TEXTUAL

KRISTINE MAY R. WAMIL

BSED 3B

ANALYSIS
 What is textual analysis in critical
literacy?
Textual analysis is a methodology that
involves understanding language, symbols,
and/or pictures present in texts to gain
information regarding how people make sense
of and communicate life and life experiences.
Textual analysis can be guided by asking the learners to make their way
systematically through a list of questions such as the following:

• What is the subject or topic of this text?

• Why might the author have written it?
• Who is it written for? How do you know?
• What values does the author assume the reader holds?
How do you know?
• What knowledge does the reader need to bring to the text
in order to understand it?
• Who would feel left out' in this text and why?
Who would feel that the claims made in the
text clash with their own values, beliefs, or
experiences?
• How is the reader 'positioned' in relation to the
author (e.g. as a friend, as an opponent. as
someone who needs to be persuaded, as
invisible, as someone who agrees with the
author's views)?
Another approach for analyzing text is to Use
a checklist such or CARS (Credibility,
Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support). which
was originally developed for use in evaluating
web sites.
 Credibility
Evidence of authenticity and
reliability is very important. Tests
that help the reader judge the
credibility of a text include
examining the author's credentials,
and the quality of content.
 Accuracy

Information needs to be up to
date, factual, detailed, exact, and
Comprehensive. Things to bear
in mind when judging accuracy
include timeliness
Comprehensiveness.
Reasonableness

Reasonableness involves for

examining the information for
fairness objectivity and
moderateness. Fairness requires
the writer to offer a balanced to
consider claims made by people
with opposing views.
 Support
Support for the writer's argument from
other sources strengthens their credibility. It can
take various forms such as writing bibliography
and references and corroboration. It is a good idea
to triangulate information that is to fine at least
three texts that agree. If other texts do not agree,
further research into the range of opinion or
disagreement is needed.
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