Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Spoken Language Termonology

Accent- How you pronounce a wod depending on were you are from and how the word sounds.
Dialect- Wodrs that are only used in certain parts of the country.
Adjacny Pairs- Simple polite questions.
Back Channel features- Your replys to when someone asks you a question(looking like your intrested).
Diexis- When you refer to something as 'it, that'.
Elision- When your accent pushes to words together 'gona'.
Ellipsis- 3 dots when written '...' when spoken it makes it sound more casual.
False Start- Is when you start a sentence but then it sounds wrong so you start again.
Fillers- 'ums,erms' trying to fill in a gap in the sentence.
Fluency- How good you are at speaking.

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

George Bush


George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rdPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut.He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCm9788Tb5g 
This is a clip showing the President George Bush being interviwed about Terrorists whilst on the golf course. When he has finished talking he then continues with his game of golf.  Some people may think that this is good, as even though he’s engaed in leisure activities he’s still thinking about the important issues. On the other hand some people may think he needs to take his job a lot more serious and keep both the job and the leisure activity separate from one another. People who have been effected by terrorism may feel insulted by this attitude.
  In my opinion I think this shows a relaxed attitude towards his job and he can be serious but also have fun which I think is important.  Like all of us we need to have a good balance between our work and relaxation.  

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

intorduction

Hello, my name is Molly and this is going to be my english blog x