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'LANGUAGE IN CONTEXTS' CD-ROM
Price in Australian dollars $59 plus $17 postage and handling
Available for both Macintosh and IBM platforms, "Language in Contexts" is a CD-ROM for introducing some aspects of functional discourse analysis to students. The program is designed to take the user into 7 different settings where they can access videoclips of authentic language samples.
These settings are:
€¢ a university
€¢ a lawyer's office
€¢ a restaurant
€¢ a school
€¢ a winery
€¢ a doctor's surgery
€¢ a hairdresser's
Transcripts of the interactions are provided, along with focus questions. Various functional linguistic analyses are introduced by means of interactive exercises. The program can be used by:
€¢ students of linguistics and communications
€¢ advanced students of English as a Second Language
€¢ professionals, such as teachers, doctors and lawyers, with an interest in workplace communication
For further information:
The Media Production Unit
Edith Cowan University
Pearson St, Churchlands
Western Australia 6018
Telephone: (618) 9273 8293 Fax: (618) 9273 8029
Email: t.george@cowan.edu.au
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