Diana ben-Aaron
Queen Mary, University of London, Linguistics, Faculty Member
- University of Suffolk, Suffolk Business School, Department Memberadd
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- Entering a third year of fixed-term appointments as lecturer in sociolinguistics at Queen Mary University of London. Available from April 2020.edit
These materials were written in April 2018 for the Queen Mary Linguistics Department website Teach Real English! (formerly English Language Teaching Resources), and appear in slightly different form there. The website is aimed at teachers... more
These materials were written in April 2018 for the Queen Mary Linguistics Department website Teach Real English! (formerly English Language Teaching Resources), and appear in slightly different form there. The website is aimed at teachers of A level students / high school students.
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These materials were written in April 2018 for the Queen Mary Linguistics Department website Teach Real English! (formerly English Language Teaching Resources), and appear in slightly different form there. The website is aimed at teachers... more
These materials were written in April 2018 for the Queen Mary Linguistics Department website Teach Real English! (formerly English Language Teaching Resources), and appear in slightly different form there. The website is aimed at teachers of A level students / high school students.
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This chapter was written for the EU TEMPUS V programme Consortium for Modern Language Teacher Education (COMOLTE) and submitted there circa 2015 in slightly different form. It has not to my knowledge been published by them but authors... more
This chapter was written for the EU TEMPUS V programme Consortium for Modern Language Teacher Education (COMOLTE) and submitted there circa 2015 in slightly different form. It has not to my knowledge been published by them but authors (who were unpaid) were to retain equal rights in any case.
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This careers guide was written for third-year Professional Writing Practice students at the University of Suffolk, January 2017. Others may find it helpful even though some information is institution-specific.
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Most research studies of news assume a bias toward the extreme, the unusual , and the new. However, much of the content of newspapers consists of the routine and the predictable. Using a collection of articles from the New York Times... more
Most research studies of news assume a bias toward the extreme, the unusual , and the new. However, much of the content of newspapers consists of the routine and the predictable. Using a collection of articles from the New York Times sampled from 1852 to the present, this paper examines news about one subject, national holidays, with a view to explaining the pragmatic functions of such formally unnewsworthy articles. In the national holiday news cycle, the newspaper first announces or forecasts the observances, and after they have taken place the public response is evaluated for enthusiasm and decorum. The standard of behaviour is reinforced through small human interest stories that contain inferential gaps encouraging readers to draw on their knowledge of human conduct. The basic principle being inferred is politeness toward the nation, in the sense of respecting its positive face by anticipating and following its wishes, and respecting its negative face by avoiding challenges and focusing on citizen responsibilities rather than citizen rights. The result is news stories that violate some of the most important "hard" news values previously identified by researchers, by being predictable , ambiguous, static, and generally "good news". The analysis also shows how news which is apparently free of conflict can prepare readers for future consumption of conflict-oriented news.
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National anniversaries such as independence days demand precise coordination in order to make citizens change their routines to forego work and spend the day at rest or at festivities that provide social focus and spectacle. The complex... more
National anniversaries such as independence days demand precise coordination in order to make citizens change their routines to forego work and spend the day at rest or at festivities that provide social focus and spectacle. The complex social construction of national days ...