Transactional Interaction Text

Hello dear students, I’m glad to see you all here. Today, we are going to have an interesting and enjoyable lesson about transactional interaction texts that relate to the characteristics of people, animals, and objects. You will learn how to exchange information using simple and accurate sentences. Not only that, but you will also have a chance to express yourself and listen to others. This is a valuable skill that you can apply in various situations, such as when you want to make friends, learn new things, or have fun. Let’s have a wonderful time together.

1. Transactional Interaction Text

    Do you guys know what transactional interaction text is?

    Transactional interaction text is text that interacted with other people with the aim that we get something we want from the other person or in other words to get things done. 

2. Social Functions

    There are three social functions of transactional interaction:

1. to inform,
2. to tell, 
3. to explain.

    or in other words it is to communicate between two or more people who exchange information or perform certain actions.

3. Examples 

    

4. Generic Structures

1. Opening: (to open the dialog) the part that contains greetings, introductions, or other expressions that indicate the beginning of the conversation.
2. Body: (to ask or give information) the part that contains the content of the conversation related to the purpose of communication.
3. Closing: (to end the dialog) the part that contains the closing of the conversation, such as thanks, apologies, or other expressions that indicate the end of the conversation.

5. Language Feature

    Basically, the transactional interaction text involves the use of present continuous tense. How do you define present continuous tense? Present continuous tense is a verb tense which is used for an action that is happening right now at the moment of speaking. 

For example: 

• I am teaching an English lesson (yes, that is happening right now)
• You are watching a video (yes, that is what you’re doing right now)

It is also used for an action that is in progress or hasn’t finished.

For example: 

• Edwin is learning Chinese (it doesn’t necessarily mean that Edwin is learning the language right now with the books around)

6. Common Time Expression

    The common time expression which are usually use: 

• now/right now, 
• at the moment, and 
• still.

7. Structure

    

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