English study guide
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STUDY UNIT 1: English Language systems: persuasion and narration/rhetorical analysis
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STUDY UNIT 2: Language and Meaning
22
STUDY UNIT 3: Register and Genre
34
STUDY UNIT 4: Text cohesion
43
STUDY UNIT 5: English language use and variation 58
STUDY UNIT 6: Academic English 73
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Introduction
Welcome to this module, which builds on the first-level module, ENG1502,
Foundations in English Language Studies. In this module we will be delving further into the English language and developing your insight into how language usage creates different meanings and effects: why the writer or speaker has chosen to use certain words, or combined them in particular ways. Increasing your critical awareness of how language is used, and for what purposes, will make you a more thoughtful reader, a more discerning listener, a less gullible consumer and a more careful writer. In general this module terms, we hope it will help you make better informed judgements in a changing social context in which language plays a dominant role in everyday communication. The texts we use have, where possible, been taken from the South African context, but are all in English.
Outcomes
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
●● analyse and interpret the structure of language of selected texts in different genres;
●● explain the language system and its functions in various contexts; and
●● describe English language use and variation.
Because this module comprises ‘applied’ language studies, we want you to be able to apply the knowledge contained in your prescribed textbooks and this Study Guide in a practical way. We hope that you will take the time and trouble to attempt the many
activities
All rights reserved
Printed and published by the
University of South Africa
Muckleneuk, Pretoria
ENG2601/1/2014–2017
70055491
InDesign
HSY_Style
ii
content
STUDY UNIT 1: English Language systems: persuasion and narration/rhetorical analysis
1
STUDY UNIT 2: Language and Meaning
22
STUDY UNIT 3: Register and Genre
34
STUDY UNIT 4: Text cohesion
43
STUDY UNIT 5: English language use and variation 58
STUDY UNIT 6: Academic English 73
ENG2601/1/2014–2017iii
iv
Introduction
Welcome to this module, which builds on the first-level module, ENG1502,
Foundations in English Language Studies. In this module we will be delving further into the English language and developing your insight into how language usage creates different meanings and effects: why the writer or speaker has chosen to use certain words, or combined them in particular ways. Increasing your critical awareness of how language is used, and for what purposes, will make you a more thoughtful reader, a more discerning listener, a less gullible consumer and a more careful writer. In general this module terms, we hope it will help you make better informed judgements in a changing social context in which language plays a dominant role in everyday communication. The texts we use have, where possible, been taken from the South African context, but are all in English.
Outcomes
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
●● analyse and interpret the structure of language of selected texts in different genres;
●● explain the language system and its functions in various contexts; and
●● describe English language use and variation.
Because this module comprises ‘applied’ language studies, we want you to be able to apply the knowledge contained in your prescribed textbooks and this Study Guide in a practical way. We hope that you will take the time and trouble to attempt the many
activities