Facebook