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    Stolen Dialogue reveals how spoken language expresses meaning not only at the spoken level but through the implied meaning. It can be said that what’s left out of a conversation is sometimes more important than what is put in. Jane Harrison’s Stolen is an honest and compassionate play that follows the lives of five aboriginal kids who have been stolen from their families as part of the governments’ assimilationist agenda. Harrison employs a range of theatrical and written techniques to highlight

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    Nikki Valles Haddix English 100 March 18th 2013 I wish I could’ve said something but I didn’t I remember getting out of the car on the morning of Mac’s funeral. The sky was clearing with the sunlight peering through the clouds‚ the ground still damp from the early morning showers. I slammed my door shut‚ taking in a deep breath after being in my grandmother’s car for an hour and a half. Her car always smelt of cigarettes and plastic

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    The Power Of Language: Othello Othello is a 17th Century tragedy written by William Shakespeare. This text centres around four characters: Othello‚ his wife Desdemona‚ his lieutenant Cassio‚ and his trusted advisor Iago. This text is one of wiliam shakespeares most famous plays that uses aristotilean tragedy conventions and is still greatly valued. Language plays an important role in expressing ideas in Othello. The characters in this text reveal many values and beliefs of the context through

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    Curriculum Guide for Spoken Language and Word Recognition Supported by Research-Based Practices SPE-359 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities and Strategies to Teach Individuals with LD May 31‚ 2015 For students‚ understanding the ways written language represents the way they speak is key to literacy (Bear‚ D.‚ Invernizzi‚ M.‚ Templeton‚ S.‚ & Johnston‚ F. (2011). Wilson Fundations‚ better known as “Fundations”‚ is a K-3 phonological/phonemic awareness‚ phonics and spelling program for the

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    fAn examination of the differences in Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson’s Spoken language? Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay‚ two very famous TV chefs‚ have completely different ways of presenting themselves verbally. Ramsay is well known for his fiery temper and for being extremely rude at times by using profanity. Nigella Lawson is renowned for her flirtatious manner of presenting‚ and is known as the “queen of food porn”; both of the transcripts I selected identify these characteristics. Gordon

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    from language study‚ explore how written language is used to assert power Text H is a poster which displays the rules and information to students taking or entering an exam. It also is for the use of the invigilators‚ to inform them of the rules as well as the candidates. This poster will be shown right across the country to students preparing to take an exam. This is done to make sure there is regularity and equality everywhere‚ so that nowhere has different rules. The text asserts power using

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    Jamie Oliver’s style of speech is very different to many of his contemporaries: he uses his distinctive style to present himself as a down to earth‚ friendly TV chef. Oliver is the only person talking in his transcripts because he is cooking and explaining his actions for the TV show. The fact that he is cooking while talking means that there are numerous pauses and fillers in the transcript‚ for example “you wanna coat the bottom ... of the pan.” The pause indicates that he is demonstrating this

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    Spoken Language Although I have my own idiolect‚ the way I speak constantly changes. This is because I try to adapt my spoken language to suit the situation I am in. There are many reasons for why I try to adapt my spoken language some of the main reasons being that I am fearful of the judgements and perceptions that others may make because of the way I speak also being afraid of exclusion or not being able to fit in and sometimes I feel pressurised into speaking in a certain way. With my parents

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    Spoken Discourse Assignment Introduction In this paper‚ the aim is to apply different methods of discourse analysis to a selected extract of transcribed language to establish who holds the power during the interaction. In a normal interview situation‚ the interviewer will control the topic change of the interaction and ask the questions and the interviewee will respond. One of the aims is to establish whether this is the case‚ and to see if this remains constant throughout the extract. The initial

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    Communicating Effectively In Spoken English In Selected Social Contexts. Communication is a process of transmitting information from origin to recipients where the information is required to be understood‚ reacted and responded by the recipients. According to Carl Rogers (1952)‚ real communication occured when we understand what we listen‚ feel the ideas and attitude expressed from other person’s point of view and when we achieve the frame of reference in regard to the things a speaker is talking

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