C1 – Course Syllabus - Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del País Vasco

contributing to interaction, asking for an opinion or a change of subject.
encouraging conversation and taking turns.
telephone conversations: answering, asking for somebody, asking
somebody to hold on, etc.
3. TEXT TYPES
See also “Texts” on the grid in the “Topic Areas” section below.
The type of texts that will be encountered will be determined by the kind of communicative tasks
involved and the particular medium chosen will affect or influence the process of production and
reception.
The media will range from:
Voice.
Telephone.
Public address systems.
Radio broadcasts.
TV broadcasts.
Cinema films.
Computer (email, CD, DVD).
Videotape, cassette, disc.
Audiotape, cassette, disc.
Printed material.
Manuscripts.
Interaction
Formal and informal social texts (congratulations, invitations, confirmation, excuses,
thanks, application, apology, greetings, presentation, condolences).
Personal letters and messages (SMS, e-mails, fax, mail, chats, etc.).
Formal personal, academic or professional correspondence.
Standard administrative documents.
Questionnaires.
Chatroom messages.
Comprehension
Bilingual and monolingual dictionaries.
Telephone directories, address books, leisure guides, timetables and catalogues.
Textbooks.
Webs, blogs or similar.
Tourist or commercial brochures and leaflets.
Recipes.
Instructions and regulations.
Job advertisements.
Commercial advertisements.
Reports.
Press articles.
Longer texts on a wide range of concrete or abstract topics.
Texts on his/her own field or speciality.
General administrative texts.
Comics.
Lyrics.
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