The last week or so has been spent doing a mini research project for U211's TMA02 into a word from a non standard English variety. I have to admit to have been dreading this task, although I drop my t's and have an estuary like accent, the majority of my spoken language is what I would regard as standard. However that was until I contemplated my online gamer side and realised that I spoke a very non-standard and creative variety. I picked a word which to me was interesting and reflected that creativity and started from there.
Usually when it comes to word counts I am struggling to meet the limit, this time I could have easily gone over it and had to cut so many bits that I had discovered to fit the meagre 600 word limit. Once finished the most scary part of all arrived. This assignment is not just written in word in the safety of your own space but instead posted on our tutor group forums for your fellow students to read! I know we are all in the same boat, that they post theirs for me to read but it doesn't make things better, especially when you're the 20th person to post and you can see how everyone else's compares.
So why is this so public? Well the second part of TMA02 involves replying to one of the other threads with further investigation into their word/phrase/etc. I haven't had a chance to look properly at them all yet, I didn't want to scare myself too much by comparing what I've written to what they have but I hope to have as an enjoyable time researching this part as I did with the first.
This TMA also signals the completion of Block 1 of the course, we are a quarter of the way through the module! The last couple of chapters I have kinda skimmed through but I don't care so much, I have decided that I will not answer a question on the exam from this part, and as long as my glossary is up to date it is fine. This has the added bonus of me now being 2 weeks ahead of schedule and I hope to stay that way at least so I don't have to do too much while I'm in Germany next month.
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