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A scheme of work based upon World Englishes and English as a global language. Useful for A Level English Language Paper 2. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
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AQA English Language A Level AOs and levels on one sheet for paper 2 question 3 'Analyse how language is used in text A and text B to present views about ...'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
This is a scheme created from a range of resources - some knabbed ideas, some text book stuffs, some language and power from days gone by. There are also some bits from a booklet we have at the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A recent article about a "deluge" of English terms, many Covid-related, that are entering the Greek language. Followed by five questions which are designed to get students thinking about attitude... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
This is my 'go to' Christmas lesson for Y13 English Language. Please note, it does require some understanding of the key features of Middle and Early Modern English (more so the latter) but could prob... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A PP for A Level Language on ethnolects, urban dialects and more. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A PP used in remote learning/online teaching (so reading/content heavy), mostly on Labov and Trudgill but with others such as Giles, Bernstein etc. Social class/ regional. Sociolinguistics. A Level La... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A handout on Dennis Baron, A Better Pencil (2009) for AQA A level Paper 2 Language Change (technology). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A handout for students on Gretchen McCulloch's (2019) Because Internet for A Level Language. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A little PowerPoint summary of Philip Seargeant's The Emoji Revolution (2019). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Gives examples of aspects of English which have changed over time. Includes a practice Q3 style task using podcasts as texts. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Runs through lots of reasons for language change including the views of Crystal, Trask, Lerer, Hitchings, Goodman, Fairclough, Lane Greene, Aitchison, McWhorter, Chen, Bailey, Deutscher, Eckert and Ca... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Covers prescriptivism and descriptivism, the role and history of dictionaries of English, Deborah Cameron's Verbal Hygiene and a practice question. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
This has been my pet project since August! Lots of reading went into it. It's a mammoth presentation split into three main sections: 1) attitudes (prescriptivism, descriptivism, dictionaries, verbal h... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A worksheet with a selection of words and definitions from Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and space for A Level students to make notes about patterns, quirks and changes they spot. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Select list of Old English lexis showing a range of spelling patterns and letters alongside modern equivalent. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
A summary of McWhorter's ideas on standard Englishes and language change from his Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of 'Pure' Standard English. Includes some dual coding of his main theory as wel... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
For teachers of A Level language (OCR, AQA), and the Language Change component. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA, OCR
Two PowerPoints with resources on pragmatics: Grice's maxims and scheme; Politeness and Face VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change, Additional resources
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Two lessons plus resources on phonetics and the IPA, and prosody and sound iconicity.There are linked videos in the second PowerPoint so you'll need to enable content VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
This is my distance learning powerpoint on AAVE (I split it into 3 parts then used screencast-o-matic to record over it - so the voice comments are missing here). Included are also the transcript... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
This Word document takes students through a range of tasks to investigate their own language fingerprint. I've used this for Transition tasks for those starting Yr12 English Language. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change, Additional resources
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A booklet containing all the information for World Englishes unit. Includes links to videos, online courses and quizzes. Students should be able to completely independently on the whole so a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
An epic PP for Year 12s (A Level Language) about:Simone de BeauvoircodificationperformativityJudith ButlerdiversityDeborah Cameronidentitiessocial binariesRobert Podesvafalsetto and vocal fryPolariPau... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Lesson on Pamela Fishman's theory on gendered language, including:the s**twork/ active maintenancethe art of conversationher dataconversational power and dominancemen more controlling e.g. interruptio... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Lesson on Dale Spender, including:Man Made Languagewaves of feminismpatriarchal orderpower system/ oppressionminus male/ deviation VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 1: Language, the individual and society, Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Lesson on Tannen's difference ideas for Year 12 A Level Language, including:rapport/reporthyperlink to her talkingsocial conditioningsocial hierarchyareas of gendered language differencecross-cultural... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Year 12 A Level Language lesson on Robin Lakoff's language and gender theory:social conditioningdeficit marked and unmarkedderogation/deteriorationquotes from her bookrestrictions on language VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A lexical and semantic change unit for Language Change in A Level English Language, using the Merriam-Webster dictionary's Time Traveler resource. Good for independent learning. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
Summary of Gender Theories. Early ones! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
With thanks to L. Dyer for the World English stuff - this was awesome. I've adapted other resources from kind souls who have shared, so not all my own. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A series of lessons on the sub-topic of control in the language change element of the Paper 2. Includes a link to an hour long lecture by Peter Trudgill from Leeds Uni (2017). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
The start of the unit. I start with a look at migration and the influences on the English Language including a discussion on why Latin, German, French have so much influence on our language.&nbs... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A resource for teachers for teaching pragmatics and spoken language:Speech Act TheoryExchange Structure theory and classroom talkFrame and Schema VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
A range of different transcripts many scanned from text books. They don't look pretty but they can be used. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change
Topics: Language diversity and change
Exam/Board: AQA
These are from the old old spec! But there are some useful transcripts in here for example: Doctor - patient; students; friends; job interviews.These can be adapted for more relevant specs. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 2: Language diversity and change, Exam practice & revision
Topics: Language diversity and change, Language discourses
Exam/Board: AQA
