System and method for teaching writing using microanalysis of text
First Claim
1. A method for teaching expository writing, comprising:
- selecting a theory of discourse analysis for teaching writing;
segmenting a text into at least one text building units based on the selected theory of discourse;
analyzing each text building unit according to the selected theory of discourse;
wherein the selected theory of discourse analysis is selected from the list of at least Discourse Structures Theory, Linguistic Discourse Model, Rhetorical Structure Theory, Systemic Functional Grammar, and Tagmemics.
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Abstract
A technique for teaching expository writing using a system that provides an objective reader centric microanalysis of the information a writer has conveyed to a virtual reader. The technique uses a theory of discourse analysis such as the Linguistic Discourse Model. Using the technique, a text is segmented into discrete units of meaning of the selected theoretic model. Student analysis and understanding are facilitated by the assignment of types to the discrete units of meaning and by linking the discrete units of meaning into a discourse tree under the constraints imposed by the selected theory. A virtual, or objective, reader centric summary of the information actually conveyed by the text is then compared to the writer designated important concepts and the results conveyed as feedback to the writer.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for teaching expository writing, comprising:
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selecting a theory of discourse analysis for teaching writing; segmenting a text into at least one text building units based on the selected theory of discourse; analyzing each text building unit according to the selected theory of discourse; wherein the selected theory of discourse analysis is selected from the list of at least Discourse Structures Theory, Linguistic Discourse Model, Rhetorical Structure Theory, Systemic Functional Grammar, and Tagmemics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for teaching expository writing, comprising:
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an input device; a display device; a memory; a segmenting circuit; an analyzing circuit; and a controller that selects a theory of discourse from the input device, segments a text received form the memory to create at least one text building unit according to the selected theory of discourse, analyzes the at least one text building unit according to the selected theory of discourse and displays the text building units; wherein the selected theory of discourse analysis is selected from the list of at least Discourse Structures Theory, Linguistic Discourse Model, Rhetorical Structure Theory, Systemic Functional Grammar, and Tagmemics. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for teaching expository writing, comprising:
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segmenting a text into at least one text building units based on the Linguistic Discourse Model theory of discourse; analyzing each text building unit according to the Linguistic Discourse Model theory of discourse; and providing, based on the analyzed at least one text building units, objective feedback for teaching expository writing.
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25. A system for teaching expository writing, comprising:
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an input device; a display device; a memory; a segmenting circuit; an analyzing circuit; and a controller that segments a text received form the memory to create at least one text building unit according to the Linguistic Discourse Model theory of discourse, analyzes the at least one text building unit according to the Linguistic Discourse Model theory of discourse, displays the text building units, and provides, based on the analyzed at least one text building units, objective feedback for teaching expository writing.
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