Issue in the Air Transport Industry: personal and Professional Development Essay, SIM, Singapore

Learning Outcomes: To

• Gather information through critical reading and research.
• Transform information into a written argument that recognizes multiple perspectives in addition to your own.
• Craft a strong, supportable claim to guide your essay, and represent that claim in a thesis statement.
• Support your claim with an evidence-based argument, choosing the best evidence, organizational structure, and rhetorical strategies for that argument.
• Use language features appropriately to express complex ideas clearly, paying attention to voice and audience and adopting an assertive yet persuasive tone.

Task

Write a well-developed essay (approx. 1200 words) that makes a stand for or against a debatable issue related to an issue in the air transport industry. Write for an educated, non-technical reader.

Provide a suitable title for your essay. The topic should not be a phrase-in-question format but a statement stating your stand.

In your essay, you must clearly present your stance on the issue you have chosen. You are expected to consider the other viewpoint to show your awareness of possible objections to your stand. Support your argument with reasonable, logical explanations and evidence. At the same time, avoid faulty reasoning.

You will be assessed on your ability to argue your case logically, concisely, and coherently. Remember to:

• state your stand clearly.
• consider the other viewpoint;
• apply logical reasoning, and
• provide relevant supporting details.