Homework: Plan your Answer
Oct16

Homework: Plan your Answer

Using the categories we defined in class today, tonights homework is to develop a plan outlining how you’re going to respond to the Controlled Assessment question Decide on your three strongest points in response to the proposition, and then list under each of these the categories of analysis and then some specific devices, like: 1) Spoken language is beginning to be influenced by text communication:  a) Language devices i)...

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Spoken Language Study: An exemplar of excellent work
Oct14

Spoken Language Study: An exemplar of excellent work

To follow is an example of what is possible in this assessment. Your question this year is different, however the topic area is the same. This will give you some idea of how the answer can be structured and developed. My comments should assist you to identify what the assessment criteria is looking for in this Controlled Assessment. Download (PDF,...

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Homework: Mobility of Paralinguistic Features

In class today, everyone made a start on answering the following question. The homework is to complete this, on your personal blog, as a test of the swiftness of the response you will get from me to any work you do there.   QUESTION: How do spoken language and text language influence each other? Make a statement Give examples Explain how your examples support your statement NAME the language features you’re using as...

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First Analytical Writing
Sep14

First Analytical Writing

Today everyone had a go at writing a paragraph to explain a unique feature of spoken language from their own dialogues. Everyone made an excellent effort. After reading these in class we identified the the main areas for development. These were: Specific examples in the form of quotations were needed The examples needed to be examined in more detail, including identifying the language device within The social attitudes to the ways...

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