Text types and goals

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Text types and goals

What types of text can you think of?

Types include:

News articles

Magazine articles

Manuals

Advertisements

Reviews

Letters/e-mails

Blogs/online articles

Goals include:

Inform

Instruct

Persuade

Entertain

What kind of text is this?

What was the goal of this text?

What kind of test is this?

What was the goal of this text?

What kind of text is this?

What was the goal of this text?

Scanning practice

Use this link to open the full article.

Without reading the full text you should be able to scan the text to answer the following question:

"Wat doen waterzuiveringsbedrijven als ze PFAS niet uit hun bronnen kunnen filteren?"

What keywords could you look for?

"Wat doen waterzuiveringsbedrijven als ze PFAS niet uit hun bronnen kunnen filteren?"

Remember

Skimming - for first impressions

Scanning - with keywords

Intensive reading - only to confirm