HOMEWORK: “We don’t say that here”
Your home idiolect There are many words and subtleties in the way we communicate with our friends and family that are unique to us, and that demonstrate our belonging and familiarity with that unique group. Tonight’s homework is to write a dictionary of the non-standard words and terms you, your friends and family use in your everyday conversations.
Glossary: Spoken Language Devices
This project provides us with an opportunity to explore our own unique spoken language and the way it communicates volumes about our age, nature, culture, and character. We will be comparing spoken language with the langue of text messaging, bbm and online chat. The variety and creativity of the South London youth dialect is one of the most fast moving and expressive I have ever come across and it represents a brilliant opportunity...
HOMEWORK: Analytical Paragraph
Today we annotated samples of your own text language, using the terms and devices listed here. We identified that, while the main purpose of the modifications to standard English in text communication is to aid brevity (to make communication quicker by having to type less) there was also some subsidiary benefits due to the development of a particular tone in the communication. We agreed that you could tell some things about people...
HOMEWORK: Transcribe your own conversation
Today we explored the technical terms that define the non-standard English that is a big part of text and instant messaging communication. Attached to this – and to assist with your homework – is today’s annotated example from the board and also a glossary of terms that are useful when analysing text-speak. HOMEWORK: Transcribe one of your own text conversations and annotate it using the terms we explored in class...
Spoken Language Study: Day One
The Way We Talk The first GCSE assessment of your school careers happens this term. It is the Spoken Language study, which is 10% of your English Language GCSE. Much more information will follow explaining the specific requirements of this assessment, but at the moment all you need to know is that it deals with the way we speak and communicate with each other in everyday situations. Today I wrote what would be a typical text message...
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Spoken Language Transcripts Sep 12, 2014