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Generating ideas from SPAF
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Preguntas del test (6)
1Annotate this text to show how subject-specific language has been included by choosing the most accurate explanation from the drop-down menus at each hotspot.
- ATerm used by tennis commentators on TV
- BIt always rains during Wimbledon
- CTerm used in sports commentaries
- Dconfirms this is about tennis
- Ehelps orientate us on the court
- Fshows he knows his tennis terms
- GAssumes the reader understands scoring
- HAssumes prior knowledge of tennis
- IAssumes reader is an umpire
- JUsed to build the tension in context
- KUsed to confuse the reader
- LAssumes reader knowledge
- MConveys the significance in tennis
- NConveys personal significance
- OConveys significance
- PLanguage now that of tennis experts.
- QVery technical puts reader off
- RShows he is panicking, can't form word
- Sdouble meaning adds depth
- Tshows how bad it was
- Ucontinues semantic field of tennis
- VHelps create atmosphere
- WUsed onomatopoeically
- XDescribes typical tennis crowds.
- YAssumes reader understands significance
- ZShows how bad it was
- AAHe has retreated into his world
- ABdouble meaning adds depth
- ACscolds in tennis terms
- ADcan't let go of tennis
2Sort the conventions into the 5 purposes of transactional writing by dragging the labels onto the hotspots in the correct columns.
- A3rd person generic
- Bpowerful opening statement
- Cincludes fact & opinions
- Danecdotal evidence
- Esequential connectives
- Fsecond person pronouns
- Gemotive language
- Hrhetorical questions
- Icausal connectives
- Jthree-part lists
- Kuses 2nd person pronouns
- Limperative & modal verbs
- Muses sequential connectives
- Nactive sentences
- Oprepositional phrases
- PFormal, standard English
- Qpresent tense
- Ruses third person pronouns
- Smixes simple & compound sentences
- Tincludes technical vocabulary
- Uwritten in 3rd person
- Vprovides specific examples
- Wgoes from general info to specifics
- Xincludes imperative verbs
- Ymay use bullet-points
3The audience for the transactional writing tasks will always be clearly specified in the question.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
4Which of the following things do you need to consider when adapting your writing to suit the intended audience of a task?
- ATheir age
- BTheir gender
- CTheir ethnicity
- DTheir prior knowledge of the subject matter
- EWhy they are reading/listening to your text
- FHow they will be reading/listening to your text
- GHow long they will spend reading/listening
- HAny questions they might have about your text
- IHow to make your text visually appealing to your readers
5In what ways does the form of text that you are asked to create inform the choices you might make.
Choose all that apply.
- AThe basic structure of the text
- BThe formality of the tone and register
- CThe use of presentational devices such as headings and sub-headings
- DSome vocabulary choices
- EThe subject-specific vocabulary
- FThe content
6You need to be prepared to write a short story for the transactional writing tasks.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
Información
- Descripción
- An activity to help learners start to apply their knowledge of SPAF to generate ideas for transactional writing tasks.
- Autor
- Sarah Holmes
- Idioma
- English
- Visitas
- 99
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