ELT365 · Day 171 — Text Types and Genre

Idea — Genre shapes reader expectations. Knowing a text is an editorial, a recipe, or a letter changes how readers process it from the first line.

Example — ‘Dear Editor’ activates different expectations than ‘Method: combine the flour and butter.’ Genre tells readers what is coming.

Try — Give three short texts with the headings removed. Ask learners to identify the genre from language and layout alone. Discuss the clues they used.

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