'And that's my opinion': towards the study of the emergence of argumentative writing

Authors

  • Ana Luísa Costa Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal / Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa
  • Sónia Cerqueira Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal
  • Vanessa Carreto Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln3ano2017a24

Keywords:

writing, genre, textual awareness, personal opinion text, argumentative essay

Abstract

In this article, we present an empirical study on early argumentative writing, in opinion texts written by children of the 2nd and 4th grade (1st cycle of basic education). The analysis of discourse and linguistic properties shows early skills in written argumentation. These results call into question the Portuguese teaching guidelines, which only begin providing for the writing of opinion texts in the 5th grade. This study also brings to light the conclusions of similar studies (Brassart, 1990, Leal & Morais, 2006) and contributes to the characterization of writing development and linguistic awareness in the initial school years.

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Published

2017-09-29

How to Cite

Costa, A. L., Cerqueira, S., & Carreto, V. (2017). ’And that’s my opinion’: towards the study of the emergence of argumentative writing. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (3), 51–73. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln3ano2017a24

Issue

No. 3 (2017): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2017 Ana Luísa Costa, Sónia Cerqueira, Vanessa Carreto

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