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ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCRAPBOOK

ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCRAPBOOK. A guide to a successful year 12 task. Getting Started!.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCRAPBOOK

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  1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCRAPBOOK A guide to a successful year 12 task

  2. Getting Started! You should have purchased a scrap-book for your unit of study for Year 12 English Language. You could also purchase a plastic pocket book to store information obtained from newspapers or online which has anything to say about language (in Australia primarily, but elsewhere could be relevant.)

  3. Retain any information you may find about the following:

  4. SWEARING

  5. TABOO WORDS

  6. RACIST OR SEXIST LANGUAGE

  7. POLITENESS

  8. JARGON

  9. SLANG

  10. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

  11. POLITICAL USE OF LANGUAGE

  12. Stylistic Features of written text

  13. So what now...? This means that the information may find could specifically discuss these topics. Or, a writer or speaker may be making use of any of the above topics in a natural context or format. Date all sources and keep anything from Newspapers, Texts, Film, TV, Radio, or the Internet. In some cases you may have to record information you have heard from direct speech - so, write it down, including source and date, and keep that in your scrapbook/display book. Keep this information safe as it will be useful for forming the basis of some of your Unit 3 essay writing as well as analysis and annotation for your scrap-book.

  14. Do not neglect this aspect of the course as !!!! You will be asked to report on your finds in class regularly. It will comprise a percentage of your grade.

  15. Newspapers Provide a wonderful source of language in use (magazines also prove useful). Regular columns, especially in The Age, The Age Green Guide – and Good Weekend - often discuss language directly, providing plenty of material for discussion and analysis.

  16. Texts Read, read and read. Choose from the Supplementary Reading list suggestions AND any of the following which give good information about English Language: • 1984 George Orwell • Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll • A Concise History of Australia Stuart Macintyre • Fowler’s Modern English Usage • VCE English Language Exam Guide Kirsten Fox

  17. FILM!! Presents a good opportunity to study identity through a clash of Broad, General and Cultivated accents, and even ethnolects and Aboriginal dialects. We will view segments of film during class time; however, you could view any of the following in your own time:

  18. The CastleThey’re a Weird MobFrontline (1990’s comedy program)Summer Heights High We can be HeroesKath and KimThe Black Balloon

  19. Television and Radio provide excellent resources for analysis. Both domains are useful to study the differences between planned/unplanned and spontaneous/scripted speech. Try to look at some of the following • Enough Rope (also website, especially Chopper Reed and Steve Irwin interviews in the archive; see abc.net.au ) • Reality TV, such as Idol, Survivor, Big Brother, The Bachelor, America’s Next Top Model, Super Nanny - (useful to compile snippets) • Can we help? (Kate Burridge segment- ABC TV 6.30pm Fridays) • The Sounds of Aus • Anything on SBS featuring ethnolects (ethnically based accents) such as Kick or Fat Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, • Bogan Pride • Listen to or download Lingua Franca from Radio National 621 (abc.net.au/rn). It is broadcast at 3.45pm on a Saturday. • Live football or sporting broadcasts with lively commentators, like Rex Hunt

  20. The Internet and Technical Communication NOW this is your specific domain - your generation’s speciality, so to speak! In the area of e-language you could look at actual transcripts of email, msn and texting for analysis. You will have your own authentic examples here but you could also look at the following....

  21. You Tube for stand up comedians, e.g. Mitchell & Webb, Russel Peters, • Official sites for different show clips, e.g. mister potty mouth himself, Gordon Ramsay • Wikipedia – for obscure points of grammar in easy to find and digest form

  22. NOW GET STARTED!!!

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