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This is a rapid tour of themes, ideas and issues that are bound up with the English language.
This is a rapid tour of themes, ideas and issues that are bound up with the English language.
| Module code and title: | U210, "The English language: past, present and future" |
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| Item code: | U210; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 27-02-1995 |
| Published: | 1995 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:58 |
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| Producer: | Paul Manners |
| Contributor: | David Graddol |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Accents; Americanisms; Development of English; English language; Poetry; Social influence |
| Subject terms: | English language--Dialects |
| Footage description: | Footage - 2 males and a female being interviewed in the street. Asian male seated in an armchair being interviewed. Male interviewed outside steps of building. Asian female interviewed from office with books on shelves in background. B/w footage from "Magic rays of light". B/w footage of "Lord Reith looks back" with Malcolm Muggeridge interviewing. Asian family eating meal. 2 children from Singapore playing with a toy house. Footage from "The story of English". Viv Edwards speaking. Footage from "The story of English". Viv Edwards(0'34"-4'45") - Children from Singapore in classroom chanting "Incy wincy spider". School children from Bangalore, India singing in courtyard. Asian teacher and pupils in classroom. Chidananda Murthy speaking. Pupils at Bishop cotton's girl school. Chidananda Murthy. Marie-Noelle Lamy speaking. Michael Rosen reading his poem "Grammar" with animated blackboard in background. David Graddol with Roman pictures, La tappisserie de Bayeux,. The Berlin wall being broken down. Nelson Mandela at the rugby world cup. Volumes and pages of OED. Footage from "Creature comforts". Viv Edwards. Debbie Cameron(11'18"-16'12") - Apache Indian's video "Arranged marriage". Blackboard in tree panning to teacher and 4 pupils. Liz Lochhead reading her poem Kidspoem/Bairnsong. David Crystal. Leonard R Flynn elementary school in San Fransico. Teacher and pupils in class singing. Mairo Mujica. Ligaya Avenida. White house. Women interviewed in park. Debbie Cameron. Boy in classroom. Man wearing top hat with harbour in background. Boy outside building. Boy at bottom of steps outside building. Female with harbour in background. David Crystal with globe and text animated in background. David Graddol with text imposed on screen(16'13"-24'15"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU8688 |
| Production number: | FOUE346J |
| Videofinder number: | 5430 |
| Available to public: | no |
