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• A text is generally considered as written material, especially longer pieces of writing like a book, a letter, or a newspaper
• discourse - Text with distinct features and purpose
• discourse - Formal and often lengthy discussion of a topic where concept and insights are arranged in an organized and logical manner
• discourse - Convey meanings, propel actions and provoke a specific response.
• Purpose

  To inform

  To persuade

  To entertain
• factors that affect our discourse or comprehension

  • Personal Experiences
  • Social Environmental
  • Culture
• text - Made up of sentences having the property of grammatical cohesion.

  discourse - Made up of utterances having the property of coherence.
• Previewing - Review titles, subtitles, section headings and also visual and graphs, or picture captions.

  Predicting - Use knowledge about the subject matter, author, and text type and purpose.

  Overviewing - To look at chapters or sections

  Surveying - To give rundown from the first section to the last

  Guessing from the Context - Use background knowledge of the subject and ideas in the text.

  Paraphrasing - Stop at the end of the section to check comprehension by restating information and ideas in the text.
• Skimming - This is a strategy that is used to get only the main idea to of a written text in order to know what the material is all about.
• Scanning - This is used to search only specific information needed.
• SQ3R - An excellent technique to use with textbooks that provide a lot of information and require you to learn the material in depth.
• SQ3R

  SURVEY Preview

  QUESTION Ask guiding questions

  READ Read for meaning

  RECALL Test Yourself

  REVIEW Review after you read
• Comprehensive - This technique requires processing of the text for foul understanding of the material.
• Critical - It is a technique which involves an analysis of the claims presented in the text.