OPPGAVETEKSTEN* 1. Read the following passage and then answer the questions which follow.

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1 EMNEKODE OG NAVN* ENGLISH 1, EN130 SENSURVEILEDNING SEMESTER/ ÅR/ EKSAMENSTYPE* VÅR/2010/SKRIFTLIG OPPGAVETEKSTEN* Time: 5 hours. Reference allowed: max. two A4 pages of personal notes. Information: All three parts must be answered. Plan your use of time in accordance with the emphasis given to each of the three parts. Part 1: Text writing. 30% Write on ONE of the following topics. 1. Point Blanc is the second book in Anthony Horowitz series about Alex Rider, the fourteen-year old boy who lives a double life as an agent for M16. Discuss what you think makes this an appealing book to young adult readers. 2. Several of the poems on the reading list deal with growing up and being a teenager. Select one poem and discuss how this topic is presented. Part 2: Grammar 40% 1. Read the following passage and then answer the questions which follow. 1. Humphrey Carpenter, the author and creator of the Mr Majeika books, was born 2. in Oxford. He went to a school called the Dragon School where exciting things often 3. happened. There were also some very odd teachers. He became a full-time writer 4. in 1975 and was the author of many award-winning biographies. As well as the Mr 5. Majeika titles, his children s books included Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits. 6. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and founded the children s drama group, The 7. Mushy Pea Theatre Company. a. Analyse the clause in the first sentence. from. b. Specify (i) the clause functions and (ii) the phrase types of the following phrases:

2 i. some very odd teachers (line 3) ii. a full-time writer (lines 3) iii. his children s books (line 5 ) iv. plays for radio and theatre (lines 6) v. founded (line 7) c. Identify the phrasal functions in the noun phrase the Dragon School where exciting things often happened. (line 2.3) d. What kind of phrase is of many award-winning biographies and what function does it have? d. Describe the verb phrase was born (line 1) 2. (i) Correct the errors in the following sentences. (ii) Using grammatical terms, explain why the corrections you make are necessary. a. *Its a lorry outside the gate. Its loaded with furniture. b. *The people which I m staying with next week is speaking english. 3. Describe the grammatical differences and explain any differences in meaning between the following sentence pairs: a. The programme on Friday lasted for 3 hours. The programme lasted for 3 hours on Friday. b. They hardly work now. They work hard now. Part 3: Phonology 30%

3 1. Transcribe the following sentences phonemically. You may choose a British accent (RP) or an American accent (GA). Before starting the transcription, write which accent it represents. Include intonation marking which conveys the meanings indicated in the brackets. Words containing the tonic syllable are underlined. Use weak forms wherever possible. 2. a. Did you vote yesterday? (neutral). b. Of course I did (confident) What about you? (inquisitive) c. Well I didn t intend to (hesitant) but I eventually went along and got there just in the nick of time. (enthusiastic) d. It ll be a close thing. (neutral) They re talking about a hung parliament whatever that is. (neutral). a. Transcribe the plural forms of the following nouns. Include word stress, marking where necessary. Remember to state which accent your transcription represents, RP or GA. crash polar bear raspberry collection producer c. Transcribe the past tense forms of the following verbs. Include word stress, marking where necessary. post warn detach compress surprise 3. Provide the standard spelling/s for each of the following RP words : 4. The word loose and lose are minimal pairs. a. Use transcriptions of these words to explain what is meant by the term

4 minimal pair. b. Use the transcriptions to explain the difference between the vowel allophones which occur in these words. 5. Explain briefly what you understand by teaching pronunciation in primary grades. RELEVANT PENSUMLITTERATUR * Se pensumliste på følgende link: Innhold EKSAMENSKRAV* Alle 3 deler av besvarelsen må bestås for å få samlet bestått karakter. Part 1: Text writing: Tydelig fokusert og avgrenset fremstilling av oppgaven. Part 2: Grammar: Kandaten skal kunne skille mellom grammatisk form og funksjon anvende grammatiske termer på en presis måte identifisere, rette og forklare grammatiske feil identifisere og beskrive formelle og semantiske forskjeller. Part 3: Phonology: Kandidaten skal kunne lese og skrive fonologisk transkripsjon identifisere og beskrive fonologiske prosesser bruke fonologisk terminologi vise kjennskap til grunnleggende intonasjonsmønster og deres betydning.

5 Form/ struktur/ språklig fremstilling og logisk sammenheng For oppgaven som helhet: En gjennomtenkt disposisjon som gir en god, fokusert og sammenhengende framstilling i et godt språk skal premieres. OPPGAVENS KARAKTER TOLKING AV OPPGAVETEKSTEN Det foreligger ingen særlig grunn til å komme med presisering av oppgaven FAGLÆRERE/ OPPGAVEGIVERE Sted/ dato: Trondheim Navn: Sandra Foldvik, Ingfrid Thowsen, Ingunn Ofte