In this assignment, you have are provided with two options, choose one of them and start the task in a word limit of around 2000 words by usng the Harvard Referencing style of writing. Please remember to include at a minimum of 8 academic sources.
In the First option, you can use the three texts below to describe how the language of science changes with changes in audience purpose and mode.
You should comment on:
- Genre(s)
- Technical language
- Lexical density
- Nominal groups and nominalisation
- Information organisation
- Relationship between writer and readers
- How writers establish their credibility
Attachment:- Assignment 2 Option 1.pdf
In the second option, ypou can use the four texts below to describe how the language of science changes with changes in audience and purpose.
You should comment on:
- Genre(s)
- Technical language
- Lexical density
- Nominal groups and nominalisation
- Information organisation
- Relationship between writer and readers
The texts are:
- Haire, M., Kennedy, E., Lofts, G. & Evergreen, M. (2004). Core Science 2. (2nd ed.), Milton, Qld: Jacaranda Press pp128 – 129
- Laidler, G. & Sartor, A. (2001). Science Search Book 4. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
- Boyle, M. & Senior, K. (2002). Biology (2nd ed.), London: Collins pp68 – 70
- Evert, R. & Eichhorn, S. (2013). Biology of Plants. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company pp38 -41