CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3

Reading 3.3 (A Sketch of a Possible Linguistic Approach to Critical Literacy)
This reading tells about how language influences readers. Wignell’s approach is to develop the linguistic tools readers need to enable to them to recognize certain global or key elements of a text. All these elements have technical names. The first one is genre. It refers to types or style of literature. For field, it means scope of the writer about his/her writing. Tenor means general meaning of reader interpersonal. Mode refers to a way in which something occurs or is done. The last one is ideology, system of the idea. He said that although a text seems innocently devoid of ideology may in fact be shown to be highly ideological.

Reading 3.4 (Speech and Speaker: the Formation of Individuals in Discourse and Genre)
In this reading, I understand about how the article influence the readers (actually, this text are similar with Reading 3.3 but in different way of subject that the writer used in the text). There are some key terms that I need to understand. Ideal readers refers to one who is aware of the analyses of sexist discourse provided by feminist critique (and feminist discourse), and one who identifies with that critique. Discourse means the ways of speaking or writing which promote particular view of the world and how it should be; a particular perspective or stance. Stereotype means a fixed pattern of behaviour or thinking. Reading position can define as how the writers wanted the readers to view the text and take the stance. While subject position, there are sets of statement which describe and prescribe a range of poisons one may take up. The last one is genre that refers to type or category.