Picture of Dorian Gray student groupwork

Here is a selection of the work produced in class today. some of the audio commentaries will be placed on woodle.
Student Commentary of Chapter 4.

Student commentary of Chapter 5

Interesting Programme about techniques of public speaking and rhetorical techniques

Simon Armitage on the skills of public speeches. This is useful for your AS second coursework choice and language and power.

The Great Gatsby Student Commentaries on chp 6-9

Here are some student made commentaries covering important moments in chapters 6,7,8 and 9 of The Great Gatsby.

Classroom mini documentaries on Emily Dickinson's poetry

Here are some of the recent classroom documentaries my class made last week.

A Bird came down the Walk Teacher commentary

Here is Miss Wall's teacher commentary on A Bird Came Down a Walk

Very interesting Documentary on the life of F Scott Fitzgerald

This BBC2 documentary gives you detailed background on the biographical and cultural contexts that influence the Great Gatsby.

Watch it here.

A2 Media Texts and Investigations

Hope you have been able to decide on your choice of language investigation. if you are still struggling may I suggest some of the following sites. Talkingpoint.org is very useful for child language acquisition with many examples of speech from different stages. The English Zone has a great A level language revision site with access to interesting videos, podcasts, theories and lectures on all aspects of the course. You can access Stephen Fry's radio programmes Fry's Language delight. The English Zone is linked under LANGUAGE SITES WE LIKE below right. Have you looked at Miss Wall's Pinterest site below? This weeks Word of Mouth was on language impairment. You might wish to search their archive on past programmes and you will find just what you need. The SFX Language blog (again below right) always updates on really interesting language related issues. Don't forget to search the emagazine archive for articles on your chosen area. The more you read the more you will be able to refine your focus of study. see you all Monday.

OED Online. You will want this for investigations

Get the OED online access. Thanks to Nevins English Language blog for this. This is really easy, and it is free! 1. Get a library card from your local library(but not now Friern Barnet Library) 2. Click on this link here. 3. Click on the 'Sign in' tab on the top right hand corner 4. Enter your library card number - it will have a letter at the start, and then have 8 numbers. Older cards have a letter, then 10 numbers - so just enter the letter then the first 8 numbers 5. Enjoy all the etymology you could ever need! Trust me, you'll be visiting this post again and again come investigation time.

A2 Language Change and Acquisition Revision

Here is a very useful summary of things to revise for both A2 Language Change and Acquisition. Key terminology, theorists, major developments etc. It comes from the Student Room here.

Language Investigations.

The Macmillan Dictionary Blog is a fantastic site which can give you ideas for your Language investigations. if you are interested in exploring the language of sport then look here. Type in a subject you are interested in and see what you find: Language in use, etymology, morphology.