Discourse Skills in Reading and Writing
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Christian BehilDiscourse Skills in Reading and Writing
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Christian BehilTopic: Discourse Skills
of Reading
Reading and Writing Skills
Activity 1: What I know
Instruction: Try to group the words in Spoken
discourse and written discourse.
• Lectures • Reports
• Interviews • Literature
• Speeches • Newspaper Articles
What I need to know.
SPOKEN DISCOURSE WRITTEN DISCOURSE
LECTURES REPORTS
INTERVIEWS LITERATURE
SPEECHES NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
DISCOURSE
Writing
Face to Face
Four Types of
Discourse
1.
NARRATION/NARRATIVE
• Description which portrays
casually related incidents; here
the occurred incidents are often
arranged one after another in an
order of chronology.
2. DESCRIPTION/
DESCRIPTIVE
• Often takes two
forms;
• Static form
• Process description
3. EXPOSITION/EXPOSITORY
Describing the explanation of an idea
4. ARGUMENT/ARGUMENTATIVE
• Accept or Reject
Opinions.
• Only takes effect
where there is a
contentious or
controversial topic.
ENRICHMENT SKILL NO 1
• What is the difference between the four
types of discourse?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
DISCOURSE?
1. PERSUADE
Reasoning or
argument
To convince someone
to do or think
something
2. INFORM
• Facts or important
information
• To supply oneself with
knowledge of a matter or
subject
3. DISCOVER
• For one’s own needs
• To make known or
visible
4. CREATE
• To build new
ideas
• To do something
creative or
constructive
DISCOURSE IN READING AND
WRITING
• TEXT VS DISCOURSE
TEXT
• IS DEFINED IN
TERMS OF ITS
BEING A
PHYSICAL
PRODUCT.
• MEANING IS NOT
FOUND IN TEXT.
DISCOURSE
• Is viewed as a process.
• Meaning is derived through the reader’s
interaction with the text discourse.
CONNECTED DISCOURSE
• A text is a connected discourse, which
means that all ideas in the text must be
related in the sense that they would
express only one main idea.
ACTIVITY 2:
• WHAT IS THE ROLE OF
DISCOURSE IN READING
DEVELOPMENT?
THE ROLE OF
DISCOURSE IN READING
DEVELOPMENT
THE ROLE OF DISCOURSE IN
READING DEVELOPMENT
• 1. PRACTICE COMMUNICATION
• 2. ENCOURAGE FLUENCY
ACTIVITY 3:
GIVE AT LEAST 3 EXAMPLES OF
SITUATION DOING A DISCOURSE.
AT YOUR SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET,
WRITE ONLY THE CORRECT ANSWER.
1. IT IS A DISCOURSE IN A FORM OF WRITING.
2. IT IS A DISCOURSE IN A FORM OF SPEAKING.
3. IT IS ALL ABOUT EXCHANGING IDEAS OR WORDS.
4. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT AGREES WITH A
BELIEF OR COURSE OF ACTION BY USING ARGUMENTS
OR EARNEST REQUEST.
5. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT GIVES AN ESSENTIAL
OR FORMATIVE PRINCIPLE.
6. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT WILL BE THE
FIRST TO FIND OR OBSERVE.
7. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT PRODUCES A
NEW OR UNIQUE IDEA.
8. ROLES OF DISCOURSE IN READING
DEVELOPMENT
9-10. GIVE EXAMPLE OF A DISCOURSE AND
EXPLAIN WHAT TYPE OF DISCOURSE IS EVIDENT
IN YOUR EXAMPLE.
11-12.LAPP AND FLOOD DEFINED READING INTO TWO
TYPE A _________ AND ________ PROCESS.
13. IT IS A SYSTEM OF GRAPHIC SYMBOLS THAT CAN
BE USED TO CONVEY MEANING?
14. GIVE ONE BENEFITS OF READING.
15. GIVE ONE REASON WHY WE WRITE.
