CLA Phonology Concepts Revision

Make sure your notes include references to all of these concepts so that your revision will be easy-peasy:

Key concepts (AO2)

-       Babies live in an auditory world - remember to think about the sounds in words and not the written forms of the words

-       Babies predisposed to discern sounds – favour mother’s voice from few hours after birth and recognise own language. Mehler

-       Phonemic contraction occurs by 10 months – sounds reduced to those of babies’ own language

-       Proto-words  and babbling follow CVCV pattern favoured by English (cooing is just vowels - easier)

-       ‘Mistakes’ that children make: Substitution, deletion, addition, assimilation, metathesis, consonant cluster reduction, weak syllable deletion, final consonant deletion, reduplication 

-       Fis phenomenon (comprehension precedes production) 

-       Cruttenden 1974 football results (intonation takes long time to reach adult understanding)

-       Stages - Phonological acquisition very varied between different children but general patterns: initial consonants easier than final ones, plosive sounds easier (p, b, k etc); David Olmstead – age of 4, some sounds still difficult: l (middle of words), th, ch, dg (judge); Grunwell stages; Phonological development generally complete by age 6 – 7. 

Welcome back! Y13 Week commencing 5 September

Welcome back everyone - it was lovely to see you all.

Work set in class this week was as follows:

• Read the chapter on the First Year from David Crystal (A3 sheet) and answer the questions in the CLA booklet (green cover)
• Sort your folders, including AS material, and get ready for new content (Child Language, Language Change)
• Read the booklet on Phonology. You don't need to complete the activities, but read/annotate/highlight/make notes
• Learn some vocabulary from the sheet. No deadline for this at the moment - this is an ongoing task but I may set some specific words at some point
• Sign up to Twitter! (see link on the right)
• 12C - start collecting style models for your coursework

Phew - that's it for this week. See you on Tuesday :)

Year 12 Homework 1

Read the following article (Article about A-Level English) and answer the questions below. You don't need to hand the answers in, so you can answer them in note format if you wish, but I will be looking at your note-taking skills. Be ready to explain your answers in class, though.

1. What do you understand by the phrase 'modern cultural references'? Paraphrase it. 
2. Give two reasons why people have criticised the A-level. Do you think these reasons are valid?
3. What is the 'crumbling castle' view of language?
4. What viewpoint does Laura Barton hold about this subject? Where does the reader first understand this viewpoint?
5. Find at least two pieces of vocabulary that you would not ordinarily use in your own writing. Write down the words and their definitions. 

 * The version of this article that you have read was the online version. What genre features in this article would you not have found 25 years ago?

*Underline 3 uses of language that stand out to you for any reason. 

Lexical Asymmetry

A short but sweet article on gender. Remember, we're returning to this next year, so keep an eye out for articles like this as you may still wish to write on this topic in your final exam.


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Great TV Programme for Child Language Acquisition

This was on TV this week and watching it would be a great way of preparing for our study of Child Language Acquisition next year. Enjoy!

12B Verb Revision Task - lesson resources

By the end of today's lesson, you need to have produced a powerpoint presentation to teach the rest of the class about the topic you have been given.
Your presentation needs to include:
1. A definition of all the terms you have been given
2. Some different examples of words / sentences that demonstrate your terms
3. Either some questions that will test the class's understanding of what you have taught them or a worksheet that will help them understand the terms.

You need to email me your powerpoint and any other resources you have created (I will photocopy worksheets or handouts for the class).

Year 9 revision

Revision for next week's test is here. Revise hard - I want you to get 100% next week!