Semantic Matrix

Semantic Matrix

	A   Who People Description	B   What Things Description	C   When Times Narration	D   Where Places Description	E   Why Reasons Argumentation	F   How Processes Explication
1   Who People Society and Culture	1A   People, Family, Groups	1B   People and their things	1C   People and times	1D   People and Places	1E   People and values and beliefs	1F   People and work, hobbies
2   What Things Science and Technology	2A   Things people need or want	2B   Favorite things	2C	2D	2E	2F
3   When Times History	3A Times people do things Traditions	3B	3C   Time and time again History	3D	3E	3F
4   Where Places Nature and Ecology	4A   Places people live, come from	4B	4C	4D	4E	4F
5   Why Reasons Ideas Philosophy	5A   Ideas people hold Why people are the way they are	5B   Ideas about things Why things are good or bad	5C   Ideas about time Why time is or is not appropriate	5D   Ideas about different places	5E   Ideas about why all is the way it is Ideas about thinking	5F   Ideas about how to think
6   How Processes Art, Craft, Music	6A   How to get along with people	6B   How to appreciate things	6C	6D	6E	6F

Basic semantic categories

Journalistic interrogatives

Vocabulary in Context

Notional functional vocabulary

Think about it

People Places Things Time Ideas Processes

Units and sections

3-6 sections per week

Positive Negative Neutral

Formal Informal Technical

Levels

Domain

Registers

Matrix, general to specific

Visuals, Audio, Video

Song lyrics

Stories

Poems

Essays

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