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Extension Exercises
Index
| Chapter 23 - Ellipsis and substitution | Possible
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Exploring English
Choose a newspaper
article and a page from a novel which includes a lot of dialogue - or,
if you have access to the necessary technology, record someone talking
or a conversation which you can then analyse.
- Identify examples
of ellipsis and substitution in these texts.
- Identify any instances
where opportunities for using ellipsis and substitution have not been
taken, and the language is consequently more 'wordy' than is necessary.
- Identify any instances
of ellipsis or substitution which might make understanding difficult
for a learner.
- If you are able
to do this, choose similar texts in a foreign language that you know
well. Identify examples of ellipsis and substitution. What kinds of
words are left out? What kinds of words are used as substitutes? How
does this compare with ellipsis and substitution in English?
Course materials
Choose course materials
you are familiar with and, if possible, some that you don't know. Analyse
and compare them bearing in mind the following questions:
- How easy is it
to locate material which deals with the topic of ellipsisand substitution?
(Look at the contents page, 'map of the book', index orgrammatical summary.)
- Are ellipsis and
substitution treated as an aspect of grammar?vocabulary? reading skills?
writing skills?
- At what levels
(for example, elementary, intermediate) is attention paidto ellipsis
and substitution?
- To what extent
is ellipsis and substitution treated as one topic asopposed to separate
topics (for example, ellipsis in short answers toquestions, 'situational'
ellipsis of pronouns in conversation)?
- What balance is
there between sensitisation and analysis, and practice?,/li>
- Is use made of
authentic text?
- Evaluate the materials
in terms of the amount of attention paid toellipsis and substitution
and the effectiveness of this treatment.
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