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Foregrounding or What comes first?

Foregrounding or What comes first?. FOREGROUNDING 1 analysing texts for the foregrounded elements = theme . Text 1. There are four basic face shapes. One is long. Models tend to have this kind of face. The second is round. People with round faces can look homely.

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Foregrounding or What comes first?

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  1. Foregrounding or What comes first? Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  2. FOREGROUNDING 1analysing texts for the foregrounded elements = theme Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  3. Text 1 There are four basic face shapes. One is long. Models tend to have this kind of face. The second is round. People with round faces can look homely. The third is square and the fourth is oval. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  4. Text 1 There are four basic face shapes. One is long. Models tend to have this kind of face. The second is round. People with round faces can look homely. The third is square and the fourth is oval. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  5. Text 1 Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  6. Text 2 Susan Ellis is a girl that I know. She is pretty. She has blue eyes and long hair, pretty blonde hair. Lastly she’s tall. She’s very.. impressively tall. She’s tall enough to be a champion basketball player (even though she isn’t). Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  7. Text 2 Susan Ellis is a girl that I know. She is pretty. She has blue eyes and long hair, pretty blonde hair. Lastly she’s tall. She’s very.. impressively tall. She’s tall enough to be a champion basketball player (even though she isn’t). Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  8. Text 2 Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  9. Text 3 Barney was born in 1956 in a small country town. When he was six he started school there. After seven years at that school he had to go to a boarding school in Perth. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  10. Text 3 Barney was born in 1956 in a small country town. When he was sixhe started school there. Then,after seven years at that school, he had to go to a boarding school in Perth. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  11. Text 3 Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  12. Text 4 I am very sorry but Barbara can not go swimming today. Last night we had a party to celebrate her birthday. Unfortunately we all drank too much and today we are all as sick as dogs. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  13. Text 4 I am very sorry but Barbara can not go swimming today. Last night we had a party to celebrate her birthday. Unfortunatelywe all drank too much and today we are all as sick as dogs. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  14. Text 4 Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  15. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  16. Text 5 First get the bread. Next get the butter. After that spread the butter on the bread with the knife. When you have finished, eat it. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  17. Text 5 Get the bread. Get the butter. After thatspread the butter on the bread with the knife. When you have finished,eat it. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  18. Text 5 Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  19. Marked and Unmarked Themes Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

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  22. FOREGROUNDING 2 Foregrounding and mode Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  23. Mode Foregrounding is an element of Mode Mode is the ‘how’, the information about the textual element of a Text. Mode in Text in Context deals with the range of spoken, written and multimodal texts. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  24. Mode TEXT IN CONTEXT Deals with a range of texts constructed in a variety of modes – highly spoken to highly written and includes a range of technologies (telephone, e-mail, pen etc) Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  25. Mode continuum Mode spoken …………………………………written shop dialogue..………………..…written discussion on shopping hours transcript of dialogue………..………… formal oral presentation Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  26. Mode • We shouted like anythingwhen Nigelcame on. • Nigel Smart led the Crows onto Football Park last Saturday. The crowd erupted into applause. • Last Saturday Nigel Smart led the Crows onto Football Park last Saturday andthe crowd erupted into applause. • As Nigel Smart led the Crows onto Football Park, the crowd erupted into applause. • With enormous applause ringing through the stadium, Nigel Smart led his beloved Crows into the stadium. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  27. Mode • Peopledestroy the places where the panda lives. • The destruction of the panda’s habitatis due to …..……. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  28. We shouted like anythingwhen Nigelcame on. Mode continuum spoken ……………………………written Nigel Smart led the Crows onto Football Park last Saturday. The crowderupted into applause. As Nigel Smart led the Crows onto Football Park, the crowd erupted into applause. With enormous applause ringing through the stadium, Nigel Smart led his beloved Crows into the stadium. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  29. Mode continuum spoken ……………………………written Weplaced the mixture in the oven after five minutes. The mixturewas placed in the oven after five minutes. Peopledestroy the places where the panda lives. The destruction of the panda’s habitatis due to …..……. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  30. Mode continuum spoken …………………………………written concrete noun……………………………abstract, nominalised noun human specific……human general……..no human agent active voice ……………………….…..passive voice action verbs…………………………. relational verb Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  31. Foregrounding 3 Foregrounding at work Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  32. Patterns of foregrounding Easily understood texts have expected patterns of foregrounding Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  33. Patterns of foregrounding Thematic choice should not be unexpected - it should be connected with ideas presented in a previous theme or rheme. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  34. Pattern 1: rheme of a clause is split and used as theme of clauses which follow taxonomic report Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

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  36. Pattern 2: same theme – information is built through the rheme description Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  37. Pattern 3: zig zag – (given – new) -an element in the rheme of one clause is the theme, or implied in the theme, of the next explanation Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  38. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  39. Patterns of foregrounding Easily understood texts have expected patterns of foregrounding Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  40. Patterns of foregrounding The foregrounded element may change with each new stage of the text Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

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  42. Foregrounding 3 Foregrounding in the ESL Scales Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  43. Foregrounding across the ESL Scales: Procedure Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  44. Foregrounding across the ESL Scales: Narrative Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  45. Foregrounding across the ESL Scales: Explanation Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  46. Foregrounding across the ESL Scales: Exposition Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  47. Foregrounding 4 Foregrounding activities Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  48. Change foregrounding Rewrite this recount as a procedure. The boys had a rough map of the area to help find their friends. They walked slowly across the road to look for them. They reached the other side and soon found them sitting in the park. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  49. Change foregrounding Read the rough map of the area to help find the friends. Follow it slowly across the road to look for them. When the other side is reached, find them sitting in the park. Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

  50. Change foregrounding Rewrite this paragraph using some options listed below. The boys had a rough map of the area to help find their friends. They walked slowly across the road to look for them. They reached the other side and soon found them sitting in the park. • Non-finite verb (To run, Running to) • Nominalisation (behave>behaviour, wide>width) • Conjunction (Firstly) • Non-human element (The car was driven …) • Circumstance (With a hammer, Yesterday, After midnight) • Dependent clause (After I ate it, …, Because the string broke, …) Literacy SecretariatLiteracy is everyone’s business

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