ENTRY 2 (NEWSPAPER)

Tanya Pakar : 6 Formula Kerjaya Impian.

Submitted to: Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan, tutor

In partial requirement for BEL 313, Introduction to Critical Thinking.
Test #2, Semester 1 2013/2014,
Universiti Teknology MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus,
Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Submitted by: Nur ‘Ain binti Khairol Aidi, UiTM #2011212732

Based on my reading, I think this article is high-quality article for all students from secondary school till post-graduates because it gives rough ideas for upcoming future in making decision and selecting jobs required. However, there are a few fallacies used by the author in this article.

One of the fallacies that have been used in this article is the fallacy of the slippery slope. It is clearly shown in the statement “Segelintir graduan gagal aspek Kemahiran Insan mereka. Mereka ini lazimnya tidak yakin berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris dan bahasa antarabangsa lain. Akibatnya, mereka langsung tidak dapat meyakinkan penemuduga ketika menghadiri temuduga”. The author tries to reminiscent the readers about the effects of failure in their “Kemahiran Insan”. Then, the author forms a series of cause-effect relationship to support her statement. Fail in some course does not mean that we cannot succeed.

Secondly, the author also used fallacy of appeal to ignorance. This is shown in the statement “Graduan mestilah memperoleh Nilai Purata Gred Kesuluruhan-PNGK(CGPA) tidak kurang daripada 3.00 dan 3.50 ke atas untuk memohon pekerjaan di firma antarabangsa”. The author simply draws the statement without any proof. Is there any proof that supports this statement? From this article, there is no proof that supports this statement, so this is obviously a fallacy of appeal to ignorance.

In a conclusion, this article is good and easy to be read. The author used a few fallacies to make the students and post-graduates realize about making decisions are important for their upcoming future. 

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Nur ‘Ain