TASK DEFINITION: In this task you will be given a claim and a perspective. You should determine whether that perspective supports or undermines the claim. If the perspective could possibly convince someone with different view, it is supporting, otherwise it is undermining.
PROBLEM: claim: Israel's 2008-2009 military operations against Gaza were justified.
 perspective: The operations are self-defenses, and thus can be justified.  

SOLUTION: support

PROBLEM: claim: The national curriculum should be scrapped.
 perspective: The National Curriculum sets standards for the Teaching Learning Programme

SOLUTION: undermine

PROBLEM: claim: Homework should be banned.
 perspective: Homework disadvantages low-income students

SOLUTION:
support