📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 29 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 6 · Argumentar por escrito
El párrafo argumentado
Module 8 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 29 of 30: One paragraph, four moves, in this order: the claim, the reason, the example, the qualification. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
en efecto
indeed
ehn eh-FEHK-toh
es cierto que
it is true that (admittedly)
ehs SYEHR-toh keh
el argumento
the argument
ehl ar-goo-MEHN-toh
el ejemplo
the example
ehl eh-HEHM-ploh
limitar
to limit
lee-mee-TAR
el tráfico
the traffic
ehl TRAH-fee-koh
hasta cierto punto
to some extent
AHS-tah SYEHR-toh POON-toh
la tesis
the claim being argued
lah TEH-sees
matizar
to qualify a statement
mah-tee-SAR
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
One paragraph, four moves, in this order: the claim, the reason, the example, the qualification. Habría que limitar los carros en el centro. En efecto, el tráfico es cada vez peor. Por ejemplo, Bogotá cierra calles los domingos. Es cierto que eso complica la vida de algunos comerciantes.
Y también · And also
En efecto introduces your reason and means indeed — not in fact in the English corrective sense. Es cierto que concedes, and needs a pero or a sin embargo to follow it. Hasta cierto punto (to some extent) is the qualifier that makes a reader believe you.
Ojo · Watch out
en efecto means indeed and introduces a reason; the corrective in fact is en realidad. es cierto que concedes, and it needs a pero or sin embargo after it. A paragraph that never qualifies itself reads as shouting.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with en efecto.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 29 in Module 8 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.