Teaching and Learning the Writing of Persuasive/Argumentative Discourse
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Persuasive writing, Argumentative discourse, Elementary education, Writing developmentRésumé
Les élèves n'obtiennent pas d'aussi bons résultats lorsqu'on leur demande de rédiger un texte fondé sur des arguments que s'ils doivent faire une composition narrative. Les faiblesses les plus courantes sont les suivantes : arguments mal étayés, idées mal organisées et manque de profondeur. On considère que la rédaction d'un texte fondé sur des arguments est plus difficile parce qu'elle exige davantage sur le plan cognitif que la composition narrative. L'enseignement de l'art d'argumenter dans un texte devrait néanmoins faire partie de l'enseignement au primaire pour plus d'une raison : l'argumentation surgit tôt dans la langue parlée ; les premières bases de l'argumentation apparaissent dans les textes de très jeunes enfants ; même les textes les plus faibles du point de vue de l'argumentation présentent des formes embryonnaires de raisonnement ; et les expériences vécues par les enfants dans leur milieu social et scolaire offrent une foule de sujets pertinents sur lesquels on peut les inviter à écrire.
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