Comprehension
Comprehension: the ability to understand a particular topic or issue.
Text
Text: Communication is a linguistic unit with a given convention and a linguistically well-structured semantic interpretation, which depends on the socio-cultural context.
Features
- Communicative and social function.
- Manifestation of the author's intention to communicate.
- Performed in a sequence of sentences.
- It should be consistent.
- It must have unity.
Types of Texts
Expository
Expository: scientific, technical, academic, journalistic, legal, institutional, commercial.
Literary
Literary: short stories, novels, poetry, theater.
Compression Techniques
- General reading of the text.
- Clarify unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Accuracy of details.
- Questioning.
- Development of a summary.
- Sample:
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