1. Everything you need to know for your folio!

2. **Printable copy on the Wiki

3.  The folio is a work requirement designed to prepare you for SAC 1- an extended response of the English Language course (more to come on that next year).  You will be collecting language artefacts (texts) for the remainder of the roll-over period, over the summer holidays and into Term 1.  Upon completion, you will be required to have at least 25 texts in your folio  Each text must be annotated and pasted on a separate page of your folio (even if it’s small… you need to leave room for future annotations!)

4.  Texts must be accompanied by a completed table detailing the function, register, mode, field, domain locale, audience and purpose.  You should also try to make additional notes on:  the language used (lexicon and syntax)  any cultural influence on the semantics of the piece (e.g. slang, jargon, political correctness, connotation, inference etc.)  Your glossary of useful terms will be valuable for your folio requirement and SAC, as well as the duration of English Language course (see title page of WIKI).

5. You can choose just about ANY communication that employs language to use as a text in your folio:  E.G. newspaper articles, letters, recipes, advertisements, Facebook messages/info pages, comic strips, audio files, YouTube videos, speech transcripts, representations of sign language, instructions, TV/movie clips etc.  BUT you must be able to: a) Complete the table in full and with detail b) Clearly represent the text in your folio (E.G. hard copy, photocopy or transcript). **If you use videos, audio files or any other non-printable material, these MUST be available for your teacher to view and you MUST provide a highly a detailed description of the content. Please also include an image/screen-grab of the text in your folio  Ensure that you choose a variety of text types – this will make the task more rewarding and the upcoming SAC much easier.

6.  You have been asked to collect the following texts for your folio over the summer holidays:  3 x examples of jargon  3 x examples of slang  1 x example of e-communication  You need to complete a table for each of these texts by the first day back at school.  The following slides provide some explanations of the terms jargon, slang and e-communication… just in case the Christmas turkey stuffing makes you forget.

7. “Language shared by those who belong to a profession, trade or some other occupational group.”  E.G. plumbing, computer, horse-riding, cooking, golf, travel, medical, electrical or chess jargon etc.  Jargon has two distinctive functions: 1. To serve as a technical or specialist language (for precise and economical communication) 2. To promote in-group solidarity (and to perhaps exclude others)  Jargon is usually characterised by distinct vocabulary  An example of educational jargon: “In order to optimise each student’s performance in the zone of proximal development, differentiated scaffolding activities must be employed in conjunction with diagnostic, formative and summative assessment”

8. An in-group variety of language in which people with something in common will interact and which is often bound by time and generation.  Slang is informal, usually spoken and mainly involves vocabulary (rather than grammatical structure).  Slang is usually playful and changes rapidly (e.g. the term Ranga (‘red head’) is being replaced by ‘fanta pants’  The objective of slang is to startle, amuse and/or shock.  Colloquialisms are forms of slang

9. “The electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally”  e-communication can involve written and spoken language.  Email, text message, mobile phone call, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Skype, e-books, multiplayer online games, electronic surveys, faxing, IM, YouTube, wikis, websites, voicemails… the list is HUGE!