What is a Text?

What Is a Text?

In the ESL programs, the term “texts” refers to any spoken, written or visual communication involving the English language. Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur, English as a Second Language, Elementary and Secondary, Competency 2 FAQ+, Winter 2016 ‘Authentic texts’ refer to materials that reflect natural speech or writing as used by native speakers. Teacher-made or adapted materials may qualify as authentic if they resemble real-world texts the students will encounter. QEP p. 175 Secondary, cycle 1

Popular

Literary

Information-Based

TEXT TYPE TEXT FORMS TEXT FORMATS advertisements in teen magazines, animated stories, bumper stickers, cartoons, comic strips, emails, greeting cards, interviews, invitations, letters, online surveys, postcards, posters, riddles, songs, etc. Audio Audiovisual Digital Print Visual

TEXT TYPE TEXT FORMS TEXT FORMATS adventure stories, autobiographies, biographies, diaries and journals, graphic novels, legends, myths, picture books, plays, poems, science fiction novels, short stories, scripts for reader’s theatre, etc. Audio Audiovisual Digital Print Visual

TEXT TYPE TEXT FORMS TEXT FORMATS advertisements, announcements, application forms, atlases, classified ads, clothing or food labels, dictionaries and e-dictionaries, directions, directories, encyclopedias, feature articles in magazines, “how to” books, instructions, manuals, maps, memos, menus, questionnaires, recipes, reports, schedules, signs, surveys, telephone messages, timelines, etc. Audio Audiovisual Digital Print Visual

In the ESL programs, the term “texts” refers to any spoken, written or visual communication involving the English language. Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur, English as a Second Language, Elementary and Secondary, Competency 2 FAQ+, Winter 2016 ‘Authentic texts’ refer to materials that reflect natural speech or writing as used by native speakers. Teacher-made or adapted materials may qualify as authentic if they resemble real-world texts the students will encounter. QEP p. 175 Secondary, cycle 1

TEXT TYPE TEXT FORMS TEXT FORMATS advertisements in teen magazines, animated stories, bumper stickers, cartoons, comic strips, emails, greeting cards, interviews, invitations, letters, online surveys, postcards, posters, riddles, songs, etc. Audio Audiovisual Digital Print Visual

TEXT TYPE TEXT FORMS TEXT FORMATS adventure stories, autobiographies, biographies, diaries and journals, graphic novels, legends, myths, picture books, plays, poems, science fiction novels, short stories, scripts for reader’s theatre, etc. Audio Audiovisual Digital Print Visual

TEXT TYPE TEXT FORMS TEXT FORMATS advertisements, announcements, application forms, atlases, classified ads, clothing or food labels, dictionaries and e-dictionaries, directions, directories, encyclopedias, feature articles in magazines, “how to” books, instructions, manuals, maps, memos, menus, questionnaires, recipes, reports, schedules, signs, surveys, telephone messages, timelines, etc. Audio Audiovisual Digital Print Visual

The Ethical Use of Texts

Copyrights

Paraphrasing

Citing Sources