LINGUA INGLESE 3

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LINGUA INGLESE 3

• Organizzazione del corso
• modulo 30 ore I semestre
• 20 ore di lezioni di approfondimento II semestre
• A chi è destinato il modulo di approfondimento
  (20 ore)?
• A coloro che non hanno SOSTENUTO la prova di
  verifica.
• A coloro che non hanno SUPERATO la prova di
  verifica.
• ciclo di esercitazioni con i CEL (OFarrel -
  Papaleo) annuale

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MODALITÀ ESAME

• Prova fine modulo
• Prova scritta (fine annualità)
• verifica di
• Competenze grammaticali e lessicali
• Capacità di comprensione scritta
• Capacità di produzione scritta
• Prova orale (propedeutica alla prova scritta)
• Prova di ascolto in laboratorio
• Conversazione con i CEL
• Colloquio con il docente ufficiale

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CONTENUTI DEL CORSO

• (INGLESE 2
• analisi testuale, in particolare del testo
  letterario, giornalistico, turistico e
  pubblicitario)
• INGLESE 3
• analisi testuale dei linguaggi settoriali -
  (giuridico, accademico, scientifico, dei mass
  media, computer-mediated communication) ESP
• Esercitazioni linguistiche con i CEL
• Guida dello studente

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DOVE REPERIRE INFORMAZIONI

• Guida dello studente (on-line)
• Pagina web di facoltà e pagine web personali dei
  docenti
• avvisi didattici cattedra inglese
• Bacheca n 21 I piano facoltà di Lingue
• orari e aule
• bacheche piano terra facoltà
• Stanze e bacheche docenti
• II e III piano
• Stanze e bacheche CEL
• Centro Linguistico di Ateneo

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Text analysis
LinguaInglese 3
Mikaela Cordisco a.a. 2007/2008
Fisciano - SA - 9 ottobre 2007
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WHAT IS A TEXT?
This could be a letter, an
email, a novel, a poem, a recipe, a note,
instructions for D.I.Y, an article in a newspaper
or magazine, writing on a webpage or an
advert. All of these examples can be called
texts.

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When you are reading or writing any text think
about the PURPOSE of the textor why it has been
written.

• What might the purpose of a text be?
• Of an advert?
• Of a letter from school?
• Of a novel?
• Of a car manual?

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• An advert might be trying to persuade you to buy
  something.
• A letter from school might be to inform you about
  something.
• A novel might describe somewhere or someone to
  you.
• A car manual might instruct you how to do
  something to your car.

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descriptive persuasiveinformative instructive

Depending on the purpose of the text, different
methods will be used to get the message across to
the reader.
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PERSUASIVE TEXTS

• A persuasive text is a text that really wants you
  to do something
• An advert might want you to buy something.
• You might write a letter to persuade a friend to
  go on holiday with you, or to try and get off a
  parking ticket.
• What else?..................................
• What kind of linguistic devices would you use to
  persuade?

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PERSUASIVE TEXTS MIGHT USE

• repeated words
• text in capital letters
• exclamation marks
• rhetorical questions (questions where no answer
  is needed)
• an emotional one-sided argument
• humour
• Examples SPECIAL OFFER! Buy today! Would you
  want to miss this SPECIAL offer? Phone NOW...
  "I really think that you need this holiday. You
  have been working very hard lately and are so
  worn out. Just think of how nice it will be to
  lie on the beach in the sunshine."

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INFORMATIVE TEXTS

• An informative text is a text that wants to
  advise or tell you about something.A newspaper
  article might give you information about a health
  issue like giving up smoking.
• A website might give you information about a
  movie, band or something that you are interested
  in.
• A handout from school might be advising you
  about what your child will be doing during the
  next term.
• What else?............................

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INFORMATIVE TEXTS USUALLY

• avoid repetition
• contain facts
• give information in a clear way - introducing the
  subject and then developing it
• Examples Make a plan to help you try and give
  up smoking. Plan the date you'll give up, how
  you'll try to deal with temptations and a list of
  the reasons why you are giving up to keep
  motivated.

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INSTRUCTIVE TEXTS

• An instructive text is a text that instructs or
  tells you how to do somethingA recipe wants to
  instruct you how to cook something.A leaflet
  with a piece of furniture wants to tell you how
  to put it together or take care of it.

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INSTRUCTIVE TEXTS

• are written as though the reader is being spoken
  to - (although the word 'you' is not usually
  used)
• language is direct and unnecessary words are left
  out
• often use 'must' and 'must not'
• sometimes use diagrams or pictures to help
  understanding
• Examples
• Put all ingredients into bowl together. Whisk
  until fully mixed.Go to the end of the road and
  turn left past the pub on the corner. Keep
  walking until you come to a park and then turn
  right into Hawker Street.

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DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

• A descriptive text is a text that wants you to
  picture what they are describing.A novel might
  want you to imagine the characters and see them
  in your mind.A travel book will want you to see
  the country it is describing.

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DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS USUALLY

• make use of adjectives and adverbs
• use comparisons to help picture it - something is
  like something
• employ your five senses - how it feels, smells,
  looks, sounds and tastes
• Examples The morning air was crisp and sharp as
  Sean walked down the road.The pavement was
  slippery and cold beneath his feet like a slimy
  wet fish.

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Activities

• Which of the following is not a piece of text?
• an email
• a newspaper article
• a map
• an advertisement

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Activities

• Which of the following is not an example of
  informative text?
• a church newsletter
• a recipe book
• a doctors' surgery leaflet about services
  provided
• an obituary in a local newspaper

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Activities

• London Borough of WelardRegister of Electors
  2002 Every British, Irish or Commonwealth
  citizen living in Great Britain on the 12th of
  November 2001 is eligible to vote in this
  country's elections. European Union citizens can
  vote in local and European Parliamentary
  elections.
• The passage is an example of instructive text.
• True
• False

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Activities

• What type of text is used for the following
  travel directions?Wedding Directions How to
  get to Anne Marie and John's wedding. From the
  South via the M3 Leave the M3 Junction 12
  (B3446) sign posted Winchester. Go straight over
  1st roundabout. Take 2nd exit of 2nd roundabout
  into Rabbit Farm Road. Continue straight across
  next roundabout and take 2nd exit at next
  roundabout.
• persuasive text
• instructive text
• informative text
• descriptive text

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Activities

• Persuasive texts are often written in a special
  way to bring the text to your attention. Which of
  the following methods is not used in the example
  below?
• CLEAR YOUR DEBTS FAST!Do you owe more money than
  you are making?Do you have lots of different
  debts? Why not make your life easier and combine
  all of your debts into one easy affordable
  monthly payment. For under 100 a month you could
  borrow 5 000 immediately with no questions
  asked.
• capital letters
• exclamation marks
• Humour
• rhetorical questions

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Activities

• What is the purpose of the following passage of
  text?ACCIDENTTreatment aims 1.Control
  bleeding2.Minimise shock for casualty3.Prevent
  infection - for casualty and between yourself and
  the casualty4.Arrange for casualty to go to the
  hospital if necessary
• To inform the reader that bleeding needs to be
  controlled.
• To describe the scene of an accident.
• To persuade the reader to attend a First Aid
  course.
• To instruct the reader on what to do if they come
  across an accident.

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Activities

• What is the purpose of the following passage of
  text?Bert Baxter was lying in a filthy-looking
  bed smoking a cigarette, there was a horrible
  smell in the room, I think it came from Bert
  Baxter himself. The bed sheets looked as though
  they were covered in blood, but Bert said that
  was caused by the beetroot sandwiches he always
  eats last thing at night.
• To inform the reader not to smoke in bed.
• To persuade the reader to always clean their
  sheets.
• To describe Bert Baxter and his room.
• To instruct the reader how to eat beetroot
  sandwiches.

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Activities

• Why might a personal loan company include the
  following line in their advertisement?For under
  100 a month you could borrow 5 000 immediately
  with no questions asked.
• To instruct you to quickly contact the company to
  arrange the loan.
• To persuade you to take out a loan for 5 000.
• To inform you that your loan application will be
  accepted.
• To describe the range of services offered by the
  loan company.

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Activities

• Is the following passage an example of
  instructive text?SPECIAL OFFER FOR SHELL FRIDGE
  SHOPPERS! 2 Tickets for the price of 1 if you
  book before 16th September.
• YES
• NO

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Activities

• The following passage is an example of
  informative text. Which of the following is the
  reader being informed about?Introduction to
  Yoga. FURBY COLLEGE OF CONTINUING
  EDUCATIONDescription of Course This course is
  an introduction to the practice of yoga.Aimed at
  beginners, yoga is great for men and women of any
  age or ability or fitness level.
• That the course is suitable for complete
  beginners
• That the course will lead you on to the Stage 2
  course.
• That yoga is particularly suitable for women.
• That yoga is not suitable if you have a heart
  complaint.

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Activities

• Which of the following are not normally used in
  descriptive texts?
• adjectives
• adverbs
• step by step action to be taken by the reader
• comparisons to enable the reader to picture
  something

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Activities

• Instructive texts always use images to show what
  is to be done.
• true
• false

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Activities

• You should always consider the intended
  audience/reader when writing a document to be
  read by someone else.
• true
• false

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Activities

• What descriptive comparison does the piece of
  text make to Uma as she struggled for breath?
  Uma knelt there, in the shallows, water pouring
  from her mouth and hair. She rose, gasping for
  breath, struggling, flailing her arms and choking
  like a big, wounded water bird.
• Uma was like someone flailing her arms.
• Uma was like a big, wounded water bird.
• Uma was like the water which was pouring from
  her.
• Uma was like something rising from the waters.

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Activities

• Persuasive text encourages the reader to take
  certain action. What is the reader encouraged to
  do in this example of a letter from a
  clairvoyant?I would like to help guide you
  through this difficult time so that you can have
  the wonderful life that you deserve.If you would
  like the advice you need to help you find the
  love and riches you have always looked for write
  to me immediately. The sooner I can send out your
  12 month reading and start you on your path to
  happiness and success the better.
• To write to the clairvoyant.
• To attend some clairvoyant sessions.
• To phone the clairvoyant.
• To fall in love.

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Activities

• Which of the following is persuasive text, as
  taken from a letter appealing against a parking
  fine?
• I was given a parking ticket for parking in a
  suspended bay/space.
• There were no warning signs or notices to say the
  parking area was to be suspended the next day.
• As there had been no previous warning, I would
  appreciate being let off this fine.
• I have an up to date resident's parking permit.

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Activities

• An instructive piece of text is normally written
  as though the reader is being spoken to.
• True
• false

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• Text type and terminology vary from text to text.
  
• Every organization uses normally several text
  types.
• Possibly some text type can be dominant, or it
  may be possible that there is a large set of text
  types of equal frequencies.
• Another secondary dimension along the same line
  is the set of different special sets of
  terminology that the organization uses and their
  respective sizes.
• The size of a set of terminology is understood
  here as the number of individual terms grouped
  under the set of terminology.

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• 85 City RoadManchester 33January 6thDear
  Anne Watkinson,I hope you have had a good
  Christmas this year. This is the time of year
  that many of us are planning our holidays. Are
  you thinking of going to Spain?We are able to
  offer you a free holiday for your family for a
  week to the resort of your choice in Spain. All
  you need to do is to come to the Seaview Leisure
  Centre next Saturday, January 19th, and take part
  in our survey. If you can come, please contact me
  on 861432, and I will reserve a place. You will
  receive more details afterwards.I look forward
  to seeing you on Saturday week.YoursJohn
  AstiForSpanish Promotions

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• What is the main purpose of this piece of
  writing?
•  To give information about something
• To keep in touch with a friend
• To persuade her to do something
• To tell her how to do something
• What sort of writing is this?
• A formal letter
• An informal letter
• An email
• An advertisement

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What kind of text is it? Why?
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• To Jane SmithFrom Debbie O'Leary, Staff
  SupervisorRe Annual LeaveDate 12 April
  2002I don't think you have understood about the
  need to book your main holiday before the end of
  the month. We have to ensure that the office is
  covered at all times. Therefore, if we know when
  everyone is planning to take their leave, I can
  make a rota for the holiday period. Please
  arrange this with me as soon as possible.

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• What is the main purpose of this text?
•  To make it clear why she must book her holiday
  now
• To tell her that it is time to book her holiday
• To tell her how to book her holiday
• To make her feel better about missing her holiday

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• What sort of text is this?
•  A memo
• An email
• A message
• A letter

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• Who is meant to read this?
•  Colleagues at work
• Anyone interested
• Debbie O'Leary
• Jane Smith

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• Fresh Pea SoupKnob of butter1 mild onion
  finely chopped400 grams shelled peasHalf a
  litre of water3 tablespoons creamPepper and
  salt to taste1. Melt butter in pan and fry
  onions for a few minutes, stirring
  occasionally.2. Add the peas and water, then the
  seasoning.3. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes,
  stirring occasionally.4. Blend the soup in a
  food processor and sieve.5. Stir in the cream
  and reheat if necessary.

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• 1 What is the main purpose of this text?
•  To keep us entertained
• To inform us that pea soup is easy to make
• To tell us how to make pea soup
• To inform us of the quantities needed?
• 2 What sort of text is this?
•  Instructions
• Story
• Message
• Advertisement

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• Who is meant to read this text?
• Friends
• A particular person
• Anyone
• Family

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FredAlan called at 10.15.Please call him back
before 2pm.Amanda
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• What is the main purpose of this piece of
  writing?
• To tell Fred how to ring Alan
• To tell Fred that Alan is going to phone him back
• To explain why Alan rang
• To ask Fred to ring Alan back
• What sort of writing is this?
• A memo
• A personal letter
• A message
• An email
• Who is meant to read this text? Fred Anyone in
  the office Amanda Alan