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
Monday, 30 April 2018
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
Monday, 16 April 2018
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.
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, 12 April 2018
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):
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:
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.
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Easter Homework - Paper 2 Section B
Here is the link to your homework for the Easter holidays - you need to complete both of the Paper 2 Section B questions on Accent and Dialect (the comparative analysis and the opinion article).
This is due Wednesday 11th April which is our first lesson back after Easter.
This is due Wednesday 11th April which is our first lesson back after Easter.
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Language Exam Papers & Questions
Hi all,
Please see attached the document which outlines each paper, questions and the assessment objectives for your exams. Use this to inform your revision and prepare for the mocks.
Please see attached the document which outlines each paper, questions and the assessment objectives for your exams. Use this to inform your revision and prepare for the mocks.
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Paper 2, Question 1 Revision
Morning all,
We are doing some paper 2 revision today, specifically question 1. We've done a lot of work on the article analysis and comparison question, but that's only one question on the paper and you have 2 others to complete - the opinion article and the discursive essay.
Q1 of your paper 2 will be the discursive essay. My group will remember that we did a lot of work on how to approach a discursive essay last year and what makes this different to an analytical essay that you will do in the meanings and representations questions, for example.
For this task you will be given a choice of 2 statements. No data or prompt, just the statements, which could be on anything from language and gender to occupation to social groups/social class to language change. The questions will look like this (click here).
Your job is to construct an essay which seeks to explore this statement, using everything you know about the topic, focusing mostly on theories and studies. You are marked out of 30 for this question: 10 marks for AO1 (written expression and terminology) and 20 marks for AO2 (language concepts and theories).
Click here to see a B grade response to the gender discursive question. This is the style that you should be seeking to emulate, however since this is a high B grade, there is still room for improvement, specifically in the clarity of the written expression which is not always consistent, and the lack of specific examples in the discussion of theory.
Your task today is to get into pairs and plan a discursive response to the following question:
'Evaluate the idea that language change can be controlled and directed.'
Start by mindmapping everything you know about the topic of language change, including the argument of descriptivism vs prescriptivism, terminology, theories/theorists, articles you have read (look back through my blog at the wider reading post), documentaries, TED talks, context and anything else you can think of. This will give you a good foundation of what things you could include and refer to.
You then need to work together to write the essay, which is due in tomorrow without fail. To put this in perspective: in the real exam you allocate 45 minutes to complete this task - I am giving you today and tomorrow, which is 3 hours not including homework.
Usethe exemplar essay above as an example, but please be aware that it needs improvement. The best 2 essays will be typed up and given out as exemplars to use for your revision.
Any questions, let me know. Enjoy!
We are doing some paper 2 revision today, specifically question 1. We've done a lot of work on the article analysis and comparison question, but that's only one question on the paper and you have 2 others to complete - the opinion article and the discursive essay.
Q1 of your paper 2 will be the discursive essay. My group will remember that we did a lot of work on how to approach a discursive essay last year and what makes this different to an analytical essay that you will do in the meanings and representations questions, for example.
For this task you will be given a choice of 2 statements. No data or prompt, just the statements, which could be on anything from language and gender to occupation to social groups/social class to language change. The questions will look like this (click here).
Your job is to construct an essay which seeks to explore this statement, using everything you know about the topic, focusing mostly on theories and studies. You are marked out of 30 for this question: 10 marks for AO1 (written expression and terminology) and 20 marks for AO2 (language concepts and theories).
Click here to see a B grade response to the gender discursive question. This is the style that you should be seeking to emulate, however since this is a high B grade, there is still room for improvement, specifically in the clarity of the written expression which is not always consistent, and the lack of specific examples in the discussion of theory.
Your task today is to get into pairs and plan a discursive response to the following question:
'Evaluate the idea that language change can be controlled and directed.'
Start by mindmapping everything you know about the topic of language change, including the argument of descriptivism vs prescriptivism, terminology, theories/theorists, articles you have read (look back through my blog at the wider reading post), documentaries, TED talks, context and anything else you can think of. This will give you a good foundation of what things you could include and refer to.
You then need to work together to write the essay, which is due in tomorrow without fail. To put this in perspective: in the real exam you allocate 45 minutes to complete this task - I am giving you today and tomorrow, which is 3 hours not including homework.
Usethe exemplar essay above as an example, but please be aware that it needs improvement. The best 2 essays will be typed up and given out as exemplars to use for your revision.
Any questions, let me know. Enjoy!
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