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Fredag den 3. december 2021
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Vejledning til opgavesættet


Du skal besvare følgende opgaver:
  • Assignment 1-3
  • Assignment 4A eller Assignment 4B
Tekster til opgave 4:

4A: essay:
  • “The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery”, an article, from Global Research website, 2020
  • “In Louisiana, prisons shift toward rehabilitation”, a video, from PBS website, 2020
  • “How Our Criminal Justice System Targets Communities”, a video, from AJ+ on YouTube, 2020
  • “Blacks, Hispanics make up larger shares of prisoners than of U.S. population”, an infographic, from Pew Research website, 2020
4B: analyse af non-fiktion
  • “‘I can’t breathe’: why George Floyd’s words reverberate around the world”, an opinion article by Ben Okri, 2020

Vejledning til opgaverne og skabelon
Den samlede eksaminationstid for opgave 1-4 er fem timer.

Det anbefales, at du skriver din besvarelse i skabelonen, som ligger under Template i menuen til venstre. Besvarelsen afleveres i ét dokument med opgaverne i rækkefølgen 1-4.



Henvisninger til tekst, video- og lydklip


Hvis du citerer, skal du angive kilde.
Alt anvendt materiale skal være engelsksproget og angives med kildehenvisninger. Til forklaring af grammatiske opgaver kan materialerne være på dansk.

Generel skabelon for henvisninger til tekster


Alle henvisninger angives i fodnoter

Ved assignments med én tekst kan henvisninger angives i parentes inde i teksten:

(l. 34): ved én linje
(ll. 35-37): ved flere linjer

Henvisning til kilderne (sources) i opgavematerialet
”In N.R.A. Fight, Companies Find There Is No Neutral Ground” (l. 15) eller (ll.15-17)

Henvisning til videoer i kilderne (sources) i opgavematerialet
”Why Americans Love Guns” (01:23-02:12)

Opslag i bog
“Verbet succeed”. Poul Tornøe, Get It Right. 2012. P. 94.

Henvisning til bog
Chimamanda Adichie, Americanah. 2013. P. 54.

Opslag i i-bog
Typer af verber og deres former, Engelsk fortsættergrammatik - Questions and Answers.
https://engelskfortsaettergrammatik.systime.dk/index.php?id=208

Henvisning til antologi eller artikel
“Coming of Age on the Internet”. Lars Ulrik Tambjerg-Ravn, World in Motion 2.0. 2012. P. 24.




Tekster i opgavesættet


Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet.
Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven.




Assignment 1


Lyt til videoen ”How Our Criminal Justice System Targets Communities”.

Find og skriv otte ord/vendinger, som hører til det semantiske felt/skema ”prison system”.



Assignment 2


Besvar opgave a, b, c og d med udgangspunkt i nedenstående tekststykke. Brug relevant grammatisk terminologi.

a)
 Find og skriv fem forskellige adjektiver og fem forskellige adverbier.
b)
 Find og skriv to aktive og to passive sætninger.

i.
 Marker med gul overstregning verballeddet i hver af sætningerne.
ii.
 Omskriv de to aktive sætninger til passiv.

c)
 Forklar anvendelsen og placeringen af apostrof i de to understregede eksempler.
d)
 Foretag en syntaktisk analyse af nedenstående sætning:

Despite this level of funding, conditions at these detention centers remain dangerous, and detainees’ rights are routinely violated.

Vær opmærksom på, at alle sætningsled ikke nødvendigvis forekommer.

This incisive and carefully researched article was first published by Global Research twelve years ago in March 2008.

Things have got worse since 2008. African-Americans and Latinos are routinely the victims of arbitrary arrest, incarceration and inhumane exploitation in America’s profit driven private prisons.

California has adopted legislation which bans the private prison industry from operating in the state.

“The move will probably also close down four large immigration detention facilities that can hold up to 4,500 people at a time. The legislation is being hailed as a major victory for criminal justice reform because it removes the profit motive from incarceration. It also marks a dramatic departure from California’s past, when private prisons were relied on to reduce crowding in state-run facilities. Private prison companies used to view California as one of their fastest-growing markets.” (The Guardian, September 13, 2019)

In 2018, DHS received $3 billion for custody operations. At least 75 percent of the detention facilities for which DHS contracts are privately owned or operated. Despite this level of funding, conditions at these detention centers remain dangerous, and detainees’ rights are routinely violated.

The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery. Global
Research, 2021




Assignment 3


Den britiske Fitnesskæde 4EverFit ønsker at lancere en kampagne for at tiltrække og fastholde flere unge mennesker og har henvendt sig til reklamebureauet Elephant&Mice for at bede om et udkast. Du er ansat i reklamebureauet og besvarer forespørgslen, hvori du giver oplysninger om:

  • temaet i kampagnen

  • forslag til loyalitetsprogram

  • forslag til medier og events

  • pris og tidshorisont

Skriv e-mailen på engelsk til Will Schwarz: ws@4everfit.co.uk.

Underskriv e-mailen som Jane Doe eller John Doe.

Omfang 200-250 ord



Assignment 4


Answer either assignment 4A or assignment 4B.



Assignment 4A


The American prison industry



Write an argumentative essay in which you analyse the challenges in the US prison system and discuss the role of private corporations in the American prison industry.

Write the argumentative essay in English and give it an appropriate heading.

Word count: 800-1200 words

Use the following sources: Your essay must include references to the source material. All sources must be documented.



Assignment 4B

‘I can’t breathe’: why George Floyd’s words reverberate around the world



Write an analytical essay in which you analyse ‘I can’t breathe’: why George Floyd’s words reverberate around the world by Ben Okri. Part of your essay must focus on linguistic and argumentative features. Based on your analysis, assess if Ben Okri is successful in communicating his message.

Write the analytical essay in English and give it an appropriate heading.

Word count: 800-1200 words

Use the following sources: Your essay must include references to the source material. All sources must be documented.



Template


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Sources


Global Research. The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery. June 14, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289]

PBS. In Louisiana, prisons shift toward rehabilitation. March 8, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-louisiana-prisons-shift-toward-rehabilitation]

AJ+. How Our Criminal Justice System Targets Communities. June 8, 2016. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZZmMrFQzVs]

Pew Research. Blacks, Hispanics make up larger shares of prisoners than of U.S. population. May 20, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/06/share-of-black-white-hispanic-americans-in-prison-2018-vs-2006/ft_20-05-05_imprisonmentrates_2a/]

The Guardian. ‘I can’t breathe’: why George Floyd’s words reverberate around the world. June 8, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/08/i-cant-breathe-george-floyds-words-reverberate-oppression]