Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Specimen papers and mark schemes
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/as-and-a-level/english-language-7701-7702/assessment-resources
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Slang
The link below is a list of the common slang words used by the teenagers of 2015. Slang is more so used when speaking although many of teenagers text,tweet, etc. some slang words in their sentences. Some would argue that the slang of today is ruining our English language but others would argue that teenagers are just being creative and would say its a way for teenagers to communicate with each other without others understanding them.
http://www.timwoods.org/the-london-slang-dictionary-project/
Transcript of Speech
A
conversation in a classroom between 3 people, Shae-17 from Barton Hill,
Kirsty-16-from Stockwood and Lewis-16 from Hanham
Adjacency pairs
Chaining
Quantity- too little
Quality
Relevance – side sequence
Manner – not clear
Prosodic feature
A:
How has your day been so far?
B:
Ah it’s been good thanks,
um not much has happened, im
extremely very tired though
A:
Early morning?
B:
Yeah, how was yours?
A:
Just tired
C:
I nearly went to hospital
B:
(Laugh)
C:
Cycling in, nearly crashed
into a pillar
B:
(Laugh)
A:
What time have you been up
since?
B:
Half six
C:
Half seven
B:
How? How did you get up that late?
C:
I leave the house at five past eight
B:
(Laugh)
A:
So do I actually, I leave the
house at twenty past eight
C:
So I have half an hour
B:
I have to get up at half six,
otherwise I’ll be there till eight like aaah
A:
Do you live far?
B:
It’s not really far
A:
You?
C:
Twenty minute cycle, not far
A:
Half an hour bus drive
B:
If I walk in it will take me
like forty-five minutes, (sigh) and what are you two up to tonight?
A:
Um house, tidying the house
B:
I need to do that actually (laugh), its like a mess everywhere
A:
My mums given me loads of jobs, so
B:
Yeah
A:
That’s me, you?
C:
Playing FIFA probably
A: The new one?
B: (Laugh)
C: Yeah, I bought it last night, straight to ASDA to buy it
A:
Was there a line?
C:
What’s that? Oh yeah
A:
Like a queue
C:
Like five people or so, quite quick
A:
That’s alright then
The
quantity of this conversation wasn’t too much or too little, it was just right
for our conversation. The quality of our conversation was okay, I don’t think
we lied or over exaggerated but I do think we could have been more open
optimistic or casual with our answers. The relevance of our conversation was
very on topic to our questions although C did go on a side sequence when
speaking about how he gets to college. The manner of our conversation was very
clear; we hardly spoke in slang although there were a couple filler in our
sentences. There wasn’t really any pauses but B did nervously laugh a few times which could indicate shyness or
embarrassment.
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