Media text work is your top priority but I would like you to do some wider reading, so I am pointing you in the direction of emagazine (they have a facebook page, which updates you on some interesting articles but we have a subscription to the online version of the actual magazine).
The logon and password are: emagazine11 yx647wh
This information is also on the Moodle AS Language page, if you need to use it again and can't find this post. Remember to keep updating yourself on AS content, theory and terminology throughout this year.
Tuesday: The article I would like you to read and make notes on (either handwritten or on your blog) is a Language Change article that uses some phonetic transcription (so you can see how it would be useful for both key units). The article is called "World Englishes..." and starts on p.23 of this season's edition (issue 61 - September - just click on the fromt cover in the top right of the website). The question to really think about is 'how is English changing because of the speakers who use it?'
Then go on to your media text. You can intersperse some grammar work on Grammar Bytes or similar, or do some AS work or CLA work alongside it, but keep busy and focussed.
Friday: I will hopefully have marked your investigations by Tuesday, so in preparation for that, I would like you to read another emagazine article - one that looks at investigation data and gives an overview and results analysis. Please make notes on how findings are evaluated in depth and the language used to explore the data tentitively. Notice how the close analysis is of the statistically significant or anomalous findings. You should follow this structure in your investigations. The article is on page 52. Write on your blog which aspects of your data you will look at closely and why.
Then continue with your media text, gammar work etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZatrvNDOiE - Language Acquisition 1 , there are some other parts involving child language acquisition.
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