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Skills in English Language
Reading & Writing
Speaking
Listening Mediation
Viewing
Study & Language
Reading & Writing
• Working out the meaning of words
• Skimming and scanning
• Finding the main ideas of a text
• Careful reading
• Text types: fiction and non-fiction
• Writing better sentences
• Using paragraphs
• Linking ideas
• Correcting your text
→ poetry → drama
→ prose / narrative or fiction→ newspaper article
→ comments → speech
Narrative (fictional) texts
Aspects of analysis
▪ Type and context: genre, author
▪ Plot/subplots: what happens, theme
▪ Setting: time, place, atmosphere
▪ Characters/Protagonists: constellation of characters, direct/explicit,
indirect/implicit characterization
▪ Narrative perspective: point of view
▪ Narrative technique/strategies: telling/showing
▪ Language: style, tone & register
Non-fictional textsAspects of analysis
▪ Contents (wh-questions)
▪ Structure / Sections
▪ Language (style, tone and register)
▪ Argumentation
▪ Layout