Speech actWho might be talking? To

whom?

Eh, what ya doin’ later?   

I won’t be long, back for tea

A teenager to a parent

Outta my way, you little monster

 

Where’s your homework?

  

This is class!   

It’s lovely, darling   

Off you go   

Hand in your books please

  

Excuse me, can you tell me the way to …

 

Who’s my little soldier then?

  

You naturally adapt your talk for different listeners without even thinking about it. For this assignment, you will

explore how you do that.

Identify who the speaker is likely to be addressing in the following examples:

Who holds the power in these exchanges?

Spoken Language Study

L.O: To consolidate our knowledge of spoken language and apply it to the controlled assessment task.

Wednesday, 1st October 2014

SupernannyO Frost was born in London, England, in 1971 to an English

father and a Gibraltarian mother.

O While she has no children of her own, Frost has 22 years' experience in the field of childcare, working as a nanny in Britain and the United States, including work with families on the television series Supernanny, which is shown in 49 countries.

O Her childcare approach focuses on maintaining consistent adult authority, while creating a safe and peaceful environment. She introduced parents to "the naughty step", a variation on the "time-out" method. She suggests solutions for behavioural issues such as adherence to bed time, meal time conduct, behaviour in public, sibling rivalry, and anger management.

PredictionsO Based on her biography what can

we predict about Supernannies accent, sociolect and idiolect?

SupernannyO Watch the opening titles for the two

shows. O Make a note of what you notice

about them.O How is Supernanny represented in

the two clips?

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN25_lpIhRI

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZnWK6DHesQ

PredictionsO What do you think will be the main

differences between the two shows?

O How will this be reflected in Supernanny’s language?

First ImpressionsO What do you notice about Supernanny’s:-accent-dialect-idiolectO What other language features can you identify?O How does her speech effect the family?O What is the viewers impression of her based on

how she speaks? O Who holds the power in these conversations?

ComparingO What do you notice about Supernanny’s:-accent-dialect-idiolectO What other language features can you identify?O How does her speech effect the family?O What is the viewers impression of her based on how

she speaks?

O Why is her speech different in this clip? What could influence her language?

O Is the power relationship different?