Stage: S3.3	       	Skill: Reading

Student Name: Fatima		Clip Number: 39

Transcription:

Okay, so the task for today is based on techniques of persuasion.  We’ve worked on it for three to four periods.  What you’ve got in front of you is a brief newspaper article, okay?  And then over the page you’ve got the actual task.  So what you’re required to do could, Esselle actually read the task for us?  Could you read it?

Low pay as teenagers silenced.  One:  identify three techniques of persuasion that the writer has used; two for each technique write out the example from the article; three, explain the intended effect of each technique on the reader.

Okay, so I’ll give you time to read the article by yourselves, 10 to 15 minutes, okay?  Underline any key words that you don’t understand and we’ll discuss it, and then you’ll need to only find three techniques.  So on page three, if you turn to page three, yeah, you’ve got a list of techniques of persuasions, okay?  So you’ve got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight techniques.  You’ll need to find three of these techniques in the article; you’ll need to write down the example as a quote from the article, and then the intended effect on the reader, okay?  So why has the writer used this particular technique?  How is a reader going to respond to that particular technique?

Okay Fatima, so you’ve completed the task.  Could you give just a brief summary in a few sentences, a brief summary of what this article is about, what exactly is the writer saying here?

The article is about the teenagers, they’re not paid enough from their work, yeah.  

Paid not enough by who?

By the, by the work.

The work that they do?

Yeah.

Sure.

By authority.  And they’re being pushed, bullied and forced to work really hard, yeah.  And they’re not paid enough for their, that’s why they’re wanting, have more money to get.

Sure, sure.  Okay, so that’s a summary of the article.  Now your task asked you to identify three techniques of persuasion, and for each one to get an example from the article and explain how it affects the reader.  So what did you come up with?  What techniques did you find in the article?

I found the statistics and the examples that’s it’s for a person of the text come from people in position of authority.

Okay, so in that example, which part of that example shows you that it’s a statistic?

It’s 42%.

Forty-two percent, good, very good.  So why is the writer using this statistic?  What does it do to the reader when the reader reads it?

They will believe it.

Why?

Because there’s a percentage.

Okay.  Sorry, could you read your answer?

Because there’s a, an evidence.

Evidence:  very good.  So could you just read out your answer for me please?

Yeah.  The reader will believe it because there is an evidence.

Very good, very good.  So what’s your second technique that you’ve identified I the article?

It’s a expert opinion.

Okay.

Yeah, so that were, read all of it?

Yeah, read the example…

Okay.

…what example you came up with.

Yeah, okay.  Executive Joe, Joe Bloggs from youth Rights and example is, “It is disgusting to see young people are used in such way.

Okay, so that’s an expert opinion?

Yeah.

Now where is the expert from?  What is he in charge of?

It’s in charge, it’s Youth Rights.

Youth Rights?

Yeah.  

Okay, very good.  And when the reader reads these words how will he or she feel?  What’s the effect on the reader do you think?

The reader will believe it because the expert is talking and he knows what he talking about.

Okay, thank you.  And any other techniques that you identified there, a third one perhaps?

Yeah, it’s emotional language, yeah, which is, “Teenagers are being pushed, bullied by, and forced to work really hard.”

Okay.

Sympathy, yeah.

Sympathy?

Yeah.

Okay, so what’s the effect off that on the reader?

The first said because they pushed and bullied and they’re not paid enough.

Okay, so overall when you read this article what were your feelings about it?

That teenagers should be paid more, and yeah.

Okay, do you think the language the writer used, did it actually make you accept his argument or…?

Yeah.

…or was it…?

Yeah.

Okay, very well done.  Thank you.

You’re welcome.

Any questions that you’ve got from the article?  Any key words that you need explaining or…?

Yeah, it’s sorry exploi-…’

…-tation.

‘…-tation’, yeah.

Okay, ‘exploitation’ basically means to exploit somebody.

Okay.

It means to use them in an unfair way.

Okay.

So as in the case as you’ve explained, a boss getting a young kid to work, but underpaying them:  using them badly for their own advantage.

Yeah, I got that one.

Okay.  

Yeah.

Very well done.

Thank you.