by melaniewp | Apr 19, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, GCSE, Spoken Language, Technical Terms, Text Language
2b or not 2b? Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. (abridged) (c) 2008 The Guardian and David Crystal… Although many texters enjoy breaking language rules, they also know...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, English Language, GCSE, Spoken Language, Technical Terms
*Pragmatics is the context of the message – e.g. age of participants, relative status, locations, job, hobbies etc.*Prosodic features – elements which mimic spoken language, e.g. sounds like: grr, urr (eurgh), er, mmm*Idiolect – the distinctive way that an individual...
by melaniewp | Apr 14, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, GCSE, Model Essays, Spoken Language
This is for the GCSE Controlled Assessment for Spoken Language Study. It focusses on two transcripts of David Cameron’s language in different contexts. If there are any technical terms you don’t understand use the glossary which I link to at the bottom of...
by melaniewp | Apr 2, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, English Language, GCSE, Spoken Language
When Analysing a Transcript, you should consider:What is the purpose, and style of the spoken language? Take care to see if the purpose changes, or is different for each different speaker. Does it change and why?1. expressive – showing feelings2. transactional...
by melaniewp | Mar 28, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Mercutio, Poetry, Queen Mab, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
This is a task I set for a student. I asked her to compare Mercutio’s ‘Queen Mab’ speech from Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130.The question was: Explore how love is presented in both texts.The reason this is evil is because one is...
by melaniewp | Mar 24, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, GCSE, Spoken Language, Technical Terms
This is a brief summary of the features of spoken language as used in the GCSE Controlled Assessment. Common transcripts used are:Interviews with the same person in different contexts – e.g. David Cameron interviewed about government policy between 7pm and 8pm,...
