Reading and Writings Skills 

  • Reading and writing - the most important skills to develop
  • Proficiency in reading - enablees one to acquire plenty of ideas while effective writing
  • text - generally considered as written materials
    • Qualities of text - Jorgensen and Phillip
    • Cohesion - the parts are connected
      • Coherence - The overall text has a meaning
      • Intentionality - the writer's attitude can be discerned
      • Acceptability - The text is recognized
      • Informativitity - There is a quantity of new or expected information
      • Situationality - the text's topic is situationally and culturally appropriate
      • Intertextuality - the text can be linked to preceding discourse
  • Written text acquires the characteristics of connected discourse when:
    • Its ideas are linked logically
    • STEPS TO MAKEA LOGICAL DIVISION OF IDEA PARAGRAPH
      • Begin a logical division paragraph with a topic sentence
      • In the supporting sentences, discuss each point one after another
      • Introduce each new point with a signal word or phrase
      • Support each point with a convincing detail
      • End a logical division paragraph with a concluding sentence
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