A text is anything from which information can be extracted, including the wide range of oral, written and visual materials present in society.
Personal Texts Professional texts Mass media texts
Personal texts are shared by the person creating Professional texts are created for an intended Mass media texts are created for distribution to a the message and an audience who may be family audience in contexts where no personal large audience that is targeted because of an members, friends or groups with a common relationship is assumed between the producer of interest that, at least initially, lies primarily with the interest; a personal text may also be directed to the text and the recipient(s); however, the producer of the text; since the person or entity oneself. Personal texts tend to be characterized by producer of the text can assume that the responsible for a mass media text has no way of attention to the everyday interests or the affective recipient(s) will have an interest in receiving and knowing exactly who will take the time and interest needs of individuals rather than the analysis of understanding the message. Professional texts to understand the message wo who will ignore it. information. Personal texts have a variety of tend to be characterized by attention to the Mass media texts tend to be characterized by the functions including describing, narrating, cognitive needs of individuals, the transfer of need of the producer of the text to project entertaining, recommending and persuading. The knowledge and the logical presentation of authority, desirability or exclusivity, and the level of formality is the register of these texts will information; these texts employ a clear, factual conscious choice of a particular medium or vary according to the linguistic and sociocultural language and formal register. Professional texts technology that is appropriate to reach the norms of the target language. have a variety of functions including informing, targeted audience. The level of formality in the instructing, explaining, analysing, convincing, register of these texts will vary according to the interpreting and evaluating. linguistic and sociocultural norms of the target language.
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Diary Email Article (newspaper/magazine) Email Essay Blog Personal letter Formal letter Brochure Social media pos ting/chat room Proposal Film Questionnaire Interview Report Leaflet Set of instructions Literature* Survey News report Opinion column/editorial Pamphlet Podcast Poster Public commentary/(editorial/readers’ letters) Radio programme Review Speech Travel guide Web page *The study of at least two literary texts (originally written in the target language) is compulsory for language B at HL.
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