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Language Analysis Learning Task 2020
Background Information
New Zealand, Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain have all banned smacking—not Australia, though. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians wants that to change, however, and have called on legislators to ban smacking once and for all. The editorial by Stephanie Oh for The Ageing Sun newspaper on 15/02/2020 responds to this call.
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Bring back the smack on the bottom
Children are now in control of their parents. We see this in supermarket aisles where children control what goes in trolleys and scream at their parents to hand over electronic devices. How did we let this happen? The answer is simple: it is because of years of poor discipline and lack of punishment at home and at school. It is because we are too scared to smack our children.
Child care experts have simply gone overboard with the belief that parents should not smack their children. A quick smack on the bottom works wonders. The views of these so-called experts run contrary to a majority of Australians, that is 69% of the nation’s adult population, that agree that it is sometimes necessary to smack a child (Australian Childhood Foundation, 2016).
Doctor Madeleine Georgiou, a leading paediatrician in Australia, has stated that a quick smack does not cause any harm. It does not cause bruising on the bottom and the pain is temporary. To support Doctor Georgiou, university studies have shown that young children who are smacked by their parents grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit. It also found that children who are smacked before the age of six perform better at school when they are teenagers. They are also more likely to do voluntary work and want to go to university.
If there are so many benefits to smacking our children, why aren’t we all doing it?
Some argue this can lead a child to not only fear the smack, but also fear their parent – setting up a negative relationship between the parent and child. Some also claim that smacked children typically develop a tolerance to pain, and parents are left feeling helpless or needing to increase the power of their smack to exert control over their child’s behaviour. Yet, a smack is not domestic violence and these people are confusing discipline with aggression. Without discipline, children know they cannot be touched and so they grow into louts with no respect for teachers or police.
There are plenty of adults today who were smacked at home and strapped at school. It didn’t do them any harm. They have all grown into good citizens.
Let’s bring back the bottom smack!
Cảm ơn sự quan tâm và hẹn gặp lại các bạn vào những bài post sau.
Bella
Hôm nay Bella muốn gửi đến các bạn đề viết luận kiểm tra Tiếng Anh năm 2020 với mong muốn được giúp các bạn có thể làm quen và tập luyện cách viết văn nghị luận. Khi đi thi, chúng ta chỉ được mang theo một cuốn từ điển. Bài thi cho chúng ta Background Information, Text và Image, các bạn nên dùng những thông tin này trong bài luận của mình. Các bạn có thể thấy đề bài (task) muốn chúng ta chú thích những kỹ thuật của bài cùng tác giả và viết đoạn mở đầu cùng một đoạn thân bài trong vòng 90 phút.
Nếu các bạn có nhu cầu làm bài kiểm tra, hãy đừng ngại ngần đăng bài làm của mình ngay dưới bài Bella. Bella cùng các thành viên trong Diễn Đàn có thể cùng nhau chữa bài của bạn.
Language Analysis Learning Task 2020
Background Information
New Zealand, Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain have all banned smacking—not Australia, though. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians wants that to change, however, and have called on legislators to ban smacking once and for all. The editorial by Stephanie Oh for The Ageing Sun newspaper on 15/02/2020 responds to this call.
Time allowed: 90 minutes (a double period) Materials allowed:
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Task 1. Annotate persuasive language techniques that you may identify in the margins of the article. Locate contention, text type, main arguments, tone, audience and persuasive techniques when annotating the article. 2. Write a language analysis about the article and visual with an introduction and one body paragraph. Ensure you match the visual to the argument you identify. |
Bring back the smack on the bottom

Children are now in control of their parents. We see this in supermarket aisles where children control what goes in trolleys and scream at their parents to hand over electronic devices. How did we let this happen? The answer is simple: it is because of years of poor discipline and lack of punishment at home and at school. It is because we are too scared to smack our children.
Child care experts have simply gone overboard with the belief that parents should not smack their children. A quick smack on the bottom works wonders. The views of these so-called experts run contrary to a majority of Australians, that is 69% of the nation’s adult population, that agree that it is sometimes necessary to smack a child (Australian Childhood Foundation, 2016).
Doctor Madeleine Georgiou, a leading paediatrician in Australia, has stated that a quick smack does not cause any harm. It does not cause bruising on the bottom and the pain is temporary. To support Doctor Georgiou, university studies have shown that young children who are smacked by their parents grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit. It also found that children who are smacked before the age of six perform better at school when they are teenagers. They are also more likely to do voluntary work and want to go to university.
If there are so many benefits to smacking our children, why aren’t we all doing it?
Some argue this can lead a child to not only fear the smack, but also fear their parent – setting up a negative relationship between the parent and child. Some also claim that smacked children typically develop a tolerance to pain, and parents are left feeling helpless or needing to increase the power of their smack to exert control over their child’s behaviour. Yet, a smack is not domestic violence and these people are confusing discipline with aggression. Without discipline, children know they cannot be touched and so they grow into louts with no respect for teachers or police.
There are plenty of adults today who were smacked at home and strapped at school. It didn’t do them any harm. They have all grown into good citizens.
Let’s bring back the bottom smack!
Cảm ơn sự quan tâm và hẹn gặp lại các bạn vào những bài post sau.
Bella