Hortatory exposition

Weksa Fradita Asriyama

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Building knowledge of the field

Look at the pictures below. Then, answer the question
orally.
1.
VS

What is the difference between conventional farming

and
organic farming in controlling the pests?

2.

V
S

What is the difference between these two

farming methods in spending the farming cost?

3.

V
S
Are there any significant difference in quality
between conventional farming product and the
organic farming product?

4.

V
S
Do the two of them have any
long term advantages? What
are they?

Vocabulary items
Name the things and persons that you see!

Conditional sentence
1.How do you express possibilities?
If + simple present, S + will + Vbase

The pattern above is used when you think about a

real
possibility in the present and future.
Examples:
If the farmers know the effect of using pesticide,
they will
certainly deciding to move on the organic farming.
If Mom asks me to buy fruit and vegetables, I will

2. When you think of an imaginary situation how do

you state it?
If+ simple past, S + would + Vbase

When what you say is unreal --- that never happens now nor
in the futureyou use past tense.
Examples:
If I were a farmer, I would never use the pesticide.
(It means you are not a farmer)
If I were the president, I would limit the number of pesticide
in the market.
(It means you are not the president)

Modeling of the text

Watch the video carefully
Make some notes if necessary
Pesticide and the effects

Hortatory exposition
The video you just watch is
hortatory exposition text.
The communicative purpose of the
hortatory exposition text is to
persuade the readers or listeners
that something should or should
not be the case.

The generic structure of the hortatory

exposition text:

The language features in hortatory exposition

text
The use of words that shows the authors attitude (modality)

Modal auxiliaries and adverb

of certainty
Modal auxiliaries in English are : can,
could, had better, may, might,
must, ought to, shall, should, will,
would.
Modal auxiliaries generally express a
speakers attitudes. For example,
modal can express that a speaker feels
something is certain or not.

Modals do not take a final s, even when the

subject is singular (he, she, it, the cat, Suzy, Mark)

Example : He will harvest the farm two month from
now.
She must go the school right now
Modals are followed immediately by the simple

form of verb.(Vbase/V1)
Example : I can do the homework.
She will be late for the exam today.

Joint construction of the text

Watch the video carefully. Make
some notes if necessary.
Organic fruit and vegetables

Work in a group of four.

Have a small discussion related to the

video that you have watched.

Assign the member for the following
roles:
1 person as the group leader who
leads the discussion
1 person as the secretary who writes
and tells the result
1 person who agree
1 person who does not agree

Independent construction of the

text
Study the situation.
Choose one of them, elaborate your opinions
and tell your stance on the problem to the class
1. You suggest your biology teacher to hold an event in order to
introduce organic farming to the society. You notice that pesticides
and other chemical substances are used improperly in your area.

2. One of your friends gets colon cancer. Medical analyses suggest

that it is due to too much consumption of unhealthy food. You tell
your parents (who are farmers) to reduce the use of pesticides. You
express your stance on it.

3. The government finds that more than 40% of fruits and

vegetables contain high level of pesticides. The amount of the
pesticides is on the higher level of tolerable one. You express your
stance on the case.