«This workbook aims at examining and practicing different writing techniques working on different text-types which mostly appear here in the form of articles, letters and brochures.

Prior to the proper use of a writing technique, it is important both to recognize the purpose of the source text and to clarify the predominant function that the text vehicles. With regard to this, a complex but practical analysis is provided by Jakobson’s model of communication, which explains communication by means of six factors and related communicative functions».