Engl 312 Rhetorical Analysis- Source for Paper C

Source for Paper C- Article in Editorial Projects for Education, a nonprofit publisher for Education Week

1. The argument of this source is that teachers need to get an ESL endorsement because it makes them more marketable and school districts are starting to fire teachers who refuse to get it.

2. The audience of this article is current and future teachers who are not planning on getting the ESL endorsement specifically in Utah.

3. The goal of this article is to persuade current and future teachers to obtain the ESL endorsement as soon as possible.

4. The article attempts to persuade its audience to obtain the ESL endorsement through several elements of rhetoric:

Pathos- The article explains how several districts are starting to make official policies regarding teachers getting the ESL endorsement, and how teachers that are not getting the endorsement are either never hired or laid off. By stating this, the article is instilling the emotion of fear and anxiety about not getting the endorsement, as most future and current teachers are concerned about their job security, thus using these emotions to persuade people to get the endorsement.

Logos- The article gives several statistics about the growing number of students in schools who are foreign born students and do not speak English as their first language, thus reinforcing the idea through logic that there is an increasing number of ESL students who need extra support and the ESL endorsement would help with this.

Sufficient- The article gave sufficient evidence, including statistics and several testimonies from teachers in various states throughout the country explaining the benefits of getting the ESL endorsement.

Relevant- The article stated cases from several cities including Ogden City School District, which is especially relevant for teachers here in Utah. It also had immigration statistics not only for the entire country but for Utah specifically, which is very relevant for the argument here in Utah.

5. Overall, this article was very successful in its goal to persuade the audience to obtain the ESL endorsement. Through the use of emotions such as fear, the article targets concerns that the audience will have about how to become more in demand as an educator. The article also uses logic to present statistics and facts that are irrefutable. The article also uses sufficient evidence that is relevant to both the audience and argument in an effective way to persuade the reader to get the ESL endorsement.