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Subject : English
Level : Secondary
Language skill : Writing
Topic : Discursive
Time Allocation : 2 x 40 minutes
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Subject : English
Level : Secondary
Language skill : Writing
Topic : Discursive
Time Allocation : 2 x 40 minutes
1. Showing a picture
(Picture 1)
2. Leading questions
a. What do you think about the picture?
b. Is it equal?
c. Do you ever discuss a topic with you friends?
d. What do you do in that discussion?
e. Giving your arguments?
3. Discursive essay is a type of essay that discusses a problem, a controversy or recent issue.
4. Purpose of Discursive Essay
a. It presents a balanced and objective examination of a subject.
b. The topic maybe controversial, but the discursive essay attempts to presents a much
more balanced discussion of the issue.
5. Style of Discursive Essay
a. They are written in a more formal and impersonal style than other essays.
b. Each issue should be discussed in a separate paragraph.
c. Each paragraph should begin with a strong topic sentence.
6. Structure / plan of Discursive Essay
a. Introduction
b. 1st issue, situation or problem
c. 2nd issue, situation or problem
d. Conclusion
An introductory paragraph
(clearly state the topic to be discussed)
A main body
(points are clearly stated in separate paragraph 2-3)
A closing paragraph
Summarising the main point of the essay (restate opinions and
/ give a balance consideration of the topic)
(Table 1)
7. Language Features
a. Passive voice
e.g. It is argued that …
b. Impersonal construction
e.g. It is a common belief that …
c. A range of advanced vocabulary (verbs, adjectives, abstract noun, etc.)
e.g. heated debate concerning the controversial issue
d. Formal linking words/phrases
e.g. furthermore, however, etc.
e. Complex sentences with a variety of links, dependent clauses.
e.g. Furthermore, a tendency to self-concentration and egoism might rise when one
start measuring everything from a profit making perspeective
f. Inversion, especially in conditional
e.g. Never has this been more obvious…
8. Work Sheet
9.