Animals- Of Mice and Men

Animal Cut-outs (Of Mice and Men)

Podcast PowerPoint

Spoken Word Conventions/Key

Transcripts are usually accompanied by a key that indicates, to the reader, what has taken place during the exchange. Please see below for symbols. Please also note that we refer to each participant's contribution as a 'turn'. This is because of the phenomenon of turn-taking. In conversation, we apparently abide by this. Although some people do this to a lesser or greater degree than others. 

So, for example, in your response, you could write something like the following:
'In turns 3 and 5, Steve and Mary use vocabulary that is consistent with a Northern  dialect. Clearly they have done this unconsciously because of their cultural ties. They are both from... It is apparent that audience is the strongest influence on language choice because the transcript is peppered with other dialectal terms.  


(.)= pause

(3)=timed pause 

//=interruption

PowerPoint- Spoken Word (2)

Comments on the previous posts- gender, social distance/solidarity and interruption vs overlap

Dear all,

I have posted all the texts you should have had access to in either yesterday or today's class. I would like to reiterate what I said in class. These texts provide you with perspective on the spoken word. These give you an understanding of how you could analyse some of the things you observe in the transcripts. One of the points you have to cover is how audience affects how we interact with our audience/interlocutors. As discussed, we can make assertions about how we perceive overlap/interruption. You may argue that the two concepts are distinctly different because the conversation between the Asian ladies proves this. Their discussion and overlap in speech is a sign of solidarity and agreement in thought because of a shared cultural identity. Equally you may comment on the ratio of female speakers to male speakers in the Lancashire text. I would argue that one speaker is female and she appears to say the least. Your knowledge of how men and women speak- 'rapport talk' vs 'report talk' may encourage you to analyse the words chosen in the conversation.

You may also have identified use of dialect in the Lancashire speech. What is the reason for its use? Is it because this is an informal speech situation and they feel comfortable not to use the standard variety? Do these students use their dialect because it is an age related norm: the idea that young people adopt a young way of speaking? I hope this shows that there are a range of ways of analysing each transcript. There is no right or wrong answer; you just need to be able to develop a sound argument.


I hope that this helps you to understand how to develop your response. Remember the controlled assessment response is on the penultimate slide of the PowerPoint. I will be uploading this shortly.

Gendered Language Text

Social distance/solidarity Text

Overlap/Interruption Text

Mark Scheme

 Mark Scheme for Controlled Assessment- Spoken Word

Below are three bands of the mark scheme: 3, 4 and 5. Try and read through them and work out the similarities and differences. This will help you to understand how to achieve or avoid certain bands.

·         Clear understanding of the ways spoken language works.

·         Clear understanding of the ways in which spoken language changes according to context and why these changes occur.

·         Response is supported by sound exemplification.

·         Clear understanding of the ways in which language use may influence other speakers and listeners and why this occurs.

 

·         Thorough understanding of the ways in which spoken language works.

 

·         Assured understanding of the ways spoken language changes according to context and why these changes occur.

 

·         Response is supported by thorough exemplification.

 

·         Thorough understanding of the language choices speakers may make, the influence these may have on other speakers and listeners and why this occurs.

 

 

 

·         Perceptive understanding of the way spoken language works.

·         Perceptive understanding of the ways spoken language changes according to context and why these changes occur.

·         Response is supported by relevant exemplification and a sustained focus.

·         Sustained focus, which shows a perceptive understanding of the language choice speakers make, the influence these may have on other speakers and listeners and why this occurs.

PowerPoint- Spoken Word

Most Recent PowerPoint

Dear all, 

I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to you for not uploading the most recent PowerPoint on the blog. 

At present, I am experiencing some difficulty with accessing my desktop at the college. I have been informed that this will be rectified on Monday. 

As a result, I would like to provide you with some information to ensure you are acquiring the appropriate knowledge for your controlled assessment. 

By now, should be committing to memory the language features we looked at during this week's lesson. You should be able to identify these within the transcripts I gave you. Please also listen to the audio clips previously posted to help you with this. 

You also need to think about the two new terms you were introduced to during the lesson- sociolect and idiolect. Look at the language used in the two transcripts you have been given. Do you think that any of the speakers' language choices have been influenced by either concept?

I hope this helps. However, if you have any questions please feel free to email me. 

Maria. 

Audio Clip

Audio Clips

The Spoken Word

We are now moving onto the Spoken Word unit. I will be providing you with two transcripts, which you will need to analyse for your assessment. These transcripts have associated audios and I will be placing these on the blog, so you can access this at your lesiure.

After today's lesson, you will have an idea of how you can make use of the audio and accompanying transcript. For the moment, though, please have a listen to them and think about the text I gave you in the beginning weeks on the controversial issue of men speaking more than women.

Feel free to jot down any other information that comes to mind about the audios also as this may benefit your understanding.

Maria.