Text Linguistics: Understanding Discourse and Properties

Text Linguistics or Grammar of Discourse

Item 4: Text Linguistics or Grammar of Discourse

Arising in the 1970s, text linguistics takes the text, the entire message of the communication process, as the unit of linguistic analysis and communication.

Main contribution: The studies in text linguistics (TL) are a recent and invaluable contribution to language teaching. This contribution is summarized in the assertion of the insufficiency of grammatical knowledge relating only to nouns and phrases, and the

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Linguistics in Foreign Language Teaching and Acquisition

Contribution of Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching

Unit 6: Contribution of linguistics to foreign language teaching. The process of Linguistic learning. Similarities and differences between first language and foreign language acquisition. The present essay aims to study the process of learning and acquiring a language in both first and foreign language, pointing out the importance of linguistics in these processes. For this purpose, the topic will be divided into three different parts. The

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Key Concepts in Applied Linguistics

  • Bilingualism and Multilingualism: The use of two or more languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers.
  • Second Language Acquisition: The process by which people learn a second language.
  • Contrastive Linguistics: A practice-oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages.
  • Conversation Analysis: An approach to the study of social interaction, embracing both verbal and non-verbal conduct, in situations of everyday
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Academic vs. Personal Texts: Key Differences

Comparison of Texts: Academic vs. Personal

The use of personal writing (letters, postcards, etc.) often differs significantly from academic texts. This modification is more intense among young people, for whom academic activity is primary. Specific features include:

Academic Texts

  • Purpose: Demonstrate knowledge or present work results.
  • Content: Derived from other texts or activities (experiments, lectures).
  • Context: Decontextualized from the student’s immediate reality.
  • Language: Objective, accurate,
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Communicative Structures & Grammar in Language Learning

Essential Communicative Structures

The primary goal when learning a second language is to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing. To achieve this, students need a basic vocabulary and command of the elementary syntactical structures that form the language’s framework (linguistic competence). Correct use of grammatical rules is crucial for communication competence. Without understanding how to form and interpret sentences (what Chomsky called “competence”), the most basic

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Children’s Literature: Techniques for Reading and Comprehension

Children’s Literature in English: Reading and Comprehension Techniques

Reading or listening to literary texts is a communicative activity through which attitudes, values, and socio-cultural aspects are transmitted. Materials such as stories, poems, and rhymes are valuable teaching aids that will help students attain communicative competence. Teachers should use literary texts in the English class because they present language in context, provide authentic language, and are motivating. Teachers

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