Albert and Haris Have an Idiosyncratic Moment
As part of their spoken language study, these students were charged with the task of recording some ‘natural’ speech. In true idiosyncratic London Nautical School style, Albert and Haris have a conversation in an annexe to my basement classroom that says it all.
Tyler and Tommy Alliterate their Names and talk Arsenal
The next step in the Spoken Language Study is to transcribe this conversation – after which the boys will analyse the text for the unique features of spoken language present. The video provides good evidence of the importance of prosody and paralinguistic features in creating meaning when speaking.
Kamrul, Alex and Mark Have One Very Post-Modern Conversation
From this conversation, these boys will be exploring the unique distinguishing features of spoken language. The first step: transcribe it! Download (PDF,...
Spoken Language Transcription
Today we will be exploring live spoken conversation – and generating our own transcripts. Watch this short video excerpt (from the film “FIT”) and try to write your own transcript of the conversation. The Transcript:
Formality in Spoken Language
This period we tried to develop a working definition for formality. This proved to be a slippery topic. While everyone was comfortable with giving examples of formality and informality in both conversation and clothing – as well as identifying that there were subtle rules to formality (“It’s not just the shirt you wear but how you wear it”) – actually pinning down a definition for formality took some...
