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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: This is a Generic Brand Video by Kendra Eash - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Advertising techniques Satire Poem

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    Poem by Kendra Eash - 'This Is a Generic Brand Video' - which looks at the techniques and cliches used in commercials.
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    Poem by Kendra Eash - 'This Is a Generic Brand Video' - which looks at the techniques and cliches used in commercials.
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    Poem which satirises advertising techniques and imagery
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Inside the admissions process at George Washington University - The Washington Post - 0 views

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College apps

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    Exclusive access reveals much about secretive discussions about whom to let in to college, and whom to deny.
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    Exclusive access reveals much about secretive discussions about whom to let in to college, and whom to deny.
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These Construction Workers Catcall Women, But Their Message Is Not What You Think It Is... - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Gender Advertising Sexism WT2

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    It's something every female professional loathes when walking to work: being catcalled by construction workers.
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    It's something every female professional loathes when walking to work: being catcalled by construction workers.
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Pupils to be taught English as foreign language - Telegraph - 0 views

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Language Part 1 English EFL Education UK

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    All pupils at City of Leeds School will study English as a foreign language – even those of British birth (Telegraph)
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    All pupils at City of Leeds School will study English as a foreign language – even those of British birth (Telegraph)
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What stands in the way of women being equal to men? BBC News - YouTube - 0 views

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Gender Inequality BBC Documentary

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    'All That Stands In The Way' is a BBC documentary following the lives of four teenage girls in Jordan, Lesotho, Iceland & UK in an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality.
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    'All That Stands In The Way' is a BBC documentary following the lives of four teenage girls in Jordan, Lesotho, Iceland & UK in an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality.
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Toni Morrison: 'I want to feel what I feel. Even if it's not happiness' | Books | The G... - 0 views

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Literature Part 4 Bluest Eye Morrison Interview

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    Nobel prize-winning author Toni Morrison talks to Emma Brockes about being a single mother, the death of her son and why love doesn't last. (Guardian, January 2013)
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    Nobel prize-winning author Toni Morrison talks to Emma Brockes about being a single mother, the death of her son and why love doesn't last. (Guardian, January 2013)
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"White means pure": singer Dencia defends Whitenicious - YouTube - 0 views

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Literature Part 4 Bluest Eye Beauty Race Image

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    Singer Dencia defends her skin care range Whitenacious. Is the message it sells controversial? Phinnah Ikeji of Black Role Models UK thinks it's the wrong message for young girls' self-esteem.
  • Jenni Young on 27 Mar 14
     
    Singer Dencia defends her skin care range Whitenacious. Is the message it sells controversial? Phinnah Ikeji of Black Role Models UK thinks it's the wrong message for young girls' self-esteem.
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Ella Fitzgerald - "It's Only a Paper Moon" - YouTube - 0 views

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Literature Streetcar Paper Moon Part 3

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    Ella Fitzgerald's version of the song that Blanche sings while in the bathroom in Scene 8.
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LL Cool J's Intentions For "Accidental Racist" - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - YouTube - 0 views

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Mass communication Race Song lyrics Part 2

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    Rapper LL Cool J explains his participation in the song "Accidental Racist" by country singer Brad Paisley
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    Rapper LL Cool J explains his participation in the song "Accidental Racist" by country singer Brad Paisley
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Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Language acquisition Children Immigration

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    Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them (NY Times)
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    Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them (NY Times)
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Last Words: The Dying of Languages | Worldwatch Institute - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Global languages Language Death

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    Millennia of human experience are wrapped up in the planet's many languages, and this linguistic diversity may be as essential to our cultural health as biological diversity is to our physical health (Blog)
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    Millennia of human experience are wrapped up in the planet's many languages, and this linguistic diversity may be as essential to our cultural health as biological diversity is to our physical health (Blog)
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Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences - 0 views

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Literature Reading Brazil Prison

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    Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences - cutting four days for every book they read (Daily Telegraph)
  • Jenni Young on 25 Mar 14
     
    Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences - cutting four days for every book they read (Daily Telegraph)
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Bookshelf | 'Wordbirds,' a Fine-Feathered Compendium of Modern-Day Neologisms - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Neologisms Vocabulary New words

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    The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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    The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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    The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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That Mitchell and Webb Look Series 4 - Episode 1 (Grammar Nazi) - YouTube - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Pronunciation Grammar

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    Grammar and pronunciation matter!
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    Grammar and pronunciation matter!
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Is Britain becoming a nation of accent snobs? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 English Pronunciation Accents Class Discrimination

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    Erica Buist: As an accent coach I increasingly hear from people sidelined because they sound foreign (Comment is Free, Guardian.com)
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    Erica Buist: As an accent coach I increasingly hear from people sidelined because they sound foreign (Comment is Free, Guardian.com)
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10 grammar rules you can forget: how to stop worrying and write proper | Science | The ... - 0 views

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Language Part 1 English Grammar Language change

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    David Marsh set out to master perfect grammatical English - but discovered that 'correct' isn't always best (Guardian.com)
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    David Marsh set out to master perfect grammatical English - but discovered that 'correct' isn't always best (Guardian.com)
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ScarJo, SodaStream, and the Politics of Celebrity Ambassadors : The New Yorker - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Celebrity

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    Some of the issues involved in using celebrities to advertise or endorse products.
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    Some of the issues involved in using celebrities to advertise or endorse products.
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English to English: 'translating' a cultural divide | Media | theguardian.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 American v British Vocabulary Culture

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    Our Tumblr project has explored over 400 US-UK cross-cultural topics. As the Guardian continues to reach a global audience, the nature of 'translations' is changing
  • Jenni Young on 24 Mar 14
     
    Our Tumblr project has explored over 400 US-UK cross-cultural topics. As the Guardian continues to reach a global audience, the nature of 'translations' is changing
Jenni Young

BBC 'can make a difference' in North Korea - by broadcasting World Service programmes i... - 1 views

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Mass communication Part 2 BBC Korean

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    One of the world's experts on North Korea has called on the BBC to "be part of the solution" in fighting human rights abuses under Kim Jong-un's repressive regime by initiating Korean-language broadcasts by the BBC World Service (The Independent)
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    One of the world's experts on North Korea has called on the BBC to "be part of the solution" in fighting human rights abuses under Kim Jong-un's repressive regime by initiating Korean-language broadcasts by the BBC World Service (The Independent)
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Ian Burrell: News the North Koreans can trust - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 BBC Korean

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    I have been leaked a confidential report for the BBC written by the investigative journalist John Sweeney about North Korea, the state he memorably infiltrated after posing as an academic for a controversial Panorama film last year (Opinion, The Independent)
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    I have been leaked a confidential report for the BBC written by the investigative journalist John Sweeney about North Korea, the state he memorably infiltrated after posing as an academic for a controversial Panorama film last year (Opinion, The Independent)
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