'Language in Contexts' CD-ROM<fwd>

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>From: ATHWAITE at earwig.ed.ac.cowan.edu.au
>Organization:  Edith Cowan University
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>Date:          Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:10:25 +8.00
>Subject:       'Language in Contexts' CD-ROM
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>Announcing
>
>'LANGUAGE IN CONTEXTS' CD-ROM
>now 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:
>        o a restaurant
>        o a school
>        o a winery
>        o a doctor's surgery
>        o a hairdresser's
>        o a university
>        o a lawyer's office
>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:
>        o students of linguistics and communications
>        o advanced students of English as a Second Language
>        o professionals such as teachers, doctors and lawyers, with an
>interest
>in workplace communication.
>
>For further information:
>The Media Production Unit
>Edith Cowan University
>Pearson Street, Churchlands
>Western Australia 6018
>Telephone: (618) 9273 8293              Fax: (618) 9273 8029
>email: l.bebich at cowan.edu.au
>http://www.cowan.edu.au/lrn_sys/flexprod.htm
>