3.2 Text purposes

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3.2 Text purposes

Planner for today

1. Determing text purposes
2. Practice makes perfect
3. Part 2
4. Practice
5. Evaluation 

What did we do last week?

The main idea of a text?

What does mister Hulst mean with that?

Main idea?

The main idea is the most important idea or thought in a text, audio clip or video. 

It is what the speaker wants to make clear to the listener. It usually becomes clear at the beginning of the clip. 

The main idea (2) of a text

Often the speaker repeats or summarises it later on. 

Pay attention to words like so, therefore or like I said before. These words are at the beginning of a sentence in which the main idea is given.

What is the main idea in this text?

I remember how to get the general idea of a text

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Topic for today!

Determing a text purpose

Determing text purpose

The writer of a text has a certain goal. He or she might want to explain something to the reader, or the writer might want the reader to do something. 

Different texts can have different purposes.

Match the following purposes with the correct descriptions

The writer would like you to learn something

The writer would like you to (not) do something

The writer would like to give their opinion

The writer would like to tell you how to do something

The writer would like to entertain you

 To inform

To instruct

To activate

to convince

To amuse

The purpose	Example of kinds of texts
To inform	Newspaper article, flyer, report of a sports game
To instruct	Cooking recipe, instruction manual
To activate	invitation, advert
To convince	response on a website, album or review
To amuse	Fictional story, comic, or lyrics

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Let's practice!

Wat is het doel van The Guardian met deze tekst?

1. Lezers oproepen om verhalen te schrijven.
2. Mensen overhalen om geld over te maken.
3. Nieuwe adverteerders proberen te vinden.

What is the function of paragraph 2?

1. to explain why many actresses eventually go for plastic surgery
2. to give examples of products promoted by the movie industry
3. to make clear how much of a movie star’s appearance is artificial
4. to make fun of the looks of over-the-top Hollywood celebrities

How do you feel about Determing the text purpose?

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Topic for today

I understood the video

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How would you summarise this video in 3 sentences?

00:27

What is the advice the doctor is trying to mention?

01:20

Would the student buy the fit-pill?

01:26

The girls mentions that she is "dubious", about the whole "fit-pill", what does she mean with dubious?

01:40

If you put a lot of emphasis onto something, you don't think it is important.

1. True
2. False

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Part 2

Signal words

Signal words

"Signal words" give hints about what is about to happen in what you're reading. Understanding them is a key to comprehension. Reading and making up examples which use them is a good way to understand them at whatever level of abstraction a student is prepared to comprehend.

Opsomming, uitbreiding

Tegenstelling

Oorzaak, redengevend

Voorbeeld

Also

In addition

Because

Since

Although

Rather

Instead

Yet

For example

For instance

i.e.

In fact

As