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a multifaceted process involving
word recognition, comprehension, fluency,
and motivation.
Reading
WHY DO WE READ?
- Improve language acquisition
- Improve Spelling, Grammar, and Writing
- Improve Reading Comprehension
Reading longer text for pleasure and
developing a general understanding.
This is commonly done outside class
hours.
Extensive reading
Reading short text with specific details
for the sake of learning and tasks. This
is the approach used in class.
Intensive reading
is a medium of human
communication that represents language
with signs and symbols
Writing
the ability to use language and express your
opinions well, especially when you are
speaking in public.
Eloquence
connotes the expression
and representation of ideas either in spoken
or written form
Text
A formal, orderly and usually extended
expression of thought on a subject;
connected speech or writing; a linguistic unit
Connected Discourse
Purposes Of Connecteed discourse
To Inform To Persuade
To Entertain
THE QUALITIES OF
A TEXT
Cohesion
Coherence
Intentionality
Acceptability
Informativity
Situationality
Intertextuality
The elements of the text
are linked together.
Cohesion
The organization and
connection of ideas in a
text
Coherence
A text must be written
with a purpose whether
that is to inform,
persuade, or entertain.
Intentionality
A group or a number of
people shall accept the
text.
Acceptability
This quality of the text
focuses on the amount of
new information
embedded on it.
Informativity
This refers to the socio-
cultural appropriateness
of the text.
Situationality
A text exists because of
another text or an event.
Intertextuality
a skillful or efficient way of doing or
achieving something.
Technique
It is a process of generating creative ideas
and solutions through intensive and
freewheeling group discussion
Brainstorming
Types of Brainstorming
Idea mapping
Idea listing
Cubing
Freeeewriting
Researching
simply involves listing ideas about a
particular topic.
Idea Listing
is a visualrepresentation ofideas and
their connectionswith one another, also
calledwebbing or clustering.
Idea Mapping
an idea is examined from six distinct
viewpoints
cUBING
Writing what comes into your mind;
Continues writing without inhibitions
and not minding errors in spelling and
grammar.
Freewriting
Going to the library or checking out
websites on the internet, then making a
list or map of new ideas.
Researching
a communication tool that uses visual
symbols to express knowledge, concepts,
thoughts, or ideas and the relationship
between them.
Graphic Organizer
a type of graphic organizer that shows
how items are related to one another in
a time-oriented cycle.
Clock Diagram
a graphic organizer that shows the
logical relationships among group of
things.
Venn Diagram
is a three-part graphic organizer that is
used for describing three aspects of a
topic.
Y chart
is used to show how a series of events
interact repeatedly through a cycle.
Cycle Diagram
is used for organizing the characteristics
of a single topic
Star Diagram
used to better understand the causal
relationship of a complex phenomenon
by showing factors that cause a specific
event or problem, as well as details of
each cause.
Fishbone Map
used to map events in the story and/or
analyze major parts of a plot.
Plot Diagram
used to show how the event occurred
chronologically through a long bar
labeled with dates and specific events.
Timeline
An outline is a map of your essay.
It shows what information each
section or paragraph will contain,
and in what order. Most outlines use
numbers and/or bullet points to
arrange information and convey
points. (George Mason University
Writing Center, 2016)
Outline
Planning for writing or creating a summary that gives the essential feature of a text
Outlining
-is a system of decimal notation that clearly shows
how every level of the outline relates to the larger
whole. decimal outline is a form of outlining
that shows how every part of a paper
relates to the rest of the paper.
Decimal Outline
Systematic arrangement
of ideas using broad topic
in the form of words or
simple phrases as
headers.
Topic Outline
-lists each section of the piece as
a full sentence.
Sentence Outline
- Purpose
Determine the purpose of your paper. - Audience
Determine the audience you are writing for. - Thesis Statement
Develop the thesis of your paper. - Brainstorm
List all the ideas that you want to include in your paper.
- Organize
Group related ideas together - Order
Arrange material in subsections from general to specific or from abstract to concrete. - Label
Create main and subheadings.
Steps in writing an outline
Requires ideas of the same
relevance to be labeled in the
same way.
Coordination
Shows that minor details have to
be placed under their respective
major details.
Subordination
Requires that no cluster should
contain only one item.
DIVISION
Requires all entries in each
cluster to use the same structure
and format.
Parallel Construction
