i) Respecting requirements of the output text

Every type of text has its specific requirements with regard to format, style and language. If
your mediation
has to be a certain text type, you have to be aware of these requirements in
order to accomplish the task successfully.

EXERCISE

kene) Complete the following table with characteristic features of the most frequent text types
required in mediation tasks.
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Text type
Characteristic features (language, style, set phrases, format, length, etc.)
Written text types
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durch (Formal) letter Formal, polite language; set phrases (Dear Sir or Madam, etc.); not too long;
divided into paragraphs

Email
do not use emoticons, start with dear
xx, not too long, divided into
paraghraphs

Blog

Newspaper article

Letter to the editor should be brief, start like: sir or madam, closing remarks (Yours
faithfully/ sincerely), don’t forget to give your name, address and
phone number
header: title, running time, your rating, year, director’s name
Review introduction: basic information: type of movie/ book, characters etc.
main part: short summary of the plot , cast/characters
comments: your opinion (on plot , actors, characters, dialogues, special effects, the message etc)
conclusion: summary of your opinion, recommendation/
target group

Oral text types

think of ways to reject counter-arguments, state your

Conversation /
point of view in the topic, listen to what others say and
discussion
refer back to their statement, at the end summarize your
point of view, polite language

elephone conversa-

Presentation structuring into introductionn/body/conclusion; a suitable order is needed; correct register

for the specifiy audience (scientific, colloquial..etc.), clear and short sentences; stylistic
devices like rhetorical questions enumerations etc.; right pronunciation, speak clearly and
loudly and not too fast, facial expressions, eye-contact