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Brief Description of Material


                       You've certainly read a text that contains an author's opinion, right?

               Well, this type of text is called Argumentative Text.  Argumentative Text is
               a type of text that is often found in everyday reading, although not everyone

               knows that what they are reading is actually this type of text.  Argumentative
               text is a type of text that contains opinions about something, be it an object,

               place or event.  In this module you will be invited to practice being able to
               differentiate  the  social  function,  text  structure,  and  linguistic  elements  of

               argumentative texts and grasp the contextual meaning of argumentative texts.

               Once both have been mastered, you will practice composing argumentative
               texts  by  paying  attention  to  the  social  function,  structure  and  linguistic

               elements of argumentative texts, related to actual issues.  To achieve Basic
               Competency,  you  need  to  read  many  models  of  argumentative  texts  and

               answer questions in the form of structured exercises, and then get used to
               reading and compiling argumentative texts that contain opinions about things

               around you. To find out your learning progress,  Authentic assessments need

               to be carried out, including performance in the form of essays which are then
               collected in each portfolio.


               Learning Goals


                   1.  Identify the communicative purposes and schematic structures of an
                       argumentative text

                   2.  Identify the language features of argumentative text: the expression

                       of asking and giving opinion
                   3.  State  explicit  and  implicit  information  (main  ideas  and  detailed

                       information) from an argumentative text

                   4.  Write  an  argumentative  text  with  appropriate  schematic  structures
                       and language features


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