Question
Discuss the knowledge that learners need to acquire in order to communicate effectively in English.
Areas of Discussion
Areas of discussing the TMA’s topic are related to U214B Course Book 2 and specifically Unit 3.
Important Guidelines
Discussing the TMA’s subject matter has to draw on the following ideas:
1. Crystal’s categories (5 pts)
2. The linguistic and prosodic features (5pts)
3. Formulaic language, rules of use and interactional routines (5 pts)
4. Linguistic competence and linguistic performance (5pts)
N.B. Students need to read in depth Unit 3 and think about the TMA questions as they read. Students need to take notes from Unit 3 and DVD 2 on areas related to the TMA question.
When writing, students need to pay attention to structure, layout and correct language and use appropriate referencing and citation.
Recommended Bibliography
• Cheepen, C., and Monaghan, J. (1990).Spoken English: A Practical Guide. London. Pinter.
• Cook, G. (2000). Language Play, Language Learning. Oxford. Oxford University Press.
• Crystal, D. (2012). “A global language”, in Seargeant, P. and Swann, J., (eds.) English in the World: History, Diversity, Change. Milton Keynes. The Open University.
• Hewings, M. and Nickerson, C. (eds.) Business English: research into Practice. Harlow. Longman.
• Kenner, C., Kress, G., Al-Khatib, H., Kwok, G. and Kam, R. (2004). Becoming Biliterate. Stoke-on-Trent. Trentham Books.
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Using e-Library
You can include information from the course book but it is highly recommended to use external sources from the e-library.
You are requested to visit the e-library on campus and use it to carry out your TMAs properly.
You are also requested to show your tutor that you used the e-library to complete your TMA. But avoid submitting a copy/paste paper, it is a plagiarized work, which is strictly banned and firmly penalized by AOU.
Guidelines on Plagiarism
If you submit an assignment that contains work other than yours without acknowledging the sources, you are committing plagiarism. This might occur when:
• Using a sentence or phrase that you have come across
• Copying word-for-word directly from a text
• Paraphrasing the words from the text very closely
• Using text downloaded from the Internet
• Borrowing statistics or assembled fact from another person or source
• Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources
• Copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student