Analysing Spoken Language Resources

This is a mixture of worksheets and transcripts to help students analyse spoken language. I have used the resources with 11 to 17-year-olds.

Features of Spontaneous Speech is a list of 19 features of spoken language with definitions and examples. There are seven short transcripts for students to annotate.
Spoken versus written language is a table comparing spoken and written language.
Spoken, Written and Text Language asks students to place twenty-four cards under the headings of spoken or written, and then to see which belong to text or instant messaging. The three types are compared.
Talk Self-Assessment asks students to answer questions about where and when they find speaking difficult and easy. It also asks them to record and transcribe their own speech.
Purposes is six transcripts of conversations to project and analyse.
J transcript is the transcription of an eleven-year-old answering two questions.
Small Group Assessment Sheet is a list of statements in a grid e.g. ‘Supported suggestions of others, encouraged.’ and ‘Dominated the group.’. Members of a group score each person against the statements.
Talking Ranking Cards is a list of statments for students to rank about how to work in a group and respond to others e.g. ‘There should be a leader and the group should do what they say.’ and ‘Build on what the previous speaker said.’.

I have included a number of transcriptions because I found that getting students to transcribe their own speech is very time consuming, and it is difficult to find published examples.

All the documents are in Word format so they can be altered by you to suit your classes.