Observation Assessment

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Observation Assessment

• Prepared by Mel, Sam, Ramsey Nicholas.

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Written Language

• Written language includes
• - Signs
• - Advertisements
• - Menus
• - Logos

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Semiotic Systems

• Policies
• House policies
• Advertisements
• Signage

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Policies

• Liquor Act 1982.
• Responsible Service of Alcohol.
• Gaming Machines Act 2001.
• Hotel Gaming Code of Conduct 2004.
• Hotline Help with problem gamblers.

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Style and Mode

• The style of the language is formal and is
  structured this way.
• The mode of the language is written and spoken.
• The written and spoken language is in English.

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Policies

• Under age drinking.
• No proof no purchase.
• Know your standard drinks (For males and
  females.)
• Drink Spiking is a crime.

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House Policies

• No more drunks, no more underage drinking, no
  more violence and no more drink driving

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Gambling

• There are warnings on the machines Your chance
  of winning is 10,000 to one
• There are cards next to the machines to help
  gamblers this card is a hotline number.
• Machines give visual stimulation through pictures
  and lights. Noise is used to stimulate players.

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Advertisements

• Kilkenny Draught Irish Beer Big poster
• Tooheys Extra Dry Coasters
• Macquarie Raiders football team picture and
  jersey
• TAB tickets
• Beer taps shows the different types of beer,
  for example Tooheys new, old, Guinness, Light
  Ice and Sterling.

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Advertisements

• Premises logo sign out the front, on the
  employees shirts and on the menu.
• Spirit bottles labels on the bottle, for
  example Jim Beam, Vodka, Bundeburg Rum and
  Johnnie Walker.

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The Irish Bar

• This section is rich with literacy
• Poems on the walls
• Pictures
• Advertising Irish Beer (Kilkenny and Guinness)

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OHS

• Exit signs are clearly seen.
• Fire extinguishers are behind the bar.
• There is an evacuation procedure.

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Spoken Language

• Words such as schooner, middy, shot,
  pokies are frequently applied and prevalent in
  this vicinity.
• Bar staff speak and interact with their customers
  on a personal level. Their greeting is usually
  How are you?, What would you like? or How
  can I help?
• The most notable form of language used was
  colloquialism.
• Although much of the setting had a very relaxed
  and casual feel to it, there was always a high
  level of courtesy shown towards each other.
• The comfortable atmosphere of the location
  allowed for the use of informal speech and
  sentence structure between people.
• Conversations vastly consisted of personal
  pronoun appliance. (I, me, we, us, they, them)

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Investigation

• The investigation has found that this place is
  not wheelchair friendly. This is the case because
  there are no ramps for wheelchairs to access, the
  restaurant is up stairs and there is no elevator.
  So if they wanted to go to the restaurant they
  would have to rely on someone carrying them up,
  or not go at all.

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Investigation

• Language is clearly applied for social function.
• The rich experience facilitated the exploration
  of language as a social context and aided in the
  understanding that semiotic systems, signs and
  general conversations play a vast role in
  literacy events.