Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Why do we use slang?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11426737

This article explores the theme of slang and why teenagers use it with different kinds of people. It talks about the different uses of slang and what impact they are having on today's modern English.

Frameworks

Phonetics, Phonology and Prosodies - accents, onomatopoeia: how speech sounds and effects are articulated and analysed.
Graphology - the visual aspects of textual design and appearance (form, audience and purpose) e.g fonts, punctuation, emoji and technology.
Lexis and Semantics - words and meanings.
Grammar, including Morphology - the structural patterns and shapes of English at sentence, clause phrase and word level.
Pragmatics - the contextual aspects of language use, (context/meaning).
Discourse - extended stretches of communications occurring in different genres, modes and contexts.

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Why Do We Swear?

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/03/30/why-do-we-swear/

This article explains why people swear and why swearing usually makes people feel better. It also goes on to talk about the severity of different swear words and why we use these.

AQA A Level Specification

Specimen papers and mark schemes.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/as-and-a-level/english-language-a-2700

All raait! It's a new black-white lingo

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-the-mouths-of-teens-422688.html

This article is about the common use of MLE (Multicultural English), a dialect spoken within inner London by the modern youths of today. This article explains and questions why the youngsters of today choose to speak like this. It talks about the impact of the dialect and the use of slang in modern day. It also talks about how MLE is being spoken in other areas, possibly due to music that includes this type of language, which is becoming increasingly popular. This article also includes slang words and thier meanings.

Year 6 Grammar Test

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/quiz/2013/feb/04/grammar-punctuation-quiz-test