Functional Skills English Level 2 The UK’s Number

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Functional Skills English Level 2 The UK’s Number One Functional Skills Service Reading: Text Types Lesson Overview Learning Objectives: After this lesson students will be able to: Understand why writers use different type of texts Identify text types based on their formatting features Specification points covered: L2.16- Understand organisational features and use them to locate relevant information in a range of straightforward and complex sources L2.17- Analyse texts, of different levels of complexity, recognising their use of vocabulary and identifying levels of formality and bias What are the different types of text? Text types are the different formats that a text can be written in. Writers have to select an appropriate text type for their audience and purpose. Some common text types include: Articles Newspaper articles Magazine articles Online articles Letters Emails Leaflets Reports Posters Forum posts Articles Articles are either written because the writer wants the reader to learn something, or because the writer wants to convince the reader to agree with their opinions. There are many different types of article: Newspaper articles: usually use a formal style, and inform the reader about current events. Magazine articles: usually use a slightly more informal style. They can be written to entertain, to argue, or to inform the reader about a topic of interest. Online articles: can be written in the style of a newspaper article or a magazine article. Look out for: Headings Subheadings Author attribution Date Captioned photographs Lines and text boxes Long paragraphs Columns Letters and Emails Letters and emails are usually written to an individual or an organisation. These text types can be written for a variety of different people and purposes. This means that they can have a range of styles and tones. They can be formal (if written to a company or an individual that the writer does not know well) or informal (if written to friends or family). They might be written to describe something, instruct the reader, inform them, or even persuade them. This means that you should read the text carefully so that you can work out who it has been written to and why. Emails have: Email addresses A subject line A polite greeting A sign-off Letters have: Postal addresses The date A polite greeting A sign-off Leaflets, Flyers and Posters Leaflets, flyers and posters are usually used to: Persuade the reader to do or buy something Briefly inform the reader