The DVD and print material provides: * introductory activities, to explore key ideas about spoken language, such as the differences between speech and writing, scripted and unscripted talk, power and language and so on * video data and transcripts, for investigating a wide range of varieties of spoken English * ways of using the video data for different kinds of investigations and the demands of different specifications * a 'How to - ' section with guidance for students about doing a language investigation * ways of linking the Spoken Language Study to Speaking & Listening tasks * short extracts from articles, for students to draw on * explanatory notes and extra resources. The videoclips on the DVD include, among others: * The Garage - a sequence on the language of a workplace * A school language day - a sequence on the language of school, teachers and young people * Broadcast language - The One Show, East Enders & Criminal Justice * Clips on accent and dialect & the language of teenagers * Interviews - The One Show, Paxman * Students talking about multimodal speech * Speeches - an assembly, a youth public speaking competition
- ISBN10 1906101140
- ISBN13 9781906101145
- Publish Date 1 July 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 July 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint English & Media Centre
- Pages 128
- Language English