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TOPIC 62 Flashcards

1
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How many regions has got the Commonwealth?

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5

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2
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How many people has the Commonwealth?

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It’s home of 2,4 billion citizens

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3
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How many countries?

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54 working together for prosperity, democracy and peace

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4
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When was the modern Commonwealth born?

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On the 26 th April 1949

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5
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Which was the root of this association?

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It was rooted in the British Empire

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6
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What was the name of the countries that gained semi-independence?

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Dominions

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7
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They owed allegiance to…

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British Queen, however the British Empire did not rule over them

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8
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What happened in London in 1949?

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Prime Ministers declared that republics and other countries could be part of the Commonwealth

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9
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In 1965…

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the Secretariat of the Commonwealth was established to organize activities

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10
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Ireland…

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dropped the association in 1949

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11
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They celebrate every two years…

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the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting with emisaries

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12
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in 1971

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they declared that they work cooperatively to promote international peace, fighting racism, opposing colonial domination, reducing inequities in wealth.

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13
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The UK formally governs

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independent members of the Commonwealth and dependent territories which used to be colonies such as Anguilla, Bermuda or Gibraltar

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14
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These governments are composed of…

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legislative, executive council and independent judiciary. The governor is the greatest authority

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15
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The Commonwealth has a plethora of…

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experiences managing cultural diversity

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16
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Four essential facts to manage a culturally diverse society

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  1. social inclusion
  2. cultural respect
  3. social equity
  4. productive diversity
17
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Democracy, development, respect for diversity

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are the 3 ds

18
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What is linguistic variation?

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A term that refers to differences amongst regions, societies and contexts which use a particular language (differences between Castilian and South American Spanish)

19
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Interspeaker variation is…

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variation between languages, dialects and speakers

20
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Intraspeaker variation is…

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the variation within the language of one person

21
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Linguistic variation is…

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the variability of language of one speaker. A single speaker will use different linguistic forms indistinctively.

22
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What is a dialect? Types

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It is variation in grammar and vocabulary. Occupational dialects
Slang
Regional dialects

23
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Lexical variation is

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variants of words such as soda or pop

24
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In the 1950s

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migration flows to UK altered English in many ways. Mixture of Asian and Caribbean slang with English/London Jamaican

25
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British English is totally different to the one spoken in the colonies

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For example American Eng. varies from Br. Eng

26
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American got independent of Britain in the year

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1776 (blurriness of the correct rules)

Noah Webster wrote in 1786 The American Spelling Book

27
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in 1828

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the American Dictionary of the English Language talked about the diverse spellings such as color or center

28
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The English Language was established as the first language in…
In India English is …

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Australia or New Zealand

an official language

29
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Intercultural influences such as the Commonwealth Games are common
The Commonwealth of Learning…

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is an intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth (Vancouver, 1887) meant to promote the use of open and distance learning and aid to the undeveloped countries

30
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The Harare Declaration in 1991 was…

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a statement of Commonwealth Principles (democracy and good government)

31
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The main areas reinforced within the Commonwealth are…

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democracy, economic matters, education, gender, governance, human rights, law, sports, sustainability and youth

32
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The Commonwealth literature was the

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literary output of most of the countries of the British Colonies.
Linked to British Colonialism, the use of English and the influence of British Literary tradition.

33
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This literature

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is a complex combination of political ideology, historical ties, geographical reasons and literary trends

34
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E.M. Forster wrote

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Howards End (1910)
A Passage to India (1924)
35
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D. Lessing

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was given the Nobel Prize (literature) in 2007

36
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Lessing wrote novels such as

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Children of Violence (1959-69)

The Golden Notebook (1962)

37
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N. Gordimer

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was given the Nobel Literature Prize in 1991

38
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Gordimer’s short stories were

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Face to Face (1949)

39
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Gordimer’s novels were

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A world of Strangers (1958)
The Conservationist (1974)

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