This micro workshop demonstrates the use of Information Structure mapping, as in "Thinking in English" (L. Hunter, Cengage 2007)

1. Using
information structure mapping
to introduce
the writing of micro-genres
Lawrie Hunter
lawriehunter@gmail.com
http://lawriehunter.com
JACET ESP, UEC Tokyo, February 12, 2016

2. “Tomorrow's literacies
need to be
process and systems literacies.”
-John Thackara, In the Bubble: Designing in a complex world. MIT Press
2005.

3. Download this PPT
from Hunter’s slideshare
and read the intro
slideshare.net/rolenzo/
Lawrie Hunter
lawriehunter@gmail.com
http://lawriehunter.com
JACET ESP, UEC Tokyo, February 12, 2016

4. Hunter’s (1997) information structures
At KUT, Hunter built the CT curriculum
around these information structures*:
Description
Classification
Comparison
Sequence
Cause-effect
+ inference
Pro-con
-a composite genre
*These are the information structures that are signalled in text.
In text, these information structures are micro-genres.

5. Infostructures
are expressed in
text by signals.
e.g. SEQUENCE
first/ to begin/ then / next / after that /
subsequently/ finally/ in the end
while/as/
until / when / if / before/ after

6. How to travel around the world
First, pack a small bag. If it weighs more than 15 kg, throw some
stuff away. In June, fly to Europe and hang around there until
the summer is over. Then fly to Nepal and study meditation in
the mountains for a month. After that, fly to Bangkok and travel
cheaply around Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia. At the
end of the winter, fly back to Japan.

7. How to travel around the world
First, pack a small bag. If it weighs more than 15 kg, throw some
stuff away. In June, fly to Europe and hang around there until
the summer is over. Then fly to Nepal and study meditation in
the mountains for a month. After that, fly to Bangkok and travel
cheaply around Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia. At the
end of the winter, fly back to Japan.

8. Today’s question:
how to establish subliminally
in the learner
the correspondence between
text signals and information values?

9. <big
Description Classification
Degree
comparison
Attribute
comparison
Sequence Cause-effect
Hunter’s infostructure maps

10. Let’s get to work.
Please notice how
these materials are
spring-loaded.

11. Don’t hesitate to write to me.
Lawrie Hunter
lawriehunter@gmail.com
http://lawriehunter.com