Draper/Siebert non-traditional definition of “Text”:
– “A text is any representational resource or object that people intentionally imbue with meaning, in the way they either create or attend to the object, to achieve a particular purpose.” (pg.28)

Leyton asked us to bring in 1 text from our disciplines. These are some examples of texts that I could have brought in to class.

– A CD from one of my favourite francophone bands that I listen to in the car all the time (Les Soeurs Boulay)
– A grammar textbook
– A photo album of my language exchange experience to Québec City
– A button from my language immersion program that says “Parlez-moi en français”
– Le bonhomme de Carnaval effigy and sash
– A French-English dictionary
– Yarn/crochet which I made with a francophone friend as a way to have authentic conversation in French with a native speaker
– A Bescherelle verb conjugating reference book