ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

PAPER 03/2

MARK SCHEME

2010

SECTION B

MODULE 2 – LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY

Question 2

Candidate may choose to discuss any two of the following.

(i) Registers

- Mrs Jackson begins in a very formal register but there are shifts back and forth in the

intimacy and formality of her register depending on what she wants to communicate

- Andrea uses a formal register throughout the piece indicating her respect for and lack

of intimate knowledge of Mrs Jackson

- Natasha‟s register indicates the familiarity of the family relationship

(ii) Dialectal variation

- The use of Standard English by Andrea: „You‟ve decorated your home so nicely‟

- The use of Standard English by Natasha: „The word is “eat”, mama, not “heat”

- The use of Creole by Mrs Jackson.

I don‟t have no fridge, … it gwine spoil

- Varieties depict the difference in social class and education.

(iii) Attitudes to language

- Natasha is ashamed of her mother‟s use of Creole – she looked at her mother

scornfully. She corrected her mother even though they had a visitor.

- Mrs Jackson, on the other hand, is proud of her daughter‟s ability to speak English.

She seems to link her accomplishment at school with her ability to speak English.

- Mrs Jackson welcomes the correction and seems to be making an effort to use

English, illustrating her acceptance of English as “superior”.