1.   Assignment 1                 (20%)

Interview one New Zealander who speaks two or more languages about their proficiency, language use and language attitudes.  Compare your findings with a published study on the same or a similar community in New Zealand or elsewhere.  Write up your findings as a short report (see page 2).

Note:  You will need to give your interviewee a participation information form and get her/him to sign a consent form.  You will find copies of these on the website, along with questionnaire information.

Word length:  1000 words.

Assignment due:  31 March, 4 pm

2.     Mid-term test  (20%)
           
            1 May: in-class test

3.  Assignment 2  (20%)

Listen carefully to one tape-recorded reading in the audio-visual library.  Provide a detailed description of the evidence on the tape that might suggest that the speaker is or is not a New Zealander.  Compare your findings with works on the pronunciation of New Zealand English.  Write up your findings in a short report.

Word length: 600-800 words.

Assignment due: 2 June, 4 pm

 
Report Structure

Your reports are to be structured as follows.

Introduction:  Details the aims of the paper

Literature review: Summarises the reading you have done which is relevant to this
    assignment

Methodology: Details the sampling design and methodology employed in the study

Results: Presents your language data
 This section consists of charts, tables and paragraphs.  The charts and tables support the statements in your paragraphs.  The paragraphs describe what the reader should focus on in the charts and tables.

Discussion: Highlights the main findings from your study, states why they are important, and how they relate/support/build on/contradict other work in the field

Conclusions  & Implications: Restates your main findings (1 paragraph) and includes a discussion of the limitations of your work

References: Includes only those that you cite in your study