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  1. English Accent, An (1996)

    Producer
    Anne Diack
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at the standard English accent known as received pronunciation (RP) using actors, members of the royal family and language experts. Looks at the pronunciation features that characterise RP, at how...

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  2. English Only in America? (1996)

    Producer
    Anne Diack
    Subject
    English language and literature; Languages
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Should English be the official language of the USA? More and more Americans think it should be because the increasing number of speakers of Spanish and other languages are seen by some to threaten the...

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  3. British Sign Language: A Beginner’s Guide (1988 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 117 min.

    A guide to British Sign Language.

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  4. Switch on to Satellite TV (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Education; French studies; German studies; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., £10.00 (+p&p)

    Demonstrates the potential of satellite television broadcasts as a resource for foreign language learning. Examples in French (15 min), German (15 min) and Spanish (5 min).

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  5. Second-Year French (1979 Video)

    Producer
    Gavin Nettleton
    Subject
    Education; French studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Typical French language lesson for the second year of a comprehensive school. Part of a series on ‘Good practice in modern language teaching’, the programme highlights the methods of teacher-pupil...

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  6. Animated English: The ‘Creature Comforts’ Story (1996)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99

    Looks at a series of popular television advertisements for electrical power, which feature animated models of animals and a script made up of edited comments spoken in a British regional accent. Shows how...

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  7. News Stories (1995)

    Producer
    Paul Manners
    Subject
    English language and literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at the distinctive ways the English language is used in television news by following a group of trainee journalists, observing their successes and failures. Also features extracts from the BBC...

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  8. Language of Film & TV, The (2005)

    aka: Language of Film and Television, The

    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 26 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Using a playful narrative structure, this programme outlines the most common stylistic techniques of film language used to communicate with the viewer. The programme highlights the importance of character,...

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  9. Baby Talk (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    Starting from the radical reappraisal of linguistics brought about by the work of Noam Chomsky in the 1950s, this film examines our curent knowledge of how babies learn to communicate, looking at the...

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  10. It in Action: Information Technology in the Languages Classroom (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Education; Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 112 min., 1995 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Video-based pack focusing on ‘starting points’ for integrating information technology (IT) into modern language learning. Consists of ‘snapshots’ of real lessons, the way the work of the class is...

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