1. LEARNING TO READ AND TO WRITE
GENRES IN ENGLISH
EMI EMILIA
INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF
EDUCATION
A PRESENTATION AT
KONAN UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
17 MAY, 2013

2. What we are going to learn
• Text
• How to read and to write text types (genres)

3. Text is a
unit of
meaning

4. Text can be
spoken or written
(a telephone
conversation, a
speech, a letter,
a diary an
assignment, a
report)

5. Text can be short (one like “Entry”)
and can be long (like a novel or a book).

6. • One page of a novel cannot be called a text
because it does not give the reader a
complete meaning.

8. Please discuss if the followings are a text or not
• A book
• A novel
• A short story
• One page of a novel
• One paragraph of a story
• an “ENTRY” sign
In Your Groups…

9. • Reading is synonymous with understanding
(compherending a print) (Hertsberg, 2012:79).

10. NAMA SAYA: EMI EMILIA
SAYA DARI INDONESIA

11. • Reading is different from decoding.

12. • Reading involves predicting

13. How to make a kite

15. What do you think the text will
be about?
Last year I had a holiday in Bali

17. A long time ago, in a village lived a man with
three daughters … .

18. • I have a friend. Her name is Ikuko Takei …
• I have an interesting book …
• Tokyo is capital city of Japan…

19. Whales are mammals …

20. I think smoking should be banned for three
reasons related to health, economy and
environment.

21. … In this essay I will discuss arguments for and
against smoking ….

22. • Do you know the life cycle of fish?

23. • Reading is asking questions and getting the
questions answered.

25. Tips for locating main idea
• Identify the topic.
• Find the most general sentence.
• Study the rest of the paragraph.

26. Generic Structure of a Hortatory
Exposition Text

27. • Is writing the same as spoken language
written down?

28. • Writing is a social process: a means of
connecting with others in order to share ideas
and information (Hertsberg, 2012:108).

29. The process of writing
1.Think about the topic
2.Think about the purpose:
Identify the best text type and its elements
3. Write a plan
4. Write drafts (revise, edit)
5. Show it to others to get feedback
6. Write a final, neat draft

30. TITLE: Why smoking should be banned?
Introduction of Text 1
Smoking should be banned for three reasons related
to health, economy and environment …
Introduction of Text 2
Once upon a time there was a man who smoked …
One day he suddenly could not breath and then he
was in hospital …

31. Structure of
Organisation
Text
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needed
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32. Look at the following questions or instructions
for writing
1. Write a recipe (some tips) to cook noodle.
2. Describe about your school to your class
3. Tell the class what you did in your last holiday
4. Describe about whales

33. 6. State your opinion about why smoking should
be forbidden?
7. Explain about life cycle of butterfly.
8. Discuss the issue about school uniform.