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  1. Voices of the UK: Accents and Dialects of English (2010)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 153 minutes), £15.95

    This two-CD compilation, drawn from the extensive collection of language and dialect recordings held by the British Library Sound Archive, includes 143 recordings that capture and celebrate the rich...

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  2. English, English Everywhere (1997)

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

    English is now the dominant language spoken by over a billion people and second language users of English now outnumber native speakers. All of this is having a profound effect on the language and how it is...

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. English Education, An (1995)

    Producer
    Paul Manners
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Explores the subject of English-medium education in the south Indian city of Bangalore. Follows three families who have chosen to send their children to three very different kinds of English-medium schools,...

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  8. Punctuate Well at Any Age - Write a Perfect Letter (1992)

    Subject
    Education; English language and literature; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £12.99

    Carol Vorderman presents this video on the layout of letters, both formal and informal. It provides standard letters which can be changed by the learner to suit the situation. It also includes music and...

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  9. Activity Days in Language Learning (1977 Film)

    Director
    Piers Pendred
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows an ‘activity day’ on an intensive English language course. Shows how the day is organised to cope with the individual learner’s needs, and how and why students select activities for themseleves...

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