Text Types: Oral Forms

ORAL FORMS advertising advice (giving) advice (accepting) announcement at an airport announcement on a bus announcements answering machine apologizing appealing applause (encore! Bravo!) appreciation (expressing) appreciation (accepting) approval (expressing) arguing asking for directions asking for help asking questions bargaining begging blaming boasting book preview, intro borrowing money breaking up car navigation cartoons (TV) ceremonies, religious and

secular chant – sports chatting checking-in checking for understanding cheering cheering up choosing clarification class comedian commanding an animal commercial complaint concert condolence conference confession consultation conversation conversation between lovers

cooking instruction from a live person

cooking show cradle talk criticism crying cussing debating defending disapproval (expressing) discount discussion educational TV elevator gals emergency calls encouraging evaluation explanation excusing fables feedback flattering formal and informal

conversations fortune teller funeral speech future telling giving lectures gossiping greeting grieving guest speakers hogging humor instructions insulting interview introducing someone introspection inviting invitation (accepting) invitation (refusing) laughing leaving a message lecture lying making judgments making noise meeting

messages monologue movies (action, adventure,

animation, comedy, detective, documentary, drama, horror,

historical, heart-warming, instructional, love story, musical, mystery, psycho-thriller,

romance, science fiction, thriller, tragedy

music TV myths negation negotiation new movies new released songs news report noticing offering on phone - catch up on phone - cheer up on phone - complaining opera oral stories and histories ordering persuading phone order picking up girls / flirting plays and other performances poetry political demonstration political manifesto praising prayer - Buddhist prayer - Muslim prayer - Christian preach presidential address promise proposal quarreling question quiz show shows – phone-in snoring rally reconfirmation reflection repetition reports and presentations

request reservation retell rhymes riddles role-play sandwichman saying farewell scolding scorekeeper screaming seeing a doctor at a hospital self intro shopping singing small talk songs and hymns (gosperl,

jazz, rock, pop, R & B, soul, classic, rap, hip-hop,punk,

karaoke, heavy metal, funk, country, alternative, enka, minyo, karaoke, folk, western,

chants, chorus, western) speech speech contest sportscast story telling street musician student-student conversation suggestions surprise (expressing) talk show teacher-student conversation teaching teaching in Class teasing telephone conversations telling jokes timer tour guide traffic info travel arranging TV drama using a megaphone variety show wake up call waking talk warning weather reports word-play

yelling

Text Types: Written Forms

Account Book Adventures Advertisements Bible Bill Biographies and autobiographies Brochures, pamphlets and

leaflets Calendar Cards

- Christmas card- Birthday card- Wedding card- Thank-you card- business card- score card

Cartoons Catalogues Certificates

- marriage- birth- death- graduation

Charts, diagrams, graphs Compositions Date book Diagnosis Diagram Diary Dictionary and grammar items Drawings E-mail Encyclopedia entries Essay Fables Family Tree Folk tales and legends Forms Graffiti Guest speakers Historical fiction Humour Illustrations Government Forms

- applications Information texts Instructions and other “how to” Invitations

Itinerary- trip

Journals, diaries and logs Labels and packaging Legends

- map Letters, business and personal

- poison pen letter- recommendation- love- Dear John- Message in a bottle

Lists, notes, personal messages Lyrics Magazine

- hobbies- sports- cooking- fashion- etc.

Maps Menus Message board Money Mysteries Myths Name tag/badge Newspaper and magazine articles

- obituary- world news- national news- local news- shopping- cartoon- horoscopes- ad- sports- entertainment- movie schedule- crossword- public notices- economics

*currency exchange rates *stocks

- personals- headlines- T.V.- radio

- weather- editorials

News reports Non-fiction chapter books Novel Pamphlet Photographs Picture books Pictures Plays Poetry

- poem Poster Prints Programs Questionnaires Reader theatre Recipes Receipt Reports and manuals Resume Rhymes Riddles Role-play Script Short stories and novels Signature Signs, notices and

announcements Stories Sub-titles Summary Symbols Telephone book Test and exams Tattoo Textbook articles Tickets, timetables and schedules

- train- bus- plane

Thesaurus Travel log Warning Web page Word play