Analysis- Field, Tenor and Mode

Page: BBC English Learning

1. Field:

Goals:
- To help learners practice English (esp, writing, listening and reading)
- To provide teachers resources

Contents:
- News English: English in news
- Business English: English in business situations
- Watch and listen: see pictures and video, listen to the stories
- Grammar and vocabulary
- Communication: Message Board, Blogs, etc
- Quizzes: Many kinds of quizzes with different topics
- Flatmates: Listening comprehension
- Webcast: Listening to the talks about Enlgish
- Resource for teachers: Lesson plans, quizzes


2. Tenor:
Participants: users (different ages and level), producer
Participant roles:
- Individual use, within the classroom and with students around the world
- Learners: active (write blog entries, do exercises, listening actively)
Interactivity:
- Information along with activities are provided.
- Users are able to comment on articles and do exercises online
- Users can contribute to the websites (Upload stories to teacher blog and student blog)
- Users participate in the project: Country of the Month
- Both users and producers have the power to the page.

3. Mode:
- Code: British English and 32 other languages.
- Channel: Spoken, written, signs/images, sounds.
- Discourse style: both technical and informal, appropriate for many types of target users.
- Register: Formal English
- Users can construct discourse (blogs, comments, etc)
- Users can send email, discuss, post message and images to the forum

Conclusion:
- It is an interactive page, supporting students to become active in learning English
- Computers enhance student learning (forum, blogs, exercises)
- Users have opportunities to practice language skills