Topic: Discourse Skills

of Reading
Reading and Writing Skills
 Activity 1: What I know
Instruction: Try to group the words in Spoken
discourse and written discourse.
• Lectures • Reports
• Interviews • Literature
• Speeches • Newspaper Articles
 What I need to know.
SPOKEN DISCOURSE WRITTEN DISCOURSE
 LECTURES  REPORTS
 INTERVIEWS  LITERATURE
 SPEECHES  NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
 DISCOURSE

Writing
Face to Face
Four Types of
Discourse
 1.
NARRATION/NARRATIVE

• Description which portrays

casually related incidents; here
the occurred incidents are often
arranged one after another in an
order of chronology.
2. DESCRIPTION/
DESCRIPTIVE
• Often takes two
forms;
• Static form
• Process description
3. EXPOSITION/EXPOSITORY
Describing the explanation of an idea
 4. ARGUMENT/ARGUMENTATIVE

• Accept or Reject
Opinions.
• Only takes effect
where there is a
contentious or
controversial topic.
 ENRICHMENT SKILL NO 1

• What is the difference between the four

types of discourse?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
DISCOURSE?
1. PERSUADE
 Reasoning or
argument
 To convince someone
to do or think
something
 2. INFORM
• Facts or important
information
• To supply oneself with
knowledge of a matter or
subject
3. DISCOVER
• For one’s own needs
• To make known or
visible
4. CREATE

• To build new
ideas
• To do something
creative or
constructive
DISCOURSE IN READING AND
WRITING

• TEXT VS DISCOURSE
 TEXT
• IS DEFINED IN
TERMS OF ITS
BEING A
PHYSICAL
PRODUCT.
• MEANING IS NOT
FOUND IN TEXT.
 DISCOURSE
• Is viewed as a process.
• Meaning is derived through the reader’s
interaction with the text discourse.
 CONNECTED DISCOURSE

• A text is a connected discourse, which

means that all ideas in the text must be
related in the sense that they would
express only one main idea.
 ACTIVITY 2:
• WHAT IS THE ROLE OF
DISCOURSE IN READING
DEVELOPMENT?
 THE ROLE OF
DISCOURSE IN READING
DEVELOPMENT
 THE ROLE OF DISCOURSE IN
READING DEVELOPMENT
• 1. PRACTICE COMMUNICATION
• 2. ENCOURAGE FLUENCY
 ACTIVITY 3:

GIVE AT LEAST 3 EXAMPLES OF

SITUATION DOING A DISCOURSE.
 AT YOUR SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET,
WRITE ONLY THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1. IT IS A DISCOURSE IN A FORM OF WRITING.

2. IT IS A DISCOURSE IN A FORM OF SPEAKING.
3. IT IS ALL ABOUT EXCHANGING IDEAS OR WORDS.
4. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT AGREES WITH A
BELIEF OR COURSE OF ACTION BY USING ARGUMENTS
OR EARNEST REQUEST.
5. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT GIVES AN ESSENTIAL
OR FORMATIVE PRINCIPLE.
6. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT WILL BE THE
FIRST TO FIND OR OBSERVE.
7. A PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE THAT PRODUCES A
NEW OR UNIQUE IDEA.
8. ROLES OF DISCOURSE IN READING
DEVELOPMENT
9-10. GIVE EXAMPLE OF A DISCOURSE AND
EXPLAIN WHAT TYPE OF DISCOURSE IS EVIDENT
IN YOUR EXAMPLE.
11-12.LAPP AND FLOOD DEFINED READING INTO TWO
TYPE A _________ AND ________ PROCESS.
13. IT IS A SYSTEM OF GRAPHIC SYMBOLS THAT CAN
BE USED TO CONVEY MEANING?
14. GIVE ONE BENEFITS OF READING.
15. GIVE ONE REASON WHY WE WRITE.