Discussion text project by Elys Putri Karismawati

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National Exam: Pro and Contra?

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.
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.
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.
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.

Language features:

1. Using thinking verb

a. Some people believe that national exam is…

2. Using modalities:
a. …the quality of the Indonesia education will drop…
b. Government should make a regulation that national exam…
c. There should be other requirements…
3. Mostly using simple present tense
a. National exam becomes the hot topic in most of…
b. The debate among society about national examination goes on…
c. Government should make a regulation…

4. Using contrastive conjunction

a. In other hand, other people see national…
b. However there are people who disagree with the opinion.

5. Generalizes participants and things it refers to using uncountable noun phrase :

some people, most dogs
a. Some people believe that national exam is…
b. In other hand, other people see national exam as an important…
c. People who support the national exam explain that the quality of the
Indonesia education…

6. Complex sentences
a. 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.
b. 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.

7. Third person
a. Some people believe that national exam is not necessary for students as a
requirement…
b. …other people see national exam as an important indicator…
c. For people who agree, national exam is necessary for…

8. Abstract nouns (things we can not see or touch): truth, justice, answer, possibility,
hope)
a. …it is not fair if only national exam score that judge whether students pass or
not.
b. They also think that national examination can…