Spanish C1 · Day 40
Day 40: Biodiversidad y ecosistemas — Argument frames: reinforcing claims (part 4)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Argument frames: reinforcing claims (part 4)
- Reading: La encrucijada ecológica de Doñana y la dehesa: Retos en la conservación de la biodiversidad ibérica
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Grammar point: Argument frames: reinforcing claims (part 4)
At the C1 level, constructing persuasive discourse requires more than simply linking ideas; it demands the strategic escalation and reinforcement of your arguments. In Spanish academic, essayistic, and formal debates, speakers employ sophisticated discursive operators to strengthen a previously stated position by introducing an even weightier argument. Three key expressions for this purpose are es más , más aún , …
Key vocabulary (8 of 19 words)
- la biodiversidad (f.) – biodiversity
- los servicios ecosistémicos (Pl.) – ecosystem services
- los espacios protegidos (Pl.) – protected areas
- la renaturalización (f.) – rewilding, renaturation
- antropogénico / antropogénica (Adj.) – anthropogenic (caused by human activity)
- la Lista Roja (f.) – Red List (of endangered species)
- la variabilidad genética (f.) – genetic diversity
- el corredor biológico (m.) – biotope network/corridor
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