Friday, June 4, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

pdf link

There are three books that you need to have in the coming weeks.
1. Language and gender
2. English as a global language
3. An introduction to critical applied linguistics

Nevertheless, I can only upload two of them - Language and gender and English as a global language.
Here's the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e89ef4fb32f718059bf8d6369220dcab91cf3b080f7ec029d8c7c6998cb4ca21

(this is basically the same folder that I used to keep all articles related to our class).

You can find the chapters that we need for the next classes within the books.

I have also given the soft copies of them to Tantri - in case you can't download them.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

UTS SOCIOLINGUISTICS TAKE HOME EXAM

Departemen Pendidikan Nasional
Universitas Airlangga
Fakultas Ilmu Budaya

Ujian Tengah Semester Genap 2009/2010
Mata Kuliah : Sociolinguistics (Reg)
Hari : Senin, 21 April 2010
Sifat : Take home exam (dikumpulkan 23 April 2010)

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1. Standard languages are usually based on an existing dialect of the language. What can you find out about the difficulties of choosing a variety for standardization in Indonesia? Do you think that there are difficulties at all?

2. What is the difference between ‘diglossia’, ‘bilingualism’ and ‘multilingualism?’
First you have to explain each term. Later you have to explain the differences based on the terms that you explain previously.

3. What is code switching? What is the difference between code switching and code mixing? Explain the difference between ‘topical code switching’; ‘affective code switching’ and ‘metaphorical code switching’. Include examples in your answer.

4. Note what you call your female teacher in different contexts:
a. Addressing her
i. In the office
ii. On the phone
iii. When you send sms
iv. In a shop/mall.
b. Referring to her
i. At home to your family members (when she’s not present, of course)
ii. When you meet her in a public place (like shop/mall) with your family members.
iii. To an acquaintance who doesn’t know her.
iv. To her colleagues in the office when she’s present
v. To her colleagues in the office when she’s not present.
What influences your choice of address form and reference form in each of these contexts? Your analysis should also show your understanding about the role of social factors and dimensions in influencing the situations.


Answers should be typewritten
Use your own words
Use all the reference and textbooks that I provide for in the class.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

GIVING COMMENTS

It's rather cumbersome to track comments actually - which is why I don't really like using blogspot.com but anyway.

I will try to keep track of them anyway. Can you actually make a post in this blog? You can, right? So if you want to say something that is not related to the weekly question then it is better if you just post in the blog, instead of making comments to the entry.

Let's see how it works.

FILE DOWNLOAD

So how's it going? Can you download the files from the link? You have to copy the link from here and paste it in another window. It will lead you to the mediafire site. Some of you said that it did not work but..it kind of work for me.

Give it a try and tell me how you fare when we meet again during the midterm test.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Question for this week

Explain the diglossia situation in Switzerland in terms of how H and L variety are used and the attitudes of the people towards the varieties.
What do you think about it?
There should be 2 parts to your answer - in the first one you have to explain the diglossia situation in Switzerland briefly and in the second explain what you think about the situation.
Answers should not be more than 300 words.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

halo semuanya
trus ini nanti diapain?