This handy 2 page doc gives a clear overview of eight key theories relating to language in transition, including Halliday’s Functional Theory and the Cultural Transmission Theory. This is good to use in conjuction with the other available resources that introduce Unit 2 Language in Transition.

This 20-page PPT explains the evolution of English and key events that caused it to change. It provides an excellent introduction to Unit 2 - Language in Transition. The PPT contains: A brief overview of Old, Middle and Early Modern and Modern English A timeline An overview of language in the digital age An explanation of key theories relating to language in transition, including the substratum theory and the s-curve model. There are separate resources available that provide textual analysis, a listening activity for the Crystal lecture, a glossary of key terminology, a summary sheet of theories, and tasks to unpack the mechanisms for language change.

In line with Unit 2 Language in Transition, this is a comprehensive list of terms for language change, including concepts such as narrowing and neologisms.

This is a teacher model of a top band response for Section A of the examination. The question is taken from the January 2022 examination paper. It follows the structure and framework prescribed by the exam board.

This 5-page resource contains challenging textual analysis tasks, looking at samples of modern English from 1800s onwards, including an extract from ‘Jane Eyre.’ The tasks enable A Level English Language students to get to grips with key frameworks and levels, including lexis, syntax, pragmatics and discourse. It can be used as a stand-alone lesson that will take approx 2 hours.

This resource contains 5 pages of engaging, student-friendly activities that teach the mechanisms for language change, including pejoration and borrowing. It provides a solid introduction into the concepts around language change and introduces key terms and can be taught as a stand-alone lesson.

Featuring a transcript of the children’s TV show Spot the Dog, this resource helps prepare students for Section A of Unit 4 of the IAL Pearson English Language exam to be sat in June 2023. Following guidelines in the pre-release materials, the transcript allows students to analyse the strategies and language features used by children’s TV to aid child language development. There is contextual information, a transcript from the episode ‘Spot Goes to School’ and notes on the strategies and language features, organised under linguistic levels and frameworks. There is also a top band essay included, written in timed conditions. If you like this resource, please leave a review. I aim to upload everything I create and use with my English Language IAL class between now and the examination in June.

Featuring a transcript of the children’s TV show Teletubbies, this resource helps prepare students for Section A of Unit 4 of the IAL Pearson English Language exam to be sat in June 2023. Following the pre-release materials, the transcript allows students to analyse the strategies and language features used by children’s TV to aid child language development. There is contextual information, a transcript from the episode ‘Green,’ and notes on the strategies and language features, organised under linguistic levels and frameworks. If you like this resource, please leave a review. I aim to upload everything I create and use with my English Language IAL class between now and the examination in June.

Transcript and model answer for Section A June 2023 Unit 4: Child Language Acquisition - Children’s TV. The resource includes contextual information, a transcript of the opening of an episode of Balamory, notes and a top-band model answer, completed in timed conditions. All are fully aligned to the assessment criteria and pre-release material for Section A of IAL English Language Unit 4, to be taken in June 2023. If this resource is useful for your students, keep looking on TES, as I aim to upload more as I complete them with my IAL English Language class.