Blog task 7 - Media

Influence of the media

Choose 2 newspapers - 1 broadsheet and 1 tabloid - analyse the SAME news story in both newspapers. Consider how the same news story is delivered in the different papers. Look at the language used, opinions given on the story, what quotations are used, and how are people quoted.

Gaby

Blog task 6 - Language

www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual

1. Use the above website to make notes on your chosen language. (See today's class handout for guidance.)
2. Using the internet as a resource, find out what the speakers of this language have contributed to the culture of the UK.

Gaby

Blog task 5 - Presentation feedback. Time Management.

1. Write a reflective account based on your presentation.

2. Look again at the Time Managemnet materials in the Academic Study in the UK Context booklet wk 15 (students did for homework). Write a reflective account of what you have learned about time management.

Gaby

Blog task 4 - Welsh Assembly

What changes were made in the referendum this year? (quotations to be used in in blog/explain why these sources were used)

useful websites as discussed in class:
http://www.assemblywales.org/
http://www.wales.gov.uk/

blog task 3 - Parliament and Government

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of the EU?

2. Write a summary of  'A New Government'

Here are some useful websites:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/
http://www.directgove.uk/
www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/default.stm
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/general-election-2010
http://www.ukelection.blogs.cnn.com/

Gaby

blog task 2 - Education

Write about the differences in the education system in your countries. Ensure your work is ORIGINAL. If you use information form other sources, it must be referenced.

Gaby

blog task 1 assessed - People of Britain

Using the internet as a resource, write a few short paragraphs to describe the people who live in the UK. Remeber to use your OWN words and provide references.

Gaby