Assesment – Register
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1.5 State appropriate uses of jargon
Jargon Definition Jargon is a universal and specialized vocabulary. It is the technical language of professionals. It embraces the use of words to show expertise and experience in a profession. Jargon is used by people that practice the same trade, work in a particular area, or people that have a common interest. For example, the
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1.4.1 Identify items of register in a given passage.
Exercise Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Pain in the Heart (pg. 60 – 61) – by Eugenia Ekwesi The next crop to be harvested was cassava, but when my father noticed that the tubers were not mature enough, he postponed the harvest. This made things easier for us because
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1.3 List some items of register peculiar to different professions.
Education Examination, curriculum, average, result, assessment, faculty, scheme of work, syllabus, course work, secondary school, tertiary institution, lesson, period, textbooks, primary school, lecture, teacher, faculty, lecturer, department, research, graduation, etc. Law Adoption, advocate, agent, case, court, appeal, bail, annulment, admission, amnesty, counsel, access, acquittal, arbitration, adjourn, amendment, justice, accomplice, the aggrieved party, annulment, witness, alibi,
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1.2 Factors that influence register
Register describes the choices made by the user. These choices depend on three variables. These are the field, tenor, and mode of discourse. Field of discourse Field refers to the subject matter or content being discussed. It is what the participants are engaged in discussing. In every discourse, there must be a subject matter or
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1.1 Explain Register
Definition The term register is a technical term used to describe variation in language according to use. It encompasses varieties of English that can be identified as a result of differences in the subject matter.
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COURSE TITLE – COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH / CODE – GNS 202/ SCHEME OF WORK
GENERAL OBJECTIVES / PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 1.0 Understand Registers REGISTER 1.1 Explain Registers 1.2 Explain factors influencing register, viz, field (profession), mode (speech or writing), tenor (relationship between the interacting parties). 1.3 List some items of register peculiar to different professions. 1.4 Identify items of register in a given passage. 1.5 State appropriate uses
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Okugo The Warrior – culled from the Moonlight Tales, Author – Eugenia Ekwesi
Once upon a time, there was war in the land of the animals. The battlefield was in a distant land. All the animals usually went there to fight the battle. A particular village had a great warrior. His name was Okugo. He was a brave man and very punctual in the battlefield. He was usually
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2.5 Steps for writing a good Essay
The following are a few basic steps for writing a good essay: Decide the topic (where it is not given). Jot down the points (or ideas you want to discuss). Organize your points and outline. Write the essay following the outline. Edit Read once more and correct. Exercise Discuss the term essay writing. Write
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2.4 Outline
An outline is a skeletal framework of the essay you intend to write. In a nutshell, it presents the main ideas and supporting ideas in your intended essay. It is meant to direct the writer to achieve the objective and purpose of the essay. It also helps one to maintain an organized structure of the