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In many areas, libraries are an important part of the community

network so they cannot be replaced by simple objects.

Activity 2
Watch and observe the video entitled “Homemade Banking: E-

Money Services Emerge in Indonesia”. You may click on the
following link: https://youtu.be/XSEvyBf8Mz4

Then discuss the following issues concerning the video in pairs :

1. How popular is e-money in your community?
2. When do you usually use e-money?

3. What are the attitudes of the people you know towards e-

money?
4. Do you have a bank account yourself? What is it commonly

for?
5. How could branchless banking support e-money usage

among the locals?

F. Conclusion

In conclusion, argumentative text is a type of writing that presents an
opinion on an issue and supports it with evidence and reasoning.

Structure of argumentative text is thesis statement (introduces the
issue and the writer's point of view), arguments (reasons and

evidence to support the thesis), conclusion (summary of the
arguments). Language Features of expressions of asking and giving

opinions, abstract nouns, technical terms, modal auxiliaries, action

verbs.

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