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LANGUAGE & CROSSCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, )

.Both assessments are portfolios, i.e. a compilation of diary-type tasks in response to tasks set each week, as described below.a) This will be based on topic areas covered in weeks 5-9. b) Each week, complete the diary task that has been set. The tasks will be submitted as one file, in order, from week 1-4.

You can edit each week’s answer as much as you wish, up until the deadline.

c) Your ideas, informed by ‘relevant literature’ and ‘evidence’ are important!

d) Use the assignment cover page from the MA Handbook.

e) On the next page, write the task title, followed by your answer. Put references at the end of each week, NOT at the end of the whole file. f) Start each week’s task on a new page.

g) Submit your work as a pdf or Docx file.

Week5 Answer 1 only[NOT both]:

a. Who are the most stigmatized people in your country, and why, do you think?

b. Provide advantages and disadvantages of Holliday’s (1999) ‘Small cultures’ idea, with example(s).

Week6-Provide 1 example of an FTA for ‘positive’ and 1 for ‘negative’ face and say why it’s this kind of FTA

.Week7-Pick any 1 corporation and identify how it communicates about itself to the public. Any aspect of its communication is of fine, for example: https://www.communicaid.com /

Week8-What value does ICC have for formal education? Give 1 example and describe its strengths and any potential weaknesses.

Week9 ‘[O]verall power of the media in modern “information” societies ... is primarily discursive and symbolic’ (Holliday et al. 2004: 123) a) What do Holliday et al. mean? b) Do you agree? Say why, with evidence.

Submit diary work from weeks 5-9, on