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Table 4 Comparison between the two models: socio-semiotic process and genre

From: An exploratory study of ESL writing by junior secondary students in China: text type, register and textual features

Field: Socio-semiotic process

Genre

Generic stages

Writing tasks

Reporting

`Chronicling

Biographical recount

Orientation

Recount of the events

Moral lesson

4th

Sharing

Experiences

Personal recount

Orientation

Recount of the events

3rd, 6th and 10th

Recommending

Advising

Advice

Statement of the purpose

Suggestions (1.2.3…)

Ending

1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th and 8th

Exploring

Arguing

Exposition

Specification of the issue

Pro and cons

Statement of opinion

9th