Learning Paths
WORD-ATTACK
AND TEXT-ATTACK STRATEGIES
(TEACHER'S REFERENCE MATERIALS)
Examples
of criteria for word-attack
-word formation
(e.g. prefixes = a key to meaning; suffixes = a key to grammatical class
and meaning)
-category (superordinates
and hyponyms, e.g. vehicle/car)
-contrast
(alternative terms, e.g. academic/vocational)
-definition/near-synonym
-cognates,
borrowings, "international" words
-grammatical
information: morphological (word classes), syntactical (word functions,
word position)
-linguistic context
(co-text)
-non-linguistic
context: world knowledge: - general; - culture-specific; - topic-specific
Example of
criteria for text-attack
-cohesion:
-
lexical,
e.g. repetition, contrast, general words, hyponyms, (near-) synonyms,
lexical sets
-
grammatical,
e.g. logical connectors (expressing addition, contrast, cause,
etc.), reference (e.g. demonstratives, numeratives, comparatives, etc.)
-coherence: e.g.
-
order of
presentation/enumeration
-
contrast/comparison
-
statement and
example/illustration/expansion
-
arguments/counter-arguments
-
statement of
problem/data analysis/opinions/summary and conclusions