35. El texto explicativo. Estructura y características.

35. EXPOSITORY TEXT. STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TO DEVELOP

1. Expository Texts definition

2. Structure of Expository Texts

• Introduction: Presentation of the topic and objectives.
• Development: Explanation and reasoning, often structured with paragraphs as thematic units (theme/rheme) and using conjunctives for coherence (adversatives, temporal, causal).
• Conclusion: Summarizes the information and provides a conclusion.

3. Characteristics of Expository Texts

• Grammatical Structures
• Stylistic and Lexical Issues
• Types of Expository Texts
  • Divulging Modality
  • Specialized Modality
  • Order: Deductive or inductive 

KEY CONCEPTS/TERMS/AUTHORS

• Textuality: Beaugrande and Dressler’s 7 standards (Cohesion, Coherence, Intentionality, Acceptability, Informativeness, Situationality, Intertextuality).
• Theme-Rheme
• Cohesion
• Heller’s Structures

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Gumperz, J. “Discourse Strategies”. 1985
• Beaugrande, R., & Dressler, W. “Introduction to Text Linguistics”. 1988
• Halliday, M. A. K., & Hasan, R. “Cohesion in English”. 1976
• Widdowson, H. G. “Explorations in Applied Linguistics”. 1985
• Ryder, J., & Graves, M. “Reading and Learning to Read”. 1998

Recuerda que tienes dos libros imprescindibles para preparar la oposición de secundaria de inglés, específicos para la parte del desarrollo del tema (La receta del tema perfecto) y la del ejercicio práctico (1,2,3 ¡Practica otra vez! ).