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TASK 1 (M1 LA3 PART 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 defense. 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 vandalism 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).

Key Features
Analytical Exposition
Social Function
To persuade the readers or listeners that something is the case.

Generic Structure
1. Thesis:
 Position: Introduces topic and indicates writer’s position
 Preview : Outlines the main arguments to be presented.
2. Argument:
 Point: Restates main argument outlined in preview
 Elaboration: Develops and supports each point/argument
3. Reiteration:
 Restates writer’s position
Significant Lexico-grammatical Features
 Focus on generic human and non-human participants
 Use of simple present tense
 Use of relational processes
 Use of internal conjunction to stage argument
 Reasoning through causal conjunction or nominalization.
Source: (Gerot, L., & Wignell, P. (1994). Making sense of functional grammar.