1 / 9

VCE English Language

VCE English Language. Course Introduction. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. What is language? How can we use language to communicate effectively? How has language differed over time and space?. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS. The study of language- we are focusing on the English Language

stuart-carver
Download Presentation

VCE English Language

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. VCE English Language Course Introduction

  2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • What is language? • How can we use language to communicate effectively? • How has language differed over time and space?

  3. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS • The study of language- we are focusing on the English Language • Our key areas of study are:- • UNIT 1- LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION • AoS1- Nature and Functions of Language • AoS2- Language Acquisition • UNIT 2-LANGUAGE CHANGE • AoS1 English Across Time • AoS2- Englishes in Contact

  4. SUBSYSTEMS • Phonology • Morphology • Syntax • Semantics • Lexicology

  5. SPEECH VS WRITING • What are the differences? • How can we describe their features? • Discourse analysis

  6. LANGUAGE AND MEANING • Semantics- • Sociolects, ethnolects, idiolects • Neologisms • Image source: http://www.salon.com/2012/10/20/where_does_language_come_from/

  7. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE • Eskimos and snow?? • How does our language link to our culture? • What do our words say about us? • Historical background to words • Image source: http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2009/08/100-eskimo-words-for-snow.htm

  8. FOLIO One of your tasks is to maintain a folio of language articles, examples, clips, cartoons etc. These should be annotated. Image source: http://www.spd.org/student-outreach/2010/10/vocab-lesson-18-folios.php

More Related