P1 - Text conventions and resgister/tone Flashcards
List the key characteristics of the following text types:
- Personal
- Professional
- Mass media
Consider: who it is to, what they are addressing, what the purpose is, where the motivation arises.
- Personal:
(personal investment, friendly terms, everyday concerns and matters) - Professional:
(fulfil a need for audience, knowledge/skills are related, informative) - Mass media:
(motivation is on the senders part, exercises authority or advertises elusivity)
Cual information debes incluir en tus artículos?
a. [ necessary ]
b. [
c. middle bit
d. ]
e. [ weird ]
f. who?
La information esta a continuación:
a. Title
b. Introduction
c. Body
d. Conclusion
e. Closing line (sum-up, pls help)
f. Name of author (in Spanish)(escrito por)
Note: include anything further that is stated in the test
Cual information debes incluir en tus diarios?
a. [ when ]
b. [ line ]
c. [
d. middle bit
e. ]
f. [ line ]
g. who?
a. Date (in Spanish format: 8 de marzo de 2011)
b. Opening line
c. Introduction (short, precise, informal, personal, in first person)
d. Body (above, not short/precise)
e. Closing line (above)
f. “Farewell” line (above)
g. Name or signature of person writing the entry (in Spanish)
Note: Diary entries should always be informal, personal and written in first person (yo). Include any further information as instructed.
Opciones para diarios.
Opening lines:
Closing lines:
Farewell lines:
• Querido diario,
• Hola diario,
• Hola,
• Creo que es todo por ahora.
• Así terminó mi día, ¡Qué horror!
• Así terminó mi día.
• Así terminó mi día ¡Excelente!
• Ojalá….
• Hasta la próxima,
• Chao,
• Hasta pronto,
• Adios
Cual information debes incluir en tus correos electronicos formales?
a. [ addresses
b. ]
c. [ subjt ] [ fecha ]
d. [ abrir ]
e. [ line ]
f. [ ]
g. [ line ]
h. [ line ]
i.
a. Email address of the receiver (in Spanish)
b. Email address of the sender (in Spanish)
c. Subject (in Spanish and relevant to the task)
d. Date, if you are asked to include it (in Spanish format: 8 de marzo de
2011)
name of the person in Spanish
e. Opening line (Espero que este mensaje lo encuentre bien)
f. Short Introduction (Le escribo)
g. Body
h. Closing line
i. “Farewell” line
j. Name or signature of person writing the email (in Spanish)
Opciones para correos electronicos:
- Addresses: to and frmo
- Opening line (dear…)
- Introductory sentence
- Closing line
- Farewell line
Para (To), De (From): choose any email address; just make sure you include a visible name in Spanish.
- Estimado Señor X (Estimado Sr. X)
- Estimada Señora X (Estimada Sra. X)
Note: When you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to (i.e: when you write to a company) you address the company in plural: “Estimados Señores” (or “Estimados Sres.”)
- If you are writing to one person: le escribo este mensaje…
- Otherwise: les escribo este…
i. Agradezco mucho su atención.
ii. Quedo en espera de su respuesta.
iii. Agradezco mucho su atención y quedo en espera de su respuesta
iv. Gracias por su atención.
v. Siento mucho los inconvenientes que pueda causar (apologizing
for inconveniences that might be caused).
i. Atentamente,
ii. Cordialmente,
iii. Un cordial saludo,
Usando usted. (es un correo electronico formal)
Los diferencias para los correos electronics informales?
- Opening lines
- Introductions
- Body
- Closing line
- Farewell lines
- Querido X - Queridos Padres (Queridos Ana y Juan)
- Querida X -Queridas Ana y Laura
- Hola X
- If you are writing to one person: ¿Cómo estás?
- If you are writing to more than one person: ¿Cómo están?
- Also, make sure you include questions to interact with the receiver. Remember it is a friendly letter, so you are writing to someone you know.
- Escríbeme pronto. (Write soon)
- Escribiré de nuevo pronto. (I will write again soon)
- Hasta la próxima. (Until next time)
- Un abrazo, (a hug)
- Un furte abrazo, (a big hug)
- Abrazos, (hugs)
- Un beso, (a kiss)
- Besos, (kisses)
- Saludos, (greetings)
- Con todo cariño, (with love)
Usando tú of course.
Cual information debes incluir en tus cartas formales?
a. [ addresses ]
b. [ fecha ]
c. [ abrir ]
d. [ ? intro ]
e. [ ]
f. [ line ]
g. [ line ]
h.
a. Address of the receiver in Spanish (preferably of a Spanish country, top right, have the floo(piso) and appartments (apto))
b. Date (in Spanish format: (where from), 8 de marzo de 2011)
c. Opening line and name of the person in Spanish
d. Introduction of letter
e. Body
f. Closing line
g. “Farewell” line
h. Name or signature of person writing the letter (in Spanish)
Opciones para cartas formales:
- addresses
- opening lines
- intro
- closing lines
- opening and closing lines are the same as the emails.
- Use the following address, always:
Calle Molino de las Armas, 16,
50014 Zaragoza, Spain
Remember to include the date and the location that you’re writing from.
- one person: le escribo esta carta…
- otherwise: les escribo esta carta…
Cual information debes incluir en tus postales?
a. [ addresses ]
b. [ fecha ]
c. [ abrir ]
d. [ ? intro ]
e. [ ]
f. [ line ]
g. [ line ]
h.
a. Address: as per normal, except you also need the name of the person above the address)
b. Opening line: as per normal (a.p.n)
c. Intro: (use tú)
Closing lines
i. Nos vemos pronto. (See you soon)
ii. Deseando estuvieras aquí. (Wish you were here)
iii. Extrañandote. (missing you)
f. Farewell line: a.p.n.
Cual information debes incluir en tus posters?
a. [ title/s ]
b. [ intro ]
c. [ info (how) ]
d. [ catchy = caching ]
e. [ end ]
f. [ exclam ]
(very similar to _____)
• Clear and attractive titles and subtitles.
• A short introductory paragraph
• A clear and concise explanation of particular information, usually in bullet
points.
• Catchy phrases using exclamation marks and/or question marks.
• End with a catchy phrase, slogan, or summary.
• Phrases with exclamation points (ex: ¡Anímate!)
• Optional: “Para mas información visite la página web www.yyyyy.com”
“folletos”
Cual information debes incluir en tus folletos?
a. [ title/s ]
b. [ intro ]
c. [ info (how) ]
d. [ catchy = caching ]
e. [ end ]
f. [ exclam ]
(very similar to _____)
- Clear and attractive titles and subtitles.
- A short introductory paragraph
- Information in bullet points.
- Catchy phrases using exclamation marks and/or question marks.
- End with a catchy phrase, slogan, or summary.
- Optional: “Para más información visite la página web www.yyyyy.com”
“Posters”
Cual information debes incluir en tus entrevístas?
a. [ title, other context ]
b. [ intro (what) ]
c. [ how document ]
d. [ how conclude ]
• Include a header or title, the date of the interview, and where it was conducted.
• Include an introduction to your interview to outline who’s being interviewed by.
(Esta entrevista fue realizada por [entrevistador] en [lugar] con [person])
• Document the interview as a dialogue:
• Include a conclusion statement to your interview thanking your interviewee for their time
(Juan - Bueno, pues desafortunadamente se nos ha acabado el tiempo. Muchísimas gracias
por contestar tan francamente a las preguntas que te he hecho hoy. Te deseo buena suerte
con tus proyectos en el futuro y espero que otra oportunidad se presente para que podamos
hablar más…)
Cual information debes incluir en tus notas?
a. [ hi ]
b. [ why ]
c. [ info (how?) ]
d. [ bye ]
• informal greeting
• reason/purpose of the note
• information presented in dot points
• informal goodbye
Cual information debes incluir en tus presentatciónes (orales)?
a. [ title ]
b. [
c. middle bit
d. ]
• Title
• Introduction
• body/ies
• conclusion
• closing questions
(Finalmente, quiero terminar con una pregunta para que analicen y piensen)
• Thanks!
