Assignment Requirements
Mini research project report
1.Choose an area to investigate e.g. openings and closings by newsreaders around the world; complimenting; greeting; asking for favours etc. Survey and summarise very briefly some literature on this topic (in this case it would be openings and closings across cultures) just to locate your investigation within the literature and explain terms (do not let this take over the assignment as the investigation and comparison is the main part).
2. Collect one or more examples of speech from at least two different cultures and analyse the speech styles used. For example you could collect samples from different news programmes for the above topic or examples of situations where different people
are complimenting each other in different cultures or greeting each other. Another way to approach the task is to look at the way that the same people speak when they are operating within different cultures i.e. an academic culture and a home culture. Your topic should reflect the topics discussed in the unit. To avoid problems of consent and ethics clearance you should try to use pre-existing texts that are available in public space (for
example Youtube, Q and A transcripts, movies, soap operas etc). If you find his difficult you should speak to your lecturer. Speakers texts should be kept anonymous.
3.Analyse the data and write up the findings.
4. Conclusions should include reference back to the literature reviewed.
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