Page 6 - Argumentative Text

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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