Appendix (4 ) Awareness-raising tasks for macro structure
This is a crucial stage of teaching in which students engage in a range of text analysis tasks in order to apply the concepts they have learnt. These tasks require reading and some rewriting for instance, the awareness-raising task below asks students to read a letter of complaint and analyze its macrostructure, then revise the letter to improve it.
Instructions: Read the following letter of complaint and examine the macrostructure.
This is a crucial stage of teaching in which students engage in a range of text analysis tasks in order to apply the concepts they have learnt. These tasks require reading and some rewriting for instance, the awareness-raising task below asks students to read a letter of complaint and analyze its macrostructure, then revise the letter to improve it.
Instructions: Read the following letter of complaint and examine the macrostructure.
The elements of this letter of complaint are not logically ordered. The writer does not begin the letter by providing details of the situation.Instead, the problem of the increasing number of dogs is fronted. Other parts of the problem, for example,
“The management has done nothing...,” are in different places in the letter, making the complaint difficult to follow. If students are able to find these problems in the letter, they should be able to improve the coherence of the letter. Students can work in small groups to develop a new outline for the letter, then revise it individually. An example of an improved outline of the letter based on the problem-solution structure is provided.
“The management has done nothing...,” are in different places in the letter, making the complaint difficult to follow. If students are able to find these problems in the letter, they should be able to improve the coherence of the letter. Students can work in small groups to develop a new outline for the letter, then revise it individually. An example of an improved outline of the letter based on the problem-solution structure is provided.