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Work with your partner, discuss the following questions, then share your ideas with the class.

RENDERING 1. Глобальный язык как глобальный вызов | ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИЯ И РАЗВИТИЕ ЯЗЫКОВ | PART 3. LANGUAGE AND GENDER | Course programme | His Politeness Is Her Powerlessness | Work with your partner. Discuss the questions below. Then share your ideas with the class. | Мужское и женское в языке | Do the quiz below. Then compare your answers with a partner. | B) Now try to fill in the gaps with the words given above. | The world of DOUBLESPEAK |


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1) What forms does doublespeak take?

2) What is the reason for using doublespeak in job titles? Give examples of some of these titles.

3) Comment on the following: Doublespeak can pay for the company, but usually not for the workers who lose their jobs. Do you agree with this statement? Why? Why not?


PROJECT: Designing a quiz

In this project you are going to design your own quiz on doublespeak and euphemistic words and expressions. You may use the quiz Euphemistically Speaking as an example.

 

1. First find a partner to work with on this project.

2. Consult any Political Dictionary and find more examples of doublespeak and political correctness.

3. Choose 10-15 words and expressions you would like to include in your quiz.

4. Discuss the questions for these words and multiple choice variants.

5. Design your own quiz.

6. Use your quiz to interview your groupmate.

7. Share the results with the class.

 

 

LISTENING 1. Political terms

 

1. Before you listen think of some political speech you know (e.g. M.L. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech) and try to answer the following questions.

· Is there anything special about the way politicians use language?

· What are the peculiarities of the language in the speeches of politicians?

 

Discuss with your partner and make a list of peculiarities. Compare it with those of your groupmates.

 

2. You are going to listen to an interview with William Safire, the New York Times language columnist, former White House speechwriter and editor of Safire’s Political Dictionary (first published in 1968) who is sharing his observations concerning political terms and political language.

Before listening look at some expressions below William Safire comments on. Do you know what they mean? Can you guess? Discuss with your partner and then share your ideas with the class.

defeatist

Thenattering nabobs of negativism

Red meat rhetoric

New Deal

New Covenant

Superdelegate

Party elders

Party bosses

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