TheEnglishHub
TheEnglishHub
4.504 reviews

Designed for Pearson/Edexcel International A Level students, our tried-and-tested English Language and Literature resources are rigorous and exam-focused. With over 40 combined years of teaching English internationally, we create teaching packs that align with assessment objectives and contain model answers. We aim to upload our resources as we make and trial them, so keep visiting us!

This bundle contains 5 handouts (17 pages in total) and 1 PDF presentation introducing key concepts and theories of language change. It includes:

  • A 20-slide presentation on the evolution of English and related theories
  • A task sheet with engaging analytical tasks using an extract from ‘Jane Eyre’
  • A task sheet on the mechanisms of language change
  • Active listening activity on a David Crystal lecture on the effect of technology on language change
  • A glossary of key terms
  • A handy theory sheet, with a clear explanation of key theories including the substratum theory and the cultural transmission theory.

This is a tried and tested unit and takes approx 5 hours of teaching time.

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4

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jade140

2 months ago
4

Very helpful content! Do you perhaps have a writing Frame for Unit 2?

emerkk

a year ago
4

The info is quite good and has some really good activities but it's PDF format which is really inconvenient . Would be a 5 start review otherwise

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