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Mr Waugh's 2020 Level 1 English Literature Programmeh

Episode 1

Spoken Language Study - The Cutting Edge of Language Development

Since this year's course, which uses Shakespeare's Macbeth as its central text, is going to involve sophisticated analysis of oral language - language that's spoken - we've started the programme with a study of the richness and nuance in our own interpersonal speech. We very quickly came to discover that the way we, especially young people, modify language as we speak is a clever and innovative approach to communication. In this podcast I offer some technical terms and framing for these innovations in language - which should help support your future analysis. Don't forget to check out the links to our class resources in the show notes - and thanks again for listening to my first podcast for this course. Catch you next week!
Episode 2

Why laugh when you can say "lol"?

With a clear and sophisticated understanding of interpersonal spoken language under our belts, we have now turned our attention to text-language. We have uncovered a rich seam of language invention in this language form, which is undoubtedly on the forefront of the development of our language in the 21st century. Our primary focus has been on the relationship between spoken language and texting - and we have found that these two language types have some very strong commonalities. Speaking has strongly influenced texting, and texting has started to push some influence back!

Mr Waugh's 2020 Level 1 English Literature Programmeh

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Christopher Waugh
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2020
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