Accent and Dialect Theory

Accent & Dialect Bundle

* Introductory starter activity about accent/dialect prejudice * Discussion and definitions of difference between accent and dialect * Introduction to Received Pronunciation with supporting video * Discussion of attitudes surrounding R.P * Videos tracking how R.P has changed over time - Fiona Bruce in 1999 vs. The Queen in 2020; attitudes to particular accents with supporting videos * Introduction to Standard English * Homework activity to research an accent and current attitudes towards it * Introduction to Howard Giles’ Accommodation Theory * Howard Giles’ Capital Punishment Experiment * Discussion/video surrounding the Birmingham accent and prejudice * Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks Birmingham accent study * The Workman Survey * Review activity - what is meant by ‘matched guise’ * The Workman Survey (2008) + The OnBuy Survey (2020) * Peter Trudgill’s Norwich Study (1970s) - Including comprehension questions (answers provided) * Nikolas Coupland’s Cardiff Travel Agent Study (1984) * Discussion development video in response to Coupland’s study - current attitudes toward Welsh Accent * Includes homework task - survey into attitudes to accents * Review activity of theory covered so far. * Introduction to Multicultural London English with discussion activities, videos, two articles which invite students to compare attitudes towards MLE and its replacement of Cockey (articles included with lesson) * Introduction to Estuary English * A look at ‘famous’ speakers of Estuary English * Discussion and question activity surrounding the concept of ‘dialect levelling’ * ‘Initial ideas’ support * AO1 and AO2 phrased as questions to supporting thinking * Data from question included in presentation, too * What to include in an introduction with exemplar * Ideas to ‘build response’ with scaffolded questions * Exemplar ideas for how to include theorists in response to the data * Model paragraph for main body of essay on Slide 18 * Homework task