Sentence set-ups

These jokes rely on our expectations. Not only the image (supposing readers are prey to stereotyping or think the writer is stereotyping) but also the syntactical and lexical choices send readers in a certain direction... and then the second part surprises us to create humour and stimulate thought about prejudices. Clever, I think.

Ordinary Muslim man collected on Upworthy

War is a significant language-changer

This article was useful to me - there are some great ones I never knew were acronyms e.g. fubar. I have heard of Norwich before but never Italy. Learn some examples of different types of words coined in the 2WW for the A2 exam.

Sapir-Whorf related article on "freaks" as an offensive term

This Guardian article on language out of context is interesting. What do you think?

Education or indoctrination?

In the wake of UK academies being investigated for teaching extremist beliefs, the reminder of this recent issue in Texas makes it evident that we must question all our sources of information. You know not to trust Wikipedia but you might place a bit more faith (pardon the pun) in your text book.

A2 Investigations - earlier posts

A2 lovelies!

Please look back at my posts for June this year and last year and July this year for some more ideas about investigations.

Also, you can comment on much earlier posts too - everyone is looking at recent posts, rather than seeing what strikes you as interesting from the whole back-catalogue.

Keep up the good work of independent reading and thinking!

Halla

Another excellent blog (Dan Clayton's)

Apart from mine (and fancier scmanzier than mine with its 'labels' and disguised hyperlinks - like the following), this is a great blog for wider reading.

Violence against men: do we lack a vocabulary/script?

The silence around domestic violence where the perpetrators are women and the victims are men is part of the problem with the roles we still confine the different genders in. She should be taught how to deal with her violent impulses and how to speak with understanding and regret about her actions. Whatever the context.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/11/kelly-brook-punching-two-men-jason-statham-danny-cipriani-male-victims-violence?CMP=fb_gu