Reading and Writing Skills (Unit 1 Module 1)

6. READING AND WRITING SKILLS
UNIT 1: READING AND THINKING STRATEGIES ACROESS TEXT TYPES
LESSON 1: TEXT AS A CONNECTED DISCOURSE

7. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. Differentiate text from discourse;
2. Define connected discourse; and
3. Describe text as connected discourse.

8. DISCOURSE
DEFINITION: written or printed
pieces of work
ETYMOLOGY: texere (Latin) -> to
weave
PURPOSE: weave or put together
words to form ideas and meaning
PROPERTY: cohesion ->
elements of a text are linked
together.
DEFINITION: connected series of
utterances in a written or spoken
communication.
ETYMOLOGY: discursus (Latin) ->
exchange of ideas
PURPOSE: exchange ideas
(inform/persuade/entertain) with
others either in written or spoken
form.
PROPERTY: coherence -> all the parts
or ideas fit together well so that they
form a united whole (Collins
Dictionary)
TEXT

10. Is text a
connected
discourse?
Why?

11. CONNECTED DISCOURSE
a relatively long and integrated unit of language,
such as a written argument or spoken conversation
(https://dictionary.apa.org/connected-discourse).

12. TEXT IS CONNECTED DISCOURSE
all ideas in the text must be related in the sense that
they would express only one main idea, or that the
text must have unity by combining all ideas to
emphasize central idea.

13. TEXT IS CONNECTED DISCOURSE
SPEECH (reading)
spoken language that is used in a
continuous sequence, as in
normal conversations. There is
often a significant difference
between the way words are
pronounced in isolation and the
way they are pronounced in the
context of connected speech.
WRITTEN TEXT (writing)
text with distinct features and
purpose in which ideas are
coherently arranged.

14. TEXT IS CONNECTED DISCOURSE
SPEECH (reading)
Linking, Assimilation, Elision,
Reduction
WRITTEN TEXT (writing)
Literary (Poetic, Expressive,
Transactional) and Academic
Discourse, and its types
(Argumentation, Description,
Exposition, Narration)

15. TEXT AS CONNECTED DISCOURSE
Text becomes a connected discourse when it is discussed by
two or more people in a spoken conversation. As such, the
scope of analysis covers not only the study of grammatical
cohesion and structure of sentences in the text itself, but it
also covers the study of the agents, social purpose and
medium of the text as a connected discourse.
Thus, it promotes communication and interaction among
different people and sharing of information and ideas for
personal, academic, or professional purposes.

16. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. Differentiate text from discourse;
2. Define connected discourse; and
3. Describe text as connected discourse.