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Mitch Olson; Chris C. Palmer – Across the Disciplines, 2024
This article explores academic and industry perspectives on the use of dialect, slang, and historical language in screenwriting. It offers a chronological overview of major screenwriting manuals' treatment of dialect and slang (or lack thereof) 1946-2020. It then presents survey data of 53 currently-practicing screenwriters' views on working with…
Descriptors: Film Study, Scripts, Writing (Composition), Dialects
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McCluskey, Kerryn – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2012
With universities seeking to increase their enrolment of international students, and the increasingly diverse domestic market, it is not surprising that researchers' interest has turned to the impact of a diverse university population. The focus of this paper is a model that has been implemented to enable higher levels of achievement on the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Non English Speaking
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Lehtonen, Tuula; Karjalainen, Sinikka – European Journal of Education, 2009
This article discusses the most relevant findings of a comprehensive study carried out at the University of Helsinki Language Centre that looked into work-related foreign language needs of graduates from the University of Helsinki. The aim of this article is to provoke other language centres or similar institutions in other European universities…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Second Languages, Language Role, Degree Requirements