Abiturprüfung: Textverständnis "Canal boats: the last option for affordable city-centre living?" by J. Meikle/P. Maynard BY

Task

Hinweis: Die Angaben in Klammern zeigt die Gewichtung der einzelnen Aufgaben.

Answer the following questions using your own words as far as is appropriate. Quote correctly.

1. Describe the phenomenon of people living on canal boats in London, taking into account who lives on them and why, and the practicalities of the boaters’ day-to-day lives. (35%)
2. Outline the problems related to canal boats in London for local communities and the CRT. Analyse two examples of imagery that are used to illustrate these problems. (35%)
3. Analyse the writers’ choice of quotations: how are the quotations used and what are their functions? (30%)

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