You Tube clips that are collected with no scientific basis are frowned on by the exam board so it is better to get similar real world data or find a rationale (scientific reasons) for the clips you choose e.g. the most watched adverts or using a random number generator to tell you which clips to pick from your You Tube search list. Please ask if you are unsure.
It is important to have practice with spoken data and transcription so produce really good transcripts that are worth analysing in close detail.
Instructions and links to sample data clips (also on the A2 Moodle page - use Old Moodle and search for 'language' in 'search courses' until the new site is running):
Before you choose the type of data you would like to investigate, we will do some activities to help you see what might work well by looking at some sample data.
Watch all the following You Tube clips, then choose one/two to transcribe. Use the transcription conventions on the next page to transcribe the data then answer the following questions. Use the answers to form the basis of a Powerpoint for the class on what you have found and what it has made you think of for potential investigations.
- What is interesting about the language used? (annotate the data)
- What theory could you use when analysing the transcript? (add more annotation)
- What other data could you collect that would compare with it?
- What could you title an investigation into data like this? (Use the title format of an interrogative e.g. How does… or a declarative e.g. An investigation into…
- What real data could you collect (rather than just going to You Tube?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9ENhFoWBE (The Apprentice – Language and Power)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kORINpVUEtE (USA Fox network discussion - ‘challenging’ Language and Gender)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4PvRZi3XY (‘Geordie Shore’ interview – easier Language and Gender - transcribe up to time reference 2:06 “being your wife forever”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2EertzeHjM&feature=related (Child directed speech - Child Language Acquisition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNEWatD0viw (Bill Bailey parody of 1300s poetry by Chaucer using some modern language - Language Change)
Your Powerpoint or other presentation about your findings should include:
- Which data you chose and why
- What you found and what theory you linked it to
- What other data you could choose to go with it or replace it with to make an investigation
- What you would call that investigation
The Bill Bailey clip is one of my favourites but to fully appreciate it, you need to know that in Chaucer's time (1300s), the spelling of 'pub' was 'pubbe' and it (and many other words) was pronounced with an 'uh' sound at the end (a 'schwa' sound). The verb 'went' had an inflection for plural (like French does) so one man 'went', two men 'wenten', so you get Bill's first line of "Three men wenten into a pubbe," and you need to transcribe the non-standard pronunciations. You can use 'eye dialect' which just means spell it like it sounds, or you could research into phonetic transcription, which we will use a bit of for Child Language Acquisition next year.
ReplyDeleteYou can use your blog to present rather than doing a Powerpoint - much better! But use a large font so everyone can read your comments on the interactive whiteboard.
ReplyDeleteI watched the Youtube video on the US discussion of "female breadwinners" and I found it infuriating. I do not understand why the panelists, which are all male, have used negative language to describe "female breadwinners". They are calling it a "crisis" and that it is "troubling" and ruining the country and yet they are not talking about any other more concerning matters. In terms of language, it is interesting how the panelists talk about "men being hit by the rescission in ways women were not" which I think is getting viewers to be sympathetic towards men and actually feel anger in a way towards women and quite possibly make viewers believe the trouble the country is in could be because of women. I think evidence for this could be the fact that they talk about how women are affecting their children but not just that but they also talk about the children that are being "killed". It would be interesting to investigate British news into a similar issue since I think there is probably a rise in female breadwinners in Britain too and also it would be good to look at how women react to these opinions as well as the same issue.
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