Radio Doco Plan
“Learning a language”
Topic: Learning a language
Synopsis:
I am currently learning German so this is personal journey of me struggling to understand and grasp a new language. But at the same time I live in a house with other internationals so it will be a tale of how they have struggled to get comfortable with English and become fully emerged in the English culture and that it is constantly a learning experience.
Interviews:
Myself
Anna
Hijiri
Pauline
Tessa
Actuality:
Talking German in the background
Research:
101 million native (88 million Standard German, 5 million Swiss German, 8 million Austrian German), 60 million second language in EU[13] + 5–20 million worldwide.
German is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union.
Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by about 80 million non-native speakers. Standard German is widely taught in schools, universities and Goethe Institutes worldwide.
German is the third most taught foreign language in the English speaking world after French and Spanish.
Intro:
German is one of the world’s major languages and the most prolific spoken mother tongue amongst the European Union. Approximately 185 million people can speak German native speakers and non-native speakers alike and it is widely taught in schools and universities.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Triple M's Football vs 774 Grandstand Cricket Radio Review
Maybe it is just the sport that made the commentating different and the association that people have with particular sports that made the differing broadcasts of sport very contrasting. When I compared Triple M’s football broadcast and 774’s cricket there was a vast difference.
This can be attributed in some part to the nature of the sport. For example football (AFL) is a rough man’s man sport. It is often thought of as Australia’s past time but similarly it has attached itself sometimes to a violent nature and an uneducated person. While contrastingly cricket invented by the British is thought of more as a gentleman’s game where fights and bad language do not enter the equation.
These differences were only exemplified by the fact that Triple M’s radio team for Monday’s clash between St Kilda and Collingwood was over the top masculine. Firstly Jason Dunstall referred to Shane Crawford and James Brayshaw as “poofs” for wearing the color pink. This kind of innuendo isn’t really required on a football commentary and seemed very unprofessional and actually quite bigoted. They discussed this “poof” issue about pink for about 5 minutes until Stephen Quatermain really regained the control of the show.
On the other hand 774’s Radio Grandstand Cricket in the summer is informal to an extent but not this kind of banter. The jokes that they would make between the commentators are usually factual about cricket or what is happening currently on the pitch. They do not refer to their home life or joke about appearances of each other for example.
774’s Grandstand in my opinion is a class above Triple M’s commentary of the football. While they are more serious they are not too solemn with their commentary and still have jokes and banter between the hosts. It is more that the level and in-depth commentary that 774 presents is informative and enjoyable to listen to while Triple M’s is juvenile.
This can be attributed in some part to the nature of the sport. For example football (AFL) is a rough man’s man sport. It is often thought of as Australia’s past time but similarly it has attached itself sometimes to a violent nature and an uneducated person. While contrastingly cricket invented by the British is thought of more as a gentleman’s game where fights and bad language do not enter the equation.
These differences were only exemplified by the fact that Triple M’s radio team for Monday’s clash between St Kilda and Collingwood was over the top masculine. Firstly Jason Dunstall referred to Shane Crawford and James Brayshaw as “poofs” for wearing the color pink. This kind of innuendo isn’t really required on a football commentary and seemed very unprofessional and actually quite bigoted. They discussed this “poof” issue about pink for about 5 minutes until Stephen Quatermain really regained the control of the show.
On the other hand 774’s Radio Grandstand Cricket in the summer is informal to an extent but not this kind of banter. The jokes that they would make between the commentators are usually factual about cricket or what is happening currently on the pitch. They do not refer to their home life or joke about appearances of each other for example.
774’s Grandstand in my opinion is a class above Triple M’s commentary of the football. While they are more serious they are not too solemn with their commentary and still have jokes and banter between the hosts. It is more that the level and in-depth commentary that 774 presents is informative and enjoyable to listen to while Triple M’s is juvenile.
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