Final computer room lesson term 1

Morning all

As this is our last computer room lesson of the term this is a good time to get some revision and knowledge consolidation done. You need to ensure, as I mentioned last week, that you fully understand the CLA topic as we have now finished our study of this and will only return to it for revision (if we have time) at the end of the term before your exams. If there is anything you are unsure of, now is the time to revisit it and ensure that you understand it. Additionally, you need to ensure that you are working on your understanding and knowledge of terminology

Useful revision techniques:

• Make revision cards
• mind maps
• consolidate your knowledge by reading articles that I have posted, or find your own wider reading
• revisit the PPTs we've been through in class
• research the theorists
• tidy up your notes from class/on your blog
• re-read your essays you've done so far and read over my comments to decide what it is you need to work on

If you feel confident with CLA, then you can move on to do some research on to our next topic of study we will be covering after Christmas which is Language Change. If you don't get onto this today, this is the work you need to do over the Christmas break:

• Find a short section of text (fiction or non-fiction) from 1600ish and translate it into modern English. Then analyse differences using as much linguistic comment as you can e.g. syntax, semantic shift (what sorts?) etc.
• Research a word that has changed and any phrases, collocations or uses (previous or current uses) that illustrate the different meanings e.g. not quite ready vs quite tired. This is a good resource - the etymology dictionary - which you can use to map the change and development of a word or phrase.
• Find two articles that show differing attitudes to a 'language change' issue e.g. an article that criticises young people's language and one that objectively describes it or is positive about it (look at the links at the side of my blog as a starting point). Or one about the change in the word 'literally' or on the use of non-gendered pronouns etc. Analyse the language used to represent the change/issue, comparing the two texts.

This task is due Wednesday 3rd January 2018; post to your blogs.

Any problems, let me know.