AS Language Transition to A2

Welcome back! You have now completed your AS year Results out August Remainder of this year: A level course begins

But before we begin A2… Reflecting on the AS year Consider where you are right now, what you have done this year, and what you want out of the remainder of your time at college Also reflect on what you will be working towards this time next year (you will begin your UCAS applications when you return after the summer break) For homework, login to Weebly and complete your online course reflection Use copies of the course review form here with students

Logging into Weebly http://asfcenglish.weebly.com/ Click on the link and use the password ‘metaphor’ to gain access Complete the course reflection document

Transition – some reminders… You are starting the first unit of your A level course Attendance is mandatory, regardless of what you think you will be doing next year – until results day, what you will be doing in A level is not finalised… 3 weeks of study Will involve group work and independent research Should be enjoyable and interesting!

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So, what does the A level year involve? 3 exams 1 piece of coursework

COMPONENT 1: spoken/issues SPOKEN LANGUAGE LANGUAGE ISSUES 3 questions, 4 areas of study Standard and non-standard English Language and power Language and situation Language acquisition COMPONENT 1: spoken/issues

LANGUAGE CHANGE OVER TIME ENGLISH IN THE 21st CENTURY Component 2: Change/C21st Lang

Creative and Critical Component 3: Creative and Critical use of Lang

LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY C/W Language and Self Representation Language and Gender Language and Culture Language diversity

Transition schedule Week 1. Introduction to A Level year, overview of tasks and activities, transcript writing Week 2: Analysis of own transcripts, report-writing assignment Week 3: Summarising your data and findings; preparation for the summer holiday homework Summer holiday task to be completed for the first lesson back in September

Summer holiday homework 1) Record and transcribe 3 further conversations in which you are not yourself a participant. These can be from media such as chat shows, post-match football pundits; political interviews (radio or television) or recordings of friends, family etc 2) Preparation for the Language Change topic next year. As part of your current scrap book / or by starting a new scrapbook you will collect the following: One text from each of the following dates: 1500 -1550 1550-1600 1600-1650 1650-1700 1750-1800 1850-1900 1950-2000 2000-NOW

How do I use language? Studying the second year of A level requires you to think even more deeply about how language is used, especially by yourself. This transition work will help you: Produce work for the Language and Identity coursework investigation you will write next year Review and improve spoken language and transcript analysis skills Pre-plan answers for the Language Issues exam question (Power/Situation/Standard/Non-Standard English)

Tasks for transition Task 1 Using your own recording equipment, record and transcribe three examples of conversations in which you yourself are a participant. You will be provided with suggestions for different contexts (at home/college/ at part-time job etc) and also some prompts for topics of conversation that you may find useful. Each recording should be 30-35 seconds long: this will result in about 1-2 sides of transcription in each case. You can work with a partner to produce these transcripts, but you will submit them for assessment individually. Transcripts must be drafted and redrafted to reflect the highest standards of professional academic transcription. The transcripts must be typed up, then read carefully and analysed by you so that you understand them in detail. You must annotate them thoroughly by hand with a wide range of language terminology and concepts. After this work is returned to you at the end of the term, it must be kept on file throughout the 2nd year where it can potentially be included as data for your Language Investigation Coursework.

Tasks for transition Task 2 You will also collect (print out) 4 pages of social media interactions in which you have participated. For example: twitter tweets; text messages. WhatsApp messaging etc

Tasks for transition Task 3 You will then write a 2000 word report with the title “What my language reveals about my identity”. You can structure it as follows: Paragraphs 1-3: Introduction (Who am I? A personal language biography e.g. regional dialect features due to where you were born/ brought up - accent features - influence of education - influence of parents’ language - other languages you speak - influence of education – codeswitching – bidialecticalism etc… Paragraphs 4-6 : Language and situation: how my language varies according to context (3 paragraphs responding to each of the three transcripts you have collected) Paragraphs 7-8: analysis by language method: (2 paragraphs) Choose 2 language methods from the following: phonology (i.e. my own accent features); lexis (do I use standard- non-standard lexical choices or a mixture?); grammar (do I use standard /non-standard grammatical choices or a mixture); discourse and pragmatics (what are the conversational strategies and roles I employ that reflect ideas of Language and power/language and gender?) Paragraph 9: My language use on social media Paragraph 10 : Conclusion

Tasks for transition Task 4 You will then summarise your report as an A3 poster to be a) presented to the class for a minimum of 2 minutes) and b) displayed on your classroom wall.

The tasks You be marked individually for each task You have to produce your 4 tasks individually However, you may record/ transcribe transcripts with a partner/ maximum of three All pieces must be completed to ensure progression

Task 1 and 2 Task 1 During the remainder of the class time this week, create three 30 second recordings of conversations which include you as a participant There are some ideas of the topics you can choose on the handout Transcribe the recordings Annotate the transcriptions Bring your 3 annotated pieces with you to the first lesson of next week You do not need to come to class for the remainder of this week, but we will be on hand to answer any questions you have Task 2 Print off 4 sides of resources from social media sites such as Twitter, text messages, WhatsApp etc where you are a participant You need to anonymise other participants’ messages, and ask for permission from anyone else involved before printing messages they have sent to you