Transformez chaque contre-argument brut en concession dépassée

Expressing oneself · Concéder et dépasser · niveau 2

Énoncé

Transformez chaque contre-argument brut en concession dépassée : reconnaissez-le, puis retournez-le en faveur de la thèse indiquée.

Thèse : Homework should be reduced. Contre-argument : Homework teaches autonomy.
Thèse : Public transport should be free. Contre-argument : It would cost a great deal.
Thèse : Social media should be regulated. Contre-argument : Regulation threatens free speech.

Corrigé

Admittedly, homework does teach pupils to work on their own. Yet autonomy is learnt through well-designed tasks, not through volume: an hour of meaningful work teaches more than three hours of exercises copied at breakfast.
It is true that free public transport would be expensive. However, the cost must be set against what congestion already costs — in lost hours, in health, and in road maintenance paid for by everyone, including those who do not drive.
Granted, regulation may be misused to silence dissent. Nevertheless, the absence of rules does not produce free speech either: it hands the decision to the platforms, which already remove content daily, without appeal and without transparency.

La structure à retenir. Une concession dépassée tient en trois temps : reconnaître (admittedly, it is true that, granted), retourner (yet, however, nevertheless), apporter la raison neuve. Un paragraphe qui s'arrête au premier temps a changé de camp ; un paragraphe qui saute le premier temps n'a pas argumenté, il a répété.