Position

Paper
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
 Key
Concepts. Responsibility
Big Through academic and professional writing, we can drive change
for our communities.

Ideas.
Target Taking a stance on issues.
Gathering evidences from credible sources.
Skills. Writing a position paper.

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 Position
Paper
A position paper presents an arguable
opinion about an issue. The goal of a position
paper is to convince the audience that your
opinion is valid and worth listening to.

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“How to
Build a
Position”
by Marikit Tala Alto Uychoco

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Step 1:
Explore
Read widely about the topic.
Do not just rely on your
personal views and make an
effort to read what other
people have written or said
about the topic first.

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Step 2:
Brainstorm
Call a friend and discuss with
them the varied ideas you
have found. A fresh
perspective can help us see
the strengths and weaknesses
of our argument.

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Step 3:
Create
Assertions
People may or may not agree
with a specific opinion. These
opinions are called assertions.

Write down several assertions

and evaluate whether these
assertions fit a specific
theme/main idea/thesis
statement.

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Step 4:
Gather the
Evidence
Prove your point by gathering
evidence to support it. This can
include: factual knowledge;
statistical inferences; informed
opinion, personal testimony;
and perceived philosophical,
socio-political, or
psychological truths.

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Step 5:
Have Credible
Resources
Double-check your sources if
they are credible. Bills, laws,
government and international
non-governmental
organization declarations,
academic journals, books,
articles from reputable sources
are often the best sources of
information.

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Step 6:
Refine the
Argument
Clearly explain the link
between the assertion and
evidence of your arguments.

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Step 7:
Prepare for
the Opposition
List the strongest points of the
opposing argument and refute
each one through finding its
flaws, checking the quality of
its sources, and analyzing the
logical link between their
assertion and evidence.

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Step 8:
Write the
Position
Paper
Start Writing!
Begin with an attention-grabbing
introduction that states your
position clearly, followed by at least
three well-supported arguments.
Next, write your refutation of the
opposition, and finally, end with
strong conclusion.
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 Saqueton, G. M., &
Uychoco, M. A. (2016).
English for academic
and professional
purposes. (2nd ed.).
Manila: Rex
Bookstore, Inc. pgs.
113-114, 116-121

Writing a Position Paper.

https://www.cs.rutgers.e
du/~rmartin/teaching/fal
l17/Writing_a_Position_
References Paper.pdf

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You
k
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