Discourse

1. A discourse is a meaningful
utterance. Every class
room interaction and transaction
of a linguistic component should
lead to a discourse construction

2.  Biographical sketch
 Conversation
 Description
 Script for Speech
 News Report/Report writing
 Diary Entry
 Letter writing
 Story writing/Narrative

3.  Title (should be in capital letters)
 Details of the person( Name, Date of birth,
place of birth, Education qualifications parents
e.t.c....
 Profession/field details
 Events and achievements
 Honours/rewards ( if any)
 Contribution to the society
 Conclusion – present status/ if died – date and
year.

4.  One of the all time great batsmen
in the world, Sachin Tendulkar
was born on April 24, 1973 at
Mumbai in Maharashtra. Since his
childhood Sachin possessed an
immense passion for cricket.

5.  Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made his
Test debut against arch rivals Pakistan
at Karachi in the 1989-90 series
under the leadership of K. Srikkanth.
Since then he played 84 Tests
uninterrupted till a toe injury forced
Tendulkar to skip the tour of Sri
Lanka. Now, after playing 105 Test
matches, he has scored 8811 runs at a
healthy average of 57.58, including 31
centuries and 35 half centuries.

6.  A complete batsman, Tendulkar
made his One-Day International
debut against Pakistan in the
1989-90 series. Now, after
playing 314 matches, he has
already scored more than 12, 000
runs which include 35 centuries
and 65 half centuries.

7.  He was also the highest run getter
in two World Cup matches of
1996 and 2003, respectively. In
World Cup 2003, he received Man
of the Tournament award from Sir
Garfield Sobers