Sample 5: Written – Non-printed – Student writing – Exam scripts – W1A-011
<I><p><#>Language awareness may be defined as the explicit knowledge, understanding and attitude pertaining to or of a particular language or a number of languages. <#>In Leo Van Lier’s statement, he conveys that there needs to be a clear understanding of a language and how the language is supposed to be used by others. <#>Van Lier critiques that it is important to understand language as a large mechanism for the effectiveness in the classroom and the textual material being produced. <#>In the Caribbean, there is a <}><->tendeny</-><+>tendency</+></}> for people to stereotype certain languages and their importance in the formal education system, particularly the use of <}><->creole</-><+>Creole</+></}> and dialects. <#>This awareness Van Lier inhibit in his statement is important at every level of the education system, including the stakeholder involved in <}><->implimenting</-><+>implementing</+></}> a policy for language learning and language awareness. <#>In Caribbean classroom, the <w>teachers’</w> medium of instruction is English even though most students speak some other creole or <}><->dialet</-><+>dialect</+></}>.</p>
Markup symbols
| <I> … </I> | subtext marker |
| <p> … </p> | paragraph |
| <#> | text unit markers (~ individual sentences) |
| <}> … </}> | misspellings |
| <-> … </-> | normative deletion |
| <+> … </+> | normative insertion |
| <w> … </w> |
orthographic words (distinguishing a word final |