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Vejledning til opgavesættet
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| Tekster til assignment 4: | |
| 4A – Fiction: | “The Arcade”, a short story by Alan Gillespie, 2020. |
| 4B – Non-fiction: | “I’ve lost my conversational mojo – can I relearn the art of small talk?”, an article by Rhik Samadder, The Guardian website, 2021.
“Small Talk Can Make You Happier. Here’s How to Master it”, a video from YouTube website, 2019. |
Vejledning og skabelon til at løse opgaven
Den samlede eksaminationstid for assignment 1-4 er fem timer. Besvarelsen bedømmes som en helhed ud fra de faglige mål for niveauet. Der lægges vægt på beherskelsen af det engelske sprog, forståelse af forlægget og færdighed i skriftlig fremstilling på engelsk.
Det anbefales, at du skriver din besvarelse i skabelonen, som ligger under Template i menuen til venstre. Besvarelsen afleveres i ét dokument med opgaverne i rækkefølgen 1-4.
Henvisninger til tekst, video- og lydklip
Hvis du citerer, skal du angive kilde.
Alt anvendt materiale skal være engelsksproget og angives med kildehenvisninger. Til forklaring af grammatiske opgaver kan materialerne være på dansk.
Du kan henvise til dele af video- og lydklip, f.eks. ved at angive afspillerens minut- og sekundtal for henholdsvis starten og slutningen af klippet.
Alt anvendt materiale skal være engelsksproget og angives med kildehenvisninger. Til forklaring af grammatiske opgaver kan materialerne være på dansk.
Du kan henvise til dele af video- og lydklip, f.eks. ved at angive afspillerens minut- og sekundtal for henholdsvis starten og slutningen af klippet.
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Tekster i opgavesættet
Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet.
Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven.
Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven.
Assignment 1
Besvar både opgave a. og b. nedenfor. Brug relevant grammatisk terminologi. Husk kildehenvisning, hvis du citerer fra en grammatikbog. Skriv dine svar på dansk.
- Find og skriv fra teksten fem eksempler på verballed, der indeholder verbet do. Skriv for hvert eksempel hele verballeddet.
- Forklar kort hvilke funktioner verbet do har. Inddrag fire af eksemplerne i din forklaring.
Teksten er et uddrag af et skuespil. Rita er universitetsstuderende, Frank er hendes lærer.
Rita: I can’t do it. Honest, I just can’t understand what he’s on about. [...] He’s got me licked1. I don’t
know what he’s on about, “Only connect, only connect”2, it’s just bleedin’ borin’. It’s no good,
Frank: You will. You will.
Rita: It’s all right for you sayin’ that. You know what it’s about. But I just can’t figure it.
Rita: With pleasure. [...]
Frank: I want to talk about this that you sent me. (He holds up a sheet of A4 paper)
Frank: Yes. In response to the question, “Suggest how you would resolve the staging difficulties
inherent in a production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt”, you have written, quote, “Do it on the radio”,
have a considered essay. [...]
Rita: That’s all I could do in the time. We were dead busy in the shop this week.
know what he’s on about, “Only connect, only connect”2, it’s just bleedin’ borin’. It’s no good,
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I just can’t understand.
Frank: You will. You will.
Rita: It’s all right for you sayin’ that. You know what it’s about. But I just can’t figure it.
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Frank: Do you think we could forget about Forster for a moment?
Rita: With pleasure. [...]
Frank: I want to talk about this that you sent me. (He holds up a sheet of A4 paper)
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Rita: That? Oh.
Frank: Yes. In response to the question, “Suggest how you would resolve the staging difficulties
inherent in a production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt”, you have written, quote, “Do it on the radio”,
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unquote. [...] Well, I know it’s probably quite naive of me but I did think you might let me
have a considered essay. [...]
Rita: That’s all I could do in the time. We were dead busy in the shop this week.
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Frank: You write your essays at work?
Willy Russell, Educating Rita, 1980
1 He’s got me licked: Han har slået mig helt ud
2 Only connect: motto i en roman af E.M. Forster (1879-1970)
Assignment 2
I tekststykket er en række ord og led understreget. Besvar opgave a., b. og c. nedenfor. Brug relevant grammatisk terminologi. Husk kildehenvisning, hvis du citerer fra en grammatikbog. Skriv dine svar på dansk.
- Otte adjektiver og adverbier er understreget. Skriv for hvert eksempel:
• om ordet er et adjektiv eller et adverbium
• hvilken ordklasse ordet lægger sig til - Fem eksempler på verbet be er understreget. Skriv for hvert eksempel:
• om be er hjælpeverbum eller hovedverbum
• hvad der er sætningens subjekt
- Et eksempel på omvendt ordstilling er understreget. Forklar kort hvorfor der er anvendt omvendt ordstilling.
Teksten er et uddrag af en aviskommentar.
Are we nearly there yet? It is the backseat question that haunts long journeys, except in Britain’s
pandemic road trip the impatient whine comes from the driver. Boris Johnson was itching for a
emergency response committee, unpersuaded that Covid-19 counted as an emergency. Only when
presented with dire consequences did he engage with the need for a lockdown, writhing into
Now the prime minister feels the journey must be nearly over, but finds it hard to judge this
without a definite destination. The virus will not surrender and give him the satisfaction of declaring
rates are promisingly low, but simulating pre-pandemic normality too hastily risks reversing those
gains.
notoriously ill-equipped to make. There are few neater illustrations of his incoherent governance
than a traffic-light system for managing overseas travel that expanded from the traditional three
amber, amber-plus and red.
The same problem bedevils1 vaccine passports. They exist in the hazy netherworld2 between
pandemic road trip the impatient whine comes from the driver. Boris Johnson was itching for a
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release from the moment the ordeal began. He was absent from early meetings of the government’s
emergency response committee, unpersuaded that Covid-19 counted as an emergency. Only when
presented with dire consequences did he engage with the need for a lockdown, writhing into
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submission like a toddler being strapped into a car seat.
Now the prime minister feels the journey must be nearly over, but finds it hard to judge this
without a definite destination. The virus will not surrender and give him the satisfaction of declaring
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a victory day. Impatience for life after Covid does not resolve the problem of how fast to go. Infection
rates are promisingly low, but simulating pre-pandemic normality too hastily risks reversing those
gains.
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There is no perfect calibration of the rules, only judgment calls of the kind that Johnson is
notoriously ill-equipped to make. There are few neater illustrations of his incoherent governance
than a traffic-light system for managing overseas travel that expanded from the traditional three
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colours to a shaded spectrum, unknown in any highway code, that included green, green watchlist,
amber, amber-plus and red.
The same problem bedevils1 vaccine passports. They exist in the hazy netherworld2 between
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things that are briefed to the press and actual government policy.
The Guardian, 2021
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Assignment 3
Videoen i denne opgave handler om, hvad mistrivsel betyder for hjernens udvikling.
Find og skriv fra videoens lydside i alt ti substantiver:
- fem substantiver der tilhører det semantiske felt trivsel
- fem substantiver der tilhører det semantiske felt mistrivsel
“Childhood Trauma and the Brain”, YouTube, 2020
Childhood Trauma and the Brain
Assignment 4
Answer 4A or 4B
Assignment 4A – Fiction
Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Alan Gillespie’s short story “The Arcade”.
Part of your essay must focus on the use of contrasts. In addition your essay must include an analysis of the style of writing in lines 61-73.
Your essay must include references to the short story.
Material
Alan Gillespie. “The Arcade”, 2020.
Assignment 4B – Non-fiction
Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse Rhik Samadder’s article “I’ve lost my conversational mojo – can I relearn the art of small talk?” and discuss the importance of small talk in today’s world.
Part of your essay must focus on the writer’s use of humour. In addition your essay must include an analysis of the style of writing in lines 1-15.
Your essay must include references to:
- Rhik Samadder’s article
- Video: “Small Talk Can Make You Happier. Here’s How to Master it”
Materials
Rhik Samadder. “I’ve lost my conversational mojo – can I relearn the art of small talk?”, an article from The Guardian website, 2021
“Small Talk Can Make You Happier. Here’s How to Master it”, a video from YouTube website, 2019
Template
Hent skabelonen til besvarelsen i menuen til venstre.
Sources
Anvendt materiale (til brug for Copydan):
Willy Russell. Educating Rita. 1980. London: Longman, 1985.
Rafael Behr. “Johnson’s disregard for rules helped him get elected – but it’s starting to wear thin”. The Guardian website, August 4, 2021, viewed October 2021. (www.theguardian.com)
UK Trauma Council. “Childhood Trauma and the Brain”. YouTube website, 2020, viewed October 2021. (www.youtube.com)
Alan Gillespie. “The Arcade”. Rachelle Atalla & Samuel Tongue (eds.). The Last Good Year. New Writing Scotland 38. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2020.
Rhik Samadder. “I’ve lost my conversational mojo – can I relearn the art of small talk?”. The Guardian website, April 17, 2021, viewed October 2021. (www.theguardian.com)
Everyday Psychology. “Small Talk Can Make You Happier. Here’s How to Master it”. YouTube website, 2019, viewed October 2021. (www.youtube.com)