Morning all
Please continue working on your investigations. You need to address all the comments I made on your drafts last week, and you need to write a conclusion (see last week's blog post).
As I mentioned last week, I cannot take in and mark another draft. However if you want to send me a paragraph here and there, I can give you minimal feedback on this.
A reminder that the final deadline for the investigation is MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY.
Monday 29 January 2018
Sunday 21 January 2018
Investigation feedback and final deadline
Morning all
You'll all have your marked drafts of your investigation back today. As you are only entitled to one draft, you now need to work on all feedback given (some of you only handed in 300-700 words, so you have a lot of catching up to do) and ensure that it is all completed and up to scratch.
The final piece that is missing is the conclusion in which you evaluate your findings and decide whether or not these have proven your hypothesis. Some general advice:
Conclusion/Evaluation:
Final deadline for the finished investigation: FIRST MONDAY BACK AFTER HALF TERM
You'll all have your marked drafts of your investigation back today. As you are only entitled to one draft, you now need to work on all feedback given (some of you only handed in 300-700 words, so you have a lot of catching up to do) and ensure that it is all completed and up to scratch.
The final piece that is missing is the conclusion in which you evaluate your findings and decide whether or not these have proven your hypothesis. Some general advice:
Conclusion/Evaluation:
- check it is tentative and that you have mentioned problems with generalisability, reliability etc despite your careful methodology
- link back to quantified data and theory to evaluate how far your hypothesis is supported (tentatively!)
- contextualise speculatively considering any contact that might have affected the data e.g. age, dialect, social group etc.
- what would you need to make a more effective investigation? e.g. more data, more focussed hypothesis, another section/technique etc.
- don't be self-critical but do be evaluative of the investigation
Final deadline for the finished investigation: FIRST MONDAY BACK AFTER HALF TERM
Friday 12 January 2018
ESSENTIAL wider reading & research: Jean Aitchison's metaphors & British linguistic and historical timeline
Hi everyone,
Attached are the resources from our last 2 lessons, and a number of wider reading materials that I've gathered for you. As I mentioned in a previous lesson, as A2 students it is an expectation that you don't just simply stick to the syllabus and regurgitate everything that is presented to you in your lessons; at this point you should be using our lessons as a starting point and then doing your own research to fully understand the topic. In order to excel and get good grades (not just top i.e. A*-B, but certainly C grades) you need to demonstrate a clear degree of critical and independent thinking. Language change is a huge topic that we can't really even scratch the surface of in class, so the onus here is 100% on you to fill in the gaps.
Firstly, here is a link to Jean Aitchison's 'Language Web' lectures on Radio 4. We listened to the first lecture in the series which can be found here (and here is a link to the transcript so you can read along and take quotes). They are each only 30 minutes long and are an excellent resource for context, but also just to learn more about the language you are studying and I recommend you listen to all of them.
You copied down the historical and linguistic timeline for the UK from the textbook last lesson, so here is a link to a fantastic interactive timeline on the same topic from the British Library website, and here is a link to a PowerPoint which provides a detailed account of the history and development of the English language. Please use these resources to flesh out your timelines.
Please click here to find an eMagazine article on prescriptivism vs descriptivism. If you need to login to access, copy and paste the credentials below:
Username: stbren
Password: eMag16*
When you are logged in, take some time to explore the website for articles like this one which details the importance of context for language change, and not just on language change but CLA and all the AS topics.
Please make a point of ensuring you do at least 1 hour of dedicated wider reading and research for English every week as part of your study and revision. Those of you that do will see your confidence and understanding of the subject noticeably increase, and if you can see it, so will the examiner!
Attached are the resources from our last 2 lessons, and a number of wider reading materials that I've gathered for you. As I mentioned in a previous lesson, as A2 students it is an expectation that you don't just simply stick to the syllabus and regurgitate everything that is presented to you in your lessons; at this point you should be using our lessons as a starting point and then doing your own research to fully understand the topic. In order to excel and get good grades (not just top i.e. A*-B, but certainly C grades) you need to demonstrate a clear degree of critical and independent thinking. Language change is a huge topic that we can't really even scratch the surface of in class, so the onus here is 100% on you to fill in the gaps.
Firstly, here is a link to Jean Aitchison's 'Language Web' lectures on Radio 4. We listened to the first lecture in the series which can be found here (and here is a link to the transcript so you can read along and take quotes). They are each only 30 minutes long and are an excellent resource for context, but also just to learn more about the language you are studying and I recommend you listen to all of them.
You copied down the historical and linguistic timeline for the UK from the textbook last lesson, so here is a link to a fantastic interactive timeline on the same topic from the British Library website, and here is a link to a PowerPoint which provides a detailed account of the history and development of the English language. Please use these resources to flesh out your timelines.
Please click here to find an eMagazine article on prescriptivism vs descriptivism. If you need to login to access, copy and paste the credentials below:
Username: stbren
Password: eMag16*
When you are logged in, take some time to explore the website for articles like this one which details the importance of context for language change, and not just on language change but CLA and all the AS topics.
Please make a point of ensuring you do at least 1 hour of dedicated wider reading and research for English every week as part of your study and revision. Those of you that do will see your confidence and understanding of the subject noticeably increase, and if you can see it, so will the examiner!
Monday 8 January 2018
Language Change - Writing an Opinion Article
Morning all,
Today you will be writing your opinion articles on Language Change using the ideas presented in 'Word of the Year' (click to access) and using some of the terminology from the PowerPoint I went through on Thursday (click to access). You have the whole lesson to write this article so I am expecting one from everyone by the end of the lesson.
This is essentially a version of the task you will need to do on Paper 2 of your A Level exam which may focus on the topic of language change. Below are some materials to support you in this task:
Links to the question paper (it is the last question on the paper) and the link to the second supporting article that you can take ideas from:
Question Paper
Second Article
And a link to 2 student responses with commentary from the examiners - one response is around a D and the other a B, so look at the differences between the two. (look for Question 4 in this document)
Student Responses
Any issues, let me know.
Today you will be writing your opinion articles on Language Change using the ideas presented in 'Word of the Year' (click to access) and using some of the terminology from the PowerPoint I went through on Thursday (click to access). You have the whole lesson to write this article so I am expecting one from everyone by the end of the lesson.
This is essentially a version of the task you will need to do on Paper 2 of your A Level exam which may focus on the topic of language change. Below are some materials to support you in this task:
Links to the question paper (it is the last question on the paper) and the link to the second supporting article that you can take ideas from:
Question Paper
Second Article
And a link to 2 student responses with commentary from the examiners - one response is around a D and the other a B, so look at the differences between the two. (look for Question 4 in this document)
Student Responses
Any issues, let me know.
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