Lesson 5: Accent and dialect

What’s the difference between accent and dialect?

Accent: the specific way words are pronounced according to geographical region.  For example, Geordie.

Dialect: the language variety of a geographical region or social background. Different forms of grammar, lexis, phonology and semantics affect dialect.

Standard English:  This is a dialect which has acquired the status of representing the English language.  It is the ‘proper’ or ‘correct’ way to speak.

 

Lesson 4: Stereotyping

 A stereotype is a judgment by a person or judgment shared by a group of people based on uneducated assumptions and generalisations. 

First impressions )

s  When you meet someone for the first time, what do you notice most?

-       The way they look?

-       The way they speak?

-       The way they dress?

s  How would a ‘posh’ person speak?  How would a ‘chav’ speak?  (write this down in your exercise book or save it to your Linoit)

Lesson 3: What is ideolect?

Idiolect

Idiolect is the language that you use.  It is individual to you and your personality.

Create a mindmap on how you use ideolect  noting the different varieties of English you use in different situations and contexts.

For each variety of English you use, and where possible, give an example of your language use.

For example, how you speak differently with siblings, friends, teachers, parents and grandparents.

You could use a Popplet to cover this

Lesson 2: What affects the way we speak?

Learning Objectives

1. To understand how the way we and others speak can both include and exclude;
2. To understand that we all make judgements based on how people talk.

 

How can our language be affected?

Think about why people speak differently.  Make a list of your ideas in your book.

Social influences on language

Match the following influences up to the correct descriptions: You could do this on a Linoit

age	sexuality
gender	hobbies
ethnicity	deviance
occupation	region
social class	context

Social influences on language

The pasttimes and leisure activities that people take part in will affect language use.	How old or young a person is will affect language use.
A person’s ethnic background (for example, Creolisation – London Jamaican) will affect language use	The sexual orientation of individuals will affect language use.
Whether you are male or female will affect language use..	Who, where and why a person is talking to someone else will affect language use.
Any ‘less savoury’ activities that an individual is involved in will affect language use.	The social, educational and economic position that people are born into / live in will affect language use.
Where a person is from (geographically) will affect language use.	The job or career that a person does will affect language use.

Summarise what you have learnt about:

1. To understand how the way we and others speak can both include and exclude;
2. To understand that we all make judgements based on how people talk.

Lesson 1: What is the task we are investigating?

Your controlled assessment will be:

Explore some of the similarities and differences between spoken conversation and web based communication such as messaging, Twitter and Facebook.

To achieve this you are going to teach yourself this topic and then feedback in class



Assessment Objectives

AO2

· understand variations in spoken language, explaining why language changes in relation to contexts

· evaluate the impact of spoken language choices in their own and others’ use