Overview
Students should be able to Listen attentively to an argument or a debate.
Extract vital information or points from any argument.
Support a view point.
Summaries the opinion of a speaker.
What you'll learn
- Selected argumentative passages based on health, gender, environmental issues, population, family life and social issues e.g. “Women are better doctors than men”, “Farming is more important than teaching.”
- Emphasis on:
- a. Intention of the writer
- b. Central idea of the passage.
- c. Factors responsible for certain situations.
- d. Reasons given by the speaker to support or oppose a view.
- e. Reasons, effects or results of a particular thing.
- f. Advantages or disadvantages of an idea.