Dialect featuresO Multiple negation ‘I don’t want no more ice cream.’O Using comparatives and superlatives ‘She is more

prettier than him.’O Unmarked plurality ‘one hundred pound’; ‘thirteen mile’O Not using adverbs ‘He ran slow.’ instead of ‘He ran

slowly.’O Different use of prepositions ‘He went up the pub.’; ‘I

was at London.’O Pluralisation of second person pronoun ‘you’ ‘Are yous

going to the concert?’O Using ‘me’ instead of ‘my’ ‘That’s me book you’ve got

there.’O Use of ain’t instead of isn’t ‘I aint going to the shop.’O Deletion of a preposition ‘Give it me.’ instead of ‘Give it

to me.’

Spoken Language StudyAccent and Dialect

L.O: To evaluate how spoken English varies according to regional and social context ; to reflect on public reactions to different accents.

Starter

O Watch the following video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dHtNRRIzdo&feature=related. [Outnumbered].

Identify the word that the girl cannot understand because it is pronounced differently (accent).

Identify the word that she cannot understand because to her, it has a completely different meaning (dialect).

• Aims:

• To understand how spoken English varies according to regional and social context ; to reflect on public reactions to different accents.

Identify the word that the girl cannot understand because it is pronounced differently (accent). Identify the word that she cannot understand because to her, it has a completely different meaning (dialect).

Keywords

O Accent: Difference in pronunciation when compared to Standard English: Heed - Head

O Dialect: Difference in meaning when compared to Standard English.wee - tiny

• Aims:

• To understand how spoken English varies according to regional and social context ; to reflect on public reactions to different accents.

Where in the country do these phrases come from?

O “Ha’way, pet”O “Top of da mornin’ to

ya”O “Calm down, calm

down”O “Just on the dog and

bone, luv”O “Ey up, there’s

trouble at mill”O “Och aye lassie”

Dialect

Words associated with a particular geographical region

What does it mean?

OKetsOStalledOSpiceOTuffeesOGoodiesOCoshiesO??????

And another one….

OStottie-cakeOBarm-cakeOScufflerOCobOBatchOBapORoll

Standard English in schools

O Under the new DFE criteria all teachers should:

"Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy, articulacy and the correct use of standard English, whatever the teacher's specialist subject."

Regional varieties and slang in education

AGAINSTJohn Honey argues that:O children should be taught Standard English at school because this

is the only way to make sure that all children have equal opportunities.

O Standard English is the prestigious form and, therefore, if children do not learn and use it, they will be at a disadvantage.

 FORMilroy and Milroy argued that:O it’s not fair to correct children for using non-standard varieties of

English.O some children may struggle at school because Standard English is

unfamiliar to them and working class students, in particular, are often put at a disadvantage;

O all varieties of English should be valued equally.

DebateO Try to come up with at least one

point for the teaching of Standard English in schools and at least one point against.

HomeworkO Complete the sheet analysing your

idiolect.

O Tuesday 30th September 2014