Assignment 6
ENGBL1
Proficiency
Marja Nordh
Don’t destroy children’s lust to learn!
Today it is a well known fact that most parents want authoritarian rules in schools. After the laissez-faire attitude from 70-s and “get-to- know-courses” from 80-s and 90-s, there is a demand of strict rules and control again. There is an amount of free schools which offer order and rules for our “spoiled” children. We look anxious to our neighbour countries and think our school system is much too allowing. What are we going to do? Are the teachers too afraid of conflicts and let pupils do what they want? Are parents too simple-minded about the authority of school or do we just wait for some new whim of fashion to tell us what to do with our children?
Some of us think that the answer of all prayers for a strict and right order is grading of children as early as possible. When children know what is missing in their lack of education they automatic search for it. Qué? Do children automatic search things they don’t like?
Do children automatic do things they know others want them to do? No. The answer is no. Children do things they are good at. Children do things others tell them they master. So, grading children is a very good thing for those who are good in a lot of subjects in school. Grading supports clever kids to be cleverer. It encourages them to have new challenges and gives them the courage and the desire to take new steps on their path of knowledge.
So, what about them who get low grades. Who fall under the limit of passing grades? Teachers are working hard with finding new vocabulary and new ways to tell they do not well enough. We try to use encouraging and cheerful terms while failing students who do not have the right “spirit” or understanding about the different subjects. But a rejection is a rejection. It does not matter how academic or fine words we use. The only thing concerning both children and parents is: Did I pass or not?
So, what are we going to do with our grading system? Skip it because it makes students feel unsuccessful? Change it so even those with big difficulties feel accepted? Or just let it be like it is and hope for the best for those who cannot be graded at all because of different matters.
The answer is tricky. Of course we have to verify children. Of course we have to tell them they do the right thing. But. When they are not. When everything they do is a signal of failure.
As a mother of a child with concentration difficulties it is easy to answer. When you have had a lot of meetings and consulting about what to do with a child reluctant to ordinary rating and who only is interested in if it is ok to stay in class, you don’t care about grading. What do you want as a teacher to give all your pupils? Big applauses when they succeed or courage when they fail? I think it is as Bodil Jönsson – a great pedagogue and discourser – says: “The things your students succeed in, write it on a solid rock, but things they fail in, throw it away with the bathwater!”
måndag 8 mars 2010
måndag 1 mars 2010
ENGBL1
Proficiency
Marja Nordh
Exercise 5
1. Peter Barry explains us how we usually work when we are interpreting texts. In his article “Tackling Textuality – With Theory” (The use of English Volume 52, Number 1, Autumn 2000) he gives examples of what we find in texts while close reading them.
In his check-list he points up the way readers note similarities in written language. It is illuminating how important close reading is for interpretation. It can really turn the first meaning of the text up side down, and show the reader a total opposite conclusion of the characters in a novel.
He also claims the importance of following and interpreting different patterns in a text. He emphasizes readers to be watchful where and when the pattern is broken. This way of broken the pattern is generally the most significant point in a text. As he says, what really catches the eye of a viewer is not the perfection of a strict pattern, but what makes the pattern broken.
Using the text of Shakespeare Barry makes us aware of the importance of how words are linking up with each others. Sonnet 73 is – according to Barry – full of clues between literary and the world around us. The poem, about an elderly man still wanting to love and feel beloved, contains a lot of contradictions. Barry encourages readers to not only look in to the text but also outwards from the text. He has four text principles that he thinks illustrates what is missing in modern literature analyses. He also encourage us to see not only what is obvious in a text but also what is missing and how the words collocate, as in the phrase: “yellow leaves, or none, or few”, which does not follow the common pattern with gradual diminishing.
One fascinating way to see a poem as sonnet 73 is as Barry points out, the connection between literature and psychoanalysis. He appeals to different mental processes that we as readers can use while we read poems like this. The poems conveyed message of an old man trying to still find some love can also been translated through psychoanalytic terms as a man revealing his weak parts in order to create doubts about what he really is: A man almost dying or a strong, still passionated man, hungry for love.
2. I think there are several phrases in the article which should be quoted directly. For example the headings of the check-list are very good summaries of the whole idea of how we do literature analyses. They give the reader quick, short, information what the ordinary literature analyze is about.
After the check-list there is a paragraph about what is missing in that list. The second paragraph, beginning with: “And yet, equally, they are never enough. What, then, is missing?”
I think this paragraph hits the main point of the whole article: What has to be done to the literature analyses of today, to make it better and should be quoted as it is.
3. I think Peter Barry’s article was very fascinating. Even to a “non- analyst” without so much experience it made sense. It was interesting to follow the traditional way of looking on texts and astonishing to see how much there are to be conveyed just by a simple sentence of a text!
I think also that the article was well structured: As a reader you could follow the main points of how we do conventional literary analyses and what according to Barry is needed to make analyses better. The text was at first sight, though, quite heavy and difficult to read. It consists of many long, informative sentences and demands an alert reader. But after using Barry’s own advice about close reading the text several times, it becomes easier.
I think it is a very informative and interesting article.
Proficiency
Marja Nordh
Exercise 5
1. Peter Barry explains us how we usually work when we are interpreting texts. In his article “Tackling Textuality – With Theory” (The use of English Volume 52, Number 1, Autumn 2000) he gives examples of what we find in texts while close reading them.
In his check-list he points up the way readers note similarities in written language. It is illuminating how important close reading is for interpretation. It can really turn the first meaning of the text up side down, and show the reader a total opposite conclusion of the characters in a novel.
He also claims the importance of following and interpreting different patterns in a text. He emphasizes readers to be watchful where and when the pattern is broken. This way of broken the pattern is generally the most significant point in a text. As he says, what really catches the eye of a viewer is not the perfection of a strict pattern, but what makes the pattern broken.
Using the text of Shakespeare Barry makes us aware of the importance of how words are linking up with each others. Sonnet 73 is – according to Barry – full of clues between literary and the world around us. The poem, about an elderly man still wanting to love and feel beloved, contains a lot of contradictions. Barry encourages readers to not only look in to the text but also outwards from the text. He has four text principles that he thinks illustrates what is missing in modern literature analyses. He also encourage us to see not only what is obvious in a text but also what is missing and how the words collocate, as in the phrase: “yellow leaves, or none, or few”, which does not follow the common pattern with gradual diminishing.
One fascinating way to see a poem as sonnet 73 is as Barry points out, the connection between literature and psychoanalysis. He appeals to different mental processes that we as readers can use while we read poems like this. The poems conveyed message of an old man trying to still find some love can also been translated through psychoanalytic terms as a man revealing his weak parts in order to create doubts about what he really is: A man almost dying or a strong, still passionated man, hungry for love.
2. I think there are several phrases in the article which should be quoted directly. For example the headings of the check-list are very good summaries of the whole idea of how we do literature analyses. They give the reader quick, short, information what the ordinary literature analyze is about.
After the check-list there is a paragraph about what is missing in that list. The second paragraph, beginning with: “And yet, equally, they are never enough. What, then, is missing?”
I think this paragraph hits the main point of the whole article: What has to be done to the literature analyses of today, to make it better and should be quoted as it is.
3. I think Peter Barry’s article was very fascinating. Even to a “non- analyst” without so much experience it made sense. It was interesting to follow the traditional way of looking on texts and astonishing to see how much there are to be conveyed just by a simple sentence of a text!
I think also that the article was well structured: As a reader you could follow the main points of how we do conventional literary analyses and what according to Barry is needed to make analyses better. The text was at first sight, though, quite heavy and difficult to read. It consists of many long, informative sentences and demands an alert reader. But after using Barry’s own advice about close reading the text several times, it becomes easier.
I think it is a very informative and interesting article.
torsdag 18 februari 2010
Proficiency exercise 4
A summary of Peter Barry’s: ”Tackling Textuality- With Theory”
Keywords:
Close reading
Structural pattern
Deconstructive reading
Macro- and micro patterns
Similarity
The real content
Literal or metaphorical reading
Peter Barry is writing in his article in The use of English Volume 52, number 1, Autumn 2000 about teachers assumed skills to analyze texts. He proposes a solution to problems about traditional interpretations of texts. Close reading is according to him the central to the study of literature. Peter Barry suggests four areas to show what traditional way of analyzes does not cover.
There is a check-list of operations which literary critics use, such as:
• Looking for micro-and macro patterns and what is breaking them.
• Looking for similarity - on first - but find up differences later.
• Overt and covert content - what is the text really about?
• Distinguishing between meaning and significance –meaning remains but significance shifters.
• Genre or literary type – During different age’s characters can act as they are supposed to in that period of time.
• What is literal and what is metaphorical- is a bullet a real bullet or something else?
• Accurate reading – not changing the precise literal words.
• Identify stages, phases and the linguistic period, being aware of semantic changes.
According to Peter Barry these are “…the main ways in which readers and critics engage with literary texts…” Peter Barry still thinks there are some things that are missing. He suggests not only looking inwards the text but also outwards. By using deconstructive reading there is an opportunity to analyze even more.
He uses the example of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 to illuminate a texts four other major aspects. These aspects are:
• Literature and history – what were the historic references when the text was written?
• Literature and language – what is the underlying meaning of the text, the undercurrents?
• Literature and gender - Is the writer man or woman? How does it show?
• Literature and psychoanalysis – The mental process between literature and underlying feelings
The most important of them all is according Barry: Literature and language. It makes it possible to use deconstructive reading, which is a “powerful tool in literary theory.” It makes the deconstructor to work like a person “stroking the cat wrong way”. That will be like the text in war with it self. A de constructor of a text is searching for things like: contradictions, linguistic quirks, aporia, shifts or breaks, and absences or omissions.
Barry gives an example of a poem by Hilda Doolittle: “Oread”, as a poem already deconstructed itself. Barry claims that the poem “resists reading” and is an object with pure textuality.
He also quotes the poem of Adrienne Rich: “Transit”, as a poem “which actively resists reading”. The resisting is about: contradictions, odd language, shifts in person/attitude and the absence and omissions. The fundamental in the poem is: Who is the skier?
To sum up the most important: Peter Barry asks the readers why even try to do literary theory since it “throws up more problems than it is capable of solving.”
The reasons he comes up with are the really complexity of academically analyses that really exists, and not to forget, the real joy of reading.
A summary of Peter Barry’s: ”Tackling Textuality- With Theory”
Keywords:
Close reading
Structural pattern
Deconstructive reading
Macro- and micro patterns
Similarity
The real content
Literal or metaphorical reading
Peter Barry is writing in his article in The use of English Volume 52, number 1, Autumn 2000 about teachers assumed skills to analyze texts. He proposes a solution to problems about traditional interpretations of texts. Close reading is according to him the central to the study of literature. Peter Barry suggests four areas to show what traditional way of analyzes does not cover.
There is a check-list of operations which literary critics use, such as:
• Looking for micro-and macro patterns and what is breaking them.
• Looking for similarity - on first - but find up differences later.
• Overt and covert content - what is the text really about?
• Distinguishing between meaning and significance –meaning remains but significance shifters.
• Genre or literary type – During different age’s characters can act as they are supposed to in that period of time.
• What is literal and what is metaphorical- is a bullet a real bullet or something else?
• Accurate reading – not changing the precise literal words.
• Identify stages, phases and the linguistic period, being aware of semantic changes.
According to Peter Barry these are “…the main ways in which readers and critics engage with literary texts…” Peter Barry still thinks there are some things that are missing. He suggests not only looking inwards the text but also outwards. By using deconstructive reading there is an opportunity to analyze even more.
He uses the example of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 to illuminate a texts four other major aspects. These aspects are:
• Literature and history – what were the historic references when the text was written?
• Literature and language – what is the underlying meaning of the text, the undercurrents?
• Literature and gender - Is the writer man or woman? How does it show?
• Literature and psychoanalysis – The mental process between literature and underlying feelings
The most important of them all is according Barry: Literature and language. It makes it possible to use deconstructive reading, which is a “powerful tool in literary theory.” It makes the deconstructor to work like a person “stroking the cat wrong way”. That will be like the text in war with it self. A de constructor of a text is searching for things like: contradictions, linguistic quirks, aporia, shifts or breaks, and absences or omissions.
Barry gives an example of a poem by Hilda Doolittle: “Oread”, as a poem already deconstructed itself. Barry claims that the poem “resists reading” and is an object with pure textuality.
He also quotes the poem of Adrienne Rich: “Transit”, as a poem “which actively resists reading”. The resisting is about: contradictions, odd language, shifts in person/attitude and the absence and omissions. The fundamental in the poem is: Who is the skier?
To sum up the most important: Peter Barry asks the readers why even try to do literary theory since it “throws up more problems than it is capable of solving.”
The reasons he comes up with are the really complexity of academically analyses that really exists, and not to forget, the real joy of reading.
tisdag 9 februari 2010
Assignment 3: Proposal to solve the problem of unhappy pigs
There have been several scares about pigs in Sweden being unhappy and unkempt. Upset people have protested and demand something to be done. There are a lot of non-serious pig farmers who never should be allowed to have anything to do with animals! The causes to cruelty to animals are mostly because of insufficient supervision and control of the animal holders. Unfortunately there will be a lot of new similar exposures if nothing is done by this problem.
It is surprising how little we know about our fellow animals and sources to their welfare.
And yet surveys had done on pigs and their living, show how intelligent and sensitive animals they are. In fact they are very much alike humans, both bodily and emotional. So it should not be difficult to make pigs happy again. A Spa for Pigs must be as much relaxing for pigs as for people in common. Of course the spa would be accommodated for pig’s special needs, but a lot of pigs needs sure are the same as ours.
This Pig Spa could have almost the same service as the regular for people. Soft music – pigs react on classic music and have their favourites. Mud treatment – must be heavenly for pigs.
Bubble pool – pigs really are clean animals despite of their piggishness. Solarium – pigs as the only animal achieving suntan could be ideal customers. They should not complain so much about the dangers of solariums. Christmas time The Pig Spa’s could advertise with: “Let your pig get a tan, create your own ginger bread Pig!”
The dream of a Pig Spa could of course be crossed by the fear of large costs. Yes of course it would take a penny to change a number of Spa’s to more “hoggish-level”. But considering the costs of decreasing returns on pig market, the costs are surmountable. Inventive farmers could surely find some EU- subsidy to appeal for Pig Spa. Animal lovers can also object because of the UV radiation from sun beds. Well, considering the radiation from a barbecue roaster, the radiation is quite negligible.
The Pig Spa’s would be a revolution for all meat producers! And of course for the pigs themselves. Maybe this sounds like a little step for a pig (from pig transport truck to a sun bed) but it could be huge step for the humanity. Then of course there is the aspect of the social progress this can create. A whole bunch of new professions, like: a pig manicure, pig masseur, and all allergic persons who would love to work with animals without fur.
On the whole, a Pig Spa is more than an institution for getting pigs happy again. It is a promise for us and our children to return to a basic respect and caring that we all, men and pigs should show to each others. So instead of “Carpe diem” I challenge all of you: “Carpe Sus" (=pig in Latin) and take it to a badly needed Spa stay!
There have been several scares about pigs in Sweden being unhappy and unkempt. Upset people have protested and demand something to be done. There are a lot of non-serious pig farmers who never should be allowed to have anything to do with animals! The causes to cruelty to animals are mostly because of insufficient supervision and control of the animal holders. Unfortunately there will be a lot of new similar exposures if nothing is done by this problem.
It is surprising how little we know about our fellow animals and sources to their welfare.
And yet surveys had done on pigs and their living, show how intelligent and sensitive animals they are. In fact they are very much alike humans, both bodily and emotional. So it should not be difficult to make pigs happy again. A Spa for Pigs must be as much relaxing for pigs as for people in common. Of course the spa would be accommodated for pig’s special needs, but a lot of pigs needs sure are the same as ours.
This Pig Spa could have almost the same service as the regular for people. Soft music – pigs react on classic music and have their favourites. Mud treatment – must be heavenly for pigs.
Bubble pool – pigs really are clean animals despite of their piggishness. Solarium – pigs as the only animal achieving suntan could be ideal customers. They should not complain so much about the dangers of solariums. Christmas time The Pig Spa’s could advertise with: “Let your pig get a tan, create your own ginger bread Pig!”
The dream of a Pig Spa could of course be crossed by the fear of large costs. Yes of course it would take a penny to change a number of Spa’s to more “hoggish-level”. But considering the costs of decreasing returns on pig market, the costs are surmountable. Inventive farmers could surely find some EU- subsidy to appeal for Pig Spa. Animal lovers can also object because of the UV radiation from sun beds. Well, considering the radiation from a barbecue roaster, the radiation is quite negligible.
The Pig Spa’s would be a revolution for all meat producers! And of course for the pigs themselves. Maybe this sounds like a little step for a pig (from pig transport truck to a sun bed) but it could be huge step for the humanity. Then of course there is the aspect of the social progress this can create. A whole bunch of new professions, like: a pig manicure, pig masseur, and all allergic persons who would love to work with animals without fur.
On the whole, a Pig Spa is more than an institution for getting pigs happy again. It is a promise for us and our children to return to a basic respect and caring that we all, men and pigs should show to each others. So instead of “Carpe diem” I challenge all of you: “Carpe Sus" (=pig in Latin) and take it to a badly needed Spa stay!
lördag 6 februari 2010
Assignment 2
Mark Lewengood deserves to be Christmas Gift of the Year 2010
Stop immediately this nonsense of hysteric hunt for Christmas gifts! Do we not know more about the real human values – what really is important – the year of 2010?
There is an abundance of required things you are supposed to own. Most of them allude to our lack of time or the stress that overstaff us. There is a competition every year between tradesmen, who try to figure out: What on earth is the thingamajig that is a response to all our prayers?
Stop panicking! Stop wasting your money! Stop contributing to build up mountains of useless garbage! When December comes, sit down and take a deep breath because the answer is simple. The only thing and the only answer to all your prayers is: Ta-da…! Mark Lewengood. The Mr. Feel Good himself! Maybe there are some exhausted shopaholichs who still object: What has Mark Lewengood that makes him a better Christmas gift than bed of nails or gift check to a Spa?
The answer is of course easy! What is the most urgent thing in our days we all want to achieve? Of course: relaxation, attention, sensitivity and verification. These things are something that Mark Lewengood is really good at.
Relaxation is a mis-used word today. It is almost a sin to not be able to achieve the point of relaxation. Mark Lewengood is a personalized relaxness. Just listen to his laidback. “Good morning Sweden” and most of us turn back in the door on our way to work, and jump in sofa again.
Attention is also a word mis-used by many. Who really pays attention to his fellow human like Mark does? When his gentle cow-like eyes are directed on you with the question: “How are you doing, really deep inside you?” he really makes one feel like the only and selected person in the whole world. What is this thing about Finland-Swedish dialect that makes us so disarmed?
Sensitivity is now more like a trademark for Mark. Not many men in such a powerful position can show both the strength and sensitivity like Mark Lewengood. That makes him a good role model for boys who grow up with these endless battles in video games. It is good to know that not all fights and threats are solved with weapons. A smile can be enough. First and foremost: the whole concept of a man speaking like a moomin - who can resist it?
Those who try to find him as a threat burst out laughing. Those who admire him, melt like butter in sunshine. So, as I told, he is a prayer to all mankind:
People today use vastly of time trying to get some verification. I think Mark Lewengood deliver a lot of verification for all of us:
* Women do find him attractive
* So do men
* Children love moomin
* His peace keeping subtleness makes us forget to fight
As I have shown, there is no need to panic in December. There is a thingamajig who solves all your gift troubles. Ok, here it comes. The question on all lips: How to share Mark fair? It is simple: Now it is the time for all our scientists to think: “What was the thing about cloning?”
Mark Lewengood deserves to be Christmas Gift of the Year 2010
Stop immediately this nonsense of hysteric hunt for Christmas gifts! Do we not know more about the real human values – what really is important – the year of 2010?
There is an abundance of required things you are supposed to own. Most of them allude to our lack of time or the stress that overstaff us. There is a competition every year between tradesmen, who try to figure out: What on earth is the thingamajig that is a response to all our prayers?
Stop panicking! Stop wasting your money! Stop contributing to build up mountains of useless garbage! When December comes, sit down and take a deep breath because the answer is simple. The only thing and the only answer to all your prayers is: Ta-da…! Mark Lewengood. The Mr. Feel Good himself! Maybe there are some exhausted shopaholichs who still object: What has Mark Lewengood that makes him a better Christmas gift than bed of nails or gift check to a Spa?
The answer is of course easy! What is the most urgent thing in our days we all want to achieve? Of course: relaxation, attention, sensitivity and verification. These things are something that Mark Lewengood is really good at.
Relaxation is a mis-used word today. It is almost a sin to not be able to achieve the point of relaxation. Mark Lewengood is a personalized relaxness. Just listen to his laidback. “Good morning Sweden” and most of us turn back in the door on our way to work, and jump in sofa again.
Attention is also a word mis-used by many. Who really pays attention to his fellow human like Mark does? When his gentle cow-like eyes are directed on you with the question: “How are you doing, really deep inside you?” he really makes one feel like the only and selected person in the whole world. What is this thing about Finland-Swedish dialect that makes us so disarmed?
Sensitivity is now more like a trademark for Mark. Not many men in such a powerful position can show both the strength and sensitivity like Mark Lewengood. That makes him a good role model for boys who grow up with these endless battles in video games. It is good to know that not all fights and threats are solved with weapons. A smile can be enough. First and foremost: the whole concept of a man speaking like a moomin - who can resist it?
Those who try to find him as a threat burst out laughing. Those who admire him, melt like butter in sunshine. So, as I told, he is a prayer to all mankind:
People today use vastly of time trying to get some verification. I think Mark Lewengood deliver a lot of verification for all of us:
* Women do find him attractive
* So do men
* Children love moomin
* His peace keeping subtleness makes us forget to fight
As I have shown, there is no need to panic in December. There is a thingamajig who solves all your gift troubles. Ok, here it comes. The question on all lips: How to share Mark fair? It is simple: Now it is the time for all our scientists to think: “What was the thing about cloning?”
lördag 30 januari 2010
Assignment 1 ENGB1 Proficiency
1. Style: Style in the context of academic writing is how the writer presents the text to the reader. That is depending on facts like if the text is writer-oriented – which is more informal, personal writing- or reader-oriented, which is intended for other readers and has a style that suits different subjects. The style can be varied by a lot of different ways, like:
• Academic or personal tone
• Structure of the text: word usage, syntax, “building blocks” of genres
• Underlying purpose of the text: What is the message the writer wants to convey
2.Formal writing:
GSK offers to share data to help fight malaria fight
GlaxoSmithKline is to take the unprecedented step of sharing its scientific data and laboratories in an effort to wipe out tropical diseases.
Andrew Witty, chief executive of GSK and the driving force behind the move, said the drug company has a "genuine appetite to change the landscape of healthcare for the world's poorest people".
Africa is estimated to carry 70pc of the worldwide healthcare burden but receives just 3pc of global healthcare resources. Mr. Witty said the issue was "very personal" to him after periods working on the continent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/7028003/GSK-offers-to-share-data-to-help-fight-malaria-fight.html
Informal writing:
I haven’t done any high-lining myself yet, it looks CRAZy though, and they say your mind must be like steel trap. Or check out this clip of Will Stanhope from Alias Cinemas doing some crazy bouldering and the classic Flight of the Challenger here in Squamish. Iz gonna be a sicky film I reckon. Anyway, see you tomorrow night.
http://sonnietrotter.com/roadlife/
Comparison of the text types:
Formal writing: The texts overriding purpose is to inform about a certain issue. It is not personal or indicating. It includes correct language without contractions, slang or vernacular.
Informal language: The texts main purpose is to convey a feeling or thoughts of the writer. The text is personal with spoken language, contractions and innovate sentence constructions and spelling.
3. Formal: Jogging
Jogging is a form of exercise containing trotting or running slowly or fast. The main purpose of jogging is to increase a healthy body and mind. There have been several surveys about benefits of running. The latest research establishes the connection between physical health and a person’s mental status. It has been proved that people who take care of their fitness and shape also have more mental capacity. Jogging is a good way to increase fitness and reduce stress.
Informal: A relaxed jogger
I really think jogging is the best relaxation medicine you can get! Especially after times of “no-jogging”, it is striking how the body is suffering of the lack of endorphin kicks! The best way of avoiding a mental brake down is to “run for your life”! Just put on some easy going clothes and head of for the nearest running track. It doesn’t mind if you aren’t a fast runner. And I already hear every one objecting: But it is SO boring…! Yes, I said that too, years ago. It’s boring the first 50 times but then you’re hooked. Suddenly a new world is appearing to you. The world of a huge variety of joggers: Professional, laid back, chick and sometimes a bit crazy joggers. Briefly, it’s awesome!
1. Style: Style in the context of academic writing is how the writer presents the text to the reader. That is depending on facts like if the text is writer-oriented – which is more informal, personal writing- or reader-oriented, which is intended for other readers and has a style that suits different subjects. The style can be varied by a lot of different ways, like:
• Academic or personal tone
• Structure of the text: word usage, syntax, “building blocks” of genres
• Underlying purpose of the text: What is the message the writer wants to convey
2.Formal writing:
GSK offers to share data to help fight malaria fight
GlaxoSmithKline is to take the unprecedented step of sharing its scientific data and laboratories in an effort to wipe out tropical diseases.
Andrew Witty, chief executive of GSK and the driving force behind the move, said the drug company has a "genuine appetite to change the landscape of healthcare for the world's poorest people".
Africa is estimated to carry 70pc of the worldwide healthcare burden but receives just 3pc of global healthcare resources. Mr. Witty said the issue was "very personal" to him after periods working on the continent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/7028003/GSK-offers-to-share-data-to-help-fight-malaria-fight.html
Informal writing:
I haven’t done any high-lining myself yet, it looks CRAZy though, and they say your mind must be like steel trap. Or check out this clip of Will Stanhope from Alias Cinemas doing some crazy bouldering and the classic Flight of the Challenger here in Squamish. Iz gonna be a sicky film I reckon. Anyway, see you tomorrow night.
http://sonnietrotter.com/roadlife/
Comparison of the text types:
Formal writing: The texts overriding purpose is to inform about a certain issue. It is not personal or indicating. It includes correct language without contractions, slang or vernacular.
Informal language: The texts main purpose is to convey a feeling or thoughts of the writer. The text is personal with spoken language, contractions and innovate sentence constructions and spelling.
3. Formal: Jogging
Jogging is a form of exercise containing trotting or running slowly or fast. The main purpose of jogging is to increase a healthy body and mind. There have been several surveys about benefits of running. The latest research establishes the connection between physical health and a person’s mental status. It has been proved that people who take care of their fitness and shape also have more mental capacity. Jogging is a good way to increase fitness and reduce stress.
Informal: A relaxed jogger
I really think jogging is the best relaxation medicine you can get! Especially after times of “no-jogging”, it is striking how the body is suffering of the lack of endorphin kicks! The best way of avoiding a mental brake down is to “run for your life”! Just put on some easy going clothes and head of for the nearest running track. It doesn’t mind if you aren’t a fast runner. And I already hear every one objecting: But it is SO boring…! Yes, I said that too, years ago. It’s boring the first 50 times but then you’re hooked. Suddenly a new world is appearing to you. The world of a huge variety of joggers: Professional, laid back, chick and sometimes a bit crazy joggers. Briefly, it’s awesome!
onsdag 27 januari 2010
To be or not to be...
... a blogger, that`s the question! I have not blogged before and don`t have a faintest clue about this, but here I come, for better or for worse!
My name is Marja and I`m from Eskilstuna. Studying and working takes all my time, but I usually overdo my simultanious skills, so I manage with my different dutys. I also love running and me and my husband Magnus are going to run our 6th marathon this summer. That is a good way to keep your husband submissive! He has no energy to anything else! Neither do I...
When we are not running, we love to spend week ends travelling in big cities. A good movie and after that supper and good music, is what makes the world spinning...
Mu husband`s daughter Jessica 18, and my son Stefan 13, also keep us busy!
My name is Marja and I`m from Eskilstuna. Studying and working takes all my time, but I usually overdo my simultanious skills, so I manage with my different dutys. I also love running and me and my husband Magnus are going to run our 6th marathon this summer. That is a good way to keep your husband submissive! He has no energy to anything else! Neither do I...
When we are not running, we love to spend week ends travelling in big cities. A good movie and after that supper and good music, is what makes the world spinning...
Mu husband`s daughter Jessica 18, and my son Stefan 13, also keep us busy!
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