Homework: Perfect Paragraph

Posted By Christopher Waugh on Oct 2, 2013

As our lesson was interrupted by a fire alarm on Wednesday, this “Perfect Paragraph” exercise is now due on Friday. That task is simple: Follow the instructions in your book to improve your existing paragraph on the features of language typical of spoken conversations. This is due on Friday

Practise Paragraph

Posted By Christopher Waugh on Sep 25, 2013

Spoken Language Transcripts

Posted By Christopher Waugh on Sep 16, 2013

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.   SAMPLE TRANSCRIPT: Download (PDF,...

Glossary: Spoken Language Devices

Posted By Christopher Waugh on Sep 12, 2013

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

Posted By Christopher Waugh on Sep 11, 2013

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...