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Essays Made Easy for English Language students

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Essay Sample: “Language has the power to expose outdated values and influence social change.” Discuss.

Formal language and social purpose

  • Essay 1: Formal language is mainly used to clarify meaning, but it can also be used to obfuscate.
  • Essay 2: Does political correctness unite us or divide us?
  • Essay 3: Freedom of speech is a double-edged sword
  • Essay 4: Formal language can both promote and prevent social harmony. To what extent do you agree?
  • Essay 5: How have changing social attitudes influenced language use in Australia. Discuss.
  • Essay 6: “All euphemistic language, including doublespeak, is at heart a lie to conceal truth and as such, should play no part in effective communication”. Discuss, referring to at least two subsystems in your response.
  • Essay 7: Using language to negotiate positive and negative face acts
  • Essay 8: Language is a tool for building but it is also a weapon
  • Essay 9: Language is a powerful tool that influences social attitudes
  • Essay 10: Discuss current social attitudes towards taboo language and swearing. How are these attitudes exemplified by modern language use?

Offline and online forms of communication

Essay 1: The nature of digital communication, for better or worse, is changing the way we use the English Language.

Informal language and social purpose

  • Essay 1: Informal language has a variety of functions in Australian society. What do you see are some of the crucial roles of informal language in contemporary Australia?
  • Essay 2: Profanity is an emotive communicative tool which plays a variety of roles in contemporary Australian society. Discuss.

Identity – standard and non-standard varieties

  • Essay 1: Some varieties of Australian English are more prestigious than others.
  • Essay 2: Contemporary Australians use a number of overt and covert language norms to construct their identity.
  • Essay 3: Standard Australian English must remain the most prestigious variety of English.
  • Essay 4: An understanding of Standard Australian English is needed to be able to communicate in all contexts in contemporary Australian society. To what extent is this true?

Identity – individual and group identities

  • Essay 1: Social identity is constructed primarily through language. Discuss referring to at least two subsystems.
  • Essay 2: The language choices we make reflect who we are and the social groups to which we belong.
  • Essay 3: Language is shaped by social attitudes
  • Essay 4: Covert linguistic features help to establish solidarity
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  2. References to linguists and relevant commentators (which ones?)
  3. A range of commentaries (formal/informal/spoken/written)
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