FINAL ASSIGNMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS


I. SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS – ORAL PRESENTATIONS on 9 May 2023

- 5-10 minutes

- it should include some of the theoretical approaches from sociolinguistics plus reasons for using
them, be interactive – ask questions, ask for feedback and insights from the audience

- Introduction: description of the context (of the text, audio, video), approaches used

- Main part: sociolinguistic analysis, how the approaches helped in analyzing it

- Conclusion: summary, emphasize important information

- upload the whole presentation into the IS (Homework Vaults – “Sociolinguistics – Oral
Presentations”)


II. SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS – WRITTEN WORK (deadline: 15 June 2023)

- 4 to 6 pages (1000 – 1500 words)

- use academic style of writing

- it should include a theoretical approach/framework plus reasons for using it, at least 2-3x
citations or paraphrases from literature (books on sociolinguistics in IS MU or other quality
sources)

- link the citations and paraphrases into your writing so that it makes sense and reads well

- use appropriate citation formats (e.g. APA or MLA styles)

APA: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html

MLA: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_style_introduction.html

- avoid plagiarism (read what constitutes plagiarism)

PLAGIARISM: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/avoiding_plagiarism/index.html

- Introduction: description of the text/video/audio, underlying sociolinguistic theory

- Main part: analysis – should have a clear structure, always provide reasons for the gained
insights and used approaches

- Conclusion: summarize the most important information (What do the insights gained from the
analysis reveal to us?)

- upload the written analysis into the IS (Homework Vaults - “Sociolinguistics – Final Written
Work”)