Discussion Text

Ainun Ummamah. A Dita Khori Kumalasari

Hanin Azizah Maulita Shela Amanda

Natasya Umi Fitria Sulton Fajar Ayu.M.M

Discussion text is a text which presents a
problematic discourse. This problem will
be discussed from different viewpoints.
What is isDiscussion
Discussion textin?
commonly found
philosophical, historic, and social text. In
other word, Discussion is a kind of genre
used to present (at least) two points of
view about an issue.
 General structure of Discussion Text
– Issue : stating the issue which is to discussed

– Argument pro : presenting the point in in

supporting the presented issue

– Argument cons : presenting other points which

disagree to the supporting point

– Conclusion / recommendation : stating the writer’

recommendation of the discourse
Language feature of Discussion text
– Introducing category or generic participant

– Using thinking verb; feel, hope, believe, etc

– Using contrastive conjunction; however, on the

other hand, but, in other side, although, etc

– Using modalities; must, should, could, may, etc

– Using adverbial of manner; deliberately, hopefully,

etc

– Simple present
National Exam: Pro and Contra?
-Issue-
National exam becomes the hot topic in most of
discussions among students, teachers, and parents.
Some people believe that national exam is not necessary
for students as a requirement to be able graduate from
a school. In other hand, other people see national exam
as an important indicator to know whether students
have mastered all school materials or not. The debate
among society about national examination goes on
until now.
National Exam: Pro and Contra?
- Argument pro-
For people who agree, national exam is necessary for
students as a requirement to graduate from a school.
People who support the national exam explain that
the quality of the Indonesia education will drop
without the national exam, so they try to defend the
current system. They also think that national
examination can motivate students to study harder.
National Exam: Pro and Contra?
- Argument Cons-
However there are people who disagree with the opinion.
Those who against this national exam kept in school
education say that it doesn’t need the national exams
because the quality of education does not just depend
on the national exam. Further, the national exam only
measures a small portion of students’ competence in
specific subjects, and does not measure students’
competences throughout the semester.
National Exam: Pro and Contra?
- Conclusion-
In conclusion, national examination can still be useful as
an instrument to evaluate or detect the level of
students’ cognitive competence in several subjects, on a
national scale. However, it is not fair if only national
exam score that judge whether students pass or not.
Government should make a regulation that national
exam is not the only requirement for students to
graduate. There should be other requirements added
such as students’ daily score, behavior, and achievement.