Spoken Language Study

L.O: To analyse and discuss different forms of communication.

To understand the objectives and outcomes of this unit of study.

CommunicationWrite down all the ways you have

communicated with other people today.What other methods might people use

to communicate?

O Oral communicationO Written communicationO Non-verbal communicationO Visual communication

Label the communication on your mindmap as one of these four things

Watch the film carefullyO http://film-english.com/2011/03/05/le

sson-plan-on-communicating-more-effectively/

In pairs: Answer the following questions

O Why is the film called signs?

O Write down all the ways used to communicate in this film.

O How does the way we communicate effect peoples perception of us?

What exactly is it?O It is 10% of your English Language

GCSE.O It will be a Controlled Assessment

completed in class.O You will complete one written task

from a given question.

WJEC English LanguageUnit 4

Studying spoken language

 O Assessment ObjectivesO AO2O understand variations in spoken language, explaining

why language changes in relation to contextsO evaluate the impact of spoken language choices in their

own and others’ use

O What is expected?O You must complete a task on one of the following topics:O VariationsO ChoicesO Change

What affects the way we speak?

O How can our language be affected?

  Think about why people speak differently. Make a list of your ideas.

Investigating influencesThere are ten main factors that affect and influence the way we speak. These have been hidden around the classroom. Your task is to collect all ten reasons as quickly as possible.  You are not allowed to take your pen and paper with you. Instead, when you find a piece of information, you need to memorise it, return to your table and make a note of it.You are not allowed to touch the hidden information.

How old or young a person is will affect language use.

The sexual orientation of individuals will affect language

use.

Whether you are male or female will affect language use.

The pasttimes and leisure activities that people take part in

will affect language use.

A person’s ethnic background (for example, Creolisation – London

Jamaican) will affect language use. 

Any ‘less savoury’ activities that an individual is involved in will

affect language use.

The job or career that a person does will affect language use.

Where a person is from (geographically) will affect

language use.

The social, educational and economic position that people are born into /

live in will affect language use.

Who, where and why a person is talking to someone else will

affect language use.