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SS3 English Language

Following Argument Efficiently

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.