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TASK 1
In this activity, you will have to read two analytical exposition texts. Make necessary notes of
their key features. It may facilitate you in doing the other tasks. Enjoy it.

Text 1
In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government, state governments and local
governments. All of these levels of government are necessary. This is so for a number of reasons.

First, the federal government is necessary for the big things. They keep the economy in order and look
after things like defence. International affairs are also important to handle. For example they carry out
mutual collaboration with other nations in the world.

Similarly, the state governments look after the middle sized things. For example they look after law
and order, preventing things like vadalism in schools. Crimes occurring in a particular state need quick
and instant solution. This will take long time if they are handled by federal government.

Finally, local governments look after the small things and daily matters. They look after things like
collecting rubbish, otherwise everyone would have diseases.

Thus, for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of government are necessary.

(Adapted from (Gerot, L., & Wignell, P. (1994). Making Sense of Functional Grammar).
Text 2.
Learning from Television
Traditionally, educators have perceived television as not particularly beneficial to literacy development.
Concerns were fueled by findings suggesting that with the introduction of television people spend less
time reading books and reading scores decline. As our society is striving to make adjustments to the
decline in literacy skills, new ways of learning and teaching are being explored, educators are
becoming interested in exploring the educational potential of television. Therefore, the interest in
television as an educational medium has increased for several reasons.

First, existing educational television programs that were developed to enhance the literacy
development of both children and adults have been quite successful in achieving their intended
outcomes. This has been reported in several researches dealing with such things such as television
supported distance learning programs from the Open University in Great Britain.

Second, because television is a very accessible medium, it has the potential to reach learners that
have not been able to participate in traditional adult literacy programs. Television is accessible both in
 terms of its technology and in terms of its content. By 1985, 99% of all US households had a least one
television set. Moreover, viewers are intimately familiar with the content of television and tend to
associate it with pleasurable experience because of its power to entertain

Finally, the development of new visual technologies makes it possible to provide users with more
control and interactivity and thus to adapt televised instruction to the needs of a variety of learners and
learning styles.

To conclude, many teachers in UK are recently becoming aware to benefit the potential of television
programs to support the teaching processes.

(Adapted from https://dcmp.org/learn/static-assets/nadh175.pdf).

The two texts have thesis, arguments to support the thesis, and use internal and causal conjunction, and
the last paragraph has the conclusion from the writer what should or should not be.

Task 2 KB 3
Answer the questions below to check your comprehension about the social function, text structures,
and the lexico-grammatical features of analytical exposition texts.
Questions: Answers:
1. Where can you probably find the first 1. Newspaper article, magazine, academic lecturer
text to read?
2. Where can you probably find the 2. Academic lecturer, magazine,
second text to read?
3. Who might be interested in reading the3. Politician, State official, academic people
first text?
4. In text 2, which sentence is stating the
4. As our society is striving to make adjustments to the decline
writer’s position to introduce his ideas? in literacy skills, new ways of learning and teaching are being
explored, educators are becoming interested in exploring the
educational potential of television.
5. How does the writer of text 2 arrange 5. The writer presents arguments or opinions that support the
his ideas in the text? main idea of the text.
6. Does the writer of text 1use ‘the
6. Yes, it does
present tenses’ to write his ideas in the
text?
7. Text 1 : First, Similarly, Finally, otherwise, Thus,
7. Can you identify the internal Text 2. : First, Second, because, moreover, because of,
conjunction and causal conjuntion in Finally,
both texts? Write them in your answers.

TASK 3 KB3
Part 2: Comparing analytical exposition texts with other texts

Read the two texts above once again and compare them with the other two texts below to identify their
differences and similarities. Write your answer in the box provided below text 4.
Text 3
In all the discussion over the removal of lead from petrol there doesn’t seem to have
been any mention of difference between driving in the city and the country.
While I realise my leaded petrol car is polluting the air wherever I drive, I feel that when
you travel through the country, where you only see another car every five to ten minutes, the problem
is not as severe as when traffic is concentrated on city roads.
Those who want to penalise older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don’t seem
to appreciate that, in the country, there is no public transport to fall back upon and one’s own vehicle
is the only way to get about.
I feel that country people, who often have to travel huge distances to the nearest town
and who already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated differently to the people
who live in the city.
(Source: Gerot, L., & Wignell, P. (1994). Making Sense of Functional Grammar).

Text 4
Iceberg Potential Source of Water
The supply of fresh water has not been a major problem for most countries in the world
because a rainy season is part of their yearly climatic conditions. However, in countries where the
rainfall is very sparse scientists must constantly seek ways to increase supplies of this precious
element. One among other methods being considered is the towing of icebergs. According to this
method large icebergs from Antarctica would be wrapped in cloth or plastic, tied to powerful tugboats
by strong ropes, and towed to the countries needing fresh water. While this plan may have some
potential, there are certain practical problems that must be solved.
The first problem is the expense. According to estimates, it would cost between $50 and
$100 million to tow a 'single 100-million-ton iceberg from Antarctica to, for example, the coast of Saudi
Arabia. This is very expensive.
 The second problem is possible risk with the iceberg. It is very possible that the Iceberg
would melt en route. No one knows if an iceberg could be effectively insulated during such a long
journey. At the very least, there is the possibility that it would break up into smaller pieces, which would
create still other problems.
The third problem is about the environmental effects. There is the danger that a huge
block of Ice floating off an arid coast could have unexpected environmental effects. The ice could
drastically change the weather along the coast and it would probably affect the fish population.
The last problem is the cost efficiency. According to this, the cost of providing fresh water
from icebergs would be less than the cost of providing water by desalinization. According to most
estimates, it would cost between 50 cent and 60 cent per cubic meter to get water from an iceberg as
opposed to the 80 cent per cubic meter it costs to get the same amount by desalinization. In
conclusion, before icebergs can become a source of fresh water in the future, problems involving cost,
overall practicality, and most importantly environmental impact must be solved.
(Adapted from Oshima and Hogue, 3rd edition, 1998).

Write your answer in this box.

Simmilarties Differences
1. The four texts give arguments that support the 1. Text 1 and text 2 use internal conjunction and causal
main idea of the text. conjunction, but text 3 and 4 do not.
2. The four text use present tense in constructing 2. Text 1 and 2 tell the argument not based on private
the text opinion but they
3. The four text use relational process to attribute
the main subject

TASK 4

Video 1
What analytical essay?
1. How and Why
2. Explain and interpret
3. Main Ideas
4. Having audience effect
5. Present view with evidence to support it
Video 2
How to write it?
1. Read the question
2. Identify keywords
3. Identify Direction Words
4. Brainstorm
5. Organise ideas

Task 5
Use your own words to develop the two supporting ideas available in the text
below.

Compulsory Attendance in College

On my first day of class in an American university, I discovered that there
are many differences between universities in US and in my country. One
difference hit me immediately when the professor walked into the classroom
dressed in casual pants and a sports shirt. Then he sat down, and I received a
second shock. He sat down on the desk, not behind the desk. The biggest shock
happened when he passed out a piece of paper listing the requirements of the
class. I learned that I was not allowed to miss any classes! In my country,
professors do not know or care if students attend lectures, but in the United
States, professors actually call the roll at the beginning of each class meeting.
In my opinion, compulsory attendance in college is completely inappropriate for
two reasons.
The first, college students are adults, not elementary school
children. The student has an ability to determine which of the acts he should
be doing which is not because the student has a different mindset with the child.
The student is able to determine what he needs in the course so he will not
neglect to improve his knowledge even though he is not attending the class
Students often have other obligations such as work and family. Not
infrequently we meet there are students who have to work to help the cost of
lectures and this has become a necessity for him. So also with students who
already have a family. Sometimes the affairs involving the family are more
important than attending the class so the students tend to leave the class
because they think the class can be replaced by learning independently.
To summarize, attendance in college classes should be optional.
Students may already know the material that the professor will cover.
Sometimes the professor lectures on material that is in the textbook, so
students can read it on their own time. Therefore, in my opinion,
compulsoryattendance in college classes should be abolished.

(Source: Oshima and Hogue. 2007. Introduction to Academic Writing).

Task 6 KB3
Choose one prohibition sign below which attracts you to generate your ideas to
write an analytical exposition text. Be sure to apply the knowledge you have
learnt.
TAKE CARE of YOUR TRASH
Trash always appears to be an effective issue in a society with less
environmental sensitivity. Indiscipline hygiene can lead to unpleasant
atmosphere due to trash. With the behavior of littering, it will result in some
problems that will disturb or damage the environment itself.
The smallest thing that can be caused by the littering of trash is an
accident. Imagine, if we throw banana peel trash on the road carelessly, when
someone stepped on the banana peel, it is likely he will fall. In addition, this can
also damage the view from a small scale. Despite it is only a trash, it will disturb
the comfort of our environment.
When the trash continues to accumulate in a place, for example in the
river, then one of the consequences is the flood. Flood is one result of littering.
Trash dumped in the river will cause the shallow of the river and the obstruction
of the river flow. When the rain drops down, it is certain that the river will not be
able to accommodate the water, causing the water to overflow and flooding.
We know that cleanliness is one of the most important aspects of life. To
keep the body in order to stay healthy and fit needed cleanliness in the
environment where we live. Stacking trash can cause various types of diseases.
The presence of disease seeds in the trash usually comes from polluted waste
by human feces and livestock, or because the insect-borne insects sector is
nested in it. Trash contaminated with human feces or livestock can be a source
of infectious diseases or pathogen sources consisting of bacteria, viruses,
protozoa, and worms. And of course, this is very dangerous to human health.
With all kinds of impacts arising from the presence of waste that is
disposed of arbitrarily, there is no reason for every human being to not keep his
environment clean and comfortable by disposing of waste in his place and living
a healthy life.

ASSIGNMENTS M1 LA3
Read the text below carefully for your comprehension. Then analyze it to identify the thesis
statement, the arguments, and the reiteration.
Our Complex Relationship With Technology

Julian Stodd

1. I woke this morning to an angrily vibrating phone, on fire with little red
alerts. My first action on getting up used to be making a cup of tea but it’s now hijacked
by technology. Our relationship with devices is complex: love or hate, or need and want.
In the Social Age, it’s technology that brings us together, that provides access to
communities and facilitates the discussions we have within them. It enables the formation
of wide collections of loose social ties and the maintenance of increased numbers of
strong and deep ones, whilst also providing access to knowledge. My first instinct in many
situations is to reach for the phone: maps, directions, email and texts, tuning the guitar or
sharing on Facebook, finding out how to change the oil in the car or book a festival for
the summer. I have some personal views to express my ideas in response to the
advancement of technology.
2. There are few aspects of life that technology doesn’t touch, but it’s
easy to let the horse lead the cart. We are seeing technology transforming learning:
systems provide infrastructure, media can be easily created to enhance learning,
language itself is translated and transformed, we capture, share and journal with ease.
The learning experience is more easily quantified, both for individuals and for
organisations. But quantification doesn’t always equate to quality.
3. It’s all about balance and agility: our ability to learn, to innovate and
be creative, to do things differently tomorrow from how we did them yesterday. It means
that we should have as much say in things as the devices we buy and carry around with
us. Whilst the features of technology may connect us ever more closely and ever more
vocally, scheduling, chasing and reprimanding us ever more often, we need to ensure
that underneath it all we are being effective. It should be our natural behaviours that are
being enhanced by the technology, not the technology forcing us to adapt our behaviours.
4. We need to recognise that we now live in the Social Age of learning,
where the bywords are agility and engagement, where formal experiences are less
valuable than applied ones, where traditional models of authority and expertise are
subverted by more social methodologies that rely on communities and sharing. We are in
a time of change: change to how organisations and individuals engage with each other,
changes in our relationship with technology, changes to how we engage within
communities to learn to co-create meaning.
5. Instead of depending upon lumbering formal technology, needing
unwieldy servers and infrastructure, today’s artisan workers use tablets, phones and apps
to achieve much the same thing. Instead of needing offices and pot plants, we need WiFi
and coffee shops, Dropbox and Skype. However, it’s the social technology that fits into
our lives rather than requiring us to adapt our lives to suit it. Social technology should give
us access to our communities whilst we are on the move anytime, anywhere. Because
social learning is anchored and grounded in reality making links back to formal learning,
whilst formal learning is always trying to reach out to meet reality.
6. Social Technology has to be effortlessly social, or it’s not social at all.
The reason is obvious that large organisations spend so much money on that field
and they fail to meet the needs or expectations of users. They are built around the
requirements of IT teams, compliance teams, learning teams, but not the people who
actually count: the people who use them.
(Adapted fro
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http://www.lifewidemagazine.co.uk/uploads/1/0/8/4/10842717/magazine_10_jun e_2014.pdf).
Table of identification

Text title to identify: Our Complex Relationship With Technology

In the Social Age, it’s technology that brings us together, that provides
access to communities and facilitates the discussions we have within
Thesis statement them. It enables the formation of wide collections of loose social ties and
the maintenance of increased numbers of strong and deep ones, whilst
also providing access to knowledge.
seeing technology transforming learning, the features of technology may
connect us ever more closely, we engage within communities to learn to
Arguments co-create meaning with technology, Social technology should give us
access to our communities whilst we are on the move anytime,
anywhere.
Social Technology has to be effortlessly social, or it's not social at all.
Reiteration