Cracking Anagrams…

O Come up with an anagram (word jumble) for a key word from the topic of spoken language.

O Don’t let anyone else see your anagram.

O Be prepared to write them on the board.

Starter

Spoken Language Study

L.O: To explore the differences between dialect, sociolect and

idiolect.

Tuesday, 30th September 2014

Key wordsO Dialect - a way of speaking shared by a

particular group of people, usually from a particular geographic area

O Sociolect - a social dialect: a way of speaking shared by a particular group of people from a particular age, ethnic group or social class

O Idiolect - our own particular, personal way of speaking.

SociolectO Sociolect is the language spoken by a:

social group, age group, ethnic group and class.

O Describe your sociolect.

O I will tell you about my sociolect – could you have guessed these influences based on the way I talk?

N-DubzWatch the clip on N-Dubz teaching viewers their personal way of talking

O What do you think of their sociolect?

O Do you know anyone who tries to adopt this way of talking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMX6ly4hGw

Idiolect

O Everybody uses language, in their speech and writing, in their own individual way. Believe it or not, the language that you use is as unique to you as your finger prints.

O The way an individual uses language is called their idiolect.

O There are many different factors that contribute to a person’s idiolect. Since no one has exactly the same life-style, or experiences exactly the same things, no one uses language in exactly the same way as you.

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Who do you think you are?

1. What type of accent do your parent(s) have? 2. Where were you born?3. How old were you when you first started any form of

public schooling.4. Are you in regular contact with your grandparents?5. Is anyone in your family bilingual?6. Does anyone in your family have a weak grasp of

the English language?7. Have you ever moved from one part of the world,

country, or city, to the other? E.g. From North to South, East to West etc.

8. What’s your favourite TV show?9. Who is your favourite musician?10. What type of literature (books, magazines,

newspapers) do you often read?

These factors all make up your individual, personal idiolect.

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Next, you will have to come up with examples in your own idiolect that

reflect your background.I have lived my entire life in Birmingham. My primary socialisation did not expose me to the ‘Brummy’ accent or dialect. My parents have fairly neutral accents because they have not lived in a particular region of the country long enough to pick up on any aspect of an accent permanently. Also the social groups they are involved in have fairly neutral accents. This means that as a pre-school child, I had no trace of a ‘Brummy’ accent.

During primary school, I was accused of having a ‘posh’ accent, due to lack of exposure to other ways of talking. Near the end of primary school and in secondary school, I began to subconsciously adapt my accent and dialect in order to fit in with my peers. This led to parental criticism, including comments on my grammar and pronunciation. For instance, if I were to say ‘would’ve’, I may pronounce it ‘would of’, which is incorrect.