Distinguishing the four stances: Med Argumentative
Learning Objectives & Strategies:
Understand the differences between the 4 stances.
1. Look at each example in the different sentence types.
2. Look at the bolded stance keywards and what grammatical xxxcategories do they fall in (modal auxiliary, adverbs?).
3. Compare the keywords across the 4 stances.
1) S. + Active verb to pose action, describe procedures, cause and effect, etc. (Example 1) In the last two decades of learning sciences research,
scaffolding may have become
prominent.
(Example 2) In the last two decades of learning sciences research, scaffolding has become largely prominent.
may
largely
2) Passive form
(Example 1) Many European schools can be confronted with an increasingly ethnically diverse student population.
(Example 2) Many
European schools were probably confronted with an increasingly ethnically diverse student population.
can
probably
3) Be + N, adj
or to V
(Example 1) Observation and listening-in can beimportant for all children.
(Example 2) Observation and listening-in are always important for all children.
can
always
4) I or We + mental verb to highlight
(Example 1) We (may and/or always) believe that a post-critical
framework provided an appropriate methodological foundation.