English · Astronomy and the Solar System
Reading strategy — scanning for detail & identifying type of discourse (argumentative)
Find exact facts fast and recognise an argumentative text
6 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Scanning for detail
- Identifying the type of discourse (argumentative)
The method
- Identify discourse type before drafting: argumentative → thesis + counter-argument + stance
From the lesson
Look at this short passage about the Mars rover. You do not need every word, only the exact facts hiding inside it.
The vocabulary
- argumentative (حجاجي)