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(Para 4) What hangs on the future of the English? (Para 4) What is the current situation of the Admass and the Englishness? Thanks You are supposed to figure out the type of the essay from the title. Difference between persuasion and argument Honest persuasion and dishonest persuasion Formal argument and informal argument The dominant intention or the controversial topic of his argument is stated early in paragraph one in one unambiguous sentence: Lesson 11The future of the English ----John B. Priestley Teaching Objectives of Unit 11 1)?Improving students ability to read between lines and understand the text properly; 2)??Cultivating students’ ability to make a creative reading and to appreciate the text from different perspectives 3)?Helping students to understand some difficult words and expressions; 4)?Helping students to understanding rhetorical devices; 5) Encouraging students to voice their own viewpoint fluently and accurately. Background Knowledge 1) About the Author 2)? His Works 3) Background of the time John Boynton Priestley (1894--1984) Priestley was born in Manningham, England. He was educated at Belle Vue Grammar School, which he left at sixteen to work as a junior clerk. Priestley served during the First World War in the 10th Battalion. After his military service Priestley received a university education at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Priestley was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 26 novels as well as numerous dramas. His output included literary and social criticism. Many of his works have a socialist aspect. Background Knowledge 1) About the Author 2)? His Works 3) Background of the time Works by John B. Priestley Novels The Good Companions (1929) Angel Pavement (1930) Let the People Sing (1939) Bright Day (1946) Jenny Villiers (1947) The Magicians (1954) Literary criticism The English Comic Characters (1925) Literature and Western Man (1960) Social