Skills in English Language

Reading & Writing

Speaking

Listening Mediation

Viewing

Study & Language

Reading & Writing

• Working out the meaning of words

• Skimming and scanning

• Finding the main ideas of a text

• Careful reading

• Text types: fiction and non-fiction

• Writing better sentences

• Using paragraphs

• Linking ideas

• Correcting your text

→ poetry → drama

→ prose / narrative or fiction→ newspaper article

→ comments → speech

Narrative (fictional) texts

Aspects of analysis

▪ Type and context: genre, author

▪ Plot/subplots: what happens, theme

▪ Setting: time, place, atmosphere

▪ Characters/Protagonists: constellation of characters, direct/explicit,

indirect/implicit characterization

▪ Narrative perspective: point of view

▪ Narrative technique/strategies: telling/showing

▪ Language: style, tone & register

Non-fictional textsAspects of analysis

▪ Contents (wh-questions)

▪ Structure / Sections

▪ Language (style, tone and register)

▪ Argumentation

▪ Layout