75 Discuss the article in small groups and compare your ideas in class. 1 Explain the three types of logical fallacies mentioned in the text in your own words. 2 Find examples from your own experience (online or in person). 3 What is the best way to react when you are confronted with these logical fallacies? 4 What can schools do to prepare young people to deal with them? SPEAKING 8 Expand your vocabulary: Critical thinking Complete the expressions using language from the text. LANGUAGE 9 a 1 If the logic is f , the conclusion doesn’t f from the evidence. 2 You should r a claim if it’s implausible and there is little evidence to s it. 3 It is essential to c the d of a plan, even if many go along with it. 4 AI tends to produce information that is inaccurate or m . 5 Avoid oversimplifying or m an opponent’s position. 6 Ideally, an argument should be b on solid f and scientific research. Choose five expressions you would like to remember and explain to a partner why they are the most important to you. Boost your learning from multiple choice tasks There are many ways you can maximise your learning from multiple choice tasks like the one in exercise 7. For starters, analyse the wrong options and decide why they don’t fit the text: b STRATEGIES 10 a Now follow these steps with the task in 7 to deepen your learning! Which of the following arguments is a strawman argument (A), a slippery slope argument (B) and a bandwagon argument (C)? Write the letter next to the argument. 1 If teenagers have weekend jobs, they prioritise work over school, their grades will slip, they won’t pursue further education, and they’ll end up in low-paying jobs for the rest of their lives. 2 All teenagers have weekend jobs, so clearly, it’s a good idea and beneficial for them. 3 People who don’t want teenagers to work at weekends just want them to sit around playing video games, doing nothing productive. Now write a PEEL paragraph of around 100 words disproving one of the three arguments. You can start like this: It is sometimes said that … But in reality, … b WRITING 11a b 1 Start by looking up expressions you don’t know. If they are part of the options, you should know them! 2 Does the expression fit grammatically, but not the context of the text (like 0D)? 3 Does the expression fit the context, but it doesn’t work grammatically (like 0C)? 4 How would you have to change the text to make the word fit? For example, for 1C to be correct, the sentence would have to read: “… of flawed logic in their arguments …”. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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