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What were linguistic studies focused on before the development of text analysis?
Phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactic and semantic features of languages.
What is the definition of text according to Halliday and Hasan?
Any passage, spoken or written, of whatever length, that forms a unified whole.
What is texture and its relationship to text according to Halliday and Hasan?
Texture is the semantically coherent feature that distinguishes text from non-text.
What is the difference between register and genre in language studies?
Register is a set of linguistic choices associated with a particular situation, while genre refers to text categories belonging to a whole text's conventional super-structures.
What is the debate about text classification in language studies?
There is a long debate about whether it is possible to classify texts and whether such a classification is useful.
What are the five text functions according to Werlich?
The five text functions according to Werlich are narration, description, exposition, argumentation, and instruction.
What text categories are included in Beaugrande and Dressler's list of text types?
Beaugrande and Dressler's list of text types includes narrative, argumentative, descriptive, scientific, didactic, poetic, and literary.
What are the three main functions of text according to Reiss?
informative, expressive, and operative
What are the four most common text types used in teaching practice?
narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative
What is the linguistic style of descriptive texts?
detailed, personal, and subjective, using figures of speech, stative verbs, typically in present tense, presentative there, adjectives or noun phrases
Why are genre, register, and text types useful concepts in language teaching?
They help the teacher to work on different levels, linguistic, pragmatic, and communicative, and are essential components of EFL learners communicative competence.
What are the seven standards of textuality suggested by scholars?
The seven standards of textuality are cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality.
What is the difference between text-centred and user-centred notions?
Cohesion and coherence are text-centred notions, while intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality are user-centred notions.
Who developed the theory of context, and what are the two necessary notions for understanding a text?
The theory of context was first developed by anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, who introduced two necessary notions for understanding a text: the context of culture and the context of situation.
What is the relationship between field, tenor, mode, and register?
Any combination of the contextual features of field, tenor, and mode creates the register of a situation.
What are some examples of activities that can help improve students' text analysis skills and communicative competence?
Noticing how language becomes more or less formal depending on the audience; discussing what topics may be taboo in certain contexts or with certain people; listing genres and stating when using them is appropriate, for instance, when it is appropriate to send an email vs. sending an SMS; brainstorming lists of genres used in different professions; searching through piles of authentic texts and stating what the genre is and what its purpose is.
What are some basic instruments to improve students' text analysis skills and communicative competence?
Providing students with plenty of scaffolding devices (models, templates, meaningful and relevant authentic input) but also with constant formative feedback.
Why is it important to teach students about different genres and their appropriate use?
Teaching students about different genres and their appropriate use helps them develop communicative competence and the ability to analyze and produce texts for different purposes and audiences.
What is the definition of texture according to Halliday and Hasan?
The coherence and unity of a semantically coherent text
What is the focus of text analysis?
The relationship between language and culture
What is the main difference between a text and a sentence?
A text is a unit of language in use, while a sentence is a grammatical unit
Which of the following is NOT an example of an activity that can help improve students' text analysis skills and communicative competence?
Memorizing grammatical rules and structures
What is the main purpose of discussing which genres can be used with different people and for different purposes?
To help students understand how to use different genres in a variety of social contexts
What are the two basic instruments mentioned in the text to improve students' text analysis skills and communicative competence?
Scaffolding devices and formative feedback
Which of the following is NOT one of the seven standards of textuality suggested by scholars?
Interpretation
According to Halliday, which of the following is NOT a component of the context of situation?
Genre
What is the difference between cohesion and coherence in relation to textuality?
Cohesion is the logical connections between lexical items and sentences, while coherence is the semantic links between them
What is the relationship between register and the context of situation?
Register is a component of the context of situation
Which of the following is NOT one of the text types suggested by Beaugrande and Dressler?
Instructive
What is the difference between register and genre?
Register refers to the context of situation while genre refers to the context of culture
What are the five text functions according to Werlich?
Narration, argumentation, description, exposition, instruction
What is the main issue surrounding the classification of text types?
The absence of agreement on how to interpret text-type function itself
Which of the following is a characteristic of descriptive texts?
They use figures of speech and stative verbs
What is the main purpose of argumentative texts?
To convince the reader of a certain point of view
What is the linguistic style of narrative texts?
Characterised by temporal sequencing of events and dynamic verbs
Why are genre, register, and text types useful concepts in language teaching?
To provide a framework for language acquisition and production
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