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The Investigation. YR13 Coursework. The Wordy Bit…. Finding out new things about language by using a clear and open process that others can understand Finding out some sort of ‘truth’ about how language works – so be prepared to work with what your data ‘throws up’
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The Investigation YR13 Coursework
The Wordy Bit… • Finding out new things about language by using a clear and open process that others can understand • Finding out some sort of ‘truth’ about how language works – so be prepared to work with what your data ‘throws up’ • Grounded in data and lead to objective conclusions rather than subjective
Structure • 2,500 words – doesn’t include data or appendices • The investigation is 20% of your A Level • 50 marks • Introduction • Methodology • Analysis • Conclusion and evaluation • Bibliography and references • Appendices and data
Example Investigations 1 Hour • Look at the example projects around you • Choose one project to read through • Can you spot any pitfalls? • What worked well? • Did anything surprise you? TASK: Using the post-its and the flip chart paper, create a display of your feedback
Today – 12.9.12 • Project Analysis Feedback – annotated and added to folder • Blue Project Info Sheet – read through, annotate and discussion • Generating Ideas – group task • Scrapbook – entry 1
Group Task • 15 minutes • One topic area • 3 potential project ideas • Feedback to the class
Radio, TV and Technology: • TV Comedy vs Radio Comedy • Football commentary – Radio vs TV • Language in news – comparison of different news channels • Language of chat room/text/social networking • Gender and Language use • Male and Female lexis – gender dependent? • Do women talk more than men • Difference in comedy • Taboo language
Power and Conversational discourse • Doctor/patient conversation • Does taboo language help assert power? • Teacher student convo • Do men control conversation? • Radio TV Media • Textual behaviour • Newsroundvs the Beeb • Gender differences in tv chefs
Persuasive speeches/Rhetoric • Persuasive techniques • Advertisement – power of persuasion • Male and Female – political parties/candidates
Scrapbook Entry 1 • Summarise today’s lesson • Add notes on potential project ideas • List 2-3 potential project ideas for you…
Today’s Lesson • Initial Ideas activity • Important Dates • Initial Research – laptops?
Lesson Programme • 17th September – lesson 2 and 3 • 21st September – lesson 2 and 3 • 26th September – lesson 3 • 1st October – begin language acquisition
Initial Ideas – 30 minutes • Choose an area of language for investigation • Think of 3 possible titles • Create 3 mind maps with details of project including • Title • Methods of data collection • Possible pitfalls? • Rating out of 10
Initial Research… • Scrap book… • Websites visited • Clips watched • Notes on each of your 3 possible titles
Today… • 10 minutes – scrap book • Perfecting your investigation question • Methodology – planning your response • Writing the Methodology