Argumentative Speech

Neni Marlina
Pre-task: Argumentative or Persuasive?
1. It is certainly true that cell phones are a disctraction in many situations.
2. An informal survey found that 16 out of 20 middle school students agreed with
the statement “Cell phones are distraction in many situations.”
3. So, take your children to the pediatrician today and make sure their vaccinations
are up to date.
4. As the commpasionate citizen of the Planet Earth, you can surely find time to
voluteer at your local recycling center. After all, the future is in your hands.
5. The Center of Desease Control recommends that children receive a total od 14
vaccines before the age of 6.
Pre-task: Argumentative or Persuasive?
6. The research shows that immigrants from Latin America feel
uncomfortable with studying in English schools as they require more
time to learn this language. Thus, it is important to work on the
question of the second national language.
Argumentative speech or writing

A genre of text that attempts to convince the readers or

audience to accept the writer or speaker’s idea as true by
using statistics, facts, and figures.
Argumentative topics

usually discuss
controversial issues
Persuasive vs. Argumentative
• Argumentative: to present compelling
evidence. It is more formal and
academic.
• Persuasive: To persuade or convince. It
has strong element of emotion.
See the pre-task!!!

Is your answer correct?

Argumentative Structures
A. Introduction
• Hook
• Claim
B. Supporting
• Reason
• Evidence
• Counterclaim
C. Conclusion
Argumentative Structures: Hook

Interesting statement that grabs the audience

attention
Argumentative Structures: Claim

Claim is a simple statement that asserts a main point of

an argument
"Making Spanish the second official language
in the IS would positively impact the economic
relationships between Mexico and the United
States."
Argumentative Structures: Reasoning

a) the “because” part of an argument and the

explanation for why a claim is made;
b) the explicit links between the evidence and the
claim; the explanation for why a particular piece of
evidence is important to the claim and to the
argument
Argumentative Structures: Evidence

support for the reasoning in an argument; the “for

example” aspect of an argument; the best evidence is
text-based, reasonable, and reliable.
Argumentative Structures: Counterclaim*

It’s another side that contradicts your claim

Argumentative language:
Argumentative essay
Task 1

1. You are going to watch two videos

2. Watch and listen to the videos. The videos do not
have subtitles, so you need to pay attention more on
the language the speakers are using. Would it be an
argumentative or persuasive speech?
3. Listen and write down the language indicated its
genre.
Task 2

1. You are going to watch an argumentative speech

video
2. Transcribe the speech
3. Analyze the language of argumentative
4. Analyze the structures of argumentative (hook,
claim, reasoning, evidence, counterclaim)
Thank you