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Starter : Dictionary Corner

This lesson explores key terms in language study, including colloquial language, idioms, and audience construction. It also examines how language creates meanings and representations in texts related to gender representation. The lesson includes direct exam practice and comparing and contrasting different texts. Additionally, it provides resources for personal study on analyzing language in articles about men and marriage.

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Starter : Dictionary Corner

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  1. Starter: Dictionary Corner Use your dictionary to find the definition of the following words: • Articulate (verb) • Interlocutor • Colloquial • Idiom • Nuptials Find the definition of two other words, which you can share with the group.

  2. Meanings and Representations Gender & representation

  3. Learning Outcomes By the end of the lesson you will: Have consolidated your knowledge of key terms and examined new terms and theory relating to your language study. Have undertaken direct exam practice through the examination of three texts – Good Housekeeping guide, Cosmopolitan article andThoughtCatalog text Have started to think about Q3 of the Paper 1 exam by comparing and contrasting the two texts - Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan article.

  4. Key terms Colloquial Language: Colloquial expressions are items of everyday language used in informal context. Amelioration: The meaning of a word takes on more positive connotations in society i.e. bachelor Pejoration: The meaning of a word takes on more negative connotations in society – discuss the changing perception of the word ‘gay’ in 19th Century – 1980s & now.

  5. Idiom: An expression whose meaning is not dependent on the meanings of the words i.e. someone ‘has a chip on their shoulder’. Audience Construction: In language study texts are seen as constructing audiences, not just addressing them. This means texts create an idea of who the audience is, by ‘speaking’ to them in a certain way. Marked terms: Terms that are used to describe a job role which convey differences in gender: actor/actress etc.

  6. Key terms Imperative Verbs – These create a tone of instruction Connotations = meanings: Look at the use of positive and negative language (Work-weary V pleasant & tranquil) Syntax Structure – sentence structure (simple, compound, complex, minor) Referential text/discourse – A text which gives information Interactional Discourse/text – A text which engages the reader/participant.

  7. Discourse marker: Ok/so/well/but/right used in spoken discourse to change the topic of conversation. Connective: And/or – words used to join elements together to aid cohesion Adjectives: Give more information about nouns (also see expanded noun phrases) Americanisms/American lexis: Words which we have borrowed from America due to the rising prestige of American English i.e. awesome

  8. Theory Norman Fairclough - Conversationalisation Conversationalisation: The rising prestige of spoken language features in written texts “the modelling of public discourse upon the discursive practices of ordinary life, ‘conversational’ practices in a broad sense” (Fairclough, 1994: 253) movement towards norms of ‘casual’ conversationin university brochures, news reports etc.

  9. Task Guess which fields of activity the following idioms come from:

  10. How is women’s role in society represented by these magazine front covers?

  11. How do these magazine covers portray representations of men and women?

  12. Paper 1 Q1 & Q2Text A: Look at the article from Good Housekeeping from the 1950s. How does the magazine article use language to create meaning & representation?

  13. Text B http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/a5273/stop-judging-marrying-women/ Look at the online article from Cosmopolitan. How does the magazine article use language to create meaning & representation?

  14. Text CText C: Online platform Thought Catalog celebrated the Clooney-Alamuddin nuptials by releasing a questionable list entitled ‘25 Things Girls Do That Make Guys Realise They’re Wife Material.’ Look at the online article from www.thoughtcatalog.com. How does the magazine article use language to create meaning & representation? http://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/09/25-things-girls-do-that-make-guys-realize-theyre-wife-material/

  15. Paper 1: Question 3 Compare & contrast Text A and either Text B or Text C showing ways in which they are similar or different in their language usage.

  16. Personal Study 1. Find an article about men and marriage and analyse how meanings and representations are created in the article?

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