The World at Your Doorstep

This chapter looks at international English and the media, focusing in particular on the impact of the revolutionary developments in communication over the last decade.

Competence aims in focus:

The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to

• analyse and assess the role of some English-language media in international society
• present a major in-depth project on a topic from International English or another subject from his or her own programme area and assess the process
• give an account of fundamental principles for constructing texts in a variety of genres
• give an account of fundamental features of English usage and linguistic structure

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