Essential Knowledge and Skills for Essay Writing - A Practical Guide for ESL and EFL Undergraduates - Neil Evan Jon Anthony Bowen
Argument / Opinion Writing
Essential Knowledge and Skills for Essay Writing - A Practical Guide for ESL and EFL Undergraduates - Neil Evan Jon Anthony Bowen
Neil Evan Jon Anthony Bowen [+]
Thammasat University
Description
Unit 5 focuses on the key skills and language features that are important to argument writing. These include making measured and valid claims, choosing a debatable and interesting topic, selecting robust and reliable evidence, and referencing others’ work. Students are introduced to three popular forms of Western argument—classical/Aristotelean, Rogerian, and Toulmin—and are then given practice in constructing a Toulmin argument. In the writing tasks, the focus is on identifying/collecting the grounds (data) for a qualified claim, linking these together through warrants and backing, and countering any valid counterclaims or counterarguments through refutation and rebuttal.