Guardian article on interruptions - potentially good for Gender

See below and make notes - some good updated commentary in relation to the Dominance model:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/18/why-do-people-interrupt-it-depends-on-whom-youre-talking-to

Language & Gender - Full Mark Essay

Hi everyone, please see the link below. This is a response to the gender question I set and we planned last week in class which has been awarded 30 out of 30. Look at the structure and the content and retain for your notes and revision:

Gender discursive essay - full mark response

Language Theory Revision Checklist

Hi everyone,

Please access this link for a comprehensive checklist for language theories. This is a great document and includes theories we haven't covered as well as the ones we have, so will be very useful for your revision.

Extensive terminology table

Click the link below to access an extensive terminology table. Bear in mind that this is for Language & Lit, so there will be some terminology relating to poetry and drama that won't be useful, but the majority is excellent, so just use your judgement:

https://www.slideshare.net/BCALevels/alevel-english-glossary

Code-switching article - useful for sociolect

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/31/i-dont-code-switch-to-hide-my-identity-i-code-switch-to-celebrate-it

Revision - 'Word of Mouth' & practice essay

Morning all

Today I want you to choose a Word of Mouth episode to listen to from the archives - click here to access. There are 147 episodes available but make sure you choose an episode that is relevant to our study; something like the episode on Slang will be useful whereas Pub Names not so much.

As you are listening, use this sheet (make your own copy) to make specific and detailed notes so that you are able to use what you have learned as quotes in your essay in the exam.

Once you have finished, continue working on the three essay titles I shared with you last week. A reminder that although these are voluntary essays, this will be one of the last opportunities for me to mark your work so if you want to make improvements between now and the exam I suggest you think about handing in at least one.

Enjoy the podcast (choose a good one!) and let me know if you have any questions.



23rd April Update:

I have pooled some of the discursive essay questions together so you can turn your Word of Mouth notes into analytical paragraphs. Click here to access.

Thursday 12th April - Sociolect

Morning all,

Today I want you to focus on re-capping what you know about accent, dialect and sociolect in order to plan a response to one of these discursive questions (Paper 2 Q1):

• Evaluate the idea that the language of different social groups can, over time, lead to significant language change.   

• Evaluate the idea that different social groups develop very different vocabularies, often unique to their sociolect.

• Evaluate the idea that the language of social groups can be affected by changes in technology.

Use my blog, any relevant TED Talks we have watched, the textbook your own notes and the following posts from Dan Clayton's blog to help you plan your response:

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/paper-2-accent-dialect-sociolect-and.html

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/enga3-accent-dialect-revision.html

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/spread-of-scouse.html

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/attitudes-to-accents.html

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/representation-and-regional-variation.html

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/accent-and-dialect-essays.html

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/twittertwang.html

Once you have planned your points, start writing your essay in the discursive style required for this question. Refer back to your mock exams if you need help.