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.