Unit 4: Argument and Evidence

In unit 4, it explains about evidence in the article in order to supports the writer’s stance. Evidence is information that supports to a conclusion. Anything can be used to determine or demonstrate the truth of a statement. Evidence can be found anywhere, personal experience, magazines, newspaper, internet or surveys.

In the article title, ‘Body language that speaks to muggers’, it is actually an article that based on a survey which was carried out by Betty Grayson and Morris Stein in New York City and Manhattan. Based on their survey, they can show the total of victims that have been mugged. Besides that, nobody can argue with their findings because they can come out with evidence based on their survey and observation which they secretly video-taped people walking in Manhattan’s garment district.

In this unit, it is quite easy for students to find the evidence as it is can be found in the article. This unit is quite interesting because students will be alert and not to missed out any important evidence that they need especially when they want to support their statement or answer. However, it is quite hard because some of the evidence cannot be found in the article and students need to use their logic in order to support their answer

Unit 3: Positioning

The concept of positioning follows logically from perspective. Positioning is related with the way in which participants are constructed through the text. ‘Constructed’ is mean by the way the writer gives certain roles to the participants, as if they were actors in a play. Participants are included people and institutions that referred to in the text. The same goes to the intended audience.

In this unit, it is quite difficult to understand because the writer sometimes change the way he or she constructed the participants. For example, at the beginning of the article, the writer condemns the participants but then throughout the article, the writer will slowly comment on the same participants. That way, the writer may confuse the readers to know about his or her position.
Even so, through out this learning process, it is an interesting unit because there are useful information that has been given especially to differentiate between perspectives and positioning. In addition, the article for this unit, ‘Please, let me go to your school’, makes it easier to explain the position of the participants.

For example, the writer constructed the main character, Scarlett, who was rejected by a school which claimed they accept disable students. However, they rejected Scarlett because they claimed that it takes a lot in order for the adjustments for the school to make for Scarlett. The writer condemns the school for their attitude and wrongdoing and also gives false hope towards disable children. As for Scarlett, the writer put her position as an innocent and strong child at a young age. Besides Scarlett, the writer also mentioned about her parents who support her and do anything they can in order to get justice for their daughter and to allow their child to get education just like other children

Unit 2: Perspective

Perspective is a stance or viewpoint taken in the text by the writer of the article towards the topic that is published. The perspective of a text usually happens from positive to negative. In other words, the writer may support, criticize or attack the participants in the article. Perspective in the text usually tells the readers something about the beliefs of the writer.

For example, an article titled, ‘Battling the bullies’, can easily explain about the stance of the writer. In this article, it shows that the writer does not approve of bullying in schools. Besides that the writer also does not agree with schools which fail to maintain an effective anti-bullying policy and being irresponsible. In this article, the writer is badly condemning the bullies and the school by using some harsh words to show the stance. In addition, the writer also show sympathy to the victim of bully which showed by Mrs. Watson and her son.

In this unit, it helps students in order to show their stance in their writing. Besides that, it shows how to condemn or commend on the participants of the article. The information given is quite interesting because it helps students to understand more in order to be a good writer and to produce an interesting outcome

Unit 1: An Introduction

Critical literacy actually describes a particular approach to reading and writing. It approaches either the reader or writer to understand any texts should not be accepted at face value or treated as having special authority or mystique. Instead, readers should remain ‘critical’ or be aware of the purpose which texts serve and messages they convey. Articles can be in form of academic, on the newspaper, magazine or on the internet.

Unit 1 is an interesting unit because it introduces to students the ability to take a critical approach to one’s own and other people’s writing. An article is produce by the producer in which contains many purposes. For example to inform, to educate, to warn and to explain to the readers. The readers of the article are the consumers who bought or receive the article.

In this unit, lots of information has been given to the students in order to show the criteria that are needed in a good article. Besides that, it shows the beginners of how to write a good article in order to attract the intended readers.
Critical literacy is what a college education is all about. In college, the important is on developing “higher-order thinking”, the active, intelligent evaluation of ideas and information. The main goal is to teach students of how to think, which is how to become independent, self-directed thinkers and learners.

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