SECTION 2, ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS SECTION
• Identifying perspective
• Interpreting connection
• Making connection
• Solving problems
GOAL
• Identify perspectives and synthesis argument and evidence from a range
of source on a given topic
• Identify patterns and trends in graphical or numerical data in order to
support an argument
• Make some links between cause and consequence
of an issue at persona,
local, and global levels
• Recommend an appropriate course of action and explain possible
consequences for national or global issue.
WHAT IS ANALYSIS?
Analysis
• Is to look at something in more drtail
• May involve understanding different perspectives on a topic or issue or how
different causes and consequences are related to one another.
• May involve understanding data resented as unmbers or in the form of
graphs, charts or tables.
KEY POINTS
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A cause the reason why something happens. For example, one of the cause of global
warming is burning of fossil fuels.
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A consequence is the result of something. For example, global warning is the
consequence of burning fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil.
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An issue is a topic that needs discussion because people have different perspectives
about the best way to take action in order to resolve it.
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A perspective is a way of looking something, based on evidence. An opinion is what
something think and is often unsupported. A viewpoint is the same as an opinion and
is someone’s view about something.
KEY POINTS
• Global is anything relates to the whole world. For example, a global
perspectives is a way of looking at a topic that is shared by many people
from different countries around the world.
• Local is anything relates to a particular place, such as a town or city, a district
or region.
• National is anything relates to a whole country.
• Personal is anything that relates to you as an individual.
• Evidence can be in the form of graphs, photos, video clips, audio recordings, and written
texts(newspaper/magazine articles, books, leaflet, newsletters, blogs, etc)
• Closed questions, such as those requiring ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers, are easy to analyse, and
findings can be presented as a graph.
• Open questions often start with ‘why’ and ‘how’ are more difficult to analyse, research
findings from open questions are often presented as a summary.
• An outcome is a product created as a result of a course of action, for example a leaflet to
promote the Paralympics.
KEY POINTS