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MODULE 3 ENGLISH FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION - Coggle Diagram

- - - - definition
        
        The Descriptive Text is a meaningful text that describes particular objects in relation to things and places.
      - generic structures
        
        1.Identification : Identifies phenomenon to be described
        2.Description : Describe parts, equalities or characteristics
      - language features
        
        -Specific participant
        
        -The use of the adjective
        
        -simple present tense
        
        -Action verb
        
        -using passive voice
        
        -using noun phrase
        
        -using technical terms
        
        -using general and abstract noun.
        
        -using conjunction of time and cause-effect
      - social function
        
        to give information about a particular entity (features, history, special characteristic) and about things (physical,behaviors,uses)
- - - - DEFINITION
        
        Report Text; Report text is a text which presents information about something
      - SOCIAL FUNCTION
        
        1.Classifying Report : To organize and describe a field or topic into a class and subclass hierarchy
        2.Compositional Report : To Organise and describe a field or topic according to its part ( a part or whole part )
      - GENERIC STRUCTURES
        
        1.Opening general statement/general classification
        2.Facts about various aspects of the subject
      - LANGUAGE FEATURES
        
        1.Observe and identify the use of words, phrases, sentences, and technical terms which are mostly found in the text.
        
        2.Noun and noun phrases are used rather than personal pronoun.
        
        3.Most reports are written in the present tense
        
        4.Use some passive voice
        
        5.some reports use technical or scientific terms
        
        6.Use some passive voice
        
        7.Linking verbs are used, eg.is, are, has, have, belong to, to give coherence
        
        8.Descriptive language is used that is factual rather than imaginative eg. Color, shape, size, body parts, habits, behaviors, funtions, uses.
- - - - definition
        
        is useful for monitoring developmental changes, situational differences, and treatment efficacy. It enables a clear comparison between different tests of a specific patient and to track his performance at different times or conditions.
      - generic structures
        
        General Statement. It introduces entities to be compared
        Description. It contain the systematic analysis of similarities and differences
      - social function
        
        to identify the similarities and differences between two or more classes or things
      - language features
        
        1.Genaeralised Participants are initially rpresented in simple noun groups (E.g: Stars and Planets in text 1)
        
        2.Relating verb that link an entity with its attributes
        
        3.Timeless present tense ( with the exception of an historical report)
        
        4.Attitudinal vocabulary is unusual as the emphasis is on facts rather on options
  - - - definition
        
        is returns all issues from a specified time period that also match the selected assignment, status, and priority criteria.
      - generic structures
        
        General Statement. It identifies historical period or site. And it defines and locates in time and place
        Descriptions : features or characteristics, activities, behaviours, artefacts, historical significance.
      - social function
        
        to give information about the way things were in relation to a particular historical period or site.
      - language features
        
        1.Genaeralised Participants are initially rpresented in simple noun groups (E.g: Stars and Planets in text 1)
        
        2.Relating verb that link an entity with its attributes
        
        3.Timeless present tense ( with the exception of an historical report)
        
        4.Attitudinal vocabulary is unusual as the emphasis is on facts rather on options
- - - - social function
        
        a.Information about a particular entity by describing its features, history, and special characteristics.
        b.Information about things by describing physical attributes, behaviors, uses, etc.
      - language features
        
        1.Use present tense as dominant tenses;
        
        2.Use linking verbs or relational process frequently (is, are, has, have, belongs to) in order to classify and describe appearance or qualities and parts or functions of phenomena;
        
        3.Use action verbs or material process and behavioural process in giving additional description regarding action and behaviour done by the participants in text;
        
        4.Use mental verb or mental process when describing feelings;
        
        5.Use nominal group frequently to describe;
        
        6.Use adjective and adverbs to add information to nouns and add information to verbs to provide more detailed description about the topic;
        
        7.Use adverbial phrases to add more information about manner, place, or time and sometimes realized inembedded clause which functions as circumstances
      - generic structures
        
        a.Identification or general statements.
        b.Descriptions: The parts of a text describe the object.
      - definition
        
        The Descriptive Text is a meaningful text that describes particular person or animals.