It is not about structure, but is about that the message makes complete sense.


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We all have the ability to write a text, but very few of us have the ability to create complex discourse interpretations of fragmentary linguistic messages

image Interpreting Discourse

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How to Achieve that our messages has a complete sense?


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Make sure your ideas in the text have COHESION image

Make sure your ideas in the paragraph have COHERENCE.
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image Cohesion

If the text has a lot gramatical errors, Do not translate, interpret the text and you will be able to understand it and make sense of it.

⚠ E.g. Juan has 12 years old.
Although we know that sentence there is a grammatical error, we understood the message because we interpreted it. we do not literally translate word by word

imageCoherence

We not only need clear and meaningful ideas, but we need linking words to follow up and link the ideas to the main topic.
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If the topic is, why is pizza delicious? We will not end up talking about chicken or seafood, the ideas must have an order and coherence according to the main topic. image

Conversational Analysis.
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✅Each person has their turn to speak

🚫While one person speak, the other one just pay attention.
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image ✏Turn taking

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🚫Do not stop your ideas.

☑Use connectors to continue with the text

image 👤 Pauses and Filled Pauses

⛔No very long pauses during speaking.

✅A correct pause makes the text better interpreted

image Adjacency Pairs

😃During a conversation both person say the same phrase.

👌Like a greeting, A- say Hello , B say Hello

imageThe Co-operative Principle

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🗣Provide relevant or important information; Relation

😕Do not confuse people, be clear with what you say; Manner 💪🏽

🚫Don't say more than necessary; Quantity

🚫Do not tell false information: Quality

image If you are not sure of any information, use Hedges

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Assume ✅

Maybe 😐

I think... 😮

Look likes 📋

Perhaps 😒

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image Background Knowledge 💁🏻

📝We create a text from our mind with memories that we have lived

image Schemass and scripts

♻Uses schemas or script to shorten information or present in an interesting way!

Wilfredo Diaz Martinez