Term Break

This week is mid term break but have to write essays, study for tests and work up some project ideas.

Essay topic:

1. Historical Variation

The topic for discussion is: ‘The circumstances surrounding the speakers of English determine the shape of the language. Changing circumstances necessarily lead to changing shapes’. The topic has been left broad and general deliberately; you need to focus on a specific aspect, period or episode in the history of English. You may provide a more specific title to your essay.
I just submitted 2 suggestions but my tutor said that the topics are not related to the question.

2. Critical Intro To Gaming

Argue, using as much as possible the reading materials we have discussed so far, how the popular arcade game Space Invaders could tell us something about the cultural, historical, and economical context in which it was created.

3. Media Discourse:

Provide an analysis of the news report - a recontextualisation of President Bush's inauguration ceremony in January 2005 - in terms of one of the following: (i) lexical choice; (ii) participants and processes; (iii) speech attribution; (iv) thematic structure and/or information focus; or (v) global text structure. Explain how your analysis relates to ideology in terms of invisibility of social processes and power in society.


Sumyi asked me to help her give out some surveys for her ISM project. The requirements are as belows. If anyone can qualify for it, can get back to me? Thanks. The oral distinction requirement can be relaxed, so not to worry. Anyone reading my blog can help to pass the word around? She will send out the questionnaires on Monday.


Requirements:
1) Have at least an educational level of up to being an undergraduate in a Singapore university. Those already in workforce is fine.
2) Have attained at least A2 in O'level English, and Distinction in English Oral
3) Be native Singaporeans who have stayed in Singapore for last 10 years
4) Any gender or race is fine
5) Ages 20-29
6) No English majors or those who have taken EL mods are allowed.



I did a virus scan for my pc. There are some viruses called Dropper.Small and Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic2.GJE. Did a scan and healed the files yesterday but today still appear when I'm scanning my computer. Time to delete files.