TYPES OF TEXTS at AB INITIO
Personal Texts
  • Blog
  • Diary
  • Email
  • Invitation
  • Journal 
  • List 
  • Personal letter 
  • Postcard 
  • Social media posting/chat room 
  • Text message 
  • Timetable
Professional Texts
  • Blog
  • Brochure 
  • Catalogue 
  • Email 
  • Essay
  • Formal letter 
  • Interview 
  • Invitation 
  • Literature (short-story, novel, poem, graphic novel) 
  • Maps/diagrams 
  • Menu 
  • Online forum 
  • Personal statement/CV 
  • Proposal 
  • Questionnaire
  • Recipe 
  • Report
  • Set of instructions/guidelines 
  • Supporting letter 
  • Survey 
  • Timetable 
Mass media text

  • Advertisement
  • Article (newspaper, magazine) 
  • Blog Brochure 
  • Film Flyer 
  • Interview 
  • Leaflet 
  • Literature 
  • News report 
  • Newsletter 
  • Opinion column/editorial Pamphlet 
  • Podcast 
  • Poster 
  • Public commentary (editorial/ readers’ letters) 
  • Radio programme 
  • Review 
  • Social media posting 
  • Speech 
  • Travel guide 
  • TV/drama/music Web page