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Here are the posts from the Dire Ambition website that are relevant to this week's podcast: NCEA 1.5 – Formal Writing – Spoken Language Study Spoken Language Study: Example of an analytical paragraph Spoken Language Study – Explore Instant Messaging and Develop an...
This task is a culmination of our study of our own spoken and text language. This is an opportunity to explore the techniques of language, structure and conventions of oral language that underpin the rapid and innovative changes we’re seeing in our interpersonal communication
An exploration of the sophistication and richness of the way we modify and elaborate on standard English to enrich our interpersonal communication. First check you've completed Stage 1 Stage 2: Transcribe an instant messaging conversation and annotate it for all...
Here are some of the key resources referred to in this podcast: Spoken Language Sample - The initial task Spoken Language Transcript Practice - Looking at some South London teenager speech Spoken Language Study – Stage 1 – Gather Your Data - complete with glossaries...
The first step in our spoken language study is to transcribe our spoken conversation, annotate it for the language features used, and write an initial paragraph explaining this language effect. This post also contains our exemplar transcripts and paragraphs
In pairs or trios, find a quiet space and engage in a conversation about a controversial, or contentious topic – preferably one that you might commonly expect to discuss.