Dr Anie Attan 26 April 2017 Language Academy UTMJB

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Dr Anie Attan 26 April 2017 Language Academy UTMJB SELECTION OF TEXTS Dr Anie Attan 26 April 2017 Language Academy UTMJB

REVIEW OF TEST SPECS ULAB 1122 FINAL EXAM ULAB 2122 FINAL EXAM

TYPES OF TEXTS Journal articles Newspaper articles/editorials Articles from reference materials Magazine articles Articles from books Articles from electronic texts Organisational reports

LENGTH & DIFFICULTY OF TEXTS Number of words per text Difficulty as determined by Readability Index Readability Index – www.read-able.com Ordering of texts: According to relationships? Length? Difficulty? Attribution to source of texts

PROPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Vocabulary low--high frequency words? more low frequency words, the more difficult it is; general--specialised vocabulary? more general words, the easier it is;

PROPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Degree of contextualisation Embedded—reduced the more information is embedded (linguistic, paralinguistic & situational cues), the easier it is

PROPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Distribution of new information Compact—diffuse More new information is compressed in a single paragraph, very little opportunity to negotiate meaning, and therefore the more difficult it is to process;

PROPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Type of information Concrete—abstract More abstrcat ideas, the more difficult it is; Factual--counter-factual More counter-factual information (eg conditionals), the more difficult it is; Negative—positive More negative, the more difficult it is to process;

PROPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Topic Science-technology biased? Social-biased? Education-biased? Gender-biased? General intetest? Current issues? Biased, advantage to one group

PROPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Genre - stylistic structure of organising sentences Lecture Dalogue Discussion Report Short story Letter Editorial Essay Article More familiar genre – the easier it is;

ORGANISATIONAL FEATURES OF TEXTS Grammar The more editing done , the eaier it is; Cohesion Clear flow of ideas, the easier it is; More use of cohesive devices, the easier it is; Rhetorical organisation The more structured, the easier it is

REVIEW SAMPLE TEXT ULAB 1122 FINAL EXAM ULAB 2122 FINAL EXAM

PRACTICE ULAB 1122 FINAL EXAM

PRACTICE ULAB 2122 FINAL EXAM

Thank you Anie Attan