Question 6: Guided reading comprehension and text-editing (5) Insert the grammatical forms of the bolded words in the text below as instructed in the
brackets.
Textual orientation
Title: Business writing in academic and workplace contexts
Source Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Writing produced in the workplace is usually produced in a (6.1 insert adjective formed from
layer) manner; the lesser genres of e-mails and memoranda are drawn on in the production
of the 'major' genres, such as reports. In workplaces a range of earlier texts are drawn (6.2
insert an appropriate preposition) in the production of a new text. In the higher education
contexts, students are generally required to produce a piece of business writing without base
documents (such as memoranda in the production of a report) and would be expected to create
them from scratch. In academic settings, business writing is often 6.3 insert past participle
formed from pedagogy) for learning purposes; exercises that may have originated in a
workplace are adapted simplified, (6.4 insert a parallel form of standard), and de-
contextualised for educational purposes. Samples of standard, de contextualised documents are
often provided in a bound set of notes or in a textbook. Writing (6.5 insert the correct form of
the noun course) are often constructed as separate from the practices in which they are intended
to prepare students.
6.5 insert the correct form of
the noun course