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Question: Beginning with a careful analysis of the points made by Jean Aitchison in Reading C of Chapter 9 of English: history, diversity and change, discuss whether it is appropriate to label certain kinds of English as ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
Answer: Jean Aitchison, a professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University, is the author of a piece entitled “Why do purists grumble...
- Subject: English Language
- Course: U211
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 70%
- Words: 1645
- Date submitted: January 12, 2009
- Date written: July, 2004
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 68
Question: What issues are involved in the teaching of academic English?
Answer: In recent years English has increased in use as an international academic language and for teaching purposes. As there are many different...
- Subject: English Language
- Course: U211
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 64%
- Words: 1559
- Date submitted: October 30, 2009
- Date written: February, 2008
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2238
Question: For the first time it became necessary to have a national language in order to secure proper recognition as a nation.
(English: history, diversity and change, p. 170)
Discuss the factors that led to the existence of this situation by the end of the eighteenth century. What effect did this new status have on the English language?
Answer: ‘National language’ was a term coined during the Renaissance in a period when national consciousness reached a new high and countries found...
- Subject: English Language
- Course: U211
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 64%
- Words: 1789
- Date submitted: January 09, 2009
- Date written: March, 2008
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 67
Question: eTMA 03 Part 1
Record an unscripted television or radio programme, or podcast that was first broadcast during the three months before the submission date for this assignment (in other words, any time between 4th October 2011 and 3rd January 2012). Select about one minute of the programme where more than one person is talking. Transcribe the conversation using one of the transcription techniques described in the U211 materials. Briefly explain why you have chosen this particular transcription technique (2000 words).
eTMA 03 Part 2
What does this transcript, and the process of transcription, help to illustrate about language in use?
Answer: The recording I have chosen to transcribe is taken from the BBC’s Question Time, which was broadcasted on the 25th of November...
- Subject: Exploring The English Language
- Course: U211
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: Not available
- Words: 1670
- Date submitted: November 08, 2013
- Date written: November, 2011
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 5159
Question: eTMA 03 Part 1
Explain the meaning of the following terms, using examples from the module materials and any relevant examples of your own (300 words).
eTMA 03 Part 2
What linguistic features are typically employed when the English language is used to persuade? In what way do these features vary according to context? Illustrate your answer by reference to specific examples (1200 words).
Answer: Genre The term genre is a concept in English language studies that does not have a single agreed definition (DVD, Unit 13,...
- Subject: Exploring The English Language
- Course: U211
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: Not available
- Words: 1384
- Date submitted: November 08, 2013
- Date written: February, 2011
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 5158
