English for Academy Study

This assignment focuses on English for academic study, analyzing two texts: Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech and the British Library's Equality and Diversity policy. It examines their key arguments, biases, and language use, and includes a self-reflection on writing skills and strategies for improvement. Desklib provides past papers and solved assignments for students.

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMY STUDY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 CRITICAL READING......................................................................................................1
TASK 2 DIFFERENT USES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE...........................................................2
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................3
[a] Documents for stated purpose and audience..........................................................................3
[c] Referencing different types of resource ................................................................................5
TASK 4 REVIEW OF WRITING SKILLS AND IMPROVEMENTS..........................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
This assignment is based on implementing the reading skills in a concise and critical
manner. Herein two texts will be included such as Martin Luther King speech ‘I have a Dream’
and Equality and Diversity policy of the British Library (Crystal and Davy, 2016). Alongside, it
will consist of an outline on the different uses of English language.
TASK 1 CRITICAL READING
Text 1: Martin Luther King speech ‘I have a Dream’
Key Facts- This is one of the historical speeches of the twentieth century. It was delivered to
around 250000 supporters of the Civil Rights Movement. It was given in the honour of the
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, however its date was coincided with the 100 years of
the Emancipation Proclamation. President J.F.Kennedy proposed this march for showing mass
support to the African American community in the areas of job and freedom from hypocrisy
showed towards this community people (Cooke, 2016).
Main Argument- Its focus was on to provide the platform for bringing equality when compared
with the white Americans. It shed light on the need of capturing the necessities for change and
giving a fair treatment to all the African American people (Cone, 2018). Along with this, there
was the need for bridging the gaps between the reality and the dream to establish democracy.
There was struggle for maintaining the balance between the whites and blacks in the American
society which was base on horrific
Bias- This speech was critiqued by eminent personalities that shed light on the impact of this
speech in that era. There were several responses which compared him with Mahatma Gandhi and
Abraham Lincoln. According to an article written by Mary of the Boston Globe, it was in the
right tome to break free the blacks from the clutches of the racism which brought only adversities
and hardships. His speech not only moved the crowd but brought people in tears who withstood
with this apathy (Ling, 2015). In addition, Los Angeles Times described about this speech as the
matchless eloquence of bravery and valour shown by King Junior and brought the entire world
towards the sixty years of struggle of civil rights movement. However, on the other hand, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) rejected this speech on the lines of bringing sea of
negative emotions. Their response included that it provoked the African American people in the
most violent ways.
1

Text 2: Equality and Diversity policy of the British Library
Key Facts- This includes purpose, definition of equality and diversity, scope, policy statement,
library policies and more. This is a group of key features to generate awareness among the
taskforce about the British Library's approach to diversity and equality as well (Pateman and
Vincent, 2016). It also contains definitions of equality and diversity which are interdependent
and must be made understandable at organizational levels.
Main Argument- It shed light on the British Library norms and policies in terms of establishing a
robust framework to avoid any sort of discrimination or complaints. Moreover, it projected the
significance of responsibility through employing list of policies. It is demonstrated that corporate
social responsibility is an essential tool to bring a work life balance. It gives a coherent
framework which implemented and outlined the roles and responsibilities at the organizational
levels at both small and large scales and has been adopted by all corporations.
Bias- There is no evidence of bias as it is a legislative statement under the government of British
library. This consisted of policies to monitor and review the training and bridge the
communication gaps. Thus, it is used by all the organisations and institutions to bring an
atmosphere of dignity and respect and foster humanity.
TASK 2 DIFFERENT USES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Text 1: Martin Luther King speech ‘I have a Dream’- This speech was a beautiful mixture of
several forms used in the English language. There were three rhetorical types and consisted of
voice merging, dynamic spectacle and prophetic voice. Repetition was also used to emphasized
on the need of bringing this urgent attention of the world through the sentence “I have a dream”.
It was repeated for eight times and in the most dramatic manner to demonstrate the urgency
(Myers, 2015). King remarkably described his fears, insecurities and worries through phrases
like “one hundred years later”, “let freedom ring” and “free at last”. This also included about the
“commitment”
Text 2: Equality and Diversity policy of the British Library- The language used here is short,
restricted and to the point. Its motive has been fulfilled by using a strong opening and closing
statements that gave the complete information about the policies and legislative framework.
Moreover, it has a list of acts which clearly inform about the existing policies followed by the
employees working in organizations (Martinsson and Griffin, 2016). Use of bullet points made
2

the entire document more presentable and is based on building rapport by establishing
transparency between the management and the taskforce. The library policies along with
complaints and discrimination to understand the scope, responsibility and other related factors
like work life balance, definition of equality and diversity etc.
TASK 3
[a] Documents for stated purpose and audience
Short Report
This report is based on understanding the relevancy of Martin Luther King speech ‘I have
a Dream’ in today's time. Its theme was based on bringing attention to the Civil Rights
Movement and the drive to gain attention towards the racial discrimination against the African
Americans. Moreover, this speech was considered among the remarkable motivational speeches
to laid the foundation of equality, unity and fraternity at the societal levels. The major
implications included the use of “I have a dream” sentence for about 8 times to demonstrate the
need for ending racism by creating awareness regarding the economic and civil rights.
In regard to the above, this speech brought Martin Luther King Junior among the
celebrated personalities who was consistently participating for the American civil rights and was
a known activist. The prime agenda was to eradicate the colour discrimination and unfair
treatment shown on the African American people. Herein the struggling aspects for the blacks
were described in the most empathetic way to avoid controversy and hurt the sentiments of
people who were undergoing this challenging situation. Moreover, this speech is epic due to its
location where it took place, that is The Lincoln Memorial. This was the site for the
demonstrations in context to the Civil Rights for almost sixty years.
Formal e-mail
Subject: Regarding understanding the relevancy of Martin Luther King speech
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is in regard with conducting special sessions to organise group discussions for
imparting education about the famous speech named as “I have a dream”. I would like to draw
your attention that these sessions would prove beneficial to generate awareness among the
younger generation about the struggles and challenges that the American society faced. In
3

addition, it will help in shedding light on the civil rights movement to end discrimination on the
basis of colour which was prevalent during that time. Therefore, I would request to consider this
initiative and grant me permission.
The following requirements are as follows:
Venue: Memorial Auditorium number 4 and number 6
Dates for conducting sessions: 9th March, 10th March and 11th March 2019
Timings: 11:00 am to 2 pm
Kindly do the needful. For any query, contact on the below details.
Thanks & Regards,
XYZ
(Contact number: 1234567889)
Summary of an article
“I have a Dream” is one of the famous public speeches that was given by the activist,
Martin Luther King Junior in the year 1963 at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington. This
speech was based on the vision of King who wanted to abolish the slavery and the racial
discrimination against the black community. He was among them and set out this goal to
eradicate the racial discrimination on the American land. The entire emphasis was to realise this
dream of his onto people minds for gaining freedom and independence in the form of equality. It
highlighted the need of colour equality between whites and blacks in order to unite the populace
with the threads of trust and non-prejudice conceptual framework. It also added about trusting
the white people and to conduct themselves on the steps of dignity and discipline. There was an
urge to back to different states like Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and more to come out of their
shell of insecurities and valley of despair. This speech is epic in many ways such as its date was
coincided with the centenarian age of Emancipation Proclamation and the venue was the six
decades old historical site for civil rights movement. To sum up, it brought hopes and aspirations
in hundreds of African American people who were living on the American soil and struggling
with the racism.
4

[c] Referencing different types of resource
Short Report: Its structure is defined in coherent and concise manner that emphasized on giving
a brief evaluation about the title or subject. This involves about the thematic idea about the title
or assigned subject in terms of aim or purpose to make the readers understand. Moreover, its
layout is simple and only contains the outline of the main argument.
Formal e-mail:Its structure include four steps such as proper salutation, main body highlighting
the concerns, additional details about any attachment or information and closing line. The layout
begins with a greeting in formal manner like “dear sir/madam” or “hello”, followed up by the
statement of purpose and related body and few remarks. Lastly, it ends with a closing statement.
Summary of an article: This has no definite structure and layout as well. It could be of various
types and includes about several depictions and ideas of the original document. There must be
supporting evidence to grab the attention of the targeted audience and the entire summary must
be short and to the point to avoid any associated ambiguity.
TASK 4 REVIEW OF WRITING SKILLS AND IMPROVEMENTS
Writing is one of the important mode of communication skills and I personally felt that I
am good at understanding the meaning and the related significance with it. Moreover, the
strengths also included that I know about the implementation of all the parts of speech while
writing any summary or formal email. Along with, I have good understanding of linking the
several ideas and opinions beautifully in concise way after reading books and speeches.
However, I lack the vocabulary to connect all my thoughts into smaller sentences to emote my
feelings in clearer and convenient order. In addition, I sometimes get confused while using
dictionary as I have no experience in pronunciation of a certain word mentioned in it. Although it
is one of the effective sources to bring transparency for the readers to have a better knowledge in
context to the usage of words and formation of sentences while connecting all the important
words and phrases (Declerck, 2015).
In addition to the above reflective, I evaluated that my reading speed is appreciable but I
can become better by continuously referring English books, magazines or read newspapers and
blogs on several social media platforms. I have also started writing few paragraphs' ion general
topics to assess my writing skills and improve my skills set with knowledge. Consequently, I feel
that these are the key areas to maintain my competency levels while appearing for my tests and
normal day conversations with people. To sum up, I read novels and try to complete one book so
5

that I can come in contact with new words on daily basis and gain advantage over my colleagues.
Along with this, I can achieve my objectives and earn reputation and credibility as well in terms
of written English.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized that English language is important in today's scenario to bring a
critical overview regarding several texts and authenticated works. This included a short report,
email writing in formal style and a summarized description of Text 1. Furthermore, it brought
attention towards the writing skills and its significance at personal and professional levels.
6

REFERENCES
Cone, J.H., 2018. America: A Dream or A Nightmare?. Journal of the Interdenominational
Theological Center. 13(2). p.6.
Cooke, T., 2016. Martin Luther King Jr. Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP.
Ling, P.J., 2015. Martin Luther King, Jr. Routledge.
Myers, P., 2015. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Dream. First Principles. 50. pp.1-21.
Martinsson, L. and Griffin, G. eds., 2016. Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden.
Policy Press.
Pateman, J. and Vincent, J., 2016. Public libraries and social justice. Routledge.
Crystal, D. and Davy, D., 2016. Investigating english style. Routledge.
Declerck, R., 2015. Tense in English: Its structure and use in discourse. Routledge.
7

APPENDIX
Short Report
This report is based on understanding the relevancy of Martin Luther King speech ‘I
have a Dream’ in today's time. Its theme was based on bringing attention to the Civil Rights
Movement and the drive to gain attention towards the racial discrimination against the African-
Americans. Moreover, this speech was considered among the remarkable motivational speeches
to laid the foundation of equality, unity and fraternity at the societal levels. The major
implications included the use of “I have a dream” sentence for about 8 times to demonstrate the
need for ending racism by creating awareness regarding the economic and civil rights.
In regard to the above, this speech brought Martin Luther King Junior among the
celebrated personalities who was consistently participating for the American civil rights and
was a known activist. The prime agenda was to eradicate the colour discrimination and unfair
treatment shown on the African-American. Herein the struggling aspects for the blacks were
described in the most empathetic way to avoid controversy and hurt the sentiments of people
who were undergoing this challenging situation. Moreover, this speech is epic due to its
location where it took place, that is The Lincoln Memorial. This was the site for the
demonstrations in context to the Civil Rights for almost sixty years.
Formal e-mail
Subject: Regarding understanding the relevancy of Martin Luther King speech
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is in regard with conducting special sessions to organise group discussions for
imparting education about the famous speech named as “I have a dream”. I would like to draw
your attention that these sessions would prove beneficial to generate awareness among the
younger generation about the struggles and challenges that the American society faced. In
addition, it will help in shedding light on the civil rights movement to end discrimination on the
8

basis of colour which was prevalent during that time. Therefore, I would request to consider this
initiative and grant me permission.
The following requirements are as follows:
Venue: Memorial Auditorium number 4 and number 6
Dates for conducting sessions: 9th March, 10th March and 11th March 2019
Timings: 11:00 am to 2 pm
Kindly do the needful. For any query, contact on the below details.
Thanks & Regards,
XYZ
(Contact number: 1234567889)
Summary of an article
“I have a Dream” is one of the famous public speeches that was given by the activist,
Martin Luther King Junior in the year 1963 at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington. This
speech was based on the vision of King who wanted to abolish the slavery and the racial
discrimination against the black community. He was among them and set out this goal to
eradicate the racial discrimination on the American land. The entire emphasis was to realise this
dream of his onto people minds for gaining freedom and independence in the form of equality.
It highlighted the need of colour equality between whites and blacks in order to unite the
populace with the threads of trust and non-prejudice conceptual framework. It also added about
trusting the white people and to conduct themselves on the steps of dignity and discipline.
There was an urge to back to different states like Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and more to
come out of their shell of insecurities and valley of despair. This speech is epic in many ways
such as its date was coincided with the centenarian age of Emancipation Proclamation and the
venue was the six decades old historical site for civil rights movement. To sum up, it brought
hopes and aspirations in hundreds of African American people who were living on the
American soil and struggling with the racism.
9

10

11

12

13