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Natasha is highly motivated to learn Standard English so she can become an astronaut. Andrea is surprised that Natasha speaks so well given that her mother speaks Creole. Mrs. Jackson feels insulted when Andrea speaks to her in Creole, revealing her negative attitude towards Creole and positive attitude towards Standard English. A video presentation of the scene could enhance communication through showing tone, expressions, and body language, as non-verbal aspects comprise 55% of communication.

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Cape 2006 Comm p2 Sec B

Natasha is highly motivated to learn Standard English so she can become an astronaut. Andrea is surprised that Natasha speaks so well given that her mother speaks Creole. Mrs. Jackson feels insulted when Andrea speaks to her in Creole, revealing her negative attitude towards Creole and positive attitude towards Standard English. A video presentation of the scene could enhance communication through showing tone, expressions, and body language, as non-verbal aspects comprise 55% of communication.

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SANJAY JOEY RAMSARAN

COMMUNICATION STUDIES CAPE 2006 P2 SECTION B

In the extract entitled , Natasha , adapted from Alecia McKenzie , Satellite


City and Other Stories , Longman , 1992 , it highlights a discussion between Andrea (a
university student , also a tutor ) and Natasha (a primary school child ) concerning their
future careers . Within the extract , Language Variation (L.V.) and Attitudes to Language
(A.L.) were evident. Some aspects for consideration of the essay includes motivation for
achieving a good command of English Language, justification for Andreas surprise that
Natasha spoke so well , Mrs. Jackson attitude to the use of creole and how communicating
could be enhanced through a video presentation of the scene .
Natasha is highly motivated to acquiring Standard English . Natasha wants to
obtain a good profession as an Astronaut . As a primary school child , Natasha would be keen
to learning new things and she must know from knowledge of her teacher that in order to
fulfill her dream of becoming an astronaut , she must acquire full proficiency and
competency of Standard English use . Natashas drive to acquire a good command of
Standard English shows her sheer desire to become an astronaut as she is willing to do
whatever it takes to fulfill this goal .
There are various reasons why Andrea was surprised that Natasha spoke so well .
Natashas mother speaks the creole language therefore , Andreas expectations are that her
daughter would develop this same habit and become a native creole speaker . Andrea thought
that Natasha had never been further than Kingston and would adopt the everyday speech of
Jamaican Creole however this was not the case . The fact that Natasha is only in primary
school which shows she is very young , the reader can infer that Natasha will be learning

Standard English but will not have full proficiency and competency of Standard English use .
This shows Andrea judging Natasha by her community and her mother which reflect the
Creole Language.
Mrs. Jacksons behavior reveals her attitude towards the use of creole as a
negative one however , Standard English is given a positive attitude . There are various
concepts throughout the extract that show this , she herself spoke creole to the woman
shows Andrea using Dialectal Variation(D.V.) toward Mrs. Jackson which would allow for
Mrs. Jackson to be more comfortable/at ease . Mrs . Jackson had been insulted ,this shows
that Mrs.Jackson feel belittled as Andrea is using Creole to speak to her and assumes she is
making a joke out of her . She left quickly shows that Mrs. Jackson was embarrassed that
Andrea spoke creole to her . For Mrs. Jackson , Creole is inferior and Standard English is
superior , she thinks Creole is the wrong and improper way of speaking .
Communication can be enhanced through a video presentation of the scene in
various ways such as : tone , paralanguage and the look of Natashas face when she speaks of
becoming an astronaut . The use of non-verbals will also be seen and give the audience a
better representation of their conversation as non-verbal language possesses fifty-five percent
(55%) of total communication . Chronemics (she left quickly) shows her embarrassment ,
using a video presentation , we will fully understand how Mrs . Jackson felt as she perceives
that creole is inferior to Standard English and thus possesses a negative attitude towards it .
In conclusion , the extract focused on the varying use of different Language
varieties and Attitudes to Language which were revealed throughout the characters behavior
which would be enhanced through a video presentation of the scene .

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