AS Lang & Lit - work set in place of Thursday's lesson

I have training on Thursday so I am setting work in place of the lesson. Today we talked about the clip from The Wire: how it uses features of spoken language yet is clearly crafted dialogue. I have asked you to write 500 words about The Wire's construction of dialogue in the clip (answering the questions in the previous blog post), based on what we talked about today. Please email me the work by the end of the week - cdignum@rutc.ac.uk - to get your mark in the register. See you next Tuesday ...

AS Language & Literature - Spoken Language

Which features of spoken language can you identify in the following clip from the TV drama series 'The Wire'?

How can you tell that this is crafted speech rather than spontaneous speech?

A2 Comms: Edward Said & Orientalism

Watch this clip to see Edward Said explain what influenced him to write 'Orientalism' and the key ideas within it:

AS Comms - the power of body language

This is a 'Ted talk' about the power of body language (NVC) in influencing ourselves as well as others.

A2 Literature - The Bluest Eye

Here is a Feminist reading of The Bluest Eye: click here.

A2 Comms - Colonial attitudes

This advert for Pear's Soap is a great demonstration of colonial attitudes:

Thanks to Jennifer, Zoe & Dara for finding it...

AS Comms - how accents are perceived

Here's an article about how different accents are perceived as signifying different levels of power to different people: click here.